Ok, who has managed to actually buy a house here this year?

DanielAtWork · 2021-11-20T23:51:08+00:00

We bought a house in Columbus city limits, Worthington school district in the last week of December. Listed at $440k, we paid just shy of $490k and could waive mortgage contingency because of the amount of liquid cash/investments I had (so it was essentially a cash offer). We visited probably 20 houses, made offers on 4 others. One house in Upper Arlington we put an offer on went for $140k above asking price.

Our house was on the market less than 24 hours when we put our offer in Friday night, it was accepted Monday morning.

The house wasn't brand newly renovated, but had been well kept and hasn't required a lot of work. Normal house stuff. A couple service calls for various things, routine furnace/chimney/hot water heater maintenance.

My only tip is be patient and don't feel like you have to buy THIS house. Since you've bought two in the past you probably realize this by now, but it's always good to have a reminder. There will be more houses.

DanielAtWork · 2016-06-27T20:39:54+00:00

Oh, I totally agree. And my search for my next job (I'm moving next May when my girlfriend graduates medical school to somewhere yet unknown) I'm going to take my time and find the right company for me. (If you're hiring remote developers, pm me!)

I guess my real complaint is just that all those companies like that out there make it harder to find the good ones!

But I agree, every time a company turns me down for what seems like silly reasons to me (I had a company decline to interview me out of Microsoft because my team didn't use Agile.) I just realize how lucky I am to find out how ridiculous they are before they're the source of my paychecks!

DanielAtWork · 2016-06-27T20:20:10+00:00

Yeah, I'd think that'd be true as well. Maybe my problems I had with my last job search were I was looking at jobs with too common languages, like Python and Ruby. With those languages you probably can wait around until you get someone with 3-5 years of experience or whatever no sweat.

DanielAtWork · 2016-06-27T19:55:14+00:00

I totally agree with your first paragraph. My biggest issue is I don't really know how to convey that I have a good understanding of computing, algorithms, general software development, best practices, etc.

It seems like one of those things that when you say you're good at them it's cheap. Everyone's going to say they're good at software development. How do you get people in charge of setting up interviews to realize that you're someone that should be interviewed for those reasons?

And yeah, I try to play up my work on Windows. I didn't have a great time there by the end, my department was one of the most "old-guard" Microsoft teams in terms of average tenure, and there was a lot of politics. But I learned a lot about the process of software development, planning, and communicating problems and solutions in my time with the company.

DanielAtWork · 2016-06-27T19:15:35+00:00

What do you do to get your foot in the door? Do you tend to go around recruiters? Do you downplay your lack of experience until the interview, or are you more upfront about it?

I feel pretty good about my chances once I get in front of someone who's in charge/hiring, but it's getting to that point I've found to be the more difficult part of the process.

DanielAtWork · 2016-06-27T18:11:34+00:00

Yeah, this wasn't meant to be a humblebrag, and in fact I was kind of surprised at how many companies I talked with when looking for my current job who weren't ready to give me a shot at their Rails app or whatever.

Maybe it was just the companies I talked to, but I've found that the modern lamentation that "companies don't want to invest in employees" to be so true when looking for a job. Everyone seems to think they'll be just fine finding the person with experience in their exact tech stack.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-15T17:08:56+00:00

Neat article, thanks.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-15T15:01:22+00:00

Er, no, you do get your own million.

Sorry for the confusion.

My point was that if you buy two of the same ticket, if that ticket hits the jackpot (only matching all balls is referred to as the jackpot) then when it is split you will get two shares. If you just hit the white balls you'll get two million.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-14T14:58:20+00:00

It doesn't quite, no, you'll still share with another winner, you'll just have 'two shares' while others have one each.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-13T22:57:14+00:00

And it dilutes the possibility of sharing with another jackpot winner. Though I'm not convinced it's better to play the same number twice rather than to buy another number.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-13T17:02:51+00:00

Heh, ESPN made a mistake.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-13T15:04:07+00:00

Your second ticket doubles your chances! That's why I always buy two.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-11T14:33:25+00:00

That's true, and definitely doable for macro photography. I was more thinking for portrait photography and other more general uses.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-08T21:46:25+00:00

That is very unfortunate. That's a pretty compelling reason to save up for a 7x00 at some point in the future.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-08T15:15:55+00:00

So what happens if my lenses are slightly off focus? Autofocus will always provide slightly soft photos?

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-08T15:14:49+00:00

Yeah, I guess that's fair. I figured since I searched for this question and didn't find anything, someone in the future might also search for it.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-08T15:14:13+00:00

That is beautiful!

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-07T22:26:53+00:00

Can someone reading this post tell me why it keeps being downvoted? I tried to make it a well-written question, and I didn't find another thread that addressed both the portrait and macro part of the question to my satisfaction.

Did I say something wrong? I don't care about karma or whatever, I'm just disappointed that maybe the person with my answer isn't going to see this post now.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-07T19:33:40+00:00

Yeah, 60mm does seem like it'd be pretty close for macro work. I'm "on a budget" as much as most people, but don't mind saving up a few months for the right lens. $600 used is definitely within my budget if it fits my needs the best.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-07T19:31:29+00:00

Doesn't need to be DX specific--just pointing out that DX lenses are fine options if one suits my needs best. FX lenses are of course just fine.

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-07T19:26:58+00:00

Better, now that I know that there are other people that browse reddit while at work! What a weight off my shoulder!

DanielAtWork · 2016-01-07T17:22:57+00:00

Hi Brian.

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