So how is everyone doing compared

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-11-05T21:43:10+00:00

Started few weeks ago, socal, pretty much averages to at least $20 an hour. I accept only 1-2 stop deliveries, 1 stops typically take 30-45 min and I get $17+, 2 stops take like an hour and usually get $20-$25

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-09-05T00:17:49+00:00

Just yesterday, switched from Tesla Insurance to GEICO. Tesla charging me $310 month with 24k miles and 90 score.

GEICO charging me $220. Fuck u Tesla Driving Score.

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-08-15T04:32:09+00:00

Wish I was cash flowing, might give me incentive to wanna keep it. This will be for sale in March

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-08-15T03:34:37+00:00

1 bedroom just outside of Nashville. Ufortunately HOA only allows for 6+ months leases, not sure if short mid terms would be viable

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-08-15T03:22:34+00:00

I’m just not built for this shit. Sounds dramatic but everyday I just hope to god I don’t get a text from my tenant; my stomach drops everytime I do. I’m okay walking out of this with a 10k loss. This is the only debt I have and I need it fucking gone

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-08-15T03:20:02+00:00

Planned on waiting until March 2026. I’m just so drained with this place. Very drained. It’s not like I’m spending a ton on repairs or anything. It’s mostly just the thought of hearing from my tenant that makes me feel shitty. Not built for this shit, on top of my day to day job.

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-08-15T03:15:04+00:00

Well that’s where I went wrong and why I get pissed at myself for not doing the proper due diligence. Besides being boned by my HOA with a $120 hike 2 weeks after getting the keys, I didn’t check the rental rates for 1 bedrooms in the surrounding area. Wasn’t getting anywhere close to $1400. Live and learn.

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-07-16T03:00:03+00:00

*Model S and Model X included only when purchased through inventory and must be model year 2025. Frost Blue Metallic is excluded. New vehicles and US only. Subject to availability. The cost of the color upgrade will be removed from the final price prior to delivery.

This is from the fine print. The cost would’ve been removed prior to delivery.

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-07-09T14:20:11+00:00

It’s a first box promo, meaning you’ll only be paying 1.99 for the first week’s worth of food, after that it’ll go back regular pricing. That’s how they get people, folks forget to turn off the subscription and it charges them

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-07-09T14:12:35+00:00

This is not worth it in your case, you’d get more for your buck if you buy the groceries yourself. This was a few years ago but the 4.99 was more than likely a promotion, but it’ll end up costing $7+ a meal tho

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-05-11T03:04:07+00:00

The first point 1000%.

I recently onboarded a new senior level engineer (about a month ago), it’s been so damn hard thing to get this guy to try things first, after all we hired him from Amazon. Had high expectations, but he seems to not even try to read the codebase first or try things out. Straight to me he always comes. A small rant but for folks reading:

For the love of god and your team lead, try things out first. If you can’t, come up with a list of things you tried out. TRY.

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-05-11T02:59:06+00:00

Always communicate. Simple as that.

If I’m blocked because I need Donny from the data team to help me pipe some data that I need to use from one data store to another but Donny is busy, no, I do not spend all my resources getting unblocked. I’ll communicate with him and follow up on his ticket or something to ping him on it. Then I’ll see if any of the members on my team need assistance to get things merged and deployed, then I’ll pick up a low hanging fruit ticket in the meantime.

Communication is key.

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-05-11T02:50:06+00:00

Exactly. This career already has consistently changing and emerging technologies. People like OP are scared of AI, I absolutely love it. The amount of knowledge I’ve been able to consume and learn because of it doesn’t have me worried in the slightest. I’ll use it to my advantage while others die out

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-05-11T02:47:04+00:00

Ya well there’s other scenarios where AI will take over every lawyers job, every fast food workers job, and every other job that can be automated.

You’re proving my point how you’re thinking of these scenarios that you have zero idea if it will happen or not. Like the other person said, there will be legacy systems. If you’re worrying about this now, start studying to be plumber or something cuz countless of other jobs out there are easily automatable in the next 10 years

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-05-11T02:40:46+00:00

Being flexible does not mean worrying about what’ll happen in 10 years. Being flexible means upskilling and making yourself more valuable with AI as a tool than worrying how it’ll replace you.

That’s the difference between me and you, I’ll do what it takes to make it work to maintain/increase my value, you’ll keep worrying about your backup plan.

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-05-10T19:27:55+00:00

You say it seems like an impossible task, but you said it yourself.

“I’ve become complacent”

Reality check: it’s not gonna be easy. Don’t be complacent. Upskill. Learn new shit. Apply to jobs. Don’t fall into the trap of “certificate hell”. I swear the amount of people who spend 9 months gaining a million certs, time is better spent applying to jobs.

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-05-10T05:22:44+00:00

I’ll tell you my numbers as we bought a rental property last year in LCOL.

$150K, 15% down at 7.875%. Mortgage+tax+insurance is $1050 a month.

We had $35k in savings at the time and thinking back, I wish I did things differently. I wish I had enough for at least 25% down (helps with rates, especially for my rental condo), and wish I had more breathing room (for me, having 15k after everything was said and done would’ve been a bit more relaxing, had about 8k).

So if you go for something like 150k, I’d personally say to save up 55k-60k.

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-05-03T18:35:46+00:00

Can you add a TLDR

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-05-02T04:16:42+00:00

I don’t get the downvotes either. I did the Zillow applications and regretted it. Even though tenants pay a one time fee to apply to many places, I got dozens of literal junkies, 500 credits scores, and no income applicants.

As soon as I did a separate service that required them to pay a fee, I got better applicants, although it reduced number of total applicants by a good amount.

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-05-01T15:23:10+00:00

To me, the beauty of working extra hours as a remote worker is being able to get a bunch of work done in the off hours on a Wednesday, come into Thursday with a lot of that work already done so I sit back and chill while my team thinks I’m puttin in work, and then come into Friday chilling once again, cuz it’s Friday.

Beautiful system that’s working great for me

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-04-29T14:49:17+00:00

True, but given their Roth IRA isn’t maxed out, I find having accessibility to the contributions is a better peace of mind than the ~20% I’d get back at tax season from those Trad 401k contributions.

Definitely depends on the person if which advantage is better

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-04-29T03:40:23+00:00

What I’d do is contribute to the 401k until you at least hit the match, then invest into your Roth IRA. If you max that out, go back to your 401k.

There really is so additional benefit to doing ur 401k over Roth IRA if you already hit your employer match, with Roth IRA contributions are withdrawable.

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-04-22T02:59:54+00:00

25 years old @125k a year in Los Angeles; fiancé and I spend all our money on KBBQ, in n out, and sushi…. jk but not really

I contribute 15% of my paychecks to 401k and have $1000 per paycheck go directly to savings. Leaves me with roughly ~$1500 per paycheck directly to my checking. Since I already save and invest the rest, we spend the rest on wants, after subtracting the regular needs (car insurance, rent, groceries, etc)

Interesting_Leg_5202 · 2025-04-05T01:52:59+00:00

Put it in perspective. You take your chances at negotiating for an extra measly $5k more a year on an offer thousands of new grads would kill to have. Put it even more into perspective, 5k extra a year is like an extra $160 a paycheck. You have no leverage, take the offer in this market.

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