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Well that's my point really, there's nothing tough about my finances. At the moment I couldn't tell you when any of my bills will auto deduct because my wife knows all that, but if I needed to, it would take me a very small amount of time to sort it out.

I'm 100% hands off on bills too but my wife has been paying them all fine and on time for 10 years now and I'm perfectly happy leaving that job to her. I understand why it's a good idea to be involved in home finances, but should I need to step in, I'm confident I could sort it all out in like...

My wife looks good with or without makeup. I'd never actually given makeup much thought nor have I ever wound up with a woman who looked terrible without it. It's pretty easy to tell though when a woman is wearing make up to hide something vs. to accentuate. You can see that face cake from a...

I'm that one IT guy who doesn't like Ubiquiti. Their equipment is fine and all - it works and they seem to have good quality control - but goddamn do I hate their software. I have ASUS ac68u routers and they have been great. I used to be a Netgear guy, but their quality control went into the...

I got my wife the xl. They are down to only 128gb in pink though. Looks like the standard still has black in both storage sizes.

Google Fi - Phones Pixel 3 and 3xl are half off if you buy and activate on google fi today only (22 Apr). You can get trade in credit on top of it as well.

I only charge to a single project, so aside from being nagged to do it every single day it's not all that painful.

You still have tonsils? My mom had to get them removed as an adult because she got an abscess behind one and had a sore throat for like a month. If it hurts more on one side, could be that.

I can honestly say I've never thought about killing myself. I've had a few times where I felt like dying wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen, so maybe that falls into that spectrum, but I never actually thought about making it happen.

Nah never heard of that being a thing. I've seen "maintenance coders," but those are usually old dudes who need something to do until retirement. 110k would be good money for the south though. If it's DC or the north east, that's not enough.

What area is that in? What kind of company is it? I've never heard of a hygiene department or whatever that just refactors code. I also kind of hate the "engineering" title in IT. Or rather, I hate the lack of integrity that it has.

Here's the compromise. You tell her your Father's Day present will be a guitar. That's two months to save $700. The kids will be all happy that they got to give dad a guitar. It's a win/win.

I dunno if it's a sector per se but I'd like to do high speed R&D shit. I'd probably prefer defense since there's some pretty big problems to solve there - electronic warfare is going to be a huge thing in the coming years. I'm sure there will plenty of big tech companies involved as well, Cisco...

I had a lot of buddies that worked for Capital One when they had a big office in WA state. They all liked it, but they did close down and lay them all off. It doesn't sound like they were doing anything too cutting edge on the IT front. I don't think I'd want to jump into the finance sector...

Check out small modeling amps or even small tube amps. The Vox mini might be up your alley for the clean tones. Blackstar amps also have a really nice tone as well.

That's a pretty common collections tactic. They report anything and everything they can including your failure to pay the fees they tack on to the collections.

About 500. I'd take a galaxy tab s4 over a surface any day. Pixel Slates seem very nice too, I'm just not real keen on the hit or miss compatibility with Android apps.

Seems like you could pull together a fairly strong data analyst resume. I can't say that I've explored the field much, but there has to be lots of jobs for that role in RTP. Check out SAS, I believe it has won best place to work in USA a few times.

Just charge the family a dishwashing fee of $700 a month and you'll have your guitar in a month.

I have a vested interest in this guitar too. I'm slaving away in a middle eastern shithole (and getting paid well for it) and plan to buy a guitar when I get home. I didn't ask my wife though, it was more like that scene from Training Day when the guitar was discussed.

Sheeeit buy that guitar and apologize later. Just play bitchin riffs every time she wants to give you shit about it.

The new car seems like the only sticking point to me. It does suck to not put as much as you possibly can down on a car. Still you should be able to get a low enough interest rate that $700 bucks will barely be noticed.

I'm not an investment guru but seems like maxing 401K and opening an IRA if you still have extra income to save is a good way to go for retirement savings. If it's not, them I'll be broke when I retire. Hopefully the guitar collection will have greatly appreciated in value by then.

I've worked with QA engineers that were incredibly smart and made some really awesome tools. At my last job though QA had a horrible reputation because they'd basically run some HPQC scripts and email out a report with "findings." When a dev would challenge one or ask questions, they'd basically...

I switched to dip when I quit. They didn't have robot cigarettes yet. I dipped for about a year - the point at which I no longer thought about cigarettes at all - then just quit dipping. It was a million times easier than cigarettes for some reason, I just finished a can of dip and decided not...

I got a bunch of swag from my company when I started and it's been around for like 120 years. I actually wear the polos all the time. They're the nice nike polyester ones.

He was an ex defense engineer at that...

I think counseling is ok for people who suck at communicating. I have no problems communicating though and neither does my wife. I don't think I'd make it with someone who held everything in and needed a 3rd party to help them articulate their feelings.

I want to play this I think but won't be able to until late June. I'll check back in then and see if anyone still has interest.

You know that's not the point though. It's not about bitching because some dude got something extra, it's because there is absolutely no compelling reason for that to even be a thing. I had already quit so I missed out on that and thus still like you. If you are still playing over summer when...

I was already 5 years into my career by the time I finished my BS. It's probably help a little bit, but I honestly think I could've gotten by without it. I've pretty much only worked for gov/gov contractors though so I guess it's a little different than corporate. Clearance + experience will...

8 more nuggets, fries AND a free soda. You're glossing over it because you know he's right.

Actually most of the salaries look somewhat in range of what I would expect. Except DARPA paying out ends with stock options. That one I'm skeptical of... Oh and BNY Mellon paying a cool mil per year.

I don't believe that document at all. DARPA paying the big bucks with stock options and bonuses?

Yeah I only use them when it's a job I really want.

That's odd no one uses cover letters. As a systems guy I've been told more than once that they really liked my cover letter. I find that they are the best way to give life to an otherwise boring resume. I definitely don't do the cut and paste template cover letters though.

Netgear seems to have some quality control issues so it wouldn't shock me if your 5ghz radio was just fucked. The only other thing I could think to do would be to flash it with ddwrt and see if the 5ghz radio still gives you problems and at that point you can pretty much rule out firmware and...

I don't like the way buttsex feels. It's like one tight ring with a wide open meadow once you get in. Vagina is definitely the superior hole.

I'm assuming Principal is going to net you a nice raise (I wouldn't take that title for anything under 120) but are you going to take it regardless of raise or not?

I have a friend who went to Berklee and does lots of session work. I know another guy who went to berklee and is an IT dude. He's a bass player and I got him to play some shit one time and he was pretty amazing. He said he barely ever plays though which I think is a shame, but to each his own.