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Re:Mortgage Rates Hit 5.78%, Highest Level Since 2008 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @01:22PM (#31768614)
Yeah, but look at the case-shiller or the house price to avg incomes[1]

Back in the 80's homes were 4-5x the avg income

2002 5-6x

Now 8-9x

I rather buy something on 12% that's 4x my income than what my option is today.

[1] https://www.longtermtrends.net/home-price-median-annual-inco...

Re:Mortgage Rates Hit 5.78%, Highest Level Since 2008 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @10:54AM (#31766763)
What's going to give first? Interest rates? House Prices?

I was on the market to buy a place. First time home owner jitters, but interest rates started to rise fast. Buying power dropped so much that I'm dropped out. At these rates, I really need the price to drop by 20%-ish. I'm sitting on cash and it feels like shit. I wonder how other people feel.

Re:Ask HN: Are you ok? on Thursday September 12, 2019 @05:44PM (#20956796)
I'm okay. Just got surgery on my eyes to correct my strabismus. I'm taking a week off of work.

I taking my last OMSCS class, but the pressure is on to pass. Overall, life is okay. Could be worse but I'm fine.

Re:Ask HN: How to be less argumentative online? on Saturday August 24, 2019 @09:19PM (#20790748)
I give fewer shits.
Re:Ask HN: What have the past 12 months taught you? on Friday July 19, 2019 @08:22AM (#20477988)
Dude, you okay?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:18PM (#20365063)
I'm on working on my masters with gaTech's OMSCS. Taking a summer class atm, and will finish in the fall. Going to start on a new job search and maybe TA a class too.
What you suggest sounds like the model minority myth.
Re:Ask HN: How did you like your job in 2017? on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @04:08PM (#16065154)
7/10 One job sucked and found a new one. New gig is okay. I think my expectations for work has decreased.
Re:How MIT OpenCourseWare transformed a learner's life on Friday June 09, 2017 @11:36AM (#14522123)
Now that I think about it, both. But when I posted, more specifically to technical issues. e.g. When a concept was really foreign what did you do.
Re:How MIT OpenCourseWare transformed a learner's life on Thursday June 08, 2017 @03:25PM (#14516482)
Totally awesome! I just have one question.

When you got blocked or felt like you hit a wall, what did you do?

Ask HN: I'm constantly bored at work, what should I do?

Like the title says. 2016 I switched jobs because I got bored. But now I'm in the same predicament. I have more fun on my side projects, but I don't have an opportunity to apply the skills at work. A friend of mine recommended that I go to grad school.Who do I know if something is wrong with my environment or my expectations(or me)?

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017? on Monday December 26, 2016 @06:28PM (#13260322)
Damn this is just like mine.

Good luck!

Re:LinkedIn clone built using React.js on Thursday December 15, 2016 @06:51AM (#13183954)
A react clone of a Ember app...
Re:Ask HN: What do you regret in life? on Monday October 31, 2016 @09:42AM (#12836584)
Quitting jobs.

I've quitted jobs without letting my employer that I was unhappy or disgruntled. In retrospect I should have let them know before I jumped ship; mainly because the grass is rarely greener on the other side and some of them could have changed.

Re:Ask HN: Learning to code, without a computer? on Saturday October 08, 2016 @05:38PM (#12668849)
I had to teach CS in Africa with very few resources e.g. electricity and working pc's.

The best thing I found http://csunplugged.org/

Re:What to Do When Your Colleague Creates Spaghetti Code on Friday September 16, 2016 @10:32AM (#12514249)
Having a standards guide or a robo-linters should remove a large chunk of it. Deferring to a document is much easier then arguing.
> evidence of the world-class productivity of American workers.

This was repeated a couple of times. I think we get the point.

Re:How Startup Options and Ownership Work on Friday August 26, 2016 @02:28PM (#12368235)
As an engineer I ask for more cash so I can use options. I usually get it.

What about the non-techinical employee? I generally feel marketing, sales, etc are screwed in startups. How can a someone making < 75k actually use their options?

Re:Vue.js, an alternative to Angular and React on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @11:07AM (#12255019)
I keep seeing comparisons between Angular & React VS insert latest, but leaving out Ember. Are React and Angular solving different problems then Ember?
Re:Ask HN: How much job hopping is acceptable? on Friday August 05, 2016 @09:11PM (#12236599)
This just happened to me. 3 weeks in I realized the code base needs to be re-written because there was way too much technical debt. I should have quit then, but I decided to give it try. 6 months later, I hand in my two weeks notice.
Why cut these services?!

Is Florida going to add more police, social workers, ER doctors and etc deal with the consequences?

Re:Merging vs. Rebasing on Thursday July 14, 2016 @11:38AM (#12094743)
rebase for lyfe! Just don't force push on master.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2016) on Thursday June 02, 2016 @10:39AM (#11822784)
Hey, I applied a while back but never heard back.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2016) on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @07:42PM (#11819240)
Location: Boston, MA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Okay

Technologies: Python(pandas, matplotlib), R(ggplot2, any Wickham package) Ruby(Rails), Postgres, Ember.js, D3.js, React.js

Github: https://github.com/quinnlee

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/quinnl

Email: [email protected]

My main focus for the last few years has been data visualization. But right now, I'm looking for a engineering focus team that cares about the craft.

Re:Ask HN: Which Developer Boot Camps Are Most Respected? on Thursday May 05, 2016 @09:01PM (#11640940)
Cool thanks! I'm thinking about applying.
Re:Ask HN: Which Developer Boot Camps Are Most Respected? on Thursday May 05, 2016 @07:17PM (#11640442)
Random question, what is your opinion about the GT's remote masters?
maybe she'll run for president in a few years.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2015) on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @01:13PM (#10657505)
There are multiple postings for `Cloudera`, could you consolidate?
Do you have a gh repo? I really am interested in the story telling and ML aspects of the post.
This is great, I can't find the source though.

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