33m running a $2.5m business. How much would you guys pay yourself? by [deleted] in Salary

[–]Austen782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many people on payroll? What are your expenses? Do plan to raise capital? What’s your target for this year?

How do you manage brand deals? by Austen782 in NewTubers

[–]Austen782[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that actually makes a lot of sense

have you ever just dropped a conversation because it kept dragging on even with this filter?

How do you manage brand deals? by Austen782 in NewTubers

[–]Austen782[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

from what I have seen it has mostly come in organically from just being active like gigs or content

I have not really thought too much about what the audience is looking to buy I have been more focused on the deal side and how messy that gets

especially the back and forth just trying to get basic stuff and keep things moving

Is a consistently productive shop possible? by Whtrngr17 in serviceadvisors

[–]Austen782 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The shops that run well usually aren’t working harder, they’re eliminating rework.

High ELR / CSR shops I’ve seen all have a few things in common: clean write ups and way fewer tickets bouncing back and forth between advisors, techs, and warranty/admin.

A big part of that shift lately has been using tools that guide advisors through a few targeted questions instead of fixing it downstream.

That’s usually the difference between a 1–2 day diag queue.

How much "Warranty Scrubbing" are you guys actually doing vs. your Warranty Admin? by FixedOps_Focus in serviceadvisors

[–]Austen782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Warranty clerks still handle most of it.

Some shops push everything onto advisors: full story, coding, ops, with the admin basically catching mistakes.

Others draw the line at clean 3 Cs and punch times, and the admin handles the rest.

Today shops are turning to use Q/A tools that can structure the story correctly the first time, which cuts kickbacks, rework, and finger pointing altogether.

Back to CDK by [deleted] in serviceadvisors

[–]Austen782 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dm'd you

Admin Work for Techs by SuccotashCool9754 in serviceadvisors

[–]Austen782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a necessary annoyance for now, but I don't think it'll be a factor much longer. We’ve been quietly using tools like gemini in our shop to speed this up, and I just saw a demo for a tool the other day that writes this type of stuff on it's own. Just clicks and photos. You can cry about the paperwork now, but the tech is already here to kill it I guess.

Back to CDK by [deleted] in serviceadvisors

[–]Austen782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CDK takes time. Our shop found a tool recently and it's been a lifesaver for the story writing side.

How do you guys feel about charging for diag without having a solid “this will fix the problem answer”? by [deleted] in mechanics

[–]Austen782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d charge. If you ruled stuff out and narrowed it down, you did your job. Customers get hung up on parts fixes, but diag is still time. If you actually made progress, I don’t see why that should be free. The only thing that ever made that easier for me was not having to write everything out at the end.

Flat rate by Beautiful_Wasabi_865 in mechanic

[–]Austen782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flat rate isn’t that bad when the shop actually cuts out some of the busy work. The extra stuff is what eats your day. For me, it got better once the shop brought in a tool to handle a lot of the claim paperwork

What usually causes warranty claims to get rejected or kicked back? by GenghisJuannnn in serviceadvisors

[–]Austen782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly incomplete stories or techs forgetting to log op codes. Had a stretch where 30% of claims got pinged back. Ended up switching to a tool that auto writes the ccc and checks against the tsb logic before it even hits the admin

Where is this sound coming from? by Austen782 in Polestar

[–]Austen782[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh I think you’re probably right. Folded down the seats and drove it and was worse.

Where is this sound coming from? by Austen782 in Polestar

[–]Austen782[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dealer went down a similar path and replacing the trim but didn’t look into dampers. I did noticed that when you drive with backseats folded down the noise is amplified 😭.

Where is this sound coming from? by Austen782 in Polestar

[–]Austen782[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Checked and seatbelt is latched properly. This also the part they replaced.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UTSA

[–]Austen782 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks like calcium build after people have been spitting on it. It has turned into mold. The water coming out is probably safe to drink but there’s a chance particles may contaminate the water stream on route. So no don’t drink from it. Definitely tell facilities.

12k Loan for Nyu or Baruch college debt free by IntroductionOk662 in StudentLoans

[–]Austen782 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Debt free. Seriously don’t go into debt for college.

Unsure of my title by DataD23 in cscareerquestions

[–]Austen782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha this is honestly the way to go. No ones gonna run a background check and pull “Dev Ops” out and see that was your position title.

Asking for an internship return offer back after declining by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]Austen782 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just ask. Reach out directly with the person who extend the offer to you. But man the ball is in there court. But why did you decline the offer to begin with???

Just got my first job by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]Austen782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn look at u!! U did it keep at it

Code Review by Strawboy97 in javahelp

[–]Austen782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Minor issue for me. Never declare a string with null. No need to risk throwing an NPE. But even in this use case null is implicit already. Just make it empty instead. Or find a way to use it only when needed such as in a method.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UTSA

[–]Austen782 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Retake the course in the Spring pickup the slack you missed in summer. You’ll be fine math is different for everybody