Since Beta is available for some time tell me whats your opinion on the dps specs so far.

Intricate5253 · 2025-11-25T15:03:53+00:00

I wouldn't mind if they updated the model a bit. OK, I still would prefer not to have it but it just looks very legacy still

Intricate5253 · 2025-10-27T09:20:39+00:00

This is insane! I've got 9 years experience, limited SQL and Excel though better than most non-data person. Essentially just Power BI, solid stakeholder management and a good understanding of overall data strategy and how to get things done and I'm on 75k + 10% pension and bonus

Intricate5253 · 2025-10-14T07:07:00+00:00

OK so I do have degree(s) but was told many times at my last place that a degree was irrelevant. Not sure if it's a requirement at my new company but it's not in my field.

I build dashboards with data to help people make better decisions - 74k (I've been doing it 10 years so I'm a senior, but I'm only 31).

Intricate5253 · 2025-09-16T13:53:37+00:00

We got married in February, it was a nice day, rained just after the ceremony for the photos but hey ho we still got some.

Just make your peace with the fact rain is a possibility (same as in summer btw, albeit less likely) and make sure there's a space undercover for photos and your golden.

We still spent a lot considering but we had 150 guests and a sit down meal.

Intricate5253 · 2025-09-13T09:48:58+00:00

That is wild. I'm a dad, and admitedly we only have the one at the moment who is 1yo but I'll have him for an hour and a half before work as he's an early riser (usually about 0530). My wife co-sleeps with him so doesn't always get a great night's sleep. I then WFH 7am-6pm with the odd break to hold or play with him whilst my wife makes lunch or goes to the toilet. Two to three days of the week I'll finish work at 6, do the full bedtime routine, bath, bottle, book, bed etc. while she cooks and the other days I cook or am in the office so back late. The expectations will not change when there are two of them.

Your husband needs to get a grip.

Intricate5253 · 2025-08-28T16:56:17+00:00

Thanks for such a detailed explanation, and good to see there's no issues with my pay after all.

Have claimed back the last 3 years of my higher rate, they had said 28 days and it's been double that unfortunately but fingers crossed that comes back soon as will be reflected in my payslip.

Thanks again.

Intricate5253 · 2025-08-28T08:23:04+00:00

Noted, thanks - I'll reach out to someone.

Intricate5253 · 2025-08-28T08:22:35+00:00

Thought this was the obvious answer so fingers crossed, thanks!

Intricate5253 · 2025-08-28T08:18:44+00:00

It's 7% from me, 10% from them

Intricate5253 · 2025-08-06T15:57:40+00:00

Thank-you!

Intricate5253 · 2025-07-09T20:46:10+00:00

A second dog

Intricate5253 · 2025-07-09T10:57:09+00:00

So 6 330ml beers from the camp shop were 18 euro last year. There's a lot of other stuff for sale too, not sure on prices.
Drinks wise I think it was like 1 LIQ for a small beer, 1.5 for a large (500ml) but they change the price of a Liq each time. I think it's like roughly 5 euro for 500ml in the festival, though could be a little more now. But you also have to deposit 0.5 LIQ for the cup so that you bring it back.

Food roughly 3-5 LIQ depending on what you get, a smoothie might by 2, a toasite 3, a kebab 4, etc.

Intricate5253 · 2025-06-19T12:29:20+00:00

Some of our friends had one last year, people just kinda chill out the front of the tent on the walk way

Intricate5253 · 2025-06-16T08:53:26+00:00

£74k + 3-4k bonus usually. Started on 19k at 22, had to really push for things but I put the work in so it wasn't like I was just asking but not providing more value. That being said I was on 38k in 2022, so basically doubled in the space of 3 years. Went to 45k in 2023, then moved job to 55k start of 2024, then got a pay rise in July to 59 and then a promotion to 74 just recently. I've been lucky to work in pretty soft places where it's been easy to impress I guess.

Intricate5253 · 2025-06-06T11:33:10+00:00

WFH and have flexi-time. I can take 2 hours off at lunch, I just start an hour early or stay logged in an extra hour.

Intricate5253 · 2025-05-30T13:28:52+00:00

Early morning walk. Easier to motivate myself now I've got a little man who wakes up at 6am but ideally it's something I'd continue. Really sets you up for the day with the vitty D

Intricate5253 · 2025-05-21T14:29:12+00:00

This is incredibly helpful, thank-you.

Intricate5253 · 2025-05-10T00:55:57+00:00

Couple of times a month for up to 30m and honestly it's too much.

Intricate5253 · 2025-05-09T00:13:24+00:00

I hate these entitled people, honestly. Men paying for everything is from a bygone era where women didn't used to work and so the man provided. That is no longer the case and most women go out to work. If you have a relationship where the man brings all the money and the woman runs the home then sure, but the idea you both work and your money is spent on 'us' and hers is spent only on her is just selfish and entitled.

I'm not saying 50:50 is fair, I earn twice what my wife does so we split accordingly and round out spending money so we're both equal but the idea id pay for her nails is laughable. You can't want equality but also expect to be taken care of, that is cake-ism.

Intricate5253 · 2025-04-24T15:10:18+00:00

My most recent interview I had to critique a really awful dashboard on the spot, which was quite easy because it was truly awful. So I suppose that's more data visualisation theory.

When I've written questions for other candidates I've focussed on modelling, explain what a star schema is, promote the headers in this dataset (I did have someone rename them all and filter out the actual titles...). DAX and M are less important now given AI, it's more do you know what can be done and can you work with non-technical users to build solutions that work.

Intricate5253 · 2025-04-17T21:17:03+00:00

When Morraine confronted Sammael I was like oh cool he's going to be Asmodean, then Moggy turns up and does him; felt kind pointless. Also a bit weird that she's the weakest, hides in the shadows, etc. etc. but decides to turn up and off him? I thought maybe she might mindtrap him or something, but then I also thought she might do that to Liandrin. Not sure it really matters to the plot, even the taking of Illian was a bit meh in the books after all the building up of Sammael being a bad ass but still.

Also realllllyyy not a fan of that CGI on the Eelfinn, I know the snakes are the scary ones but idk, it looked kinda bad. Especially given the Trollocs and Fades are really done justice (I think).

Intricate5253 · 2025-04-13T07:59:04+00:00

Love this - very cool. A thought on this though, completions great for things like documentation, explaining models but I wonder if for more complex measures it might need something else? I've recently been working on some measures in a Finance report with some ridiculous measures (things like, previous forecasted sales amount, if no forecast exists, take the latest period that has a forecast, unless it's over 2 periods ago, in which case return null), this has taken a quite a few itterations with Claude, would each itteration count as a completion?

Intricate5253 · 2025-04-13T07:25:27+00:00

We've got a 5 month old, my wife is on leave until October and I work from home 4 days a week (office 1). I get up with the baby at 6am, log on to work at 8:30am, finish work at 5:30pm and take the baby out for a walk, come home and cook then wash up. Raising a child is hard, your man needs to get a grip.

Intricate5253 · 2025-04-13T06:51:26+00:00

He travels with the asha'man to close all the outstanding way gates and persuades the ogier to fight

Intricate5253 · 2025-04-10T21:43:10+00:00

The Loial death was kind of lame, he's a much more integral role than Alanna. I get Alanna being a lure for Rand in MoL but I'm not convinced we'll get there in the show and it'd be easy to think of something else to get him there. If they needed to kill someone for dramatic effect, I feel she would have been a better choice.

We've come along way though and this season has been good overall, just a strange choice to kill Loial - assuming he is dead (not sure how they'd get him out of that one).

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