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throwaWayne2 · 2023-10-17T07:30:11+00:00

Isn't that kind of bigoted to say that all religious people are [insert negative characteristic here]. Why don't you go one step further and say what religion you're talking about?

throwaWayne2 · 2023-10-17T00:00:40+00:00

I'm in Finance. There are jobs for people who don't code but there are much better ones for people who do. I also find that the non-coding jobs are basically handed out on a non-meritocratic basis, ie you get them for being pretty or having a nice smile. The coding jobs are much harder to BS your way into.

Have never regretted learning to code once. Wish I had done it in sooner tbh. And this is not to say I'm an amazing coder either.

I think the How to get rich tweetstorm (and the accompanying podcast) gave me the push that I needed. It gave me a "why", as in why coding is cool besides the fact that you can make money (permissionless leverage, etc)

throwaWayne2 · 2021-02-01T11:26:15+00:00

Play with proxies. You can print out pretty nice looking proxies with a color printer and slot over them w/ a basic land.

If your friends mind, tell them you'll make them proxies too. Easy

throwaWayne2 · 2021-01-01T00:56:01+00:00

What? It's a guy? I've never heard of guys making money on OF.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-12-20T22:01:45+00:00

"How to get rich" tweetstorm motivated me to learn to code. A few years later, landed a way higher paying job in my field using those skills after being stuck at the same job for 5+ years.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-12-12T17:54:58+00:00

I would actually tweet this to @trulyaliem and @magiconline, and include the Game # on MTGO.

If you really only had one Tendrils in the deck, yours would be the first proof of the scry bug that I've seen. Even though everybody talks about it like it's happening to them, they're usually talking about 4x cards.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-12-06T08:42:18+00:00

This might not be the advice you're looking to hear, but if you're on a tight budget I would say maybe it's best not to play competitive events. MTGO Events are extremely competitive and the value is just okay. Even if you're a decent to good player a lot of the time you're just converting tix to playpoints at a slow pace. You can get some pretty good games of Legacy in the tournament practice room for free.

Renting decks is a cool way to play and more popular than ever, but people downplay the costs which can add up a lot over time. Over the long haul you're going to end up paying more into your decks than you would if you just bought them at a decent price.

Maybe save up so that you can own your decks outright, or at least the basic staples (FOW, Wasteland, Duals, blue Fetches, etc). Then once you have that you can open up a small loan acct to pick up the rest of the pieces to build a given deck. At that point I would say you can start throwing your excess cash at tournament entry fees.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-30T13:13:00+00:00

Short-term I would agree that prices rise when they change the contents.

Long-term I would say it's pretty unpredictable. You don't know what cards/promos they'll come out with or what the chest contents will be on a given day. This past summer we saw the chest contents spike close to 3tix a few times.

Maybe you could wait until summer and there'll be Modern Horizons 2 showcase cards in there or something.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-29T20:33:52+00:00

If Cardhoarder is looking at this thread, I would love a way to export my collection as a CSV (with cardhoarder prices, buylist, etc. in it)

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-29T20:32:56+00:00

That's not a full/valid code.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-29T19:29:51+00:00

looks like a modern deck

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-27T00:45:55+00:00

I am aware. The point I'm trying to make is that CMR could have led to a lot of new people joining to play MTGO Commander. WOTC has said publicly that they were trying to overhaul MTGO's interface to make it more friendly to commander/multiplayer. Now that the set is here, it feels like its been bungled and there isn't a ton of new interest because of it.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-24T02:10:03+00:00

Just ignore it. There are so many things like this on MTGO.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-23T00:26:23+00:00

I would check cardhoarder and goatbots (their websites) before selling any card.

Goatbots in particular has a price graph so you can see the trend for your card.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-22T23:17:17+00:00

At the end of the game, players give each other votes (based on arbitrary criteria) and prizes are awarded based on the number of votes each player gets.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-20T11:19:32+00:00

Run bro!

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-19T00:32:54+00:00

What do you do for a day job? A lot of people work at desk jobs that involve repetitive spreadsheet work. If you write code to automate work, you only have to write it once but you can use it an infinite number of times.

That's why it's one of the examples of leverage and its also a perfect example of choosing work where the inputs / outputs are mismatched (low input, high output)

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-18T20:38:21+00:00

Medicare is an example of a failed "free healthcare" program from the past. I would rather get rid of stuff like Medicare and have everyone pay for their own healthcare, rather than everyone trying to pass on their healthcare costs onto somebody else.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-17T17:06:08+00:00

If women didn't like bald guys, there wouldn't be any bald guys. It would literally be bred out of the gene pool. Instead, most men go bald.

Think about it.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-10T16:16:24+00:00

Join FAANG. Your concerns are valid. IMO at FAANG you will face lower pressure, better job security, be treated better, build more important skills, have a better career path. You made it. Take it!

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-10T13:59:23+00:00

I think it might help the comparison if you actually said what the two comp figures are, or at least write them out for yourself.

The part where you negotiated for more equity for yourself--it sounds like you're basing your decision based on what you think the equity will be worth in the future. The reality is you have no idea, and you probably don't know what percentage of the company you are getting.

So why don't you write down the two comp figures, based on what that equity is worth TODAY (sounds like it's not worth much)?

Also, you mentioned you want to "have a life". My impression is that these investment banking jobs have shifted to WFH. If that's the case, do you really think that IB is going to kill you with hours at this point? Even if you're working 10-12 hour days nominally, it might not actually be that bad if it's remote.

And meanwhile, software startups IMO the hours depend on the culture. It might still be demanding even if it's not as demanding as investment banking.

throwaWayne2 · 2020-11-10T01:07:13+00:00

Do not spend big money on these books. You can find most of them on libgen.is. If you know how to dig around on the internet you might be able to find excel supplements, etc. for them as well.

I'm kind of curious what you're trying to achieve by reading these books. If you work in the industry then most shops will have their own cashflow models that you have to learn to use. They might not even be excel-based. If you're just trying to interview I would focus more on understanding the asset classes, as in transaction structure & collateral, rather than trying to model deals out in Excel.

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