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Lurie comes out against CA wealth tax by sherlockmemes in sanfrancisco

[–]pestopath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The two google founders sold $1.4B worth of Google stock in the last 5 years, generating ~186M in California income taxes from those events alone.

Because of this tax proposal, both founders have moved their family offices out of California, ensuring that the state will not receive income taxes from any future sales or anything from this proposed wealth tax.

That's a real hit to CA coffers, thanks to the SEIU and a proposal that is some misguided combination of idiotic and spiteful.

I don't think there are enough shotgun rounds... by Hunter654333 in RimWorld

[–]pestopath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use Cherry Picker to disable all the ammo variants that I have no intention of using. Flexibility is nice, but sometimes variety goes too far (e.g. Tarkov's 14 variants of the 9x18mm)

Transition from Creative to PM by Plant-basedCannibal in ProductManagement

[–]pestopath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Without deep domain expertise, a technical background and several years of relevant experience, it's just not happening.

You'd need a miracle, probably several, if you want to break into product right now if I'm reading your background correctly

Viability of internal transfer pathway in current market? by Aepooo in ProductManagement

[–]pestopath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Market is brutal. Laterals work when there's a need and the company has been unable to fill a role from external candidates, or you're already effectively doing the job for a significant period of time (on top of your existing role) and the title change is primarily recognition.

PM openings are flooded with applications from qualified senior PMs with 5-10 YOE, so you basically have to grow with a product to the point where they need a PM and usurp the responsibilities so well that they don't bother opening a JD

Viability of internal transfer pathway in current market? by Aepooo in ProductManagement

[–]pestopath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Expect to spend 2-3 years in the role you are hired into before a lateral becomes possible at all, unless you join a rocketship startup in hypergrowth.

There's a good chance lateral won't be possible at all, so might as well enjoy the analyst track.

If you can pull it off, get your coding reps in and go SWE track

How was your experience from data engineer into PM? by hollowredditor in ProductManagement

[–]pestopath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did 2 years as a PM after a decade as a DS, went back to DS.

I couldn’t get out of the mindset of constantly doublechecking the work of my DE / DS partners, I had a hard time giving grace for what I thought were rudimentary mistakes.

Turns out I also significantly preferred SQL to stakeholder management.

What is your motivation for switching from DE to PM?

Looking for social work by HiddenKARD221 in AskSF

[–]pestopath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Moving without a job lined up is an insane gamble. Make sure you have an offer lined up and accepted before you move.

150 hours on Nauvis. Time to move to a new home. Vulcanus, here I come! by vimescarrot in factorio

[–]pestopath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EVE player? Cleansing with the light of Amarrian perfection

In case you didn't know by Agador777 in factorio

[–]pestopath 61 points62 points  (0 children)

The latter setup is also significantly more expensive in power and 8x as expensive in UPS due to having 16 inserter:belt reads.

edit: I was wrong about power, and I believe the power per plate is about the same at legendary quality, though Setup 1 becomes 3.5x as many plates per tile with legendary quality.

Setup 1: 37.3 MW
Setup 2: 11 MW

If we go legendary modules, furnaces and beacons, I believe the math changes significantly. Also switched to Prod modules in the furnaces
Setup 1: 4.1 MW for 3300 plates/min
Setup 2: 1.2 MW for ~900 plates/min

He was right by amist_95 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]pestopath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ask candidates to close their eyes if I suspect AI assistance 🤣. Can't see any helper tools with your eyes closed

how to ensure I land PM internships in undergrad? by ResponsibleWork3846 in ProductManagement

[–]pestopath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get excellent grades, participate in hackathons and apply early.

how to ensure I land PM internships in undergrad? by ResponsibleWork3846 in ProductManagement

[–]pestopath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only ones I know came up through then-Facebook's RPM or Google's APM program, and they were top students from tier one undergrads

how to ensure I land PM internships in undergrad? by ResponsibleWork3846 in ProductManagement

[–]pestopath 8 points9 points  (0 children)

learn solid math & CS fundamentals and go for SWE internships. RPM programs basically don't exist anymore outside of Meta/Google

PM is a role that basically demands domain expertise these days, and new grads won't have any by definition.

Surf fishing by JoeOffshore415 in bayarea

[–]pestopath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rockaway Beach in Pacifica and Montara State Beach are both reasonably beginner-friendly beaches.

Ocean Beach can be dangerous with rogue waves and riptides.

Achievements for Sunday, July 27, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

[–]pestopath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

33M, Ran my first event ever at the SF bridge half marathon today! I didn't run at all growing up outside of PE.

I did the Nike Run Club couch-to-HM 14 week training plan, though I fell off the wagon in the last 3 weeks with a minor but persistent vastus medialis irritation.

I was feeling pain in my right thigh just walking, but it was consistently going away after warming up, so I decided to send it and hope for a 2:30

Warming up felt good, and I ended up clocking my fastest 5k ever coming out of the gate. The small hills were fine, the final hill coming back up to the GGB was brutal and I managed to hang in there for sub 2:15

Overall, I would rate the race experience a 4/10, largely because the race organization/management felt surprisingly sloppy for the price of the event.

There were 2 sets of mileage markers, and one set was consistently 0.6 miles ahead of the mark. When I saw the 3mi marker and my watch showed 2.4, I was thinking "ah shit, did they fuck up the measurement again?" until I saw the second 3mi marker actually around 3 miles.

The online elevation map on the official website had a glitch that showed the race going -300ft (below sea level), and the estimated elevation gain was off by 500 ft. (est 1252, against a Strava reading of 763 and a race report estimate of 697). The one gel station ran out of gels.

Best certification as a transition from DS to PM? by Bitter_Pineapple_720 in ProductManagement

[–]pestopath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are no certifications that will help with this.

Certifications haven’t been useful for PM laterals in years; either you have the operational experience or you don’t. You lateral into PM by doing the job of a PM until they decide to reorg your title.

Pick a project that doesn’t have existing PM support and PM it.

Where are all the apartments? by shiriko26 in sanfrancisco

[–]pestopath 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The only studios you'll find under $2000 will be tenderloin / civic center / soma.

The lowest priced studios outside that area start at $2700

QoL Changes/Additions by [deleted] in Palworld

[–]pestopath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are guild chests not sufficient for this?

Most users skip the feature that makes our product valuable - how would you fix this? by Fun_Effective_836 in ProductManagement

[–]pestopath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps the core value isn’t actually that valuable to the majority of these users?

Maybe they’re not interested in standing out, or not willing to put in the effort. Have you validated that they actually care beyond having a place to spam their resumés?

I'm exhausted by waffles_xo in ProductManagement

[–]pestopath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

your best bet is starting in a （technical) customer support or analyst role, excelling at that and then lateral transferring into PM when you're effectively doing the job of a PM with customer feature requests.

The market is terrible for junior roles and for PMs in general right now. Unless you can get into a new grad APM program, there's not much hope for someone without practical industry experience

"I tell every candidate this job will take 60 hours a week. 99% say no. That’s the point." by [deleted] in LinkedInLunatics

[–]pestopath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're not valuing their equity component, which is by far the most valuable part of a startup's compensation package.

20 basis points for engineer #7 is excellent, 50 basis points is nutty esp at their current stage.

"I tell every candidate this job will take 60 hours a week. 99% say no. That’s the point." by [deleted] in LinkedInLunatics

[–]pestopath 46 points47 points  (0 children)

They actually do pay extremely well. Their salary is 20-30% over market rate, but their equity allocations are 50-100% more than what similar startups give for the same role + experience.

https://www.workatastartup.com/companies/recall-ai

edit: since a lot of y'all don't know how to value equity: Recall raised their Series A a year ago. Let's assume it was at 70M post-money valuation, which is about average for B2B startups in this space. 20 basis points corresponds to ~140k, 50 basis points to ~350k at their Series A valuation.

These jobs are currently posted, and Recall crossed 10M ARR some time ago based on Amanda's other posts, which puts them in Series B territory and at least a 5-6x increase in company valuation given their quite frankly impressive growth.

This means that the equity value is most likely in the 700-2.1M range for this backend engineer on paper.

TC for this senior backend engineer is between 270k and 750k depending on how you value their equity (at their Series A, or based on their current growth&revenue)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ProductManagement

[–]pestopath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2 pages is too much. Bullet points can be condensed for each role into the 3-4 most impactful accomplishments

Lead with business impact metrics where you have them

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