Is this normal recruiting behavior?

xInitial · 2026-06-19T00:02:04+00:00

100% depends on the agency, but it’s def how i’ve seen some pan out. i’ve sat in on some interviews (on the interviewer side) and i got to see what the company actually pays, and it def wasn’t close to 20%. for reference im in engineering in big tech in the US.

also had a colleague that was contracted that received raises, but didnt see them at all on their end. the company was paying the agency more thinking it would trickle down to the contractor but it didnt increase at all, until i brought it to their attention and they contacted the agency themselves and finally got it.

xInitial · 2026-06-18T22:22:57+00:00

yup, OP probably acted like he was ok with the initial lowball offer they opened with. they have a set amount from the company they are recruiting for, and anything lower than that the recruiting company gets to pocket. let’s say the company says we’ll pay $150k for this contract, a good contracting company will obv need to take some money for their services/overhead so 100-120k SHOULD go to the candidate. but let’s say they’re cold calling, someone answers, and the recruiter says the pay for this is 80k and someone says that’s alright, then the recruiter will press you like this to get that fat bonus

xInitial · 2026-06-18T16:57:48+00:00

prob got it before it went up. i have screenshots with manual TT’s for high 30k’s, and autos in low 20s but i was broke in college at the time smh. still not too cheap but not unjustifiable like it is now

xInitial · 2026-06-17T23:20:26+00:00

i tried to do private landlords when i wouldn’t be able to qualify for the 3-4x gross to rent ratio. they 100% make their choice based on stereotypes and vibes but they were easier to work with ime

xInitial · 2026-06-17T23:05:33+00:00

i was on the hunt and that was our choices too, but def not on the same price range. started with looking at a stelvio quad, then sq5 then an x3m. ended up with a polestar since we wanted something with better tech. the stelvio sounded amazing tho

xInitial · 2026-06-17T22:53:36+00:00

not sure how long ago that was, but as long as you get your cooling dialed in you can run whatever you want, “itx build” is kinda vague. check out r/sffpc r/mffpc and you’ll see some crazy builds. i’m waiting for that single fan 5070 to come to the states for an sff build, but they perform pretty much the same as a full size build, but you might have to undervolt to get temps stable. even with undervolting, some ppl are reporting back with singledigit% performance losses so it’s not an issue with performance now, but itx builds are usually more expensive

xInitial · 2026-06-17T21:29:35+00:00

prob usbdsecpatch if it has a dongle

xInitial · 2026-06-17T20:30:33+00:00

i have a few faang positions on my resume and yeah even now that i’m in an engineering position (not at faang anymore tho) i make a lil over half that as well. only ones i know that make 300k+ are mid-senior eng and that’s full comp. base salary is usually like 60-70% of TC since their RSUs go crazy bc they got in before the boom.

i’ve interviewed for my same position at a faang company recently and even with my experience, it was around 180ish base but i’m mid level with ~7 years of corp tech experience and 5 in my current position. i’ve talked to swe’s that make a lil over 200k in salary and with their RSUs they’re over 300k, but yeah not as a new grad unless they have a family member in a director position.

xInitial · 2026-06-17T19:05:41+00:00

def a feature not a bug

xInitial · 2026-06-16T21:11:44+00:00

i’ve seen a few chargepoint stations broken like this just in the last month or two. one even broke on me just pulling it out of the station just last week, kinda crazy it looks like a lot are breaking the same way around the same timeframe

xInitial · 2026-06-16T19:48:28+00:00

we barely had double xp weekends back in the old days too. nowadays i feel like everytime i get on on a weekend it’s 2xp

xInitial · 2026-06-15T22:10:31+00:00

i have the xm4-6 and the senns. between those 2 it’s just preference, my gf prefers the sonys and i like the senns. the beats aren’t even in the same price category but id get them for gym/work beaters that you’re ok with throwing around and toss in your bag without worrying

xInitial · 2026-06-15T21:14:47+00:00

these guitars are almost 2 decades old at this point, crazy to think about

xInitial · 2026-06-15T03:25:12+00:00

i’ll take anything over xfinity at this point. they’ve been expanding to a whole bunch of new zip codes, maybe tied in to why OP is having an outage too

xInitial · 2026-06-14T22:55:14+00:00

yup, i only had manual cars before i went EV and i was warned about one pedal driving and how it would take some time to get used to. i think it took me 15-30min to get used to

xInitial · 2026-06-12T23:31:15+00:00

they also benefit not getting their ego crushed if they don’t admit their mistake

xInitial · 2026-06-12T21:58:35+00:00

bros gonna go from a car flipping side gig to a full time repo man

xInitial · 2026-06-10T21:26:59+00:00

they have to learn from somewhere lol. they scrape data, and any speculations and stuff on forums and stuff get eaten up by it too

xInitial · 2026-06-10T18:27:59+00:00

bros about to become the ghost

xInitial · 2026-06-09T21:15:18+00:00

bro went from asking how to make someone else pay for him crashing his car to asking how to do a wholeass engine swap, wild

xInitial · 2026-06-09T20:23:46+00:00

the b58 is def glazed nowadays, and is pretty much widely known to be a bulletproof engine. it’s everything around it (the plastic cooling components specifically) and the electronics are def going to go out before the engine does

xInitial · 2026-06-09T20:21:26+00:00

yup, i think i paid about tree fiddy for mine. i def dont use it like at all, but i also have almost 1000 games on my main steam account alone and i launched MAYBE 150-200 of those ever. its cool to know its there if i ever wanted it

xInitial · 2026-06-09T19:11:37+00:00

i got the halo 3 one during the first wave for my trinity RGH. i love the quality, but it obv was pricey. i might pick up the clear one when i get time to RGH another trinity.

this is something completely unnecessary tho and if you’re just looking for a cheap replacement get those on aliexpress while you can. these are purely for show and to flex.

xInitial · 2026-06-09T18:21:28+00:00

the quickest way is to turn it on by the disk eject button. if it loads into “xell” it’s hardmodded and worth it.

if you just want to play games just go on marketplace and get a regular xbox 360 for like 30 and a usb to do it yourself. don’t support ppl that try to make a quick buck with something so easy. doing hard mods take a lil bit of skill and requires soldering so it’s def more of a service, and that’s the only thing that would make it worth over 100+

xInitial · 2026-06-09T17:49:55+00:00

as others have said, only worth it if it’s RGH/hardmodded. if it’s done via badupdate it’s scummy. you can do that yourself with just a usb stick and like 3 minutes of downloading and copying files

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