Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Cole]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Hard to get a loan after just switching a job, but with 50% down, maybe not so hard. GLWJ.

That’s a bridge we shall cross when we get there. If we have to rent for a while, it’s all good. Worst case, we’ll live at my fiancées parents place. Only an hour and a half commute, easy peasy.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

That spot I park gets good view in security camera plus no one park right of me, so that’s why I park... but checking few times a day, might be a good idea.

I have found over the years that folks (especially kids) that are up to mischief or just hanging out, don't like other people around.

When I lived back in Missouri, I bought this relatively new house in a development that the lot sizes were a minimum of 3 acres. My house was near the end of a dead end street/road and was the only house built at the time.

The kids would use the circle at the end of the road to hang out at night. I didn't much like that so, I would light up a cigarette and walk down and "chat" with them. Chat like, nice night huh? You know why they call this wolf creek trail? Yep, they used to hunt quail up here. I see some deer from time to time. I'd light up another cigarette.

Guess what, they would leave. After several weeks, word got out and none of them came around anymore -

humfrz - the soft and tender side

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Cole

That’s a bridge we shall cross when we get there. If we have to rent for a while, it’s all good. Worst case, we’ll live at my fiancées parents place. Only an hour and a half commute, easy peasy.

I'm thinking that would NOT be one of your better alternatives -


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Hell I am low on everyone's requirements being I never finished college. It sucks now a days that so many jobs require a degree, even if it is not in a remotely relevant field. They just want to see that piece of paper.

Welp, colleges are still here - there isn't any upper age limit. In fact, you can get many degrees on line. Yep, one course at a time, eventually it will yield that piece of paper -


humfrz

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

After a couple of decades of hiring people I have determined that about 80% of what is on a resume (including "certifications") is meaningless bullshit anyway. It as gotten worse in the internet era where a "certification" is only a few true or false questions and $500 away in almost any field you can imagine.

Depends upon the industry and cert, really. In IT there was a wave of "paper MCSEs" in the early 2000s due to cert boot camps that only taught people how to cram for a test, and then promptly forget everything they learned to make room for the next one. There were a few decent techs produced from those joints, but not many. Most I've spoken with over the years wouldn't know where to begin if something wasn't working correctly.

Alternatively when you get to the lab based certs, like just about anything from OffSec, they really can't be BSed through. You get 5 machines with purposely misleading vulnerabilities and 24 hours to gain remote access and elevate privileges. When done you have another 24 hours to type up a formal pen test report in the proper format. Any automated tools (exam is proctored) and the lab boots you out with a failure.

Originally Posted by Cole

Not super worried about my experience. I check all their other boxes, and did a project for them last summer and knocked it out of the park.

The good news is that the courses I have are not the ones you do online and pay $500 for. You actually need to prove you can perform the work in order to get them, and one of them is under the AIT in Alberta.

Good luck!

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by humfrz

OK, what's "the rest of the story"?




humfrz

I'm in Florida for work. The work is mostly outside where there is no natural shade. Most of the time I was waiting for people to fix things. One of those people drives a BRZ. I was waiting a loooooong time for that one, but that's to be expected . If you want something entertaining, imagine 4-5 dudes huddling under a small standing umbrella to get a piece of the only shade available.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Welp, colleges are still here - there isn't any upper age limit. In fact, you can get many degrees on line. Yep, one course at a time, eventually it will yield that piece of paper -


humfrz

It's a goal. Even though I no longer need it.

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by Cole

That’s a bridge we shall cross when we get there. If we have to rent for a while, it’s all good. Worst case, we’ll live at my fiancées parents place. Only an hour and a half commute, easy peasy.

Da funk? 1.5 hour commute? I get pissy when there's ANY traffic.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Da funk? 1.5 hour commute? I get pissy when there's ANY traffic.

It's an 86 mile drive

[soundman98]

i've been working 1.5-2 hours away lately. it might be better in the brz where i don't mind driving, but being stuck in the work van for that long is driving me nuts. no time to do anything, even less time to wind down for the day. and to do it multiple days in a row, going even more nuts.

[Will BRZ]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i've been working 1.5-2 hours away lately. it might be better in the brz where i don't mind driving, but being stuck in the work van for that long is driving me nuts. no time to do anything, even less time to wind down for the day. and to do it multiple days in a row, going even more nuts.

I used to work with people at a petrochemical plant who did that. Obviously need to work and make money and all that, but just means waking up stupid early and then drive 1.5 to 2 hours home after working 12 and then doing it for months at a time. No down time, no free time, and no time for family or friends. I’d go insane, but hey everyone’s situation is different.

Makes me feel lucky that work for me is literally like 15 minutes away (but I make it there in under 10 )

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Will BRZ

I used to work with people at a petrochemical plant who did that. Obviously need to work and make money and all that, but just means waking up stupid early and then drive 1.5 to 2 hours home after working 12 and then doing it for months at a time. No down time, no free time, and no time for family or friends. I’d go insane, but hey everyone’s situation is different.

Makes me feel lucky that work for me is literally like 15 minutes away (but I make it there in under 10 )

Sounds like a cathodic protection job

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I'm in Florida for work. The work is mostly outside where there is no natural shade. Most of the time I was waiting for people to fix things. One of those people drives a BRZ. I was waiting a loooooong time for that one, but that's to be expected . If you want something entertaining, imagine 4-5 dudes huddling under a small standing umbrella to get a piece of the only shade available.

OK, I got the picture. I'm feeling soooo sorry for you -


humfrz

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I'm in Florida for work. The work is mostly outside where there is no natural shade. Most of the time I was waiting for people to fix things. One of those people drives a BRZ. I was waiting a loooooong time for that one, but that's to be expected . If you want something entertaining, imagine 4-5 dudes huddling under a small standing umbrella to get a piece of the only shade available.

i keep one of these specifically for work. the boss hates seeing me drag it onto job sites. it's a lifesaver. and cheap enough to replace should anything damage it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/EZ-UP-Canop...cAAOSwql9c2i67