My job offer in Austin is 45k/yr while my NYC job offer is 65k/yr. You’d think the clear choice is NYC but given the extra set of taxes (Texas has no state tax), the take-home difference is only $7800 per year more in NYC. 7800! That’s from a nominal different of 20k! I’d lose more [...]
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Ben you prick. You rich, white-bread, thin, actuary you. You won Lisa. Because you’re funny, smart (IQ in the 140s, sir? congratulations!), rich, white, and (according to Lisa) “look good naked.” She never said I looked good naked.
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It’s been a while since I last wrote what turned out to be a drunken tired/lovenote. Since then, strange things have happened.
I was offered a job in the Bay Area working for a startup. The salary would have been decent and I would have gotten stock options. But I turned it down because I thought [...]
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I’m drunk right now, Lisa. I wish I knew what you were doing. I wish I knew if you still thought about me, if even in passing. I’m in San Francisco right now. Do you remember how you wanted to go to San Francisco when we were together? Well, I’m here. And I think I’ve [...]
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