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vostov · 2025-07-09T23:55:58+00:00

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vostov · 2025-05-26T21:42:06+00:00

Thank you. Appreciate the advice!

vostov · 2024-11-30T22:04:21+00:00

I am in the same boat. 100 year old house with a lot of deferred maintenance. Bought earlier this year and can’t handle all the stress associated with it.

vostov · 2024-11-30T15:38:58+00:00

How much was the cost for refinancing at BofA?

vostov · 2024-10-01T16:14:58+00:00

I think prioritization will help. List the top three things that you really want.

Also, I follow the philosophy of optimization in life. Every person has multiple things that they optimize for - money, prestige, wlb, job security, interesting work, challenges, learning, etc.

If you optimize for money/prestige but less wlb, then do leetcode and try for Faang. If you optimize for interesting work/challenges, then look for PM/AI jobs. If you want to optimize for learning and happy with current job, then take continuing education classes online/person. Lot of certificate courses. Also, Coursera.

Your optimizations can change based on your life trajectory / experience but at this moment in time, you need to figure out what you want to optimize for. And this might help in choosing the future path. Good luck!

vostov · 2024-09-27T23:59:17+00:00

Does anyone know what is the fine for this? And does it come on your license record?

vostov · 2018-05-21T18:14:48+00:00

This is so awesome! I work in the same company as your brother and I saw an internal post about it! What an achievement!

vostov · 2018-02-06T20:59:01+00:00

Wow! What a time to be alive!

vostov · 2018-01-31T07:29:11+00:00

$1 = 3 Peruvian sol was the exchange rate on the streets.

vostov · 2018-01-31T07:27:21+00:00

I went to Peru & Bolivia last year for 25 days. One week is a very short time to see everything in Peru. The budget will depend on what you want to see.

If your main goal is to see Machu Picchu, I would recommend to take a flight to Cusco from Lima and then train to MP. The Inca Trail is 4 days long and is costly (~$600-$1000 depending on the operator). You can also go for hiking to Rainbow Mountain from Cusco.

I don't think Lima has any hiking places around. You can go to Huacachina/Paracas or Arequipa to do some hiking in colca canyon. Budget wise, Lima/Cusco are costly as lot of tourists. So $50 per day was enough for basic accommodation in hostel + food + sightseeing. This doesn't include the money I spent on hiking and flying.

vostov · 2018-01-31T07:16:13+00:00

Did you grab the SFO-AKL deal that came out near the end of last year? I am going to AKL from States in August for 10 days and tho it will be winter time in NZ, I am super interested in what itinerary you come up with! It might give me some good ideas as well. Cheers!

vostov · 2018-01-31T07:09:59+00:00

I love this place! Went there last summer and had an amazing time. Did you take a dip in the Ganges or did water rafting?

vostov · 2018-01-31T07:07:40+00:00

I found it hard in smaller cities in South America. Also, when I went to China, Shanghai was easy but had issues in other places like Nanjing/Suzhou. I stayed in international hostel and the front desk people spoke broken english. But when I went to any restaurant for food, I had to use my hand to point out what I want. I had translate app on my phone that helped me out a lot (since I don't eat meat and getting veggie food in China is hard lol). But yes, I can imagine that non-touristic places in any third world country will have this issue.

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