Hacker News: zz865

New comment by zz865 in "Workers quit jobs in droves to become their own bosses"

zz865 — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 02:43:29 +0000

Yeah its almost a new aristocracy where people have fun while everyone else works.

New comment by zz865 in "Workers quit jobs in droves to become their own bosses"

zz865 — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 02:42:31 +0000

Yeah I meant 1989 to 2012. FTSE10 is flat from 1999 to 2021 as well.

New comment by zz865 in "Workers quit jobs in droves to become their own bosses"

zz865 — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 02:26:13 +0000

> and take advantage of long term compounding.

Yeah that is what I mean, what happens when the stock market drops 75% over 25 years? Not much compounding happening. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EN225?p=%5EN225

New comment by zz865 in "Workers quit jobs in droves to become their own bosses"

zz865 — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 01:31:37 +0000

Agreed it seems a paradox.

Maybe it really is socialism kills entrepreneurial spirit. If you can be an artist or a 35hr/wk public servant and live well, why bother being an entrepreneur?

New comment by zz865 in "Workers quit jobs in droves to become their own bosses"

zz865 — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 01:25:48 +0000

FIRE movement is largely a result of crazy high salaries and a booming stock market, it wont last forever.

New comment by zz865 in "I resigned from Twitter"

zz865 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 15:49:28 +0000

> stock popped 10%

stock is back to where it was a week ago, and is still lower than most of the year. These headlines are meaningless.

New comment by zz865 in "JetBrains Fleet: The Next-Generation IDE by JetBrains"

zz865 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:24:04 +0000

Does anyone know what tech this is built with? React?

New comment by zz865 in "How to Save a Ski Town"

zz865 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 01:26:09 +0000

I think one issue is places like Vail, PC, Tahoe are already spread out. Going there on vacation doesn't feel special at all, just feels like you're in some generic suburb. Places like Tremblant are nicer as there is a compact walkable town where all the buildings are 5 stories tall.

New comment by zz865 in "How to Save a Ski Town"

zz865 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:48:13 +0000

I quite like the rules in the Tirol - you can only own property if you live there. No second homes, no big hotels, no renting out houses. Just small owner operated hotels and locals.

New comment by zz865 in "Ask HN: EU devs who moved to the States for work, has it been worth it?"

zz865 — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 20:48:22 +0000

If you have the opportunity to work in the US definitely do it. Its a great change from Europe, esp if you like business & tech. Once you're here Europe really feels like its heading for relegation.

After that I'm not so sure, we got citizenship and now feels a bit like a trap. I like the land, people and climate (though too hot) but it seems a bit shallow and corporate. A lot of people from other parts of the world make huge sacrifices to bring their kids here to the land of opportunity, I worry there is too much materialistic reward and not enough culture.

Interestingly dont have a problem with the inequality, I think the rich here are almost to be pitied working non-stop to buy an even bigger 2nd house and a more luxurious car? I'm not even sure why they do it.

New comment by zz865 in "Ask HN: Why is Docusign a $50B company?"

zz865 — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 02:33:26 +0000

Until it disappears. I tried to look at my job contract from 5.5 years ago and it no longer exists.

New comment by zz865 in "Ask HN: Software Engineer hitting 40: what's next?"

zz865 — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 02:04:22 +0000

6% historically has been easy. Going forward it wont be as easy, think 3-4% is more likely.

Plus sounds like you dont have kids, they are very expensive in both money and time. Have you seen how much childcare is?

New comment by zz865 in "Ask HN: Software Engineer hitting 40: what's next?"

zz865 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 18:40:35 +0000

Perhaps I did suggest principal level isn't worth it. Most of my friends have taken the first 10-20 years off the resume - or have dramatically shrunk it.

New comment by zz865 in "Ask HN: Software Engineer hitting 40: what's next?"

zz865 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 17:24:26 +0000

Yes I've been doing this for 30 years. I also know all the interviews I've done lately nobody has cared about what I did 20 years ago.

New comment by zz865 in "Ask HN: Software Engineer hitting 40: what's next?"

zz865 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 17:13:10 +0000

I think low expectations is the best outlook. After 35 you're less desirable, sure you have experience but its not with the things employers are looking for. Eg right now the hot skills are tech that's only been around for 5 years, so you dont have any advantage over a 30 year old. Its worth doing some management jobs but they generally suck, my view is to keep as IC and just be happy with getting paid less than you used to make. If you are less fussy on money there are more choices out there. If you want more money get a side hustle.

Yes people will tell you can be pricipal dev or whatever but the pyramid narrows quickly, its only for people who are really good tech and people wise. That might be you but most devs assume they'll get there when they wont.

New comment by zz865 in "California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain inefficiencies"

zz865 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 03:17:18 +0000

No its not new. The Bayonne Bridge was raised just to allow the new bigger boats from China to get to Newark docks. https://skyrisecities.com/news/2020/03/time-lapse-condenses-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonne_Bridge#Roadbed-raising...

New comment by zz865 in "California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain inefficiencies"

zz865 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 03:14:57 +0000

There are boats coming from both sides, Suez and Panama. Each boat comes via the Suez or Panama.

New comment by zz865 in "California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain inefficiencies"

zz865 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 00:55:58 +0000

Well I live near Newark and currently there are a bunch of boats there that came from Asia in a month, via Suez & Panama. Its much more efficient than trucking across the whole country.

https://www.myshiptracking.com/vessels/pelican-mmsi-63601548... https://www.myshiptracking.com/vessels/gudrun-maersk-mmsi-22... https://www.myshiptracking.com/vessels/ever-lovely-mmsi-5630...

New comment by zz865 in "California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain inefficiencies"

zz865 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 00:27:18 +0000

True the East coast buys too much crap too, but doesn't have the same population growth and the ports aren't backed up like CA is.

New comment by zz865 in "PyTorch: Where we are headed and why it looks a lot like Julia (but not exactly)"

zz865 — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 23:32:16 +0000

Wow I hadn't seen deno before, looks great. I dont like js/ts, but if you have to learn it for front end dev, it makes sense to use it at the back too.

I'm not sure what advantage Julia has over Python. Yeah it has some typing and can be faster, but its too similar. Still single threaded.