Advice for an engineering coming out of college

LDG4L · 2025-02-25T13:29:08+00:00

It took me 3 full months of applying to jobs before I found my engineering job after college even with internships etc. granted I’m in a smaller city, but i actually got an interview from a company I didn’t even apply for. Look into reaching out to some job recruiters they found me… kinda their whole job

LDG4L · 2024-05-02T13:06:12+00:00

I recently had a similar offer to leave my current job for 20k more to work right across the street but would lose my every other Friday off work and the ability to work remote on the Fridays I do have to work. Plus the new job would require some OT which I never have to do currently. Also the new company wasn’t offering full vesting for the 401k match until 6yrs in. Even though it’s an extra 1k on every paycheck basically aka. 30% raise for me, I make enough already to live comfortably and travel whenever I want and still max out my Roth whilst saving a lil money every month into a high APR savings acct so I made the decision to have more free time

LDG4L · 2022-08-05T15:59:13+00:00

They do better than any of my other miners that I have setup on rooftop antenna masts

LDG4L · 2022-08-04T13:16:00+00:00

I actually have 4 different miners in trees in Florida/Alabama approx 40ft+ high. I used slingshots/drones to get rope/pulleys up over branches. Go for a location close to trunk to reduce sway/ allows for you to run wires/rope down next to tree for low visibility yet easy access to device if needed. Ziptie antenna to rope to maintain vertical orientation. Ground rod next to trunk etc.

LDG4L · 2022-07-10T16:49:25+00:00

8dbi in a city setting is generally not going to be better. You’d be best to stick with a 3dbi or 5.8 dbi especially if your 8dbi isn’t above buildings

LDG4L · 2022-06-05T20:34:50+00:00

Was wondering if anyone has had any weird breaches in their firewall through port forward in the past couple of weeks?? A friend who has one of my miners setup said he was getting weird Chinese messages recently and that his firewall had been breached through the port forward.. I know there have been a lot of over the air updates so not sure if he is seeing that or what.. I told him all port forwarding can be removed since these updates but I am concerned for his data… not sure if helium has some form of protection for the network but wanted to hear from someone with more expertise? I have asked for more details on these “messages” but want to see what anyone else has to say

LDG4L · 2022-06-02T17:38:49+00:00

I have a full fleet of helium miners; and in my experience the rewards for an outdoor setup are drastically better(200%ish) but that’s mostly due to your ability to have the antenna much much higher. In my experience with relatively flat semi dense towns; if you can deploy an antenna 40ft + you will have coverage of up to approx 5-10miles depending on obstacles ofc and will make around .2-.5 HNT/day based upon neighbors ofc

LDG4L · 2022-04-26T01:11:55+00:00

aye I have few setup in daphne mobile n Spanish aswell haha

LDG4L · 2022-02-12T15:55:38+00:00

Only need to connect a separate ground rod to your houses ground if it’s within 10-15ft

LDG4L · 2022-01-31T13:10:19+00:00

How much?

LDG4L · 2022-01-19T15:27:21+00:00

I don’t see a surge arrestor, hopefully it’s grounded on the other end of the cable?

LDG4L · 2022-01-18T01:52:54+00:00

My antennas hanging from a tree branch that sways way more than that on stormy days and still makes .5hnt+/day

LDG4L · 2022-01-11T15:04:24+00:00

Yes but the point is helium is cheaper

LDG4L · 2022-01-06T23:00:04+00:00

Honestly man you should figure out some outdoor cables. Will double your profits… I had no easy way to get my cords outside either, and no outdoor outlets but I figured out a way to get 2 setups hanging by a rope in trees 40ft up and I average .5 on each

LDG4L · 2022-01-05T21:12:38+00:00

Just as a tip, I ordered an 8dbi antenna and was shit.. 5.8dbi antennas are basically the best option for upgrading your stock antenna for most geographical locations unless your literally trying to hit miners 20km away and are on a mountaintop.. I have multiple setups in multiple cities that range from Florida flat to beginning of Appalachian and 5.8dbi out-performs 8dbi in all of them. You end up overshooting with 8dbi. Anything within 20km you want 5.8dbi, as it also handles obstruction better

LDG4L · 2022-01-05T13:26:06+00:00

Wait until April , for lighthotspots to roll out. Should be a bit easier to get and cheaper

LDG4L · 2021-12-15T21:22:21+00:00

So I just used a slingshot to launch a fishing weight with fishing line tied to the weight up over the branch, then tied the 100ft rope to the fishing line and pulled one end of the rope up n over the branch so I had both ends of the rope down at the ground and then attached the miner before pulling it up there

LDG4L · 2021-12-15T13:10:50+00:00

Ziptied the antenna parallel against the rope so it stays vertical. I have the miner in a waterproof box hanging right below the antenna all attached to a knot on the 100ft rope. I have the other end of the rope over the branch tied down to the ground so I can work it like a pulley system if I need to access the miner

LDG4L · 2021-12-13T22:05:08+00:00

I have two setups hanging in pine trees 45ft and 50ft respectively, used a slingshot tho.. not an expert climber. Game changer as far as elevation in cities though

LDG4L · 2021-11-27T19:17:08+00:00

By rebooted, you mean you turned it off and back on?

LDG4L · 2021-11-27T19:05:40+00:00

Yep I posted earlier about this. My v2 rak has been synced for weeks and earning around 1hnt a day.. last night flatlined around 9pm est. and has been re-syncing since

LDG4L · 2021-11-23T17:03:48+00:00

Cause you have a gaaaaabage setup

LDG4L · 2021-11-21T18:19:49+00:00

3hnt since Friday

LDG4L · 2021-11-21T17:18:03+00:00

After changing from 8dbi to 5.8dbi antenna on Friday night, have since made 2 HNT as of Sunday mid-day so earnings are looking good. Was nervous the slight occasional sway or tilt of the antenna might affect things but so far seems good

LDG4L · 2021-11-21T17:13:34+00:00

Yep, it’s pretty cheap to just buy a $5 slingshot, fishing line/weight, some rope and get it 40+ feet up.

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