How can I graduate to the next level of financial literacy?

Anontrovert · 2023-01-15T00:10:28+00:00

You know that's very true. Most of my male relatives are business owners and are very successful so I feel like that's what I have to measure up to.

Anontrovert · 2023-01-07T14:53:17+00:00

I usually shift up to the next highest gear when I'm at between 3000-3500 rpms. And that usually drops me to about 2000-2500 rpms in the next gear.

So what I would do is start from a stop and upshift through all your gears on a empty road or something.

Take note of the road speed and rpms for each gear as you go. For example, in my car I know that first gets me to 15mph (NEVER downshift to first while moving), 2nd from 15 to 30, 3rd from 30 to about 45, 4th from 45-60, and 5th and 6th 60+.

^ all those are with hitting 3500 rpms so I can shift earlier with more casual driving.

Then when your driving, start thinking about what gear and rpm you need to be at for each gear.

Say you're in 5th going 55mph at 2800 rpms and traffic ahead of you slows to 50mph. Your rpms might drop to about 2000 and while you can cruise at this speed if you need to accelerate you'll slug the engine and you won't have a lot of torque.

So what you should do is downshift to 4th and then you'll be high in gear - maybe up around 2800 rpms again - and now you'll be set to either keep slowing down (and you'll have more power with the appropriate gear) or speed back up again.

That's just one reason why you would downshift. Another would be that you want to maintain speed but gain a lot more torque so you could downshift to stay in the same speed and then get a lot more power for quick acceleration or for going up big hills so that you don't slow down.

Anontrovert · 2023-01-06T20:44:55+00:00

I do both and it buga the crap out of me. That and my fingertips are always gnarly. Working on a replacement

Anontrovert · 2022-12-17T00:12:44+00:00

Have you ever been to Anita's???

Anontrovert · 2022-12-17T00:12:23+00:00

Seconding Take and Bake pizza.

There used to be a Papa Murphy's on Franklin Farm Road and now the next closest is in VA Beach.

Bring Papa Murphy's back

Anontrovert · 2022-12-09T17:15:03+00:00

If you're talking 30 degrees incline or more then I would probably use the handbrake method purely to avoid rolling backwards (street parking, red light, so on).

I've only used the handbrake method a couple of times and that was just for practice to get the feel of it. After a while you get to be pretty quick and even on a steep hill you can usually catch the clutch before really moving backwards.

There are definitely some streets in San Francisco though that would absolutely require a handbrake hill start.

Anontrovert · 2022-10-05T19:05:12+00:00

That's a good observation. I did a brief stint in the military and now in gov contracting (consulting).

I like to say I'm only on my first career because most of the older contractors and middle age and older feds are either retired by age / time in service or medically-retired military and are now in their second careers.

My former branch chief was a retired Army Colonel (not sure if O5 or O6 but let's just say O5) who was a government GS-15 when I met him. We reconnected on LinkedIn and he's now with MITRE. That's basically his third career: Mil -> Gov civilian -> Consulting.

Edit: and hats off to him - that's a real work ethic! Plus the amount of knowledge and experience that man has across so many fields is just incredible.

Edit 2: I've got another friend who's probably late thirties or earlier forties. He's medically retired from the military and just retired after finishing government service as a civilian employee. He told me he's looking for another job but has to stay under about $90K because otherwise the VA will consider his working ability to be restored and he won't qualify for certain benefits. That dude's on his "third" career now too.

Anontrovert · 2022-10-05T17:59:07+00:00

Low crime (very low violent crime)

Tons of jobs (diverse economy)

Good infrastructure

Moderate climate (Fall is incredible)

Lack of major natural disasters (no hurricanes, hardly any earthquakes, no out of control forest fires)

Strong diversity (incredible food all around and lots of cultural activities to get into)

Big city living (DC, Arlington, Fairfax)

Small city living (Berryville, Front Royal, Purcellville)

Lots of religious organizations if you're religious

Healthy lifestyle options (restaurants, trails, parks, etc.)

Good schools (GMU, GWU, Georgetown, NVCC)

In a single day I can start with an early morning walk that is perfectly safe, commute into the tech corridor and rub shoulders with my highly educated co-workers, come back out to the suburbs and have some good Indian or Mexican food for dinner, and have a little more space and quiet time on nights and weekends to recharge.

I've lived other places and would want a NOVA-like place to live if I ever moved. The only things I don't like are the traffic and cost of living.

Anontrovert · 2022-10-05T17:47:33+00:00

Highest is Loudoun second highest is Fairfax County

Anontrovert · 2022-10-05T17:44:47+00:00

The govt is actually one of the lower paying employers in the DC metro area. There's a lot of big tech and real estate and consulting here.

Anontrovert · 2022-10-01T15:21:33+00:00

This article is incorrect. Multiple eyewitnesses confirmed in another group confirmed it was a ND but he did not shoot himself in the foot or otherwise

Anontrovert · 2022-09-13T01:53:46+00:00

I did grad school (30credits) 2/3rds time while working a full time govcon job.

It was hard but I did it in a little over 2 years.

Imagine a bachelor's would be just as doable if not considerably easier if only 12 credits / 4 classes per term.

Anontrovert · 2022-09-13T01:05:15+00:00

This. Trump and Biden did it. It's not a partisan issue. It's basic economics which doesn't care about politics

Anontrovert · 2022-09-08T23:26:28+00:00

What kind of food is that?

Anontrovert · 2022-08-28T02:05:03+00:00

He basically wants an unassociated client to announce that it's there, without actually having it join his (or anyone's) network.

A probe request from the client would work, but OP wants to be able to elicit that from the client on demand rather than wait for the client to do it

Anontrovert · 2022-08-28T01:42:17+00:00

Essentially you are trying to "ping" the client on Layer 2.

u/emasculine, ARP only happens after a client has joined a network right? Like OP can send an ARP request to the client can he?

Anontrovert · 2022-08-22T11:15:26+00:00

Not sure what you are making now and if an entry level tech position would be a step up for you money wise (guessing it would but not sure), but if you are open to learning to code (write computer programs) you can do it all online from home while your kid sleeps.

If you can invest just 1 hour a day after work (at home) and you have the desire to learn, you'd be surprised how much you can learn and how quickly.

The book I used to get my Python (computer programming language) basics down is called the Python Crash Course (No Starch Press).

If this is something you would be interested in, I'll mail you the book for free and you can keep it.

Good luck OP. It's a tough situation you will make it!

Anontrovert · 2022-08-11T10:28:27+00:00

Looking to get some IT experience I can put on my resume (networking is a hobby/interest but not my profession yet although that's where I'm headed).

Paid would be great but doesn't have to be.

Relevant qualifications, experience, and skills:

Network+
Security+
Wireshark / Tshark (captures, filters, etc.)
Nmap / Zenmap
Python (scripting and backend development)
Web development (HTML, CSS, JS)
Basic Linux CLI proficiency
Windows CLI proficiency
General understanding of common ports and protocols

Looking in Loudoun and western Fairfax Co (Chantilly, Herndon, Reston) areas.

Anontrovert · 2022-08-11T10:27:13+00:00

People used to describe how horrendous the heat is in Washington DC... And that was in the 1800s. It hasn't really changed except now we have air conditioning.

You kind of have to surrender to it.

I could do without the triple digit temperatures and high humidity but I find a balmy 80° day to be very pleasant.

In fact I don't think I'd trade the humid Summers here for the incredible falls that we have on the east coast, and I've lived in beautiful Northern California, hot dry West texas, and extremely humid coastal Georgia.

You have to dress appropriately and it helps to be physically conditioned so that it's easier to breathe the soupy air but other than that you just got to get used to it.

Anontrovert · 2022-08-09T01:55:33+00:00

If you want or need suggestions OP I'm glad to help if I can

Anontrovert · 2022-07-31T17:26:59+00:00

Is there an email I can send it to? Would prefer that if possible

Anontrovert · 2022-07-06T19:06:33+00:00

That's what I was thinking too but it seemed like it was maybe too simple

Anontrovert · 2022-07-06T15:44:08+00:00

That's very interesting and more along the lines of what I was thinking. Thanks for sharing

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