Many public stocks are not 'investments'. They are schemes for insiders and bankers to cash out at your expense.
The sooner you realize this is the game Wall Street plays, the better.
Here is my list of favorite reads for 2022. This list includes subjects related to psychology, macroeconomics, history, and business. linkedin.com/pulse/favorite…
.@Twitter isn’t good for everyone. If it makes you angry or frustrated, you shouldn’t spend time on it. If it allows you to see other people’s perspectives so you can understand the world better, or if you can share some information other people might not have, that’s good—enjoy.
My company will weather this economic recession for one main reason:
50% of our employees are located in the Philippines and earn $10,000 a year on average ($5 / hr).
No employment taxes, no workers compensation, no healthcare.
Also loyal, hardworking, kind team members.
@arvanaghi While I agree with the premise of this thread, these are some cheap shots you are firing. Extremely valuable technology companies may take significant capital to develop.
Apache Arrow system, Parquet, Datafusion are incredibly strong foundation for the next chapter in data. DuckDB is a delight as well. We are going towards much simpler stacks based on extremely well designed infrastructure and that's really becoming for the data world.
Folks…we have a very real and urgent need for Solid/SolidStart enthusiasts/experts for full-time and contract opportunities. If your dream is to work on this stack at scale…then you *really* need to get in touch with me asap. Send a DM to me!
I'm convinced that Signals - the programming pattern - are the future of frontend dev.
I tried @solid_js yesterday for the first time and it literally solved every problem I've felt with in React.
Next I'm going to try @preactjs - signals with compatibility for React might
Fun Old Timer story:
When the markets were REALLY down (today is nothing), I helped a very early SaaS startup at $10m ARR
The only term sheet he got was at ... $10m post. Post.
(He didn't take it)
16 tough years later, the startup was acquired for $2 Billion.
#golong
eCommerce had a brutal reset but then got back to good (if not great) growth in Q4 and Black Friday
Times are better here than a few quarters back
Less discussed among all the doom and gloom