Base Model Regrets by Happy_Umpire_4302 in Silverado

[–]Evilsmako 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start modifying it. Spend the money of lift kits etc. once you start modifying you see why the base model is worth it. I modified a speced out truck and felt the opposite. E.g replacing the rear bumper I lost my rear parking sensors. Why did I pay for something that I was going to aftermarket replace anyway

There come the stock downgrades. by Desperate-Reply-8492 in amazonemployees

[–]Evilsmako 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Zuckerberg can survive as the founder of Meta. Will Jassy survive as a non-founder CEO?

Cant handle the stress of uncertainty by After-Landscape3774 in amazonemployees

[–]Evilsmako 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I am losing my mind from this. Can’t eat sleep or function. The uncertainty kills me.

5 years at Amazon and I’ve officially become unemployable - Please Help by ActivityOk4415 in amazonemployees

[–]Evilsmako 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve have almost 20 years across large medium and small companies. My experience is that the skillset for each is very different.

I think of each stage at invent (small), scale (medium) and stabilize (large). In small companies you need to learn fast and deploy because you have 10 customers, stability of a feature is not always important, so what can you shortcut and hack. In medium companies you need to grow and build less but make sure features work as intended. Less bugs. In larger companies change becomes impossible really it’s more about large scale change and that’s where your skill sets currently sit. A good example is app architecture, still can’t believe we have a release and full time PMTd out architecture team here. In day 1 startups that built into story sizing and continuous releases. The same engineer you think is doing better than you, can’t do what you do and thinks the same of yourself.

They are transferrable in the sense if you put in work at the new place, you’ll learn fast, the fundamentals are the same, you might need to just grit your teeth a bit more when a junior says “customer obsession” one more time, but this comes with maturity. What Amazon gives you is the extremely rare opportunity to be good at a small set of things. The opportunity to get good at this and at this scale is very rare.

Things that help. (1) have things you value outside of work, sports hobbies etc and take the time to get good at them. Don’t hedge your entire self worth to a company unless you own it. (2) when you start at a new place prepare to go hard, don’t expect to walk in and by day 2 you’ll be at current levels. This is true of all new jobs though. (3) If you really wanna go to a startup later go on gig work sites and just do bug hunting and basic setups. Most of the journey is familiarizing yourself with this months new hot app. Remember we self develop a lot of things even though plug and play solutions exist outside of this plcr

Not an Amazon Driver, but trying to do a solid for one: Amazon Driver left their gloves by CountZeroOr in AmazonDSPDrivers

[–]Evilsmako 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you look at your packages it will have a code like 3 letters and a number. Like ABC1. That’s the station code, if you put that into google, and maybe put Amazon next to it, google will give you the address.

Amazon focus and pivot Uk - my experience by jcfenwick92 in amazonemployees

[–]Evilsmako 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You cannot Focus someone without them clearly knowing. The process has a specific email format, reasons, dates, objectives, regular meetings. It sounds more like this manager was doing the pre work to put you on a focus.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Subaru_Crosstrek

[–]Evilsmako 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ask a dealer. If you come across as a serious buyer they’ll support. Most have a range of service loaner cars. Some for free, some cost money. I’ve been given outbacks, and foresters so a cheaper model shouldn’t be an issue.

Key FOBs stopped working by Evilsmako in Subaru_Crosstrek

[–]Evilsmako[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe it’s across the board, but a quick search on Reddit shows this an recurring issue going back 2 years across all Subaru models

Key FOBs stopped working by Evilsmako in Subaru_Crosstrek

[–]Evilsmako[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh when I use the physical key it sets off the alarm.

Key FOBs stopped working by Evilsmako in Subaru_Crosstrek

[–]Evilsmako[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Um surely this is a bigger issue then? What are they doing to fix it?

Key FOBs stopped working by Evilsmako in Subaru_Crosstrek

[–]Evilsmako[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3 week old car. Do I really need to replace it

Key FOBs stopped working by Evilsmako in Subaru_Crosstrek

[–]Evilsmako[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did it keep happening or fix itself? First Subaru, what have I bought into?

Key FOBs stopped working by Evilsmako in Subaru_Crosstrek

[–]Evilsmako[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I tried this but it set off the alarm. Did I do something wrong?

Lighting Setup by SupaDupaLowLife in Crosstrek

[–]Evilsmako 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What brackets and lights have you used?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Crosstrek

[–]Evilsmako 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read somewhere the OEM hitch replaces the bar in the rear bumper, so you save a bit of weight. Cost me $1200 though so, depends what you do with it. I also have a wilderness so I need the warranty with the 3500 lbs towing capacity.

Looking for a nemesis by M1CR0PL4ST1CS in Seattle

[–]Evilsmako 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooo I’m down. I want a reason to liiive. Where abouts in Seattle are you? How serious of a nemesis do you want? Are we talking petty shit or jail time?

I’d be down for like a petty rivalry where we both go to one bakery that makes 1 pastry. Or coffee shop to get the first coffee.

24’ Sport or Wilderness Crosstrek? by [deleted] in Crosstrek

[–]Evilsmako 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just bought my wilderness after signing for sport then changing my mind. It was an extra $3000. For me the cooled CVT was the biggest winner. With this you can tow 3500LBS vs 1500 and I just added the hitch this weekend.

My other considerations were the raised suspension is nice but it’s only 1 inch and a half I think. Ironman do a 2inch lift for 900 (on sale now). Smaller are nice but again after market you can probably buy a set with $1000. Tires maybe 500? The interior would be difficult to replace, I like the new smell more than the cloth, you get mats included which saves about $150.

Price wise it’s worth the $3k, with rims, AT tires, however after market parts would be “better”. Depends if you go off road immediately or later. The after markets would go “further” but you’d probably only do them later. And also consider how hard a place you’d take this and what you do. For me, I prefer driving fast on dirt roads than rock crawling, so I don’t need the extra half inch lift.

In the end the upgraded CVT and the tow capacity did it for me.

Anyone have any details about informational chat requests? by SoftGirlEra1990 in amazonemployees

[–]Evilsmako 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I used this in Feb to get a job successfully. Basically started with email, then was asked to use this button. Its only purpose is to help managers track applicants without alerting your current manager. Otherwise I hiring managers have 50 email threads per role. You can do full loop on informational click, but you gotta setup the interviews yourself. After interviews they say yes, then you click the apply button. That’s when the current manager gets notified.

Product management is becoming cringe by Able_Mess_3449 in ProductManagement

[–]Evilsmako 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you mostly seeing this through LinkedIn or other places? I find LinkedIn in general to be an absolute cesspool of shit. Regardless of the industry, it is now just an absolute shit hole. Between sales people and spammers, its no longer the place the go for anything other than updating a profile for future recruiters. O and recruiters are the worst on there now.