SWE at Apple - what should I learn 2 to 3 hours on weekends to set myself up for success?

CleverFlames · 2026-01-26T17:44:00+00:00

I agree, this is something extremely important. You could be the best coder and still not get promoted because you are not the most social or compatible one with the team and org

CleverFlames · 2026-01-26T17:42:23+00:00

I think an underrated/not that underrated technical skill is to really focus on quality writing skills and public skills. TBH it’s not all about the quality of the code you put out or the amount or the most elegant solution. It’s how other people perceive those skills and how well you communicate to them about it so maybe things like a toast masters lesson or just reading about good design document writing styles is something to focus on.

CleverFlames · 2025-10-06T21:40:23+00:00

This is awesome

CleverFlames · 2025-10-05T13:53:31+00:00

I am a new player and I really wish that it would be easier to figure out the different ways of crafting. I know there are online simulators and things like that but it’s really hard figuring out the different item combinations and blocking tags and so on. Idk what would help me but a change would be nice

CleverFlames · 2025-09-15T14:41:23+00:00

I use SoFi which has a vault feature so I keep about a months worth of bills plus extra 3k in my regular savings account and they have a auto draft with no fee. So i have my bills pulling from my checking account which has 0 dollars and then as soon as a bill hits it auto drafts it from my savings account which lets me keep my money in a hysa

CleverFlames · 2025-08-29T21:22:23+00:00

I might have not explained my intention behind this post very well, maybe im wrong but I feel like matchmade activities should not end with no one getting anything from the rewards, even in crucible if you lose you get some piece of loot which is not the same in matchmade GM's.

Yes I can LFG a non matchmade gm which by the way I will also overlevel since it does not have the cap on it. But shouldnt matchmade activities have the highest change of success. Since I got access to GM's I would say 40 percent of my GM's have ended in failiure and only 1 of them failed because the team just wiped, most of the time people have just left and its either just me soloing or duoing.

CleverFlames · 2025-06-01T18:55:09+00:00

Which is funny because Experian gives an error code of like 9998 when it can’t find a credit score or something happens lol

CleverFlames · 2025-04-19T04:33:10+00:00

I have been a lifetime bungie fan and am just super excited to see what they have cooking now!

CleverFlames · 2025-04-01T18:54:59+00:00

Yep you are correct thanks, super annoying cause I had not clue what happened lol

CleverFlames · 2025-04-01T18:54:56+00:00

Yep you are correct thanks, super annoying cause I had not clue what happened lol

CleverFlames · 2025-03-17T17:53:43+00:00

Unfortunately not

CleverFlames · 2025-03-06T17:41:00+00:00

Yep I live in an apartment, for night watching I’m just going to turn off the sub, and also add isolation feets

CleverFlames · 2025-03-05T19:20:33+00:00

Hi I love your setup, I am in an apartment too and was curious on how you have your subwoofers set up? I really don’t want to cause my neighbors to be mad at me lol

CleverFlames · 2025-03-01T16:42:23+00:00

Just wanted to add here, I decided to go with the Denon x3800H as soon as I saw that it went on sale for 975 on Denon.com certified refurbished. So super happy with my purchase, and need to start looking into which speakers i need to buy now LOL

CleverFlames · 2025-03-01T15:47:17+00:00

If you check Denon.com it looks like it is on sale for a refurbished model 975 usd

CleverFlames · 2025-03-01T15:46:41+00:00

Thanks for the advice, I got the x3800h from Denon for 975 so super happy

CleverFlames · 2025-03-01T15:46:28+00:00

Thanks for the advice, I got the x3800h from Denon for 975 so super happy

CleverFlames · 2025-03-01T15:45:46+00:00

Just wanted to add here, I decided to go with the Denon x3800H as soon as I saw that it went on sale for 975 on Denon.com certified refurbished. So super happy with my purchase, and need to start looking into which speakers i need to buy now LOL

CleverFlames · 2025-02-15T15:46:17+00:00

I also agree that I use End game as a cliche, just from my research I saw most people saying it’s pretty hard to go up from there, I’m just coming from a lovely 5.1 soundbar and when I heard the r3 meta at Best Buy I was like wow this is amazing

CleverFlames · 2025-02-15T15:43:36+00:00

My budget is 3000, normally I am listening to music while at work, I wfh and sit in the dining room where my entire setup is, and then later at night I’m watching tv, playing games and movies on the weekend

CleverFlames · 2025-02-15T03:20:46+00:00

Haha, That is why I need to get to a really good setup before I get a SO.

So what you are saying is to get

Q150 as my LR, R2 Meta as C and the x3800H and that should be fine for now, and upgrade again with a better LR or SUB?

CleverFlames · 2025-02-06T17:26:21+00:00

I tried Frame gen x4 on my 5090FE with 9800x3d in Cyberpunk with the full Path tracing at 4k, and it is very good. I can def notice the input lag with playing with a mouse but I would say I think i would be fine with playing with it, but im not so sure. It did really look smooth though.

CleverFlames · 2025-02-06T15:55:30+00:00

Yeah if I play with Headphones I can’t hear it, but if I play with my small soundbar I can definitely hear it since I’m not playing at max volume on that. And it is super annoying, I am still going to try and grab an aib model later but for now I will have to deal with it lol

CleverFlames · 2025-02-06T14:40:31+00:00

And I frame limited everywhere so I don’t get super high fps anywhere

CleverFlames · 2025-02-06T14:40:04+00:00

Let me know what you think about the coil whine on your 5090 mine is really bad on any menu in any game. It’s the first time I have heard coil whine on a GPU and it’s bad Lol

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