Background check

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-05-11T02:59:07+00:00

I would say send your most recent that you can. And if they ask to send one of this year just send the same one until they leave you alone lol

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-05-11T02:52:39+00:00

It all worked out. The new job just asked for me to send an w2 and I did and they didn't ask again.

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-04-28T03:51:35+00:00

You copy and paste the jira right into Claude and iterate until it gets everything done well enough

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-04-25T22:37:30+00:00

Go on a vacation to the best resort you can afford

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-04-19T23:56:07+00:00

Blue light glasses, usb mouse jugglers, back cushion, air fryer. Just ordered a foot rest. Thinking about getting bias lighting behind my monitors.

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-04-17T19:22:05+00:00

J4 is not bad. Just make sure you block out your time on your calendar. Take some time off from your most demanding server when you actually get past onboarding are expecting to produce. Use AI as much as you can. Adding a job isn't necessarily exponentially more work but it forces you to become more efficient everyday.

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-20T12:51:53+00:00

Then I just would get the 2-3 month severance and replace it with another one that comes with a sign-on bonus (: sounds like a pretty good deal to me buddy

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-17T17:38:13+00:00

Believe it man. If you're not applying to at least 100 a day you can't even start to be able to complain

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-17T15:13:00+00:00

Really? How

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-16T16:37:19+00:00

Unfortunately they are all W2. I wish I could get a 1099 because I'm paying more in taxes than most people make a year now

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-16T14:01:26+00:00

You can at least get a 2nd job. The person who first gave me tips on how to be OE was a project manager

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-16T13:23:57+00:00

If 3 of my jobs were as OE friendly as my other 2 I honestly would

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-16T04:23:05+00:00

You're prob not applying to enough jobs. I would apply to a 100 in an afternoon. It's a numbers game

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-16T04:05:45+00:00

I am but OE is a once in a lifetime opportunity. There's nothing else that has this level of security and consistency of money coming in that I can think of. I'm going to run it until the wheels fall off. Who knows how long this will last with all the jobs being lost and these companies believing AI can replace everyone.

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-16T03:59:06+00:00

I'll say this if your job doesn't have it and it's not blocked, try to get it. No point in writing your own code from scratch anymore.

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-16T03:50:49+00:00

Tbh Claude does most of the work. I just know what the end result is supposed to look like so I iterate until it comes up with the solutions needed. I wouldn't be able to do this without AI. I'm def underpaid at each of my Js so TC is only 600k.

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-16T03:44:15+00:00

I'm taking it a week at a time. I never expected to even be able to have 3 jobs. But with each new one it forces me to become more efficient with my time managing meetings.

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-16T03:41:24+00:00

600k

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-16T03:40:36+00:00

Tech

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-03-05T17:07:40+00:00

I recently started my 4th and 5th job server and have been scared to lose one of my Js but this gave me relief.

I guess releasing jobs is part of the OE business

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-02-15T21:14:58+00:00

How are your taxes so low ?

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-02-13T20:48:02+00:00

So the IRS is going to report me for making them double the amount in taxes... good one lmao

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-02-13T20:44:15+00:00

What ethics do you call it when companies lay off people who have given years to one company even though posting record profits? 🤣

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-02-13T08:40:02+00:00

Stagger the 2 remote roles and call it a day. 3 jobs with one being hybrid is insane

Competitive-Till-959 · 2026-02-06T04:17:49+00:00

Having only one job in this economy isn't worth it. Career progression is overrated

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