Why did you leave? For higher pay or slower lifestyle?
Why is it an āorā? Maybe itās both?
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Bingo, both! It doesnāt make sense to leave Apple unless youāre getting a promotion. The work-life balance was good when I started. It was nonexistent at the end. Also, I felt the company wasnāt special once Steve wasnāt running it. Itās been years now, and the only truly new products are the watch and Apple Pay. Everything else is just newer technology in products he created.
AirPods 
, the second wearables. Three new products in 5 years, not bad.
haha, they are free with the phone.
I thought you have to spend ~$149 to get those; only the adapter and what not comes with the phone?
Anyhow, this Facebook veteran is pathetic. As a millennial I entered the workforce before this guy joined Facebook and even I could afford to buy a SFH. I definitely was not making six figures right out of college.
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He might not have had the money.
I have a friend who is a CEO of a Tech startup. I asked him the same thing. The answer was that he needed to keep the money in the business at the time.
Again, if my grandparents and parents can work generally minimum wage jobs and scrape and scratch over years to buy a multi unit building in SF, surely this guy could have done it on 6 figures/yr. Booooo!!! Lame!!! Sit down!!!
He admitted that he started selling stock he was given pre-IPO to pay rent in 2012. Thereās no reason he couldnāt have had a down payment by 2013 with 3 years of vested stock.
Again, I thought ALL Facebook employees were SO smart and ABOVE us allā¦
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I think the difference is that your grandparents probably didnāt have the option to move elsewhere and attain a higher quality of life. Sure, this Facebook guy could knuckle down and start counting pennies, but why do that when he could move and have a much higher quality of life? What is wrong with that?
It sounds like he is a financial idiot, and clearly not a saver. But the point is that he could move elsewhere, maintain his financial illiteracy, and still have a great quality of life. Can you blame him?
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A great quality of life for now. I am sure life will soon catch up with him.
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Maybe heāll have a great quality of life FOREVER. Because you know, science is developing a cure for old age.
Wow! So Denver is more screwed than the Bay Area? Thatās fascinating!
Yup, I couldnāt believe it until I visited Boulder earlier this year.
Apparently all the rich folks are moving to Boulder to live near the ski hills - Boulder was at least similar $/sqft to that in Santa Clara, etc.
Well, that sounds like a lot of people that wonder why they donāt have anything. Not rocket science. I still expect someone that smart to do way better than our ancestors did regardless of their circumstances. Hard work and financial planning should be done at all levels. If you canāt āmake itā with a golden spoon (job at FB) I canāt help you. No tears whatsoever for this clown.
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Went skiing this winter in the Vail resortsā¦I felt poor. .Everything was expensive, A timeshare condo slopeside in Breckenridge was $1.5m just for Christmas weekā¦The cheapest motel $200/nā¦Dinner $200/personā¦Wine 50% more than Caliā¦one day skiing at Vail $130ā¦Denver is 2 hours away and the traffic is a nightmare to get to the slopes on the weekend!..Plus the lift lines are horrible on weekendsā¦Much worst than Heavenly ā¦Salt Lake City has better skiing, is closer to skiing and half the priceā¦And South Lake Tahoe is even cheaperā¦Snow not as good, but the great sunny warmer weather and the lake make it the most attractive ski town in Americaā¦Vail was so cold you had to go inside a lot to warm upā¦Tahoe highs are 35-40 in mid winterā¦Colorado averages 25ā¦we skied in below zero weather. .not funā¦
What doesnāt kill you will make you stronger.
Except for bears. Bears will kill you. - Timothy Treadwell. 
I get it that doctors took an oath, but really???
What a bunch of crap!!! Can we get a fourth option for aliens? No, real aliensā¦
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