⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️ @pnathan@social.seattle.wa.us

hey masto

How ya'll doing?

I wish peace upon you in this strange time.

the unpleasant truth is that Seattle house prices will not be overpriced until the mid-millions.

unless salaries crash.

or unless price controls are put in place on real estate.

> To make matters worse, Seattle is a city that's vastly overvalued, which means housing values could crash like never before. When the housing bubble burst in 2007, by 2009, a Seattle house worth $400,000 lost about 25 percent of its value ($100,000). These same houses are now worth about $800,000.

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/03/19/43140994/seattle-and-other-us-cities-are-about-to-experience-the-mother-of-all-economic-crashes

False. Not a bubble.

Estimate that average software engineer & above makes 150K per. 300K per couple. 900K is now conservative house buy.

I am not worried, per se. We have relevant supplies and a few more are ordered.

Later today I plan to take a walk on the beach - I live nearby. I'm getting a bit of a cabin fever.

How you doing, #Seattle ?

:: cough, cough :: hello from the Puget Sound, epicenter of the CORONA VIRUUUUS.

I have a stupid cough thing. Almost better. Mostly staying in the apartment so as not to cough in public and get Disapproving Looks from the locals.

The deaths continue. A lot of food places are slowing down, I hear. Tech companies have mostly asked employees to WFH.

c19 has many cases in major corps in the city by now.

A lot of sickness hitting the Seattle area suddenly.

Not sure if it's normal random spikes or if covid19 is here and just causing non-pnemonia sickness.

Elizabeth Warren event tomorrow in #Seattle .

Details at the link: https://events.elizabethwarren.com/event/235987/

my first essay is half formed in my head.

I should write a draft 1.

The thesis is that corporate dashboarding obsessions are effectively equivalent to a debordian Spectable.

pg said some fairly intelligent things about writing.

http://paulgraham.com/useful.html

I plan to do some writing this year.

Let me say this a different way: if you're shy and retiring, you don't contribute very well. As a senior engineer in an organization, I WANT you to contribute. You are valuable, but if you don't assert yourself, your value in relation to others is diminished.

I will generally coach others if they ask. I have asserted myself to press for assertiveness in others if I've thought it critical enough.