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>The few new meetings that did take place tended to be with others who were like themselves: the consultants talked to consultants, and the bankers talked to bankers. In terms of both new conversations and diverse connections, the most successful networker at the event turned out to be the bartender. https://hbr.org/2018/05/go-ahead-skip-that-networking-event
So true. I would never want to work for Facebook, but I’ve always wanted to reply back to their persistent recruiters with an obscene salary expectation just to see if they’ll consider it.
I kept my social media accounts even though I stopped using them. If someone ever impersonates me, I can use these inactive accounts to say those are definitely mine.
https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/california/us-los-angeles/r...
Lots of overlap between Jonathan Gold's 101 list and the Michelin star list.
After working with so many retailers and online sales channels, things that are considered "legacy" or "outdated" by the HN crowd doesn't seem like it will go away unless both sides make a change. There are numerous articles posted on HN about how "FTP is dead" or no one uses it anymore, when it's far from the case.
Even Amazon's marketplace and vendor files are still using SFTP and EDI files. They've recently made changes, but it's been slow and hasn't had widespread adoption.
There's also the universality and "simplicity" CSV provides to the non-computer literate, and convincing them to make a change to a new standard provides itself some non-technical challenges. CSV is a bad standard, but it's the best one given what it does and its flexibility.
https://www.deseret.com/2007/9/7/20039771/intruder-at-buffet...
He basically boils it down to we're becoming more non-committal because we think something better is going to come, whether its the better brunch, the better gathering, the better toothbrush (he specifically cites this example) so we can all post it on social media. It results in all of us being miserable and unable to foster undivided attention.
The best thing you can do really is to not opt-in.
Lots of successful people nowadays now say “do what you’re good at” or “do the unsexy things, or the things no one else wants to do” and the passion will follow. That’s a much more pragmatic and realistic approach.
Personally I really enjoyed software and coding, but after doing the grind at SV companies and my own gig I’ve come to realize that on a risk-adjusted basis, the larger tech companies are a better way to make money.
Most of LA’s attractions are outdoors too, and the chance of catching COVID or its variant outdoors is still low. My only concern would be the airport and planes if you’re flying.
The field to look at was cognitive science or neurology, which in fairness makes some sense given where machine learning is today.
Today, people are trying to get into tech companies, and those who take one boot camp course call themselves “software engineers.”
Cities like Detroit or Pittsburgh (until recently) are also examples. Large cities along the west coast could probably be too new to suffer a collapse in prices yet.
Funny, this is the opposite of what I've heard from pretty much anyone bullish on real estate. "You can always live in your investments" is the rebuttal whenever I mention that a share of AAPL could generate more return. Don't forget "land is a finite resource."
On a related note, housing seems like a "bigger sucker" situation right now. A 1100 sq ft living area, 5000 sq ft lot SFH next to me just sold for 50% ($500K) over asking price. If we go with the mantra that "house prices always goes up", who on earth is going to pay for a small house in the millions, let alone where is that money coming from?
Previously it was anyone who could take the courses and had aa Bachelor’s Degree in any major OR 2 years of full-time experience could apply.
I think, like lawyers, it’s just a way to keep the supply of lawyers/brokers steady.
Going back on-topic, it still seems like the biggest way to build wealth is either 1) kick ass at your job as an employee, or 2) hustle when starting a new business. Entrepreneurship has been romanticized this last decade with hustle porn and Silicon Valley’s mentality, but there’s nothing wrong with being a corporate employee where they hopefully pay you perfectly well.
Each have their advantages and disadvantages, and it really comes down to personal preference.
It seems like the system is rigged no matter which way you look at it. The only option really is to amass enough fuck you money.
Two immediate examples I can think of:
“House MD” was produced by NBC/Universal but aired on FOX
“For All Mankind” was produced by Sony but currently airing on Apple TV+
Yes. I considered CarPlay a must-have feature, but no EVs out there matched the Supercharger network, which led to a Tesla purchase.
>4. No Autopilot.
Tesla is definitely overselling this. The only real time I've used Autopilot for an extended period of time was driving I-5 from SF to/from LA, and other ICE cars accomplish this too.
-Years must be in two digits since apparently nothing is built before 2000
-Not require postal codes or the city field for non-USA addresses since "we don't ship there anyway"
-Require names be in the format of first initial, last name since "everyone has a first and last name and that's how we keep track of purchases"
Things like this is what drives the cost of software up, since eventually we have to rollback changes.