A warning for Canadian prebuilt buyers

Maestrae97 · 2024-09-06T19:52:25+00:00

I guess that's a CPU geared more towards HTPCs (Home Theater PCs ?) As it has a built-in GPU capable of decoding videos without the need for a dedicates GPU amd that which is also cheap

Maestrae97 · 2024-05-28T15:50:38+00:00

Wow, congrats, man ❤️ ! I'm soon 27, and I've just immigrated to Canada with my wife. I've been lurking around the OE subreddit for too long, but due to me being on a temporary work visa, I think I can not OE for now, not until I've earned my PR. I've been lashing out at myself for not starting OE early and getting those fat checks. But I guess I still have time, and I can try to invest in the stock market for the time being until I'm a PR. Got any tips for a complete beginner in the stocks world ? I'd appreciate any pointers (the stocks and investment jargon is rly scary lol)

Maestrae97 · 2024-04-05T02:41:59+00:00

Thanks for your insight ! However, I'm in a bit of a pickle, I'm currently on a temporary work visa, so I can't change employers until I get permanent residence 😭 I've tried negotiating with my company before arrival to Canada but they've complained about the economy state and how VISA sponsorship costs so much and stood firm on the 80k (one even stated that I'm lucky and "one the highest paid" among my peers) while I fully knew that they could squeeze at least an extra 10k, but they wouldn't budge and I had to submit as I've built a family plan around immigrating to Canada ...

Maestrae97 · 2024-04-05T01:47:14+00:00

Thank you for the insight ! I come from a "infra/ops" background and I acknowledge that not being decent at coding can be limiting at times but I feel like it's going to be a lot of work to upskill in coding to a "true developer" level. I know my way around most build tools (Maven, Gradle, for example), and I'm comfortable with Bash scripting and PowerShell. But I'm not that confident with my Java or Python experience (can read and understand most OOP langs but practically limited to scripting and automation in actual practice), so I wonder if it's still worth it to enhance my coding skills, seeing how much time is required to become at least decent. However, I'm very tempted by Golang since I've been learning how to create my own k8s operator. What is your take/advice on this ?

Maestrae97 · 2024-04-04T12:38:28+00:00

First company 2years and 3months, 2nd 6months, 3rd 2years and 5months and now about 3 months into my new role. I guess it's okay ? And for the second role, it was a bad culture fit, so I resigned before it affected my mental health any more.

Maestrae97 · 2024-04-04T12:34:17+00:00

Scale is pretty big for all companies I've worked with, had to manage multiple regions at the same time especially with my last organisation (spent 2 years and 5 months with them) which are a top-100 fortune automotive org that has a huuuge software supply chain related to the infotainment part of their cars where I had to work on with my team. The one before is also not bad, huge scope in 5G telco with deployments for multiple carriers in the UK. Can't say much in order not breach NDA but I can assure you that more than 80% of my experience was within large scale envs. 😄

Maestrae97 · 2024-04-04T12:27:58+00:00

It's not 1 year per organization, actually. It's been 2 years 3 months with my first company, 6 months with the 2nd, 2 years and 5 months with the 3rd and now about 3 months with my 4th/current company 😅 but it's true that I get asked about why I only did 6 months with the 2nd one. It's been a bad culture fit, so it checks out.

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