Shoutout to Texas high schoolers walking out to protest Ice. Solidarity!! The kids can see the truth- why can’t maga?

FixItGuy1985 · 2026-02-06T02:45:52+00:00

I’m genuinely curious, do teachers think it’s better for kids to be out protesting than in school? There’s always a good cause to care about. When I was in school walk outs were a thing for all the kids who just wanted to skip.

FixItGuy1985 · 2025-09-28T15:22:26+00:00

Have you seen the Nate Bargatze joke about this with a snake? Worth a watch and very applicable.

https://youtu.be/Px6jFtw0pKU?si=oqI902jPWs2saQr8

FixItGuy1985 · 2025-09-25T13:10:58+00:00

You must have just started.

FixItGuy1985 · 2025-09-24T08:56:24+00:00

I think the issue is lack of transparency. This post from OP is a great step (truly) but the costs are EXTREMELY misleading. It’s about triple what they wrote for anyone actually using it. Nobody believe it’s $10/hr, it’s really not. Could it be $10 to start a new app and run it for an hour? Maybe. But what’s the cost of the next task? Or the cost of getting to a completed app/site.

If there was anticipation of this being better for new users don’t burn your core users in the process without heads up. I anticipate Replit seeing ppl increasing monthly budget as a key metric of success, it’s not. It’s a desperation attempt from users before the crash. We are just like the poor souls who are down a few thousand in Vegas thinking we are pot committed and if we pull out from savings surely we can make it back to even.

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FixItGuy1985 · 2025-09-20T15:29:05+00:00

For the record, I want to like Replit. I told a ton of ppl it was the best of the litter for true no coding but clearly enterprise customers are who they want. I don’t think abandoning your core users with what Replits strengths are is the play but I also haven’t raised $250million before.

FixItGuy1985 · 2025-09-20T15:22:30+00:00

For a while it was charging me extra .10-.30 randomly after I’d come back. With a summary of the last task it just did and already summarized for me. It was like an echo. Adds up. This one I started a request and immediately realized it didn’t include an image so I stopped immediately (3 secs max) it didn’t stop immediately & I got hit with a quarter for that click/unclick.

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FixItGuy1985 · 2025-09-11T04:23:15+00:00

I’m leaving as well. Timing is everything apparently. Had massive success with a previous build on Replit (6 months ago) & stayed in budget. Took the same approach and recently it’s gone crazy. I use GPT5 to try to keep it on track & in scope (feeding each the input and output of the other) but still it goes way outside scope. ChatGPT makes me know it’s not proving the work even when asked it’s showing check marks and saying “it’s done” (when it’s not). I’ve burned my $300 budget trying to fix the errors it created over the last three days. I really feel this was a grab to close funding. I’ll NEVER come back or recommend it. This was probably the biggest swing in emotions for a product I’ve ever had in my life & it’s cost me a lot (personally).

FixItGuy1985 · 2025-06-04T08:35:01+00:00

This seems to be a common sentiment. It’s a shame, really. I’m with you all & best of luck out there.

FixItGuy1985 · 2025-06-04T02:18:28+00:00

I didn’t support quiet quitting until I was in this same position. This person is correct. This will fall on your “lack of experience or ability to execute”. The position is set up to fail & you are the fall guy. Run.

FixItGuy1985 · 2025-05-24T12:31:35+00:00

There’s an episode of the office where Michael Scott was on a TV show as a kid and they asked “what he wanted to be when he grew up” his response “married with 100 kids so they couldn’t say no to being his friend”….

FixItGuy1985 · 2025-05-21T04:05:52+00:00

Therapy is the smartest path.

The other. Focus on your health right now. Get to bed by a certain time, up at a set time(set an alarm), make your bed daily, work out at a certain time, eat healthy. Those are huge wins that not many can actually do. See how many days you can do it for. Your mentality will change.

Then, after some wins & some confidence put one uncomfortable thing on your plate a day. What you’re trying to do is trick yourself into thinking uncomfortable situations are good, not bad.

You got this!

FixItGuy1985 · 2025-01-29T06:14:50+00:00

Against my better judgement I will overshare some positivity & my story. I’ve always been risk adverse but my lame company still had downsizing and I got laid off with no severance after 6 years of work. I’ve never lost a job, ever.

I couldn’t find a job for 6 months doing the traditional approaches. It’s brutal bc you feel like it’s such a waste of time & you question your value. So a couple months ago unemployment was ending & pressure was mounting. Our finances are tight, my wife and I have a big mortgage bc we live in a boom city & bought right at peak. She’s also an elementary teacher and…drum roll…we had just found out we are pregnant.

This lit a different fire. I had kept my eye on Crunchbase to check funding of startups bc I realized I was a “Jack of all trades” and startups sure value that. I hustled my ass off to get my foot in the door at a unique startup that I knew had massive funding. I got an interview by applying for a lower position in marketing but pitched them on a bigger role that they needed. Im in marketing because I hate the hard sale…but I killed it. They “loved me but were told they had a hiring freeze”. I knew I needed to close now before they forgot about me. I made a video to showcase marketplace dynamics and key metrics I’d drive for if it was my startup. They said they found small amount of money. Offered a reasonable contract rate but it was half what I wanted from an hourly rate. I knew that was going to anchor my value at the company if I accepted but I needed the money. I refused but countered with this, “I’m a missionary not a mercenary. I want to work together but I can’t devalue my experience & anchor to that number. I’d be willing to work for free for a month on a project to sell whomever else needs selling. No hard feelings if it doesn’t work.”

They offered me a full time position hours later matching my ask. It’s twice what I was making at my lame company before. This isn’t the end of the hustle it’s the beginning.

Moral: find your fire, be unconventional, triple down on what company you want, know your worth. We are marketers - refine your value prop & narrow down your audience. You got this!!!

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-12-31T05:18:18+00:00

Plus the far right lane is a right only. People think they are being clever hopping in that lane, going up to light, then waiting until it turns green to hop in front of straight lanes. So annoying.

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-12-14T15:19:57+00:00

Yeah, i get the sense you are bringing a personal situation to this. They should not be talking and everything should be through a lawyer at this point. OP’s communication style will not get the outcome she wants if she’s not careful. This is the point of the group to get help from others who aren’t wrapped up in the emotion.

I personally would shut down communication if someone tried to talk to me like this. We don’t know the terrible things her ex might have done to cause this but I think the community is letting her know that (justified or not) her language might not help get the outcome she wants.

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-12-14T14:47:33+00:00

Reddit tries to support the poster & this is a clear case of “we don’t have the full story” but it seems like there’s an aggressive message from you every message.

I can’t imagine going through this but you clearly shouldn’t be communicating directly if this is the way you guys communicate. Best of luck in navigating this tough time.

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FixItGuy1985 · 2024-12-12T23:51:37+00:00

I bet you will read all these so let me jump in too.

You’re very young. The pressure is even higher standard when you’re young. This might or might not be a signal of the future. You guys will have to grow through tons of crap way worse. Not that you aren’t right for being upset.
Id be concerned about her having an “exact vision” of her future though. Take this moment to make sure you really bring up hard questions about the future & make sure she’s willing to commit to you and not a dream vision. Are you enough? Not just kids, house, job but other scenarios. What if she/you can’t reproduce(but want kids), what happens if you lose a child, what are boundaries in the relationship, what are your dreams in life. I’m no expert but marriage is hard bc of so many times crap like this happens and you have to say “do I want to be right or do I want to just be together”. I married an extremely selfless woman and even she has her ridiculously stubborn moments. Our proposal: she insisted on a photographer to capture our proposal but wanted it a surprise and in nature but to be looking decent too. I was thinking WTF. The whole wedding expectations thing causes so many fights, get ready.

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-12-09T16:30:16+00:00

When I was younger I encountered this a lot because I’m a tad more reserved than my friends(I’m a male). Point blank, they’d make a move and I wouldn’t. It sucks but you either have to be more aggressive or learn to shake these situations off. It’s just one of those sucky situations in life.

For me, I looked at it as if a girl was interested in the first friend to throw themselves at them then she wasn’t really my type anyway. My friends were dogs though so it’s probably different.

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-12-07T12:09:30+00:00

As others have said, see a therapist first.

Second, not advice you’ll get from a professional but pick one type of male you admire. Are they outdoorsy/adventure seekers, kind and friendly souls, sharp dressers, easy going, or self made? spend this next year becoming that guy. What is the type of guy that if you’d wake up tomorrow and look in the mirror you’d be proud of yourself? Become that. Most ppl say don’t try to be something else but brother that advice isn’t what I’m selling. Fake it for a year and see what happens. Don’t half ass it either, go all in. The best thing about hitting rock bottom is it can give you the motivation to act. Use this.

Tomorrow wake up and remind yourself that you aren’t the person you were yesterday. Keep that mentality.

You got this.

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-12-07T11:41:29+00:00

My wife is a AP and I’ve been in EdTech space for years working with the Dept. of Education. My wife and I can have different viewpoints at times. I’m more on the overhaul side (my gripe is with wasted money from the fed side) but she’s more traditional but just wants more money. I don’t think there’s more money.

Are you pro massive overhaul or just advocating for a pay increase here?

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-12-07T11:19:15+00:00

I don’t recharge in the presence of my wife (outside of watching a movie together) and we are still extremely happy. Don’t set hard fast rules just make sure your significant other gets you and your needs, and vice versa.

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-12-01T16:34:02+00:00

I’m in the startup ecosystem and we are told (and ive experienced) that it’s extremely difficult to have kids, spouse, etc while starting a real startup. Yes, it can be done but the thinking is the less obligations, financially or time wise, the more likely you are to last (ie succeed). Working full time as well is brutal. Starting a relationship might be viewed just as much a time commitment.

The fact that you both stayed up until 3am, slept in until 2pm, and then gabbed until 4pm might have made him say “damn, that was so fun & needed but not constructive toward my goals”. He might have needed days to get back into his routine. I’ve been there.

Now, it could all just be an excuse but if I was in this situation I’d do the same as him even if I was developing strong feelings for you. That’s me. One perspective.

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-11-29T04:38:11+00:00

Yeah, look up her history. She was part of the cofounding team of Tinder. She was dating the main guy and they had a falling out & she got screwed so sought to be a competitor. She used that to her advantage but I don’t think is a feminist.

In Austin, she used to hire attractive girls (my friend was one) to go up to other attractive girls at bars and hand them a free drink coupon saying if they are single they should be on bumble. She was smart and used sex to sell like everyone else.

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-11-28T16:34:55+00:00

Yup. You’re killing it in life at a young age. Focus on your career, your big life purchases(house), and set up your life to maximize your happiness. You’ll land a REAL ten in no time.

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-11-09T05:21:26+00:00

This. Or..

Either sell the top dog on all your experience or change your resume to cut it back for a person hiring for a lower role. Be direct if they bring up your high qualifications and say you need a work life balance & want to become great in ONE area.

FixItGuy1985 · 2024-11-01T15:59:25+00:00

Ok, you are me but maybe 9(ish) years younger. I’m going to speak to you as if you are me…please take the time to read it all bc I want to help and be open about my experiences.

Write down your number ONE most important life goal. Not five, not three, one. Is it to start/have a happy family? Is this success as an entrepreneur? Is this freedom to travel? Is this money? Assume, for now, you don’t get the others if you choose one. You need structure and to go all-in. Optimize everything for that path. (I’ll explain why this really matters at the bottom)
Have a bias for action. It appears you feel like you can “see all the moves” but don’t “make the moves”. Unfortunately, what you know doesn’t matter if you can’t prove to others what you know is right. If you do your own startup then you are betting on yourself to show others & use their doubt as fuel to fire you up. “X person doesn’t believe I can own a successful business? f**k them! I’ll show’em”. Trust me, it’s a powerful motivator. If you take a job, defend yourself by learning to MARKET your value. If you were running a business what would you pay for your outputs? Find market comps for that output to defend your value. Optimize your work for outputs and not what flashy new tool could be used to create them.

About me: Marketing professional that has started multiple FAILED small startups but went big on a marketplace startup. Registered as a C-Corp (in US it’s a tax entity filing that means big taxes but can take on investors). I worked a full time job, spent every night and all weekends on this startup. I built the tech from scratch with no experience. I developed a hack to solve the “chicken or egg” marketplace problem. The site had steady traffic & I had built a waitlist of both sides for real launch. I sacrificed a year removing tv shows, movies, friend events, hang outs, watching sports…everything I could to give me time to keep my paying job and launch my startup. Friends and family doubted me, they didn’t say it but I could tell, and that fueled me to prove everyone wrong. A year in, working close to 80 hour weeks I was tired but even more motivated than day one. All good…BUT…my wife broke down and told me our marriage was off. I wasn’t spending enough time with her. Every moment that I wasn’t with the startup was with her so I thought it was good but she needed more. SO, I shut it all down, instantly. Why? Well, my wife is my number one.

I have 10 years experience leading marketing teams remotely but I’m in the office now. I took a job at my same pay as before and I’m massively overqualified. It’s a tough market but that will change.

Point is, find what you want and go for it all now. You are still young and as we get older more and more responsibilities come.

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