▲ 604 ▼ GitHub just switched Copilot to metered billing, and developers are watching months of credits vanish in a single day (www.techspot.com) submitted 3 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 164 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (5 children) My Microsoft stock has not soared. :( permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago (4 children) Ha ha! Thats what you get for supporting them financially. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago (3 children) I didn’t? I worked for them and the stock was part of my pay package. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) I don't mean any malice by this, as I understand what a pay package is, but you really should've started selling when "microslop" took off as a nickname. and if they don't allow you to sell, you should've known you were being lined up as a patsy for the c-suits. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* I should have sold in October when it was trading at $520. But hey, at least I didn’t sell in March-April when it was at $380. The thing is, if you sell ~$100k in stocks (that you “bought” for way less than that), that’s a huuuuuge tax bill for the year, so I try not to sell in enormous chunks like that. permalink fedilink source parent [+] frongt@lemmy.zip -14 points 3 months ago That's worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago (4 children) Ha ha! Thats what you get for supporting them financially. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago (3 children) I didn’t? I worked for them and the stock was part of my pay package. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) I don't mean any malice by this, as I understand what a pay package is, but you really should've started selling when "microslop" took off as a nickname. and if they don't allow you to sell, you should've known you were being lined up as a patsy for the c-suits. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* I should have sold in October when it was trading at $520. But hey, at least I didn’t sell in March-April when it was at $380. The thing is, if you sell ~$100k in stocks (that you “bought” for way less than that), that’s a huuuuuge tax bill for the year, so I try not to sell in enormous chunks like that. permalink fedilink source parent [+] frongt@lemmy.zip -14 points 3 months ago That's worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago (3 children) I didn’t? I worked for them and the stock was part of my pay package. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) I don't mean any malice by this, as I understand what a pay package is, but you really should've started selling when "microslop" took off as a nickname. and if they don't allow you to sell, you should've known you were being lined up as a patsy for the c-suits. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* I should have sold in October when it was trading at $520. But hey, at least I didn’t sell in March-April when it was at $380. The thing is, if you sell ~$100k in stocks (that you “bought” for way less than that), that’s a huuuuuge tax bill for the year, so I try not to sell in enormous chunks like that. permalink fedilink source parent [+] frongt@lemmy.zip -14 points 3 months ago That's worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) I don't mean any malice by this, as I understand what a pay package is, but you really should've started selling when "microslop" took off as a nickname. and if they don't allow you to sell, you should've known you were being lined up as a patsy for the c-suits. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* I should have sold in October when it was trading at $520. But hey, at least I didn’t sell in March-April when it was at $380. The thing is, if you sell ~$100k in stocks (that you “bought” for way less than that), that’s a huuuuuge tax bill for the year, so I try not to sell in enormous chunks like that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* I should have sold in October when it was trading at $520. But hey, at least I didn’t sell in March-April when it was at $380. The thing is, if you sell ~$100k in stocks (that you “bought” for way less than that), that’s a huuuuuge tax bill for the year, so I try not to sell in enormous chunks like that. permalink fedilink source parent