Son was rejected by every college

Talllar @ Google

Our son was rejected by every college he applied to. He landed a full-time government job that pays $27/hr which he started in May right after graduating high school and has moved to another state for his job. He has pretty decent stats and is a happy kid in general. Any idea what went wrong? Any tips for applying again next year?

Academics:
GPA: 3.57/4.00
SAT: 1470
ACT: 32
Applying to engineering or CS programs

Dual enrollment:
- Associate degree from community college at the same time he graduated high school
- 92/100 community college GPA

Extracurriculars:
- Fashion club - not much time dedication, mostly full of rich kids showing off their $800 suits or Doc Martens
- Traveled around Canada alone one summer
- Volunteered for 1 hour for a local political campaign
- INFORMS Student Union
- Learn-to-code program for high schoolers with stipend
- Alumni club for above learn-to-code program
- Paid vehicle engineering internship
- Swisscom Zurich DevOps internship for 11 weeks

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Which is the best city to live in USA?

callmebymy @ Microsoft

Is affordable,has great weather, has great schools, is close to fun activities and entertainment, has plenty of tech job opportunities. #housing

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Just in case anyone was thinking of joining Meta

FlynDolphn @ Meta

^

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I really hope they keep squeezing Reddit until it bursts

❤️shaped🎁 @ Apple

Y’all over there are incompetent morons who see phone data mining as the only way to make money, and do not give a single shit about actual user experience. Or have the brains to concoct even a single proper revenue stream, which, mind you, even some randos building 3rd party apps apparently do.

I mean, WTF is this shit? Who tf are you to keep demanding people install your lazy piece of shit app to access your site? Fuck you.

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Cool v/s Lame jobs

Fear_Nut @ Upstart

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Their TC: 600k

LiquidL3 @ Google

Their room:

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Netflix Chief of DEI is laid off

tpm4lyfe @ Compass

sad day for the DEI community

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Blind lied to me

hcukv @ Amazon

Joined Amazon and was worried initially. Now many months in I conclude Amazon isn't a hard job. Either I'm amazing, y'all are lazy, or y'all gotta git gud. Probably a mix of all 3 tbh.

TC 340k

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Addicted to cocaine

Misc... @ New

I have become addicted to cocaine and now I am using it from the second I wake up till a few hours before I switch to weed and try to get tired enough to sleep. Using ~1g/day. The cost is ~$650/week.

Aside from the negative impact it is having on my health (nose inflamed pretty much constantly) and on my finances it hasn't negatively impacted my life. Just as productive on my job as ever, relationship with my wife is good, etc.

I want to want to quit... But at this stage I am not even resisting the urge to use.

Mostly venting as I'm sure none of you perfect tech millionaires can relate or advise.

Edit: 200k TC

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1m Net worth under 30 🎉

hamper @ Microsoft

Today I eclipsed 1 million for the first time. Posting on Blind because I don’t want share with friends/family. No special words or feelings today. I’ll save that for all the legit 5m posts.

NW Breakdown
425k investment
375k retirement
520k home
20k cash
-340k loan

Tracking NW by age I hit the goal before 29.

Age NW (change in year)
29 1m
28 850 +50 (goal: +200)
27 800 (+250)
26 550 (+250)
25 300 (+100)
24 200 (+100)
23 100 (+85)
22 15
18 6

Personal facts:
B.S. in CS @ public school ~3.0 GPA
Home owner for 3 years (2.75 % interest, ~500k)
Car paid off for 7+ years (thanks to parents)

The biggest contributing factors for me excluding macro econ:
1) family that paid for my education
2) consistent learning. I was a scrub who was not at all interested in tech until I was 22/23. 3x increase in salary since first job (85k)
3) a foolish, once in a lifetime, investment strategy - margin 150k and earn 85k during 2020

TC - 230k
YOE - 7

#networth

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Making 145 for working 3 hrs daily

i9ewit @ Audible

Laid off from Audible even after working like a slave with 250 TC . Now making 145 for working just 3 hours for a day with contracting job.

Is this a win situation for me …?

Surely making less money but have lot of time for myself .

Edit : 145 + 401k + ok Insurance + 15 PTO

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Recession is hitting some people harder!

ayvwca @ Mailchimp

TLDR:

- Wife is leaving her husband who lost his 500-700k job and have gotten a 250k job.

- Wife’s allowance reduced to 3k from 10k and isn’t able to splurge money like she was used to!

- Wife doesn’t have kids and doesn’t want to settle for a loser as she can easily get his colleagues who still make more than 500k

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Resigning tomorrow

Alpha$& @ Meta

I am 43, and NW around 2.5M. My wife has been tell me that I don’t laugh anymore and doctor told me that my health is degrading.

Well, that’s it. I would have loved to get laid off but I think it’s time for me to take a 3-4 months break and get handle on my health and my life, then get back to work.

Is the Job market getting better now?

M1 - $550 TC (Joined Meta at the worst time)

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Immigrants, do you find Americans’ obsession with race overbearing?

dulapeeep @ New

I’ve spent over ten years in this country, and I find that the narrative is becoming more extreme and attaching itself to everything in everyday life. Drugs are a race issue. Safety is a race issue. Even where Trader Joe’s is located is a race issue. In my job, I had to talk about my views on race. Honestly, I am relatively new here and I barely know where Dakota is. It feels like a forced religion and belief to me when all I want is meritocracy. Yes it is part of the country’s history but so are Christianity, Scientology Mormonism.

I am exhausted, and honestly, this is turning me politically in the other direction. And yes, I find affirmative action ridiculous, and I find allowing kids to transition their sex at a young age to be dangerous. But I wonder if it’s just me. (Before you come for me, I am a gay immigrant raised by a single mom and earned my scholarship to come here.)

I am surprised, to be honest, about how my attitude has changed over the last five years on such issues. Do you find the obsession with race overbearing and imposing?

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Before anyone starts screaming, let me design a sophisticated ai powered algorithm to detect human preference on this topic

Ummm gosh after a tremendous team effort, finally, thank you, see results here👇👇👇

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I have no goals in life

Mr^Nobody @ Amazon

I am 30 single male and all I do is wake up, work, eat, sleep, repeat. There is nothing to look forward to. I don't understand how people live their lives. I don't know where I want to be in 5, 10 or 15 years. I just don't want to exist. What can I do to make life meaningful?

TC 150k

#depression #mentalhealth

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Working at Google is not prestigious anymore

anetman @ Arista Networks

Google != Prestige anymore.

No direction.
Always chasing others.
Not the best TC.
Not the best growth.
Not the best hiring process (leetcode factory).
Not the best engineers working (leetcode labors).
Not the best hiring bar (anybody who does enough leetcode practice gets in. Doesn't need in depth knowledge within domain)
Not the best stock appreciation.
Not the best CEO.

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Amazon is one of the best places to work in America

hcukv @ Amazon

It really is.

If I could do things over I'd choose to work at Amazon again.

TC 👑

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