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Looking for someone who actually FIREd in 40s
Looking for someone who actually FIREd in 40s I am 42, male. Married, no kids - don't plan to have kids. Live in Seattle area Stocks: $5MM (including retirement accounts) Rentals: 4 rentals, gives ~65k\year after taxes and expenses. ALL 4 worth about 1.5-2MM Primary home: $1MM Bank balance: $250k Debt: 150k ( mortgage remaining on 2 rentals, not paying off as they have low interest rates) On one hand I am confident I can retire, but worried about health insurance etc.
Anthropic and OpenAI have no moat
Anthropic and OpenAI have no moat Chinese open source models are only 6 months behind the frontier models. I doubt these OpenAI and Anthropic valuations will last for long. AI is here to stay no doubt and I love ai. But the valuations of Anthropic and OpenAI are a huge bubble waiting to be popped. #anthropic #openai
Living in PNW and working at tech
Living in PNW and working at tech Folks, I'm looking to relocate to PNW from Texas. What is it like working out of a Portland OR office and residing in Vancouver WA? I typically go onsite once a week so the longer commute is not an issue. I figure I'll save quite a bit in capital gains tax on my NVDA RSU and ESPP (accounts for ~80% of my net worth). Folks with similar compensation breakdown, pls chime in. The Seattle region is not an option for me as housing is much more expensive.
AWS hiring 11000 in 2026
Seems Meta, Amazon and Microsoft need some real penalties to stop doing this shit. Its like a game to them
Washington state passes first-ever income tax bill
Sounds good on paper, except I suspect everyone will have state taxes withheld now, meaning everyone has to file state taxes now. So you increase the burden on everyone to tax a tiny percent of the population 10%. How much money to they really make off that? Will it be enough to pay for a significant amount Seattle's LINK? or is it a piddly sum the state is just going to squander anyway. Fuck Seattle. Just another reason I'm glad I left.
Block layoff is the canary
Whether real or not, Dorsey got rid of 40% of the company today due to advancement in AI coding (close to 50% of the company if you account for the performance based layoff last month) Next couple of years are going to be even worse for FinTech/SaaS companies than what has been in the past few years. Other investors are going to question their boards if Block can operate at 50% due to AI, why can't you? Housing in places like the bay area and Seattle are going to see strong head winds due to this.
Breaking: Citi 20K layoff coming in March; ceo greed has no limits | Layoffs - Blind
And If my grandmother had wheels, she’d be a wagon. Again, it still has nothing to do with the conversation.
Stop using PTO as activism
Stop using PTO as activism Taking PTO and calling it a mission is weak. If you care, show up or support it in a real way. Jan 30 is not a vibe check or a mental health day. It is about whether you actually contribute or just want to feel like you did. Select only one answer ...View Result
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