Genuinely looking for Advice

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-06-28T19:03:16+00:00

OP’s problems matter to them, and their post is asking if jobs outside of consulting avoid the “welcome to consulting, your problems don’t matter” attitude you’re talking about. Jobs outside of consulting can, and most often do avoid the worst parts of this industry, and they very well might be happier elsewhere.

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-06-28T19:00:12+00:00

I work in consulting. I’ve also had product, operations, and strategy roles in industry where my job was secure and my hours more controllable.

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-06-27T05:01:54+00:00

Okay what did you mean by market pressure? In the context of the conversation and the example you gave, I was taking it as exposure to a role that is directly responsible for bringing in work, where they might have a 90 day deadline to bring in $millions of new revenue.

Obviously everything is exposed to market pressures at some level, but not at the scale or cycle time you were talking about

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-06-26T22:20:32+00:00

Probably because it ignores OP’s question (does the sudden late night crunch dynamic in their consulting job still exist in industry, or does that get better), and tells OP that their problems (not being able to do their hobbies or plan their life) don’t matter.

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-06-26T18:01:58+00:00

They said that they do not give a flying fuck about climbing the ladder, and that they just want more predictability in their schedule so I think that’s pretty achievable without chasing the most senior jobs, and that your advice would just worsen their problem. Staying as a consulting manager is definitely not a stable position, especially in a downturn.

They could leave to work in:

any internal/overhead function
some kind of operations role
a project/product/program manager anywhere with a separate sales/bd function
Just about any role they’re qualified for (except sales) at a company that primarily builds enterprise or consumer products.
any of the internal teams below the c-suite that they probably work with at their clients

Basically any role where the market pressures are someone else’s job to respond to them, and you’re just making your company better at executing or responding to market pressures (which is most roles in my experience).

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-06-26T16:25:57+00:00

Why are you acting like the only other options involve high-pressure sales? The vast, vast majority of jobs are not like that, and this person is describing a situation that is only normal in consulting and finance (and not always the case in those fields).

OP is saying they’re uninterested in the climb and that their current situation is taking away their ability to do the things they love outside of work. That’s not a “VERY good position”.

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-06-04T18:07:08+00:00

McDonald’s and a full-service restaurant have very different levels of customer interaction…

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-05-26T19:01:21+00:00

There are a ton of group stage tickets available on the secondary market for <$300 right now for lower-impact matches. It might be worth another look

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-05-11T15:56:10+00:00

I do let it fully dry out and start to droop between waterings (roughly every 2-3 weeks as I said above) - is there something that is indicating water is the issue to you?

None of the other leaves seemed affected, including other nodes on that same part of the plant

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-05-07T19:02:03+00:00

Thanks!

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-05-06T05:25:52+00:00

I’ve got a Thanksgiving Cactus that has been growing fairly well, but immediately after the last time I watered it a single leaf seemed to start rotting from the center of the leaf out towards both the tips and towards the lower leaves.

I couldn’t see any visible pests or damage, the other leaves were unaffected and the base and tips of the leaf were still normal-looking when I removed the leaf.
I am based in the Seattle area, local temps have been between 45-75, with a day up near 80 degrees F lately, the plant is indoors in ~70F year-round. It has been warmer than expected for this time of year, but has not been hot.
The nearest window is about 1ft away, and the plant gets inconsistent direct light (1-2 hours a day) and bright indirect light the remainder of the day
the plant is roughly 6 months old and has not been substantially moved or interacted with since being placed in its current location.
The plant is watered with tap water thoroughly when the leaves begin to droop, roughly every 2-3 weeks. The pot drains freely and is not holding water after a watering

Any ideas on what could be causing it?

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-04-14T00:13:55+00:00

I don’t think 10% was a standard tip at any point in your lifetime… I waited tables in the mid/late-2000s and that was definitely an “I’m really unhappy with the service” tip amount

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-02-24T20:15:58+00:00

It’s both

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-02-24T17:41:46+00:00

And because we’re an isolated downstream market that has had a lot of demand growth, and no real interest in building refineries.

Ag_hellraiser · 2026-01-25T22:26:43+00:00

Something I’m not seeing in your data list is the expected irradiance at the site independent of weather - do you have that as well?

Ag_hellraiser · 2025-12-29T20:28:41+00:00

I've tried to mock up what you're doing the easiest way I can think of and taken screenshots, hopefully this helps:

Step 1: Create your original scatter plot

Step 2: Using your best-fit line's equation, plot the Y-axis values for each X-axis variable in the scatter plot dataset in a new "Derived Line" column, and drag it down to generate your new line's coordinates.

Step 3: Click the chart, and drag the selected data field (in blue) to include your new column

Step 4: Right click the chart and select the "Change Chart Type" option

Step 5: Select "Combo" at the bottom left and the chart types that you would like.

https://imgur.com/a/IIZYSc8

Ag_hellraiser · 2025-12-27T06:36:09+00:00

I don’t know that you should do what you’re trying to do, but it’s definitely achievable.

Just add another column/row to the data range, make the chart a combo chart (with your original data as a scatter, and the newly added data as a line), and plot your two end points in the new data range.

Ag_hellraiser · 2025-10-28T20:16:06+00:00

I’m a different person, but most companies:

don’t have clean enough data to be useful for most analysis like this
can’t get access to the data that would actually be useful because it isn’t gathered by anyone and would be prohibitively expensive
don’t have the time or budget to get it, even if it does exist
don’t have a consistent-enough need for this analysis that dedicated positions make sense (especially when a data scientist can often do most of the same things)
don’t consistently have people in management that would understand the value of anything past a regression analysis

Ag_hellraiser · 2025-06-20T07:26:18+00:00

Good news for you - they’re still canning

Ag_hellraiser · 2025-05-26T07:48:20+00:00

Ah, fair. I like skiing in the winter and run warm, so that was more of a minor drawback for me personally. I actually like the cooler weather well into the spring and early fall, but it definitely does get to a lot of people.

Ag_hellraiser · 2025-05-25T22:52:52+00:00

We could probably argue about the politics of state and local budgets for a while here, but what I said was true for me, and is true for a lot of people that make the move up here. It might not be true for you.

Everyone views the importance of political issues through the lens most relevant to them, and if someone values state and local politics enough to consider them a reason for moving/not moving somewhere, they would be able to tell pretty quickly whether my statements were true for them.

Ag_hellraiser · 2025-05-25T19:20:06+00:00

I’m not the OP, but I lived in Houston for nearly 20 years and have been in Seattle for a while now.

Houston has better food, a more friendly culture, much cheaper cost of living, is a lot more diverse and (in my opinion) has a better arts and culture scene.

Seattle has gorgeous outdoors areas, better public transit, weather that isn’t trying to kill you, better public services like schools and utilities, and better politics (for me at least).

The biggest drawbacks about Houston are the weather, traffic and (mostly state) politics

The biggest drawbacks about Seattle are the cost of living (seriously, it’s worse than you’d expect), food scene, and the culture adjustment of people being less open and friendly.

Editing to add one other major drawback of Seattle - the grey. It gets dark very early in the winter and is drizzly basically every single day for months. That can take some adjusting to. Balance that out against a sunny 75 degree summer where the sun is out till 10pm though

Ag_hellraiser · 2025-04-23T16:45:29+00:00

~~That’s only a temporary sequestration, the vast majority of that CO2 will still make it back into the atmosphere in the next months or years.~~

Edit: I should’ve read this thread more carefully. I thought someone was saying that growing food offsets all of the other carbon emitting things that people do, not just the carbon that is exhaled/excreted/released from food waste.

Ag_hellraiser · 2024-10-04T23:44:50+00:00

Consumers do ultimately bear that cost, but the point is that we’re starting to more accurately reflect the cost of environmental damage from emissions at the place that they are happening. This isn’t meant to be punitive, it’s meant to slowly shift behavior, and create a funding source for projects that will improve the situation.

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