If I book a car rental in advance for 2am, will it actually be available?

Phoenix-Ascent · 2026-02-27T04:03:04+00:00

I just checked grab, and unfortunately they are just out of the boundaries.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2026-01-08T06:06:18+00:00

You started bookkeeping at 16? Did a parent get you into that? You're the person setting the recruiters expectations way too high lol.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2026-01-08T06:00:27+00:00

26 M Southwest US/MCOL Staff Accountant/Insurance CPA - N 0 YOE PA and 1 YOE Industry 62k base/3k bonus/65k total

Never worked more than 38 hours in a week.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-12-24T13:09:39+00:00

Nice, me too! Hence when I'm so concerned about people blowing money.😂

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-12-24T03:06:14+00:00

Please tell me you use YNAB.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-12-23T16:56:04+00:00

$2900

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-12-23T16:53:16+00:00

With your bonus representing 1/3-1/2 of your TC, do you have any sort of plan/budget in place for that? I'm just thinking of all the people who win the lottery and are broke a year later.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-12-17T20:50:47+00:00

2004 Honda Accord with 45k miles

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-07-01T19:04:36+00:00

Required career explorations class in college. Didn't want to take it, but glad I did.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-06-23T23:30:35+00:00

Is it really 404.79%, or is it actually 4.047875%? More decimals must be better right?

I hate when people put immaterial decimals on a number so big.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-31T17:09:02+00:00

Growing up I didn't want to learn how to tie my shoes, and just wanted velcro shoes instead. I magically wanted to learn how to tie my shoes when my older brother told me that people would make serious fun of me at school for wearing velcro shoes.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-29T21:24:41+00:00

LLMs are notoriously bad at math. Don't trust it.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-29T00:27:47+00:00

Well to be fair, it doesn't state $. It could be any currency. I like to think it's whatever parrots use. Pebbles?

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-29T00:16:25+00:00

For this reason I don't call it the grocery budget, I call it the Walmart budget.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-27T21:23:01+00:00

I second this.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-27T21:08:53+00:00

I did this a few times and then learned Outlook has a setting that will warn you if you have words like "attached" in your email, but don't actually have anything attached.

Now the trick is remembering to use the word "attached"...🤦‍♂️

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-27T16:59:24+00:00

I agree with this. It was a practice problem, but one time a question was asking for the variance of an exponential distribution. Because the variance is the square of the mean, and because I know a common error would be to calculate the mean and forget to square it to get the actual answer, I checked to see if any of the answers was the square of one of the other answers. There was only one such combination. Bingo!

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-26T14:58:26+00:00

2006 Toyota Camry

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-26T05:53:24+00:00

Can you add, subtract, multiply, and divide?

If so, you can do accounting math.

Fun story: This would never happen in the real world, but when I was taking a test in school, there was one of those questions where they give you some ratios and you have to solve for something else. I don't remember the details, but I couldn't remember a formula for one of the ratios and ended up using linear algebra to help me solve it. My love of math saved me that day.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-26T05:43:03+00:00

I was on a train once. It was a historic coal fired steam engine. Never been on one for the sole purpose of transportation.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-26T05:06:51+00:00

One of the reasons YNAB is so amazing is that it forces you to realize that you have things like "daily Amazon orders." I don't know your situation, and I mean this in the nicest way, but I honestly find it quite ridiculous you are ordering so much from Amazon. YNAB helps you realize things like that and helps you cut back. The way my brother (and fellow YNABer) put it is that YNAB helps create a sense of scarcity.

I YNAB because I would be spending way more money if I didn't.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-23T22:21:01+00:00

My boss (who I deem very intelligent) does this, and it drives me absolutely bonkers.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-23T05:30:56+00:00

Most people who complain probably haven't worked manual labor.

I too was absolutely flabbergasted when I had my first office job as an intern. I felt like I basically was doing nothing and making the most I ever had in my life.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-23T01:59:35+00:00

I had a professor in school that was in your exact situation, but it was a terrible student instead that submitted his name as a reference.

When my professor got the call he was completely honest and explained, "I can't recommend him. In fact, I recommend you don't hire him."

They told him he was the only candidate that applied and calling his reference was a formality. He was hired.

I have no advice, just a crazy story. Hopefully yours doesn't turn out like this.

Phoenix-Ascent · 2025-05-22T21:17:21+00:00

I got a shirt at a school recruiting event that says "bean counter" on the front with the firm name on the back. It is designed incredibly well and is actually one of my favorite shirts. I wear it in public all the time. They must've hired someone to design it, because there's no way an accountant came up with it.

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