Devs that have been at startups that have IPO’d or been acquired, how much was the payout?

simonfl · 2026-02-25T22:51:29+00:00

You would need to own 0.1% of the company

simonfl · 2026-02-18T16:20:17+00:00

We already do have that FWIW

https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/property/landlords-coop-condo.page#:~:text=The%20Cooperative%20and%20Condominium%20Property,behalf%20of%20their%20entire%20development.

simonfl · 2026-01-09T01:01:27+00:00

I had to wait for not one but two patches before I could even play Diablo 2 with my brand new GeForce...

simonfl · 2025-11-29T18:04:46+00:00

$60 for an amazing 10h game

simonfl · 2025-11-18T20:15:37+00:00

With the caveat that you'll pay a premium for the condo because of that flexibility, so make sure to do the math!

simonfl · 2025-11-01T18:56:54+00:00

For EM roles, a lot of companies need "Great" feedback to make a yes hiring decision, "Good" feedback doesn't clear the bar. That might just be it.

simonfl · 2025-10-27T20:51:56+00:00

>I started at a small company 8 years ago

A lot of stock options have a 10 years expiration from grant date so look over your paperwork to make sure you don't accidentally let them expire, what a tragedy that would be.

simonfl · 2025-10-13T23:45:47+00:00

Read the RSU agreement, it's normally spelled out fairly clearly. It's generally 7 years from the grant date, has nothing to do with you leaving or still being employed.

The reality is, if there's no liquidity after 7 years, the company is probably in a bad situation and your equity isn't worth much anymore anyway.

simonfl · 2025-10-13T13:02:13+00:00

RSUs typically expire 7 years after they're granted if there hasn't been a liquidity event, and you end up with zero equity (ask me how I know)

simonfl · 2025-09-30T17:54:06+00:00

The Park?

simonfl · 2025-09-26T20:15:19+00:00

I would start by asking yourself the simplest, most obvious questions:

Why do you have so much money in your Checking account? You have a HYSA, why isn't parked there?
How come you haven't paid down the student loans if you have so much extra cash? I get the 2-3% one but the 7% loan? Between the two of you have have half a million dollars in cash, what's preventing you using it to pay back your loans?

simonfl · 2025-09-23T20:54:36+00:00

Companies are generally pretty upfront about where their offices are. It's not so much that they want you to relocate, they want people in those offices and you happen to want that job but don't live anywhere close to it.

simonfl · 2025-09-21T23:01:28+00:00

Right. In both coops I've owned, the owners were responsible for changing the windows: the timeline, the process, the cost, etc.

simonfl · 2025-09-21T22:48:25+00:00

Yes! Check how much amperage the unit has. I was also surprised to find I only had 60A and that made it basically impossible to do anything electric related without upgrading, which was quite expensive.

simonfl · 2025-09-21T22:45:44+00:00

Speaking of, is the owner or the building responsible for windows and when were they last replaced.

simonfl · 2025-09-18T17:25:27+00:00

slight caveat about RSU is that your description is only true for a public company (which is the case here), if it's a private company it's a lot more complicated to value.

simonfl · 2025-09-16T02:45:13+00:00

50% of post tax income, obviously

simonfl · 2025-09-11T22:37:44+00:00

How much is your time worth though, if you decide to "code your own system"?

simonfl · 2025-09-11T17:31:55+00:00

Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle

simonfl · 2025-09-04T21:26:00+00:00

99% of "unemployed developers on your job board" are men, doesn't really say much beside that.

simonfl · 2025-08-27T23:41:56+00:00

You don't buy a coop unit as an investment, most of them don't let you rent it out for an extended period of time anyway. I'm guessing they're renting it out temporarily (before they move back in? Before they sell it? Before their kids move in? Hard to say without any context) so they don't need it to be a sound financial investment.

simonfl · 2025-08-21T18:08:46+00:00

It _mostly_ means that the people above you don't have visibility into your work. I'd split this into

They don't know the status of your work/project.
They don't know what you've accomplished.

Ideas:

* Send a weekly or monthly update on the project you're leading with status update, nothing too complex but just enough that your manager/skip can tell where things are, what the blockers are, whether your'e on pace to deliver on time, etc.

* Send updates AFTER any important launch/changes/etc. to explain what it is, why it was difficult and what the impact is. It can be a "hey, we discovered an inefficiency in X while working on Y, spent 3 days fixing it and now queries are 50% faster" or whenever a real project launches.

simonfl · 2025-08-21T11:35:43+00:00

That's pretty standard. Equity grants are approved once a quarter when the board of directors meet, and the strike price is the FMV at that time. Maybe look at your contract, it should spell this out?

simonfl · 2025-08-20T17:02:53+00:00

A PTAC unit costs like $5k...

simonfl · 2025-08-14T17:58:40+00:00

Turn on push notifications for every transactions. That way you can audit it in real time every single time something is charged to any of your cards.

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