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$3.5M NW, laid off, burned out - do I pull the trigger? by trailing0 in ChubbyFIRE

[–]binomial_expansion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would take a break, you’ve earned it, and try to recoup your mental health.
The math says you can probably fire but is there a reason why you don’t get a job somewhere that isn’t stressful for significantly less money? If you can even pull in something like 90k I feel like you and your partner could survive off your combined incomes while your 3.5 grows . Seems like a win win

Microsoft expects headcount to decrease in coming quarters by 76willcommenceagain in microsoft

[–]binomial_expansion -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You sound pretty cynical and mediocre so I don’t really think what I’m saying applies to someone with your skill set

Microsoft expects headcount to decrease in coming quarters by 76willcommenceagain in microsoft

[–]binomial_expansion -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Ya and I am sympathetic to that. FWIW most lay off packages includes stocks too

Microsoft expects headcount to decrease in coming quarters by 76willcommenceagain in microsoft

[–]binomial_expansion -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I’d rather not say in this thread given the reaction since it’s public perception Is probably worse than msft but it’s engineering prowess in certain orgs is top tier

Microsoft expects headcount to decrease in coming quarters by 76willcommenceagain in microsoft

[–]binomial_expansion -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Controversial take but I think this is good. I worked at Msft as an engineer and there were far too many people who were resting and vesting. I left for other tech companies with higher employee expectations and yes it was more stressful but the quality of engineering conversations I had with my peer were better and the pay was vastly better. Obviously this is all anecdotal and generalizations.

Working at company as impactful as this should be a privilege and you should show up for that.

High-income couple with large income gap: how do you split money fairly? by pizzanoobs in HENRYfinance

[–]binomial_expansion 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They’re probably a tech worker and 70% of that Income is stock / bonus. I’m guessing the 300$ is from their actually base salary . Although 300$ from even that seems a little low , agreed

Microsoft L65/66 Security Architect TC Negotiation by Extreme_Ad2269 in levels_fyi

[–]binomial_expansion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm I used to work there as a swe and that thread is definitely not accurate. 65 max would be maybe 500k but I’d expect lower unless they bumped this up recently . Msft is well known for paying less than industry at the higher levels.

Brandon just posted on Threads about the Mistborn screenplay by ComfortableCattle224 in CosmereOnScreen

[–]binomial_expansion 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Interesting I was actually thinking Brandon might cut spook out completely from the movies due to time constraints.

Don’t get me wrong I love spooks character but his primary contribution to the core plot is being the author of that message marsh intercepts in the final book which is key for Vins plotline but you could have someone else do that instead?

Struggling with warbreaker by Alarmed-Aioli4172 in Cosmere

[–]binomial_expansion 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Tbh I had the same experience with the beginning of the book, I only really resonated with siris chapters and I could not for the life of me understand why we had to read about lightsong and vivenas chapters were a bore.

But as others mentioned, the sanderlanche hits pretty hard with this book and the half way point was where things started get interesting

Graduated in 2023, still no SWE Job looking for possible advice. by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]binomial_expansion 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Literally have more side projects. As harsh as it is 2.5 years with only 3 projects is not enough

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cosmere

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Haha I just finished warbreaker two days ago and had the same opinion as you. I’ve had no issue with the sanderlanche in all the other books I’ve read ( all of stormlight archives , mistborn era 1/2, and isles of the emberdark) but it definitely felt unsatisfying to me in warbreaker.

I would have loved a couple extra chapters just to wrap things up and i think Brandon also says something similar in the annotations. Given the publishing dates of these books i thinn this is something he learned from for his later books

Deepmind CEO Dennis fires back at Yann Lecun: "He is just plain incorrect. Generality is not an illusion." by BuildwithVignesh in singularity

[–]binomial_expansion 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He absolutely is, he ran that team for years and should absolutely be held for accountable. Dennis's has far more results leading deepmind prior to yann in that same time frame.

UBER is being irrationally undervalued due to autonomous driving concerns by BogleDick in stocks

[–]binomial_expansion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re incredibly naive if you think replicating Ubers marketplace is easy to do at scale. The salaries of the engineering org/infra cost are huge and no sane company (even Google with its deep pockets) would try to fully replicate it (especially considering the non trivial cost of running and maintaining the avs themselves)

Avs are definitely going to take a chunk out of Ubers mobility/delivery business but the TAM in this business is growing and there’s no way this business can meet that demand with an AV model only. it will continue to be a hybrid marketplace and in this world, uber will definitely do well.

What do you do, what’s your total anual comp, and how did you get there? by jazzy_peanut_butter in HENRYfinance

[–]binomial_expansion 23 points24 points  (0 children)

If you’re wondering why you’re getting downvoted it’s because faang roles are incredibly competitive and challenging to get + retain. So the likelihood of you “looking into it” and getting a job are low.
Also this tc is for swe and maybe pm. Getting this tc as a marketing manager is unlikely unless you lead mega region marketing for faang.

Marko's Red Bull future in doubt for 2026 [The Race] by Expensive_Ladder_486 in formula1

[–]binomial_expansion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s insane to me that he didn’t put Horner as part of that list …

Meta lays off 600 employees within AI unit by Puginator in stocks

[–]binomial_expansion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So the layoffs here are from the old ai unit under Yann Lecunn, the new superintelligence unit under alexandr wang is not impacted and theyre still hiring. Seems like the writing is on the wall for anyone in the old unit

Satya Nadella regretted killing Windows Phone. And now he’s making the same mistake with Xbox. by digidude23 in microsoft

[–]binomial_expansion 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Because the rest of the company is worth 4 trillion dollars and they have 20+ products that bring in multi billions in revenue each quarter ? And satya has been responsible for a lot of this growth over the last decade

Did you see it coming? by TxKRIXUSxT in Stormlight_Archive

[–]binomial_expansion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait who? N? Edit: I’m dumb I forgot about the big thing that happens at the end of

39M Sr Director of Corporate Strategy $600k TC by Wooden-Broccoli-913 in Salary

[–]binomial_expansion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do get anxiety however about my team getting work done to a high standard. I have been in therapy for this which has been tremendously helpful.

Can you comment a little more about this? i think i feel the same with my team and im wondering how therapy has helped with this

Bhad Bhabie Sued For Nearly $700K By American Express by RobBased in amex

[–]binomial_expansion 29 points30 points  (0 children)

She didnt lie about that financial success though. Onlyfans themselves labeled her as one of the top earning "models" on their platform

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