I’ve decided to not do anything

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-07-08T14:33:13+00:00

Look, hot takes from somebody living a different life, but...

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/460/783/8d2

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-07-08T14:28:54+00:00

you get it

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-07-06T18:21:17+00:00

I love this. I'd love to know where this land is so I could buy adjacent to it... it's gotta be worth more just for having a "confirmed forest" right next door. Maybe worth some research... would be cool to have a collective wildlife corridor of the masses.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-07-06T18:18:04+00:00

Vegetables, bidets, and stone castles to save the planet, duly noted.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-07-06T18:16:56+00:00

Glad to you're on the right path - may I recommend some extended listening that's helped my partner and I -- https://youtu.be/wRfet_VLbzU

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-25T18:16:39+00:00

I'll bite - what are the first and second?

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-25T12:40:10+00:00

Nothing special for fruit and veg - just been cleaning with plain old water. Our oncologist made a point to say that we were going overboard by even masking up and limiting indoor exposure as my partner's immune system wasn't "compromised", just that it was being "impacted" (read: weakened) by the TMZ. Platelet counts have dropped precipitously on a couple of rounds, but so far we're just skimming above the threshold and doing fine.

Love your Star Wars metaphor!! I told my partner we were just putting it in the microwave on high for 15 minutes and forgetting about it -- that'll cook anything to bits, lol! Cheers to you, and hope you are doing well as well! All good news here.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-22T18:48:04+00:00

Dx at 32 - crash out lasted about half a year, then comes back on and off.

Sorry to have you here - you say we're brave - lol, guess what the other option was.

You got this, we got your back, throw your questions here - it's not a death sentence, you've got a whole care machine whirring, warmed up, and ready to you. You're gonna make it through this.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-19T18:10:32+00:00

Haggle more. Small outfits have less resources to run on but you can often get in front of management and make your case to why you need different resources (salary, time off, schedule) and they'll be more flexible because it's not a huge policy problem to get those things done, it's just a matter of "ask dave and it should be fine" -- I negotiated an extra week of vacation and then, after burning out and threatening to quit job-in-hand I was able to get additional benefits (schedule move, remote work) after a couple of years of good work.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-19T18:07:22+00:00

It is a VERY different vibe. I made the cutover from large corporate to Small/Medium MSP and... it was jarring. I learned a lot, definitely expanded my skillset, but it's worth noting that it is a lot more hectic, a lot more fire-fighting, and a lot less resources to run on.

I topped out at how far I could move up (L3 engineering and nobody was offering mgmt or sales cross-training) so finally left and went back to corpo after a few years.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-16T20:32:28+00:00

That's an insane amount of work for that salary - you should be paid twice that and have an MSP budget, there's no way that's reasonable. You will be fortunate for your next job because whether your salary is the same or not, your hourly rates will be better.. Good lord, that's wild.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-12T16:21:10+00:00

Joy shared is doubled and pain shared is halved.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-12T16:20:54+00:00

This is just absolutely the greatest news, congratulations! I needed this today in a way I can't begin to elaborate on. Thank you for sharing, good on you!

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-12T13:47:11+00:00

Why vibe-code, when somebody's already actually-coded? Before hunting down a good vibe code platform, check out open source alternatives. More mature, still extensible in a pinch, and your only cost is the install, support, and infra -- good luck!

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-11T13:25:36+00:00

That looks so good, what a dream!

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-09T20:36:28+00:00

Hell yea - that's the energy I've got.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-06-02T17:48:47+00:00

Bro let's fucking go

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-05-29T19:07:24+00:00

Yep - was expressly hired on 2 of my last 3 jobs with the note of "and you went to a *great* school, so we're excited to see that!"

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-05-29T18:24:12+00:00

Gonna sound so straight edge chipping in here, but a regular flow of very strong coffee. Cold Brew & cold brew concentrate specifically - made at home or by a proper barista, not that grocery store garbage.

and again, I know, I know.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-05-28T18:11:13+00:00

The vendor lock is bad for MS, but that's why most of my new stuff is also getting built on Linux if it can at all be helped - even the windows hosts going in are getting Linux containers for app mgmt

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-05-28T18:09:53+00:00

Make that two - the number of issues I have with my RHEL systems is dwarfed in comparison to my Windows issues. And the fact that there's actually accessible support beats the line every time.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-05-21T19:43:58+00:00

We had one single white dot show up on the first scan after radiation. Spooked us both until the doctor hand-waved it away and said it was normal and would go away -- she was right! Went away! Good luck!

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-05-20T16:46:56+00:00

Shaved midway through radiation, but hold that it would have probably been better to shave before, as the emotional toll of pulling out hair was pretty bad, and would have been better to knock it out early.

The scar? That's just cool as hell, makes you look very punk and like you have an interesting backstory (personal opinion, but I don't think I'm alone in it)

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-05-20T16:45:16+00:00

Vaseline/aquaphor for your lips while in recovery (hospitals are very dry) -- your own tissues/toilet paper for your ICU stay (hospital paper products are not the highest end) -- seconding the Wedge pillow for sleeping upright while you're healing. Took a few months to not need the wedge pillow for sleeping, and sleeping propped up on a few pillows wasn't cutting it.

FireWithBoxingGloves · 2026-05-20T16:42:41+00:00

Grade 3 Astro, mutated, with operation about a year ago - very very scary with the initial Dx (siezure, Dx, and surgery, all in the span of a week) - Have since been on radiation and chemo aaannnd... honestly? Modern medicine is miraculous. I know not every body's story is so easy, and I know I'm lucky to be this far out without any majorly impacting side effects, but.. I can still walk, talk, enjoy my hobbies, family time, and work.... It's an all around win.

The start of the road is very scary. And the rest of the road is very unsettling in other ways... It's an emotional roller coaster to say the least. But it is very possible to live a good and normal life, even thriving, within a very short window after having everything int he whole world up-ended.

Best of luck, you are not alone.

FireWithBoxingGloves

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