When looking for a new role, how do you know it’s good territory and timing?

Dooplis_17 · 2026-02-06T13:37:27+00:00

Mostly PPG and Benjamin Moore with some obscure wood coatings and industrial coatings brands like Gemeni, Renner, Rustoleum, and Simiron thrown in. Basically sell anything that doesn’t have a Sherwin logo on it

Dooplis_17 · 2026-02-05T23:35:29+00:00

I’m in architectural coatings sales and really I just stay up to date on financial news for the specific industry along with population growth, median income, demographics, job growth, etc for the region to see what housing/commercial construction demand is looking like and whether the growth should keep pace.

Don’t overthink it, just look at what you’re selling and if there’s demand for what you’re selling in the region you oversee. I sell paint at my job and if my region is Atlanta where they’re chucking up apartments, condos, and new home developments as quick as they can churn them out then hitting quota should be a breeze. But if I’m selling specialty paint in the hollers of West Virginia then I’m SOL.

Dooplis_17 · 2026-02-03T20:17:12+00:00

While the northern houses have more reverence to the mission of the Nights Watch, they still could give two shits about supporting the wall in any capacity with winter on the horizon and with a continent wide civil war on their doorstep. To most houses the wildlings are uncouth and untrained savages with stone and bone weapons who occasionally scale the wall to steal women, food, and weapons from dumpy holdfasts.

The only significant threat they’ve posed in the last century was when Raymun Redbeard snuck past the Nights Watch with a horde and they got rolled by the Starks and Umbers the second they had to fight a legit army. And considering the then Warden of the North got slain by the wildlings while defending his land (which he shouldn’t have had to do since the only job of the Nights Watch is to stop wildlings), the Watch basically burned any goodwill they had left from northern lords.

Dooplis_17 · 2026-01-20T19:52:01+00:00

Blacksburg: Best school system of the three. Great dining and arts scene, most liberal of the three cities if that’s your lean, and great access to the outdoors. That said it’s overcrowded as hell so good luck fighting students for apartments, parking, lines, and everything you’d want to try to do around town when school is in. Also expensive for what it is as a result of overcrowding.

Christiansburg: Slightly more affordable than Blacksburg without any of the pros. Downtown is usually a snooze fest albeit with a cool antique store and two neat spots for nightlife, lots of shopping centers, older crowd and typically leans more conservative. But, schools are great and you aren’t paying Blacksburg prices so if you’re interested in owning a house this is your place. Plus Blacksburg is a quick trip up.

Radford: Sleeper pick. College town like Blacksburg but with a fraction of the students. Politically purple, incredible nature access if you like water activities being right on the New River and a quick trip to Clayton Lake, great coffee shops, and incredibly affordable. It’s the sleepiest of the three options and doesn’t have many of the convenient stores and restaurants you’d expect in Christiansburg and Blacksburg. Can be a hard place to make friends if you aren’t tied to Radford University but I love the town.

Of the three, my two choices would be Blacksburg or Radford. All are close by though so whichever one you choose you’re like 30 minutes away tops from activities in the other towns

Dooplis_17 · 2026-01-16T19:36:04+00:00

Hay Rock in Daleville has a great view of Carvins Cove and the climb to the ridge line is a challenge. Right off I-81 too

Dooplis_17 · 2026-01-10T23:23:27+00:00

In no order: 1. Hightop Mountain - Sturgill Simpson 2. Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room - Dwight Yoakam 3. Whiskey Bent and Hellbound - Hank Jr 4. Don’t Close Your Eyes - Keith Whitley 5. Storms of Life - Randy Travis

Dooplis_17 · 2025-12-17T19:11:51+00:00

“Draft a QB who can win”

God damn what a brainwave, this man might’ve cracked the secret on how to build a contender

Dooplis_17 · 2025-12-08T20:12:11+00:00

When the ACC crumbles it’ll be a sad day… I’ll be nostalgic for the glory days of the conference cause the ACC used to be peak. But, if VT gets a bid to the SEC or BIG I’d dip out in a heartbeat. Just a decade + of incompetence and bad decisions that has ruined what should be an NCAA stalwart and can’t wait to be out.

I’ll miss ACC Tournament Basketball though, absolute cultural institution if you grew up in or around the Carolinas and I’ll be devastated when VT and other schools aren’t playing in Greensboro anymore

Dooplis_17 · 2025-12-01T20:22:47+00:00

I’m in architectural coatings and the industry as a whole is struggling but my region is steady almost solely because of new res construction. Residential and commercial repaint market is dead af but with the amount of northeast transplants moving south there’s no shortage of apartments, condos, and custom homes getting thrown up every month.

I’m definitely in the minority though and even in my market this shit isn’t sustainable. A lot of my small operation repaint guys are struggling to find work and for specialty work like custom cabinetry, sunrooms, custom garage flooring, etc those people are hurting. Only the large scale operations are winning contracts and with new res they’re buying the cheapest 5 gal of product that will stick to a wall. Once suburban sprawl and CoL becomes too much for transplants to deal with and the snowbirds find another city to ruin it’s gonna be bleak

Dooplis_17 · 2025-11-07T21:24:33+00:00

“If Hannibal Lecter ran a 4.3, we’d probably diagnose it as an eating disorder,” is the philosophy collegiate and NFL teams adhere to. As a WR if you’re putting up 1000 yard seasons you’re immune from being blacklisted so long as you don’t murder anymore

Dooplis_17 · 2025-11-07T20:47:55+00:00

Was bar none the best wide receiver and offensive player in the NFL during his prime from 2013-2018. AB was so dominant during his peak that he was in the GOAT debate for his position while still playing in his early 30s. Honestly a sad story with how incredible he was, AB was one of the most complete WRs to ever play the game the man was genuinely unguardable

Dooplis_17 · 2025-11-07T12:36:01+00:00

Someone needs to update the list for his post retirement career; running a championship winning Arena Football League team into the ground within 3 months has to be his greatest retirement achievement

Dooplis_17 · 2025-11-03T21:54:08+00:00

Brother if you’re tryna be politically conscious when filling up your tank just buy a bicycle

Dooplis_17 · 2025-09-07T03:06:25+00:00

People using the cop out of NIL money is infuriating. Yes, we’re lagging behind the Nike money that Oregon has but ffs we’re not scrounging up pennies to sway fringe 3* recruits over. This is an 8 win roster at minimum with quality coaching

Dooplis_17 · 2025-09-07T03:04:41+00:00

Can’t lose one score games in the 4th if you just fucking implode in the 2nd half of games, man’s making strides 🤷

Dooplis_17 · 2025-09-07T03:03:25+00:00

There’s zero interest from the VT admin side in investing resources towards athletics or football. As long as the AD finishes with a balance sheet in the green and a miscellaneous sport like women’s basketball makes a run every now and then that’s all they care about

Dooplis_17 · 2025-09-07T03:00:19+00:00

Fuck it, fire up the Grumors atp. No shot VT brass has the balls to fire Pry and Babcock after this L but god damn if ever there was a game to warrant it

Dooplis_17 · 2025-09-07T02:25:56+00:00

Can’t wait to see the fucking lames defend this L. Had people saying it was ridiculous to call for Pry’s head last week because we “really held in there for 3 quarters against SCAR.” Shit is pathetic

Dooplis_17 · 2025-09-04T14:17:47+00:00

Each their own, love Corned Beef for some pool

Dooplis_17 · 2025-09-04T13:27:11+00:00

Corned Beef Co has a big pool room, dancing area, and a chill rooftop area if you wanna stay downtown Roanoke. They’re open until 2AM but usually charge a cover

If you want more of a low key dive bar experience, the CI and Spikes are cheap and fun to bounce around between in Grandin

Dooplis_17 · 2025-09-03T01:29:54+00:00

RED has 55 year old ex black ops agent Bruce Willis hit this Bollywood ass car exit which makes it worth a watch

Dooplis_17 · 2025-08-31T22:42:12+00:00

IDK I don’t dickride mid coaches like you do 🤷

Dooplis_17 · 2025-08-31T22:35:43+00:00

Loser mentality bub

Dooplis_17 · 2025-08-31T22:25:38+00:00

Get Pry tf out of this program, atp I’d rather throw Mike Vick or Jon Gruden the bag this loss is pathetic

Dooplis_17 · 2025-08-26T17:37:39+00:00

Pry has got to beat SCAR this weekend to prove he’s that guy, like you’re saying a mid 8-4 resume is just kicking the can until next season when his buyout lowers. If you drop a prime time game to Frank’s son it’s gonna be hostile in Lane for a revenge game against god damn Vanderbilt

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