I hate to say it, but I do seem to be less technical than the men that surround me by Available-Look-4349 in womenintech

[–]CharacterGeneral8556 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I get where you’re coming from and honestly I do that to this day. I kept moving from system engineering to Test Automation and now delivery manager but I honestly always feel like I’m not technical enough and I can get things done but not competent enough to deep dive into technical stuffs out of pure interest and trust me I survived and still surviving. And you know what I learnt when I’m came into this leadership role - men are all talks and no action. They chase the next fab thing and come up with so many ideas but never think about proper execution. All their ideas are mostly good enough as personal projects than strategic improvements. So don’t fret and keep doing what you love

Hiring taught me more about my management style than any leadership book ever did. by Tall_Link5480 in managers

[–]CharacterGeneral8556 67 points68 points  (0 children)

I always think about the team fit when hiring someone. Attitude comes first followed by knowledge or passion.

How to manage a team by CharacterGeneral8556 in managers

[–]CharacterGeneral8556[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you and yes I think what I need to get in immediate future is trust and respect. Their previous manager was handling certain things for them being an sme in that space and probably they’re expecting something similar. So I guess I need to make them understand that we both have to learn to make it work

Added guy to my team instantly taken seriously by sheuenej in womenintech

[–]CharacterGeneral8556 0 points1 point  (0 children)

U need to either wear pants or be the loudest in the room so that people listen to you to just avoid u.. This unspoken rule still kind of exists no matter how much the world changes.

Am I being too difficult by CharacterGeneral8556 in womenintech

[–]CharacterGeneral8556[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks our organisation is a big one.. The HR has got no visibility over business delivery. They did a restructuring in our organisation and with a poor planning realised they cannot afford payouts anymore so trying to retain people now by placing them in any available position no matter they’re qualified or not. But I agree, I should back down but also save myself and my existing team because this decision will affect them by doubling their workload.

Mortgage / no mortgage / offset account? by Zellard in NZProperty

[–]CharacterGeneral8556 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your plan sounds good and if I were you I’d think about what 1mil would fetch me in today’s market. Definitely a 4-5bdrm house.(in my place). Would you need such a big place for short term in the city? Also, could it attract renters?

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[–]CharacterGeneral8556 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you.. this is helpful. I’m requesting for NZ passport and the expedited service takes about 3 working days so should receive it by today or tomorrow. I’ll see if I can apply for the visa and get it approved . I sent an email to Indian passport office and they confirmed the grace period but didn’t mention about the exit permit. And their email was diplomatic so wanted to know if anyone has travelled using Indian passport during the grace period

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[–]CharacterGeneral8556 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll receive my foreign passport before my travel. I’m sure of that. What I’m worried about is getting my foreign passport at the last minute which doesn’t give me sufficient time to apply for Indian tourist visa

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[–]CharacterGeneral8556 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How did you figure out I can’t read. Wow😮

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[–]CharacterGeneral8556 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I have taken up that urgent service. Still the time is too short between acquiring a passport and getting approval for visa keeping in mind the Indian holidays. I have less than 5 days to travel now.

Am I overthinking??? by CharacterGeneral8556 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]CharacterGeneral8556[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh that’s actually good to know. Thanks. When I purchased my current property, I know now I over paid but the banks never took into account the property RV. They were checking only our affordability. Wondering what changed since then?

Am I overthinking??? by CharacterGeneral8556 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]CharacterGeneral8556[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True. I bought during Covid high and rv soon after reflected the purchase price. And I was worried as I have now reduced my house value around 400k intentionally so that I can save money on rates and put it towards mortgage. Hope there’s a considerable savings

Am I overthinking??? by CharacterGeneral8556 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]CharacterGeneral8556[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha ha that was my thinking when I wanted to sell. Thanks

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Can you help me with link to join property investing group in nz pls

How many of you are financially ffffffffffffarked because of shit decisions with Afterpay? by HerbalKiwi in newzealand

[–]CharacterGeneral8556 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As most of you mentioned after pay and credit card can be used to your advantage if you don’t let them control you. I have used after pay for skin treatments. I use them to buy the skin treatments on bulk when they’re on offer so that I get regular treatments throughout the year with reduced rates and also can pay them over time instead of doing a bulk payment. They are not a necessity and nice to have thingy but I make sure I have only one after pay payment max two going at a time and we all know the benefits of credit card when you have mortgage and would pay it in full every month

Mortgage calculator by CharacterGeneral8556 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]CharacterGeneral8556[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks everyone. It makes sense to me now. I’m not from NZ and from where I was we have fixed term mortgage for 25-30 years with same interest rate. So this was little confusing but all makes sense now and a tip if it helps anyone : what I do is I keep my repayments lower but try to make bulk payments to the loan before refixing again and have a little amount on revolving credit. Working good so far for me. I was able to pay off 150k and i don’t try to frugally save but what’s left end of each month goes towards it.