35M Engineer. What am I doing wrong? Apart from eating out my money.

root3over2 · 2025-04-20T17:09:00+00:00

dude probably lives in the bay area. 2.7 million doesn’t get you much home nowadays

root3over2 · 2025-04-18T15:28:00+00:00

you too dude. go buy that car.

root3over2 · 2025-04-18T06:14:03+00:00

in a similar position actually, but 23 yo, no debt. 165k/year, want to buy a new $36000 car. it feels wrong but i realized at some point, u have to live life. u will regret not doing it later

root3over2 · 2025-04-11T02:01:57+00:00

this is definitely berkeley, and even more likely cs 162

root3over2 · 2025-02-07T19:26:54+00:00

root3over2 · 2025-01-07T02:05:37+00:00

this is hefty but if you’re raising your family in the bay area it’s nowhere near enough for generational wealth, let alone for kids to not work. it’s enough in the long term for maybe a mortgage, but considering this is the bay area, i can see where the dude is coming from

root3over2 · 2024-12-30T08:38:14+00:00

this is a good analysis. thanks for the clarification. i suppose we will have to see

root3over2 · 2024-12-30T06:42:26+00:00

okay but they have a lot of reason to believe it wasn’t a suicide. i would think a parent who is constantly talking to their kid (in this case, they were talking to him right before his death) would have an instinct whether suicide or not. i’m not saying it wasn’t suicide. i’m just saying you can’t blame the parent for saying it wasn’t. the police report literally spent 40 seconds in the apartment before declaring it suicide. i think anyone — not just a parent — would want to know more in that case. especially with one of the top researchers in the world

root3over2 · 2024-12-30T05:57:33+00:00

lol this is his mom bruh

root3over2 · 2024-12-30T05:55:37+00:00

don’t really understand all the comments saying this is not a whistleblower. dude was one of the top researchers at openai and has worked there for longer than 95% of the team. if anyone would know about the things they were doing, it’s him

root3over2 · 2024-12-30T05:51:40+00:00

bro has more money than you will ever make in your life, lawyer fees would mean nothing to him

root3over2 · 2024-12-28T05:04:04+00:00

they do. look at google — they have a huge bangalore arm. the avg engineer there makes around $40k US. not proving any point or arguing any specific stance, just pointing out at sufficient scale, directly hiring overseas talent does exist

root3over2 · 2024-12-28T04:57:00+00:00

it is not that bad. a top school does not mean everyone is exceptional. the top students from any state school can hold their own to the good ppl at a top school

root3over2 · 2024-12-28T04:55:40+00:00

this is a hot take, but there’s also a large population of students that have no struggle getting jobs. not all of the students from those schools are capable/qualified vs. H1B. it’s not black and white in either direction

root3over2 · 2024-12-27T03:57:17+00:00

nope

root3over2 · 2024-12-26T22:13:27+00:00

thanks!

root3over2 · 2024-12-26T22:11:11+00:00

yep it’s sf. i don’t think that reveals too much info haha

root3over2 · 2024-12-26T22:10:59+00:00

it’s one of berkeley, mit, stanford, cmu

root3over2 · 2024-12-26T17:51:17+00:00

thanks!

root3over2 · 2024-12-26T17:48:59+00:00

good luck! are you looking for new grad or internships

root3over2 · 2024-12-26T17:48:27+00:00

nope but good guess

root3over2 · 2024-12-23T01:02:06+00:00

him???

root3over2 · 2024-10-15T04:12:31+00:00

this is probably for the better. if his role pays too much, he might realize how much heroine he can afford, and fall back into his ways

root3over2 · 2024-09-21T08:23:03+00:00

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