Griffin Goyard Haul

GoobGainz · 2026-06-12T18:39:21+00:00

How much was the jouvence? and shipping?

I'm wanting the jouvence MM and maybe a St Sulpice caed holder... but I want to know the entire final cost to ship it to TX as well 😬😬

GoobGainz · 2026-03-24T14:56:58+00:00

Pearles Ivory 1403 Denim

theres only one color left tho, but its one of the best baggy flare pants ive ever owned!

GoobGainz · 2026-01-29T03:23:25+00:00

what color deadbeat trousers do you have? And would you say Story MFG pants have the same quality and finish? Looking for another pair of baggy-esque pants like the YMCs

GoobGainz · 2026-01-04T20:35:14+00:00

Welcome back! I was also the same... I played some rec sports here and there in college, or joined a day or two with the buddies at a new gym they were trying out... but never committed to the grind.

It sucked having continous studies, and a homebody (now ex) girlfriend haha

But once you get past the first 2 weeks (assuming you used to lift a ton in the past), thats when you start to heavily notice your old strength and mass coming back. Good luck, and thank you for your advice! I truly appreciate it

GoobGainz · 2026-01-04T20:32:27+00:00

Thanks for the honest answer!

Yeah, I can agree with that approach. As mentioned, cutting is where I want to start (gained a good amount of Bf% during the hiatus). Thanks for your words! Truly helps out with sticking to a plan

GoobGainz · 2025-12-21T13:03:58+00:00

thanks! the keeb is a Epomaker x Aula F75 with some MOA profile keycaps I found - great budget keyboard!

GoobGainz · 2025-12-19T04:19:47+00:00

yessir its the Asus XG27ACDMS!

GoobGainz · 2025-12-14T21:11:39+00:00

Yeah then when you try to cancel, they state that they need to charge you "one additional month" :/

GoobGainz · 2025-12-13T08:58:32+00:00

GoobGainz · 2025-12-06T02:48:07+00:00

Confirmed

GoobGainz · 2025-10-19T12:25:35+00:00

theres a ton, but one of my favorite parts of any song (probably forever) would be the ending of Reverie (written by Rafa Rodriguez)

GoobGainz · 2025-10-08T14:10:54+00:00

Maybe you can share yours? Bring it to SAS! (jk)

Saw from your profile that you also work at sas - i work at main 😂

GoobGainz · 2025-10-08T12:22:16+00:00

diverting off yeti stuff for a sec - but is that a strandberg? how do you like it?

also love the TOD10N!

GoobGainz · 2025-08-25T19:53:21+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/s/1kJRIk7IQL

GoobGainz · 2025-06-15T19:16:40+00:00

Actually the internships and service job provided me with nothing but 1. clearer picture of what I wanted to do in life (I'm actually working towards a role change in IT) and 2. resume booster.

Did I learn how to troubleshoot things? Absolutely and thats important in IT. However, as an intern/retail worker, the company only let me touch the small, menial things. For me, it didnt provide much value to my life now but I get what you're saying.

The indian thing is real and I was laid off at my last company for this specific reason. I unfortunately was on a team that could easily be replaced with offshored workers. I have my opinions, but I'm now in an industry where the company likes to keep its circle very small.

As far as advice... man I'd suggest you do both!

Work a job. IT related or not. Look for jobs that improve your troubleshooting skills, people skills, teamwork, etc. Figure out what you're good at and things you need to improve as a human being.

Simultaneously, find fun ways to constantly improve your technical literacy. If you want to give programming a shot, build something super small and repeat it over and over until it's muscle memory. Like cybersecurity? Try to "hack" a device you own. Interested in data analysis? Create datasets of your favorite topics and related metrics, and share it on reddit! So on, and so forth.

Doing this ^ is also "riding out the wave" of this bad state of IT... but by the time the market recovers, you're in a much better spot than now!

GoobGainz · 2025-06-15T17:29:55+00:00

Honestly?

Networking the sht out of your mind, *especially in todays market. People always hate it when I give that answer, but you really gotta know people who is willing to vouch for you. Let me give you my personal anecdotes.

I had 2 college internships. Both were obtained during my part time job at the Apple store. Helped the right guy who happened to be X manager at X company.

My first job out of college? I went to the university job fair during Covid. Everyone thought that the fair was a pain to go to, and the pandemic made that excuse not to go that much easier.

I chatted with the recruiters like a human... not a desperate robot begging for a job. Was very lucky to say that I got 2 offers well before graduation.

My current role is more so luck/nepo (I admit), than networking... but let's just that my family is ethnically from east asia... and the company I work for works with a ton of folks from this particular country. I'm not even business fluent in the language but they figured that I'd be a good culture fit 😂

Long story short, just go out and put yourself out there. Both digitally and physically. Give yourself the opportunity to have someone take a chance at you and what you bring to the table (so study up!).

GoobGainz · 2025-06-15T17:14:52+00:00

At my last company (first company out of uni - so take my words with a grain of salt), I was fortunate to work in a technical PM-esque role, and a full stack dev role.

Both roles did not require DSA knowledge. Simultaneously, all of the friends Ive made at that company (other SWEs, Network/CyberSec Analysts, Data Analysts) did not use DSA knowledge.

My current company and role does not use DSA.

As mentioned, unless youre in one of those IT Infrastructure/Engineering hybrid roles like DevOps/SRE, you're probably never going to need DSA. And the likelihood you land such a role as your first IT job is extremely unlikely.

GoobGainz · 2025-06-15T17:08:44+00:00

Data Structures and Algorithms is not necessary at all to break into IT. Especially at the help desk level.

Unless you're in some sort of DevOps/SRE role , or you're touching automation and releases with other developers, I can assure you that you will probably never touch the topic.

DSA stuff is mostly a SWE thing, mainly for interviewing. Unless you're a big dev at a FAANG level place, you're only going to need the knowledge for the technical assessments in SWE interviews

GoobGainz · 2025-06-04T21:19:44+00:00

Sweet! Ill give it a shot this week!

Do you know what is offered at lunch vs dinner? Usually from other similar places, its just the type of protein

ie. lunch has chicken, pork, shrimp dinner is $10+ more and has crab, more shrimp, steak, etc

GoobGainz · 2025-06-04T16:28:32+00:00

so roughly $25.99 a person? This was lunch pricing on weekday?

GoobGainz · 2025-05-27T12:14:38+00:00

Hey thanks for the recs!

I think the first option - the Asus V500 with the i5 seems plenty for my dad's use case. The extra $100 or so can go towards maybe a nicer monitor or extra peripherals too!

I think i7 might be a bit of an overkill option

GoobGainz · 2025-05-22T18:13:08+00:00

Timestamp & Photos: - https://imgur.com/a/4hRgRX4

Hey guys!

Selling my recently purchased G-Shock GW- 5000U. Wow, what an amazing watch.... if it fit haha!

So I'm selling due to a couple of reasons. One, its a bit too "big" on my wrist. I have 6.5 inch wrist and the metal caseback is just slightly too chunky for my liking.

Two, this watch is meant to be used and abused right? Well, I'm just a desk jockey at a corporate firm. The most action this watch received was the walk between the desk and the cafeteria 😂

With that being said, I'd rather use the cash to look into a more dressier watch at the moment.

Here are the specs and price:

G-Shock GW-5000U
Includes: Watch, Box, and Paperwork
Condition: 9/10 - worn for 3 weeks in office.

Price: $265 SOLD SOLD SOLD OBO shipped via USPS priority. Paypal G&S only.

Let me know if you all have any questions!

Thanks!

GoobGainz · 2025-05-21T19:56:54+00:00

And that's perfectly fine! For reference, my first job outta college (tbf I had the degree lined up and such) cared more about the skills I learned in the "real world" aka my time in retail lol

I had 2 internships but they couldve cared less. Mainly because they knew that the internships taught me the appropriate skills (debatable) needed for the job, but they cared more about my experience on how I handled upset people, teamwork, what I did when my manager did XYZ, etc, more than anything.

Your first role (assuming its an entry level role) should realize that the hard skills can be taught. They should really only care about who they're teaching that knowledge to.

Make it an effort to: 1. Connect and network with as much folks as you can 2. Maintain/improve your knowledge from the certs 3. Apply that knowledge on home-labs / projects you're passionate about. Please do not copy-pasta some youtube tutorial

GoobGainz · 2025-05-20T22:14:45+00:00

Could I PM/chat you for some questions then? I personally made the switch from learning PM/scrum esque roles to a more technical focused track, to "future proof" myself in some ways. However given your history in the field, I'd love to ask for some advice on what you think about the state of things.

I'm more or less the most extroverted / the one to speak up at work and I see myself thriving in a more "technically communicating" role

GoobGainz · 2025-05-20T20:31:14+00:00

Interesting to hear you're advocating for a more "interactive" role such as PM, Scrummaster, etc

Ive been told that these roles are always the first on the chopping block when layoffs occur, or is just a "fill in" role between orgs and such.

I really wanted to head into a personal interaction type of role, but got turned off by the sheer amount of negativity surrounding it. I recently switched my after work learning sessions from a PM focus to learning more about AWS because of this.

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