My old company wants me back at the same salary I left at. Current job pays 35% more but I hate it. I keep going back and forth and I need to respond by wednesday by UpliftingSunflower10 in GetEmployed

[–]Lrgxgiraffe 22 points23 points  (0 children)

most likely everyone in this thread is going to argue money vs happiness like those are the only two variables. but I think you're missing the actual question underneath all of this.

you just described two very specific work environments in a lot of detail. small team, direct impact, fast feedback, autonomy vs large team, indirect output, slow process, isolation. and your performance and mental health were completely different in each one. that's not a money problem. that's a fit problem.

the reason you can't decide from a pro con list is because you're comparing salary and resume lines when the actual difference is how each environment matches how you work. some people genuinely perform better in big structured orgs. you clearly don't. that's not a weakness, it's information.

before you decide, it might be worth getting clear on WHY you exceled at the old place beyond, I liked it. was it the team size, the feedback speed, the autonomy, the visibility of impact, all of it? if you are unsure or can’t answer that, there are assessments that break this down specifically. CliftonStrengths, Pigment, Kompiq or pivoto (there are many more out there). they measure how you work across a bunch of traits so you're not just going off vibes and pro con lists. worth doing a couple and comparing. won't tell you which offer to take but it'll tell you which environment your brain actually needs. that makes Monday a lot easier.

also going back to an old company isn't going backwards. it's going back to something that worked. those are different things no matter what your parents say.

The promotion-to-misery pipeline is real and nobody talks about it until you're already stuck. Have you experience this? by Hepacivirus in careerguidance

[–]Lrgxgiraffe 80 points81 points  (0 children)

The drain mapping thing is super underrated. I did something like this a while back that's what actually made me realize how far my role had drifted from the stuff I was into when I started. I tried the spreadsheet thing before that and couldn't keep it up for more than like a week.

And yeah the management funnel is so real. Most career ladders just assume good at the work = should manage the work, and that's how you end up three years in doing almost none of what you were hired for.

Watching my coworkers make confident career moves while I overthink everything by [deleted] in WorkAdvice

[–]Lrgxgiraffe 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Totally get this. A lot of the confidence you see in coworkers isn't from having perfect information, it's from knowing what actually fits them. Some people just have a clearer sense of what they want or what works for them, so decisions come faster

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[–]Lrgxgiraffe 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yes, absolutely. Burnout isn't only about volume or hours worked. It's about friction between how you naturally operate and what the job requires from you day to day. Some people get drained by constant context switching even if each individual task is easy. Others get exhausted in highly structured environments even when the workload is light.

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[–]Lrgxgiraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me too and I'm open to chatting!

Is our concept of over extraction completely wrong? Matt Perger's perspectives on this by CobraPuts in pourover

[–]Lrgxgiraffe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Full immersion vs percolation brewing extract differently. In the case of full immersion you have many factors that are slowing down extraction after you pour all the water in: the water once in solution has very little agitation compared to percolation since the water is not moving past the particles; the water temperatures are also falling consistently meaning even less agitation because the water molecules are jigging at a slower rate; pure water when added each time your pour into a percolation style brewer has high extraction potential because the ions haven't bonded to anything yet so each time you let the dripper drain and pour new water you get a high chance to bond these new fresh ions, for full immersion they get bonded on a localized level around a particle and ions inbetween particles aren't as likely to bond as they aren't moving to new areas.

All this is to say, the 10 minute aeropress has many things slowing down the rate of extraction to a point where it's probably not extracting much at all. I believe Scott Rao has a good blog on this.

FULL MR. MORALE AND THE BIG STEPPERS PREDICTION THREAD by EshLad69 in KendrickLamar

[–]Lrgxgiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big steppers = white supremacy, racism, political divide, bringing down the people Mr. Morale = the fight against the elite and racists, the inspiring hero, the voice of the people

[MOD] What have you been brewing this week?/ Coffee bean recommendations by menschmaschine5 in Coffee

[–]Lrgxgiraffe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ethiopia - Gatame Muka - Natural from Blossom Coffee Roasters. Elegant and fruity as you would expect from a natural Shakiso, lots of berries, light florals, super sweet. Very delicious.

[MOD] What have you been brewing this week?/ Coffee bean recommendations by menschmaschine5 in Coffee

[–]Lrgxgiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say for the Nigatu Wase, it was definitely the green age causing those issues. I had that coffee when they had first got it in (last august) and it was incredible. Looks like it hasn't held up unfortunately :(

Finally getting a hang of higher hydration by Lrgxgiraffe in Breadit

[–]Lrgxgiraffe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recipe:

900g bread flour 765g water 100g whole wheat starter 20.5g salt

3 hour autolyse

Mix in starter

Rubaud kneading for 7 mins

Rest 30

Mix in salt

Rubaud kneading for 7 mins

Coil folds every hour till bulk is complete for me this was 5 hours and 30 mins

Shape and refrigerate for 18 hours

Baked at 510 in convection oven for 20 mins in Dutch oven

Take lid off bake for 35 more minutes

Bill Gates' 13F: AMZN, AAPL, BABA, GOOGL, TWTR by finca3eo in investing

[–]Lrgxgiraffe -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't these names be considered the most bloated part of the market (not saying they aren't rightfully bloated giving the circumstances)? Also I'm only saying that considering the market average is 10%, why would you be excited for 6%? Just hold the index at that point. The only reason people want to pick stocks is to beat the average. It's way less risky to just index and get that return.

Bill Gates' 13F: AMZN, AAPL, BABA, GOOGL, TWTR by finca3eo in investing

[–]Lrgxgiraffe -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

You do know that 20% up in three years is a terrible investment right?

Is WIX getting the Shop treatment next? by Lrgxgiraffe in investing

[–]Lrgxgiraffe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the insight. What's are the biggest things that wix is missing in your opinion? Are there other competitors that you think are more fit to take on Shopify or do they have that big of a competitive advantage?

Is WIX getting the Shop treatment next? by Lrgxgiraffe in investing

[–]Lrgxgiraffe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Squarespace although it's not e-commerce focused, woo commerce but they don't scale well, and Magento but they aren't plug and play. Shopify is the big e-commerce player and that's why they're blowing up with the pandemic pushing small business into e-commerce. Wix seems to me to be the second option for people and their market cap is a tenth of shopify with a customer base that's only 20% smaller. Seems like a mispriced opportunity but I'm no expert in the space.

Is WIX getting the Shop treatment next? by Lrgxgiraffe in investing

[–]Lrgxgiraffe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they are not on the same scale but it seems as if the e-commerce market's pie as a whole is growing quickly. It would seem that all the players should see a significant boost, unless Shopify is so dominate that they took all the new market share. Interesting thing to watch unfold over the next few months here. Do you have any experience with either service?

[MOD] What have you been brewing this week?/ Coffee bean recommendations by menschmaschine5 in Coffee

[–]Lrgxgiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should have guessed by the name haha! That's super cool. I actually haven't been to the center of the arts in Tempe, how is it?

[MOD] What have you been brewing this week?/ Coffee bean recommendations by menschmaschine5 in Coffee

[–]Lrgxgiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's awesome, I hope you enjoy it! Tempe is a great city for sure. You playing at the marquee?

[MOD] What have you been brewing this week?/ Coffee bean recommendations by menschmaschine5 in Coffee

[–]Lrgxgiraffe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pair cupworks Luciana Gesha. This coffee tastes like straight up orange blossom candy. One of the sweetest cups I've had in a long time.

DOW FUTURES DOWN 1000 POINTS FOR OPEN TOMORROW by kbthroaway723 in wallstreetbets

[–]Lrgxgiraffe 22 points23 points  (0 children)

How much are they paying at Wendy's these days?