• Friday

    • 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.
    AreaAddressPriceDM, ElevFacingOther
    Upper West Side201 W 70th 17A799YesWest, TallVery 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.