- Blackout curtains were installed in my bedroom.
- 1.5T stimulus last night. Remember that it’s not the federal reserve handing out free money, it’s them buying things from banks, usually bonds / loans / financial products.
- https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/guide/.
- Remember that Shareworks used to be owned by Solium Capital. Now it’s owned by Morgan Stanley.
- Confirmed that the transfers from rh to boa completed. Sent the note to customer support to finalize the deactivation of the account.
- Asked the SpaceX stock team if it’s a hard requirement that we keep our assets under management by Shareworks, or if we can move to something like Merrill to take advantage of mortgage rates.
- They confirmed that while they’re private everything must stay under shareworks.
- Went over to Brooklyn for the first time! Williamsburg for coffee with Dan. Great introduction/prep. Start with many meetings. Go over each app/stack with the expert. Spin up. Lead the test effort, roadmap the next few initiatives. Mike no longer, wow. Slacks and buttonups mostly, jeans ok sometimes.
- Saw 1 more listing in UWS with Peter. Might attend some open houses on sunday. Going to see some bigger buildings in tribeca/gramercy as well.
Area | Address | Price | DM, Elev | Facing | Other |
Upper West Side | 201 W 70th 17A | 799 | Yes | West, Tall | Very light, windows. Roofdeck, gym, garage, etc. Would open kitchen to living room. Green bathroom. |
- Went to freddie and peppers. Better than John’s.
- The E south on 8th is faster than the 1 south on 7th. It’s express, only stops at the mains (50/42/34/23/14). Took the L for the first time today.
- Watched The Hummingbird Project, the movie around the HFT beginnings, same as the book I recently read Flash Boys. The book was better.
- Lightly funded the td account. Tried to buy a single contract for spy put 160 by eric’s birthday. Can’t yet, but marking for posterity.
- Been saying this for a while: walking tagups and walking meetings are wonderful. https://forge.medium.com/walking-meetings-will-change-the-way-you-work-dce8b61f9e04.
- Epidemic -> Pandemic (international).
- Another Trump address. Formal declaration of national emergency.
- “Google is going to build a website, and it will be done very quickly, unlike websites of the past.”
- SPY went up around $10/4% after the speech.
- Bill Gates stepped down from the msft board. He owns 1.36%.
- Lightning in a Bottle cancelled. Don’t know if they’ll reimburse or reschedule yet, but likely reimburse due to uncertainty.
- Employment forms and documentation, full prep before first day.
- W4 (fed), IT-2104 (state w4), direct deposit.
- Looked up all the new state credits, as well as the changes to federal exemptions.
- Health, vision, dental, fsa, ccd, life insurance, disability, liability, travel insurance, etc.
- Benefits start the date of hire, not the 1st of the month after.
- Retirement. IRS 2020 max is $19,500 for employee contribution.
- Gym.
- Commuter account.
- Compliance, trading, disclosures.