Story starting from Siva startup

April 20, 2019

Introduction

It is a challenging life as a software programmer. I did not do very well in decade from 2000 to 2010. I started to work on two startups, one laidoff in 2001, and then went back to computer science PH.D. program from 2002 to 2006, I joined a startup called Siva in 2006, and then Par Siva 2007, second laidoff, and then Par Tech 401 K plan from 2008 to 2019. The last part is screwed up because of my bias and my mental accounting problems. I like to document this part of experience.

Case study

This part is most difficult for me to adapt to good finance savvy person. I have to push hard to make it happen since I turned 50 years old.

I do not know that the programmer should manage her 401 K very well, and should have gained a lot of wealth from 2010 to 2019 bull market. At that time, I was in 40s, now I get old. I am over 50 years old. I like to start to learn again about equity market. I need to remove my bias from 2002 loss in stock market and 2009 stock market crush.

Here are a few blog about Siva, Par Siva, Par Tech stories. Enjoy.