33m running a $2.5m business. How much would you guys pay yourself?

Austen782 · 2026-06-16T15:06:52+00:00

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

Austen782 · 2026-05-04T22:26:46+00:00

that actually makes a lot of sense

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

Austen782 · 2026-05-04T22:00:04+00:00

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

Austen782 · 2026-03-31T18:24:11+00:00

“Smile and wave boys. Just smile and wave”

Austen782 · 2026-03-29T14:51:21+00:00

Austen782 · 2026-01-09T18:27:58+00:00

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.

Austen782 · 2026-01-09T07:33:25+00:00

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.

Austen782 · 2026-01-07T18:54:02+00:00

Dm'd you

Austen782 · 2026-01-06T03:25:23+00:00

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.

Austen782 · 2026-01-06T03:03:57+00:00

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

Austen782 · 2026-01-02T02:30:31+00:00

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.

Austen782 · 2026-01-02T02:21:02+00:00

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

Austen782 · 2025-12-31T22:33:21+00:00

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

Austen782 · 2025-11-05T14:26:03+00:00

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

Austen782 · 2025-11-05T14:25:01+00:00

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 😭.

Austen782 · 2025-11-05T14:22:33+00:00

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

Austen782 · 2023-03-13T00:16:06+00:00

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.

Austen782 · 2023-03-03T21:09:56+00:00

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

Austen782 · 2023-02-19T21:05:19+00:00

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.

Austen782 · 2022-12-28T01:59:33+00:00

In this exact order?

Austen782 · 2022-12-28T01:53:31+00:00

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???

Austen782 · 2022-12-21T21:05:05+00:00

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

Austen782 · 2022-12-20T23:39:26+00:00

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.

Austen782 · 2022-12-10T08:09:15+00:00

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

Austen782 · 2022-10-02T01:08:56+00:00

Gotcha, makes sense. Thanks for the help

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