When I post SWE roles, I get hundreds of applicants from people outside the US who pretend to already be in the US, by putting SF in their LinkedIn. I also get a ton of people who lie about needing work authorization.
Readit Newstaxman22 commented on Didn't realize it was this bad old.reddit.com/r/ITCareer... · Posted by u/belter
taxman22 commented on Delaware faces exodus of tech companies newsweek.com/delaware-exo... · Posted by u/ksec
Two companies leaving (out of how many hundreds if not thousands of businesses registered in Delaware) is "an exodus"?
At this point only 2 of the top 8 companies by market cap will be incorporated in Delaware. As Tesla and Meta move, investors in startups will need to be more open to investing in companies formed outside Delaware.
taxman22 commented on My second year without a job shilin.ca/my-second-year-... · Posted by u/true_pk
The US Fed came out with a stat a few years ago that 40% of Americans wouldn’t have cash to cover a $400 emergency: they’d have to sell something, borrow, or other.
That’s pretty much paycheck to paycheck if your savings are that low.
The question asked how somebody would pay for an unexpected $400 expense. If you answered “credit card” then you were considered to not have the cash to cover an emergency. I’d use a credit card…and pay it off when it’s due.
Any time you use language specific tricks in an interview, you’re probably going to confuse your interviewer and not do well.
taxman22 commented on The richest people borrow against their stock (2021) forbes.com/sites/johnhyat... · Posted by u/CHB0403085482
Yes, margin can be dangerous at times and is not that cheap. About 6% over fed rates, or 11-13% right now. Over $500k you'll probably get a better deal.
Schwab Pledge Asset Line (PAL) is SOFR + (2.40% to 4.4%). SOFR today is 4.81%.
taxman22 commented on UC Berkeley will delete all alumni email accounts with >5GB stored twitter.com/jachiam0/stat... · Posted by u/apengwin
Inspiring!
How do you handle on-call / customer support, particularly around vacations?
(In other words, if you want to go away for awhile, how do you make sure any outages get resolved?)
If you’re not pushing code/changes the likelihood of incidents is significantly less. Also, not having a few enterprise contracts that make up most of the revenue, helps ease customer support load.
taxman22 commented on Why isn’t dotnet core popular among startups? old.reddit.com/r/dotnet/l... · Posted by u/bundie
You should use the best tool for the job, and if that's dotnet go for it. That said, it would be difficult to hire strong engineers, across all experience levels. Your team would probably skew older and have outdated engineering practices.
taxman22 commented on The U.S. housing market vs. the Canadian housing market awealthofcommonsense.com/... · Posted by u/rufus_foreman
One big difference between Canada and the US is tax policy related to housing. In Canada, you don't pay capital gains on the sale of your home. In the USA you do if the gain was over $250k ($500k if you're married). So this creates a huge incentive in Canada to buy a house, renovate it while you live there, and then sell it and apply the entire gain to your next purchase.
It means Canadians who are already in the system can afford a lot more house in their subsequent purchases, especially at the high end.
Any improvements increase the cost basis in the US and reduces the capital gain as well.
I think the 2 bigger taxes difference are: 1. Property tax in Canada is often 80% less than much of the US. (0.28% in Vancouver vs 1.3% in Bay Area, CA vs 2.2% in Austin, TX) 2. Interest on $750k is tax deducible in the US, however with low interest rates, many people just take the standard deduction anyway.
taxman22 commented on The U.S. housing market vs. the Canadian housing market awealthofcommonsense.com/... · Posted by u/rufus_foreman
There is certainly a housing problem in Canada, but isn't some of this attributable to the Canadian dollar getting weaker since 2009? It went from 1=1 to $1.4CAD to $1 USD today. Real housing prices will increase as wages in Canada decrease in USD, and asset prices increase in CAD.