apetnameddingbat

apetnameddingbat t1_iy4bwut wrote

This type of YTD loss is nowhere near as bad as it can get, and yes, single calendar-year losses of 10-20% are normal over the long haul.

I lost half my retirement accounts' value in 2008 and 2009, but I kept contributing. From 2010 onward, the bull market rewarded me handsomely for staying in. I'm still far, far ahead of a HYSA over the same time period.

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apetnameddingbat t1_iuwd6u0 wrote

I applied once to a Sr. Staff engineer role there. They offered $225k total comp ($190k base and the rest was bonus). The startup I'm at pays Sr. Staff engineers >$500k total comp, half in salary, a 20% bonus, and the rest in stonks.

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apetnameddingbat t1_iuud0zf wrote

My BIL is a director of deep space exploration at Lockheed Martin. He used to be a Chief Engineer for the same division. He has stuff rolling around on fucking Mars with his name on it.

I'm a systems and cloud engineer at a startup. After bonuses, I make ~$50k more than him. It's insane how low-paid of a field aerospace is.

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