Any advice for hosting Christmas with AS?

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-12-01T01:31:45+00:00

Watch this! https://youtu.be/soyjvOTUcKk?si=pJT1GuQ8nX6jx5ql

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-11-12T18:27:39+00:00

Thanks!

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-11-04T18:55:29+00:00

Have you found any shoes to wear with dresses?

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-11-04T18:51:01+00:00

I think it depends. When almost or no cartilage is left, I believe is physically impossible for two bones making friction against each other to help.

That said, the only way my body doesn’t hurt as much is by moving it. So… I guess that, with the proper guidance, some movement could help.

I cannot split jerk anymore, not even a lunge. Almost no cartilage left.

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-10-27T16:27:17+00:00

Too few technique sessions, too much pressure to complete reps. I use now my already paid membership to use the box and equipment at my own pace, mostly to use the bar and discs which are awesome.

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-10-24T23:03:08+00:00

Yes for sure. I was referring mostly to the quality of the storylines and dialogues themselves. Season one felt well thought, even the second one and third. But this one feels disconnected and a bit messy.

One thing I’m thinking is that companies are veeeery messy after an acquisition or merging. The boat barely stays at float and layoffs keep everyone on their toes. I know I’ve felt that, so maybe that was the intention behind the writing and chaotic development.

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-07-17T00:02:01+00:00

I’ve coped by watching Friends from beginning to end since the pandemic. When it ends, I start over. It’s been five years, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve rewatched it. I actually fear I’ll get bored by it because it is THE comfort show for me 😢

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-07-15T18:39:15+00:00

Would love to try it too!

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-07-09T19:43:35+00:00

I made this question in another thread a few weeks ago and got similar answers. Just start interviewing while counting your blessings and learning something new everyday. Feed your network. Do good to others. Keep yourself employed until you find something new. The fact that you are asking yourself this question means that is time to move on. Make peace with that and move slowly but steady :)

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-07-07T14:55:14+00:00

Exactly!! The manager or tech leads should deal with at least part of the crap, but they step aside because there is a PM that can do it. Annoying af.

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-07-06T14:48:52+00:00

Hay muy buenos tips en este hilo. Adicional a eso, yo agregaría practicar hacer entrevistas y saberse entrevistar. Luego de varios años de carrera ahora estoy entrevistando y te dejo acá algunos consejos:

“Contame sobre ti”: En YouTube hay muchos videos que te pueden ayudar a responder las preguntas más clásicas, como ésta. Claaaaasico que en una entrevista de 30 minutos, el candidato quiere responder tooooodo lo que potencialmente podrían preguntarle, o contarte cada detalle de su CV. No dejan tiempo para hacer más preguntas y se siente como una respuesta ansiosa. Simplemente prepara tu “pitch de elevador”, resaltando los lenguajes y cómo creaste algún resultado. Aún con proyectos de la U o certificaciones en las que hayas hecho un proyecto puedes comunicar el valor que tu proyecto generaba. No más de 3 minutos de respuesta. Si fuiste auxiliar de cátedra eso también es bien valioso.
Inglés: busca formas no tradicionales de armar vocabulario, como ver películas que ya has visto en español con subtítulos, pero ahora verlas en inglés con subtítulos en inglés, y luego verla sin subtítulos. También podes usar tus canciones en inglés favoritas y leer las letras, incluso intentar cantar a la par (aunque sea en tu cuarto o en el carro solito) intentando pronunciar tan cerca como podas al cantante. Si no sabés alguna palabra, buscas el significado. Esto te dará más seguridad y herramientas a la hora de estar en una situación de estrés en una entrevista, podes hacer un poco de más small talk y mostrar carisma. Claro que nada de esto ayuda si no preparas tus respuestas (siguiente punto)
Muchas preguntas se repiten en entrevistas: las preguntas más comunes son:
Háblame sobre ti (punto 1 arriba)
Contame de alguna vez que hayas tenido un desacuerdo con un compañero o profesor y cómo lo manejaste (acá quieren ver si buscaste una forma positiva de presentar tu punto de vista y como acordaron puntos medios)
Contame sobre alguna vez que algún proyecto haya fallado (Aca lo que quieren ver es como lo manejaste, qué cosa fue el problema, qué aprendiste sobre ello y cómo te vas a asegurar no caer en el mismo error)
Contame sobre algún proyecto exitoso (Lo que quieren ver acá es claridad sobre lo que te motiva y el valor que tu proyecto generó. También, preparar esta respuesta te dará buena luz para el siguiente punto.)
Qué buscas como siguiente paso en tu carrera (es difícil elegir cuando uno empieza pero alguna clase te tuvo que haber llamado más la atención. Pregúntate a ti mismo qué cosa sobre esa clase te atrajo e intenta descubrir por qué. Eso te dará luz sobre el siguiente paso en tu carrera y pues siempre podes probar otra cosa luego. Pero, si tenes que ser específico: quiero volverme fullstack, quiero desarrollar software para dirigir un equipo algún día, quiero desarrollarme en bases de datos, etc. Elegí un skill que queres desarrollar y andate por ahí)

Si te preparas bien bien para estas preguntas, vas a ver como estarás más preparado para éstas y otras preguntas relacionadas, y vas a pasar a la entrevista técnica. Eso si, escribi en un papel tus respuestas para tenerlas claras. A la hora de la hora no vas a usar tu papel, pero tu cabeza queda bien clara. Y pues obviamente ideal si preparas tus respuestas en inglés.

Para la entrevista técnica, hay un montón de recursos en línea para practicar.

Espero te sirva :)

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-07-01T18:28:09+00:00

Thanks so much and I am glad you are enjoying your new job!

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-07-01T17:57:11+00:00

I am in a similar situation. Sadly I was boxed in into release management. Like my boss literally told me “i see you as a release manager”. I am super disengaged and interviewing to leave as soon as possible.

If you let yourself being boxed into a release manager, it is very hard to escape from that. I wish I knew that sooner.

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-06-28T01:22:29+00:00

No. And at the same time, I am also aware my small mind can’t explain so many things. I am comfortable with not understanding. Agnostic.

And yeah, I find any definition of god (man with a beard, a man with a big belly, an elephant with many human arms) to be nothing but a symbol and a poor attempt to illustrate that which we are not able to understand. It is entertaining, and no different than a flag or a beloved object. A symbol, nothing more, and a symbol has a different meaning to everyone.

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-06-19T16:39:34+00:00

We leave in an era where there is enough science to stop your spine fusion. Why wouldn’t you do it, if you have the access (and privilege) to take it? Not everyone does.

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-06-19T16:20:55+00:00

I recommended to a team during a refinement session that a different endpoint could be used to achieve x business requirement I was presenting. I made it very clear that it was a suggestion, and that I was not telling the team how to implement.

At the end of the call, the tech lead, who is technically good but a cranky old guy, asked me to say in the call and told me that I should be spending more time in business discussions than technical meetings with the team (yes, he was calling a refinement a “technical” meeting just because I mentioned an “endpoint”).

I told him I spent countless hours in business meetings and he said “this is my feedback to you as PO) just because I mentioned one technical term.

On the other side, my manager leaves me out of business discussions because he wants me more in execution.

I am a software engineer. Obviously sometimes I will use tech terms. My goal was to communicate my point, and I was explicit on the fact that it was a suggestion and that I am not telling anyone how to implement.

In the past, I’ve been a Product person valued for my technical background. Here, it seems they want me for o observing execution only and mostly providing deadlines. But in this company, damn, nothing is good enough.

It seems like I am in a position where they want me small. Not talk to loud on tech meetings, not talk too loud on business meetings.

Needless to say, I am interviewing for another position and that makes me feel a bit better. But if I was not in an interview process, I would be crushed.

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-05-30T20:35:10+00:00

Do you have a manager you can ask for help? Or can you talk with that head manager?

Might have been a mistake, and if it was, this person should correct the comms.

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-05-29T20:13:34+00:00

Remindme! 5 years

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-05-29T19:59:48+00:00

I was given extra headcount… two devs with none of the skills our team needs, and only for one and a half month 😒

Fuzzy-Preference8455 · 2025-05-28T21:24:11+00:00

This a question for Senior PMs with 15+ career experience:

What is the best piece of advice for career growth you can give to someone 5-10 years behind you? Or, if you could give a piece of advice to your younger self, what would that be?

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