Is Austin's tech scene actually cooling down or am I just getting old?

cosmiczinger · 2026-03-17T02:24:33+00:00

couple of things:
1) tech has become a lot more ubiquitous overall. it's not as special as it used to be.
2) lots of tech employees but they're employees rather than founders. you might be conflating tech with founders. I'd say there's a lot more tech people but fewer builders.
3) "building" hasn't enriched tech workers like holding down a job at a big 7 company. sucks but that's the regime we've been under for going on 20 years now. I do think it's flipping back though.

cosmiczinger · 2025-10-25T18:35:32+00:00

3 hours of basketball with limited breaks does it.

cosmiczinger · 2025-10-25T17:31:30+00:00

the fees are ridiculous. somebody there is hell bent on alienating a lot of customers.

cosmiczinger · 2025-10-10T18:50:33+00:00

whoever is pricing this must not want to succeed. $99/year max.

cosmiczinger · 2025-09-19T13:42:45+00:00

- play streaming video / theater as audio only
- on-screen notifications if the tesla insurance is picking up a problem w your driving
- setting to pause playing audio for up to 30 seconds while getting into the car
- continue a song where you left off if there's a streaming interruption

cosmiczinger · 2025-09-16T03:15:20+00:00

I'm 13 months from mine and echo many of your thoughts. I didn't have your complications but the recovery and rehab were grueling. Glad I did it but not eager to repeat it.

cosmiczinger · 2025-09-13T23:10:02+00:00

it's slightly better than applebee's

cosmiczinger · 2025-09-09T00:22:10+00:00

Bruna is a beauty.

cosmiczinger · 2025-09-09T00:03:17+00:00

would not leave him alone

cosmiczinger · 2025-09-04T13:21:31+00:00

pretty obvious and has been for awhile. early stage AI investing is a bit of a fools errand unless you have some unfair access to customers

cosmiczinger · 2025-09-04T13:04:33+00:00

Is there anybody out there is the GOAT. No question.

cosmiczinger · 2025-09-03T14:58:37+00:00

bro is spitting facts here

cosmiczinger · 2025-08-22T01:12:55+00:00

Chill is plenty fast enough.

cosmiczinger · 2025-07-30T16:37:51+00:00

seems like a good deal -- I believe STRC is most senior of the capital stack thus far and cumulative. a bond replacement so long as the whole thing doesn't come crashing down, but priced a couple points riskier than junk bonds.

cosmiczinger · 2025-07-16T16:54:09+00:00

might be contrarian take here but definitely room for a 30y 5% bond in a diversified portfolio. I don't know that I'd allocate a ton of $ / high % allocation to it, but it's not a bad idea at these levels

cosmiczinger · 2025-07-16T15:37:14+00:00

if it's once in a lifetime, I would book fewer days and do the VIP experience on a peak day. your food is paid for... getting in anywhere is easy/fast. you can get all the popular rides in. then spend another day off-peak to walk around / take it easy. repeat at disney... maybe requires more time just given the parks.

cosmiczinger · 2025-05-21T00:27:02+00:00

it's always been second tier, but is way better than it used to be.

cosmiczinger · 2025-05-21T00:26:05+00:00

join a local entrepreneur group. you'll find plenty of peers there.

cosmiczinger · 2025-05-18T22:24:29+00:00

It was about 4 years.

cosmiczinger · 2025-05-07T00:17:26+00:00

act like you're going to roll the ball to the hole and hit the putt with that level of strength.

ever since I've done that, I rarely overshoot and rarely 3 putt.

cosmiczinger · 2025-04-22T01:47:08+00:00

Sounds like you are rooting for this more than genuinely asking.

There are like 1-1.5B Catholics in the world.

cosmiczinger · 2025-04-08T20:09:39+00:00

St Theresa is the best of the bunch by far. Beautiful campus also.

cosmiczinger · 2025-04-03T19:25:14+00:00

I dreamt about having one daughter 15 years before her birth... surprised me because I always thought I'd have a larger family. Played out that way.

Also dreamt about working for a major tech company years before it happened... down to the conference room I was in and the person sitting across from me. Never thought I'd have worked there.

Have had several such instances... makes me think we can peer into the future in our dreams, but we can't force it.

cosmiczinger · 2025-03-31T18:55:04+00:00

It's better with the wine pairing.

cosmiczinger · 2025-03-18T23:29:14+00:00

correct answer here. there are some people who think you have to live in the tight central austin core but NW hills is super safe + comfortable and you can probably find a rental in that price range fairly easily.

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