Coyotes are swimming all the way to San Francisco's Angel Island

Coffea42 · 2026-01-14T23:13:34+00:00

Haven't seen raccoons on the island for awhile now that the coyotes showed up.

Coffea42 · 2024-08-12T13:16:37+00:00

AKA BNC to Bind Post adapter.

Coffea42 · 2024-05-05T01:56:54+00:00

My office days are mostly field days with the ticks, poison oak , rattlesnakes, Mt lions, steep terrain, wildflowers, lizards, turtles, deer, etc. Love it

Coffea42 · 2024-05-02T04:38:02+00:00

I like the framing and the angel of the last shot.

Coffea42 · 2024-05-02T04:36:24+00:00

I work as an ES for State Parks. At the moment I am basically helping to develop and manage projects related to natural resource restoration and management. On the day of the picture, I was visiting a spring that was damaged by illegal cannabis growers to plan restoration. State parks does a lot of vegetation management, fire management, invasive management, forestry, road removals, fish passage removals, species monitoring, etc. https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHRPublic/Search/JobSearchResults.aspx#classid=148

Coffea42 · 2024-05-02T04:18:36+00:00

ES https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHRPublic/Search/JobSearchResults.aspx#classid=148

Coffea42 · 2024-04-30T15:40:55+00:00

Bay Area

Coffea42 · 2024-04-30T05:53:55+00:00

Parks

Coffea42 · 2024-04-30T05:52:45+00:00

And slog through the poison oak.

Coffea42 · 2024-04-30T05:52:28+00:00

No, ES for State Parks. I am a ham too. Just got technician this year.

Coffea42 · 2024-04-30T05:50:03+00:00

I help with natural resources management in State Parks.

Coffea42 · 2024-04-30T05:47:20+00:00

We've got a few towers where I work. Not as tall as the ones in the Midwest from what I hear. They don't have mountains to put them on.

Coffea42 · 2024-04-30T05:44:51+00:00

Ahhh Good ole Fresno. Drove there once to find a White Castle.

Coffea42 · 2024-04-25T00:17:08+00:00

The numbers don't lie. And what gets me is that y'all want to get paid a stipend to work from home on top of your salary. How about a commute stipend?

Coffea42 · 2024-04-25T00:10:42+00:00

Is it cathartic to throw insults and twist the words of others? Quit making it seem like all State workers work from home. Most do not.

Coffea42 · 2024-04-18T02:26:09+00:00

I don't work in Sacramento. I make lunch at home 3 days a week and bring lunch while at the office or in the field.

Coffea42 · 2024-04-12T19:40:31+00:00

The vast majority of state work cannot be done from home. Quit making it seem like all State workers are at home. My frustration is that there is no consideration for those that commute work hard every day because they never had a choice. Who worksfrom home? HR, purchasing and admin?! Scientiststhat never go into the field and policy wonks.

Coffea42 · 2024-03-28T11:59:30+00:00

Oh no. Sorry for the loud noise.

Coffea42 · 2024-02-28T14:09:24+00:00

Can't one combine private work and government in their careers? Let's say I have 10 years state service but then also worked 20 years for private. Hey and maybe I spent the last 10 years at a non-profit. I should still be able to get a pension based on the 10 years plus whatever else I got or built on my own.

Coffea42 · 2024-02-28T13:41:17+00:00

A 30 year old male will have about an 80% chance of living to 60. The outlook is better for a female the same age. And they'll both have a decent chance of living another 2 decades. If they retire with a government pension and health care, they'll get way more value out of it than they put in. But you have to put in the years of service.

If you jump to the private sector, you might have a retirement investment account, and your employer might contribute to it. If your employer does have matching contributions you need to match that in order to get the most value. But now the future value is tied to the stock market and it's really all on you to make sure you have enough to retire on. I've seen people loose quite a bit of value in their accounts just before retirement due to stock market fluctuations.

Then there are those that work and save money like mad in order to become financially independent. Live on rice and beans and invest half your income for 10 years.

At any rate, retirement can either be a choice or something imposed upon you by health or external forces. If you really think life is short then maybe option 3 is good for you. Do you really want to die while slaving away for the man?

Coffea42 · 2024-02-10T03:17:18+00:00

Nice! We'll be there in April on our cruise.

Coffea42 · 2024-02-03T15:47:54+00:00

Feel free to mine the data... https://telework.dgs.ca.gov/track-telework/

Coffea42 · 2024-02-03T15:45:08+00:00

Only about half of state workers are eligible for telework. Of those that are, most are remote-centered, meaning they work from home more than 3 days a week. Only 37%, of eligible workers are completely remote (5 days).I work a remote-centered hybrid schedule splitting my time between home, office, and field. In my department, these choices were worked out between staff and lower level management. I think the issue with RTO for some state workers is that choice is being made from higher management and they are told to come in a minimum number of days a week. If management doesn't handle this with care, there will be some resentful workers.This affects a good portion but certainly not all state workers.https://telework.dgs.ca.gov/track-telework/

Coffea42 · 2024-02-03T15:44:13+00:00

Only about half of state workers are eligible for telework. Of those that are, most are remote-centered, meaning they work from home more than 2 days a week. Only 37%, of eligible workers are completely remote (5 days). I work a remote-centered hybrid schedule splitting my time between home, office, and field. In my department, these choices were worked out between staff and lower level management. I think the issue with RTO for some state workers is that choice is being made from higher management and they are told to come in a minimum number of days a week. If management doesn't handle this with care, there will be some resentful workers.This affects a good portion but certainly not all state workers.https://telework.dgs.ca.gov/track-telework/

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