They'd better move, because they can't afford that place.
They can't afford San Francisco. Rentals in Silicon Valley in general, and San Jose in particular, are much cheaper. I make $50K+ year and pay $1466 per month for a 475-sqft studio apartment. A three-bedroom apartment is $3,000+ per month.
As someone who lives in Silicon Valley on $50K+ per year and rub shoulders with people who make minimum wage on public transit, we don't care about nouveau riche poor.
It will be good to buy when the bubble pops. Assuming it is a bubble and not your own wishful thinking.
I'm waiting for rental prices to pop downward in Silicon Valley. My 50-year-old apartment complex is half-empty. The last time that happened was after the dot com bust (2001) and great recession (2009). A new apartment complex down the street opened Phase III of their development that isn't filling up and Phase II is schedule to open soon. New apartment buildings up and down the light rail lines are being built.
When I was out of work for two years (2009-2010) and underemployed for six months (working 20 hours per month) in Silicon Valley, I couldn't qualify for food stamps because I made too much money (20 x $16 = $320) as a single adult. After I filed for Chapter Seven bankruptcy in 2011, I still didn't qualify for food stamps. You have to work 20 hours per month at minimum wage (~$160) to qualify for food stamps. I ate a lot of rice and beans during that time.
[...] worst case scenario we all die, the universe is destroyed.
That's a common misconception among people. Humanity can die off just like the dinosaurs and the planet will continue on for another four billion years until the sun becomes a red giant. Neither the planet nor the universe cares about humanity.
"Getting things done" seems to be the only measure for success in modern western companies. Doesn't matter how well those things are done, just that they are and quickly.
It depends on how things get done. When I get things done, I make sure they're done right the first time. Other people may try to get things done by gaming the numbers. I had a supervisor who did that and he rode the company all the way into bankruptcy before he got fired.
You seriously haven't changed your Yahoo password in a decade?
Two decades.
You realize it had been hacked during that time right?
I got notifications from time to time.
You should change that password right away.
I can change the password for sbcglobal.net but I can't change the password for Yahoo! Mail. The merger of the DSL email address into Yahoo! Mail screwed it up somehow. I haven't seen any hacking attempts with either email addresses.
Why was such an incompetent person made a manager?
According to "I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59" by Douglas Edwards, she had a reputation for getting things done at Google. Success at one company doesn't always translate into success at different company. Maybe better luck next time.
I had an AOL account in 1994 until someone pointed out that I needed a dial-up UNIX account to get more technical on the Internet
I bet you can't wait to put that one on your resume....
According to conventional wisdom, I'm dating myself on my resume by using my yahoo.com email address and I need to use my icloud.com email address to appear current with the times. However, since I've done business with numerous recruiters over the last 20+ years with my yahoo.com email, I'm reluctant to change to a more current email address. Once in a blue moon, I get contacted by a recruiter I haven't heard from in years.
So does that mean you have to give a cut of your $50k a year salary to the recruiter?
Nope. The hiring company pays the recruiter a fee. That could be a percentage of my annual salary or a flat fee of what I get paid for one, two or three months. Nothing comes out of my pocket.
If you're not building relationships with your co-workers and bosses during your contracts - even with the understanding that you could be let go tomorrow - then you're doing it way, way wrong.
I walk away from each job with glowing references from management that will get me my next job. As far as coworkers are concern, some become my bosses and my bosses became my team members on future jobs.
Which is why I don't burn my bridges because Silicon Valley is a very, very small world.
If you're not memorable, you're completely replaceable.
Of course, I'm replaceable. I'm a contractor.
And that means the first Indian contractor that comes along who offers your employer a few bucks an hour less than you're asking for will take your job.
My job doesn't get outsourced to the Indians. Once the contract is over, the job no longer exists.
[...] I suspect this is close to your current lifestyle already [...]
I never asked to be contractor. But what makes me a great contractor is that I'm adaptable and hit the ground running.
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What the hell are you talking about?
Uh, seriously? Turn in your geek creds and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0879/1412/products/rogue-hoodie-red.jpeg?v=1453674518
As someone else, I don't give a fuck whether or not you give a fuck.
Sure you do. Otherwise, you wouldn't have wasted a fuck by commenting. ;)
Rogue traders do it from behind.
They'd better move, because they can't afford that place.
They can't afford San Francisco. Rentals in Silicon Valley in general, and San Jose in particular, are much cheaper. I make $50K+ year and pay $1466 per month for a 475-sqft studio apartment. A three-bedroom apartment is $3,000+ per month.
As someone who lives in Silicon Valley on $50K+ per year and rub shoulders with people who make minimum wage on public transit, we don't care about nouveau riche poor.
It will be good to buy when the bubble pops. Assuming it is a bubble and not your own wishful thinking.
I'm waiting for rental prices to pop downward in Silicon Valley. My 50-year-old apartment complex is half-empty. The last time that happened was after the dot com bust (2001) and great recession (2009). A new apartment complex down the street opened Phase III of their development that isn't filling up and Phase II is schedule to open soon. New apartment buildings up and down the light rail lines are being built.
When I was out of work for two years (2009-2010) and underemployed for six months (working 20 hours per month) in Silicon Valley, I couldn't qualify for food stamps because I made too much money (20 x $16 = $320) as a single adult. After I filed for Chapter Seven bankruptcy in 2011, I still didn't qualify for food stamps. You have to work 20 hours per month at minimum wage (~$160) to qualify for food stamps. I ate a lot of rice and beans during that time.
Do you really want to take a ride in flying taxi that's run by a CEO who routinely breaks laws and regulations to get what he want?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/technology/travis-kalanick-pushes-uber-and-himself-to-the-precipice.html?
Alphabet has been testing these since a decade or so. They really don't rush it, which is good.
Has it been that long? Seems like only yesterday that they announced it.
[...] worst case scenario we all die, the universe is destroyed.
That's a common misconception among people. Humanity can die off just like the dinosaurs and the planet will continue on for another four billion years until the sun becomes a red giant. Neither the planet nor the universe cares about humanity.
Step 3 might be not be a good idea if customers are making babies while the self-driving car goes around the block 30 times.
What could possibly go wrong?
"Getting things done" seems to be the only measure for success in modern western companies. Doesn't matter how well those things are done, just that they are and quickly.
It depends on how things get done. When I get things done, I make sure they're done right the first time. Other people may try to get things done by gaming the numbers. I had a supervisor who did that and he rode the company all the way into bankruptcy before he got fired.
In other news Barack Obama will be paid $400K for one speech.
So Obama is making less than Bill Clinton but more than George W. So what?
https://www.thoughtco.com/former-presidents-speaking-fees-3368127
She took command of the Titanic about 100 meters from the iceberg. Or possibly after it had already hit.
Recent research suggest that the Titanic may have had a coal bunker fire that weakened the outer hull where the iceberg struck.
http://titanic-model.com/db/db-03/CoalBunkerFire.htm
As for Yahoo, parts of the business may have been smoldering for years.
You seriously haven't changed your Yahoo password in a decade?
Two decades.
You realize it had been hacked during that time right?
I got notifications from time to time.
You should change that password right away.
I can change the password for sbcglobal.net but I can't change the password for Yahoo! Mail. The merger of the DSL email address into Yahoo! Mail screwed it up somehow. I haven't seen any hacking attempts with either email addresses.
You can have more than one email address and only advertise the new one, but check both.
True. But I'm a lazy bastard as I haven't changed my password since setting up the account decades ago.
Hell if Yahoo was competent you could forward that to the new email address.
That option might exist. Verizon might have other ideas about Yahoo! Mail.
Why was such an incompetent person made a manager?
According to "I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59" by Douglas Edwards, she had a reputation for getting things done at Google. Success at one company doesn't always translate into success at different company. Maybe better luck next time.
[...] hell she could be a Clinton.
Or Carly Fiona.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/carly-fiorina-debates-senate-run/index.html
you get an @aol.com address.
I had an AOL account in 1994 until someone pointed out that I needed a dial-up UNIX account to get more technical on the Internet
I bet you can't wait to put that one on your resume....
According to conventional wisdom, I'm dating myself on my resume by using my yahoo.com email address and I need to use my icloud.com email address to appear current with the times. However, since I've done business with numerous recruiters over the last 20+ years with my yahoo.com email, I'm reluctant to change to a more current email address. Once in a blue moon, I get contacted by a recruiter I haven't heard from in years.
Or runs for political office. Senator Diane Feinstein may or may not be running in 2018, depending on unspecified family health issues.
I guess it's time to change the password for my Yahoo! Mail and sbglobal.net (DSL) email addresses. Do I get a Verizon email address?
So does that mean you have to give a cut of your $50k a year salary to the recruiter?
Nope. The hiring company pays the recruiter a fee. That could be a percentage of my annual salary or a flat fee of what I get paid for one, two or three months. Nothing comes out of my pocket.
If you're not building relationships with your co-workers and bosses during your contracts - even with the understanding that you could be let go tomorrow - then you're doing it way, way wrong.
I walk away from each job with glowing references from management that will get me my next job. As far as coworkers are concern, some become my bosses and my bosses became my team members on future jobs. Which is why I don't burn my bridges because Silicon Valley is a very, very small world.
If you're not memorable, you're completely replaceable.
Of course, I'm replaceable. I'm a contractor.
And that means the first Indian contractor that comes along who offers your employer a few bucks an hour less than you're asking for will take your job.
My job doesn't get outsourced to the Indians. Once the contract is over, the job no longer exists.
[...] I suspect this is close to your current lifestyle already [...]
I never asked to be contractor. But what makes me a great contractor is that I'm adaptable and hit the ground running.
BANG!