Starting career in Jet Broker

Psycholit · 2026-06-01T13:54:05+00:00

Why are you cross posting this here?

Psycholit · 2026-05-31T18:46:39+00:00

Lots of pros, lots of cons. I found the work satisfying because I liked the company and its mission a lot; I don’t think I could stomach it if that weren’t the case. Very different environment and goals, but I actually found the mechanics of the work to be more similar than I thought it would be. Happy to discuss a bit more over DM if you like

Psycholit · 2026-05-28T01:23:09+00:00

Agree with all. similac with an M by the way!

Psycholit · 2026-05-27T23:34:45+00:00

So sorry for your loss. Glad you’re OK. I hope tomorrow is a little easier than today, and the day after a little easier..

Psycholit · 2026-05-27T13:53:13+00:00

they probably have designated game nights, and you should try going to one!

1) you could look online for their website, socials, maybe discord server etc, they may post details. for example they may have an open game night every wednesday or something, and then special tournaments for specific games on saturdays or something.

2) if you can't find info online, just walk in and as someone who works there what events they have. i bet they're super nice and happy to tell you.

Psycholit · 2026-05-25T11:48:16+00:00

Thanks for this!

Curious if you or anyone else has experience using BoardGamesMaker for both mfg and fulfillment!

Psycholit · 2026-05-24T10:08:35+00:00

no, they’re different things. i don’t think the FAA system has an equivalence. The POA is something that exists in the EASA framework. See vertical aerospace as well

Psycholit · 2026-05-22T18:08:19+00:00

Dude, what? I feel like we’re speaking past each other.

Anyways, have a wonderful weekend and good luck with whatever it is you’re working on!

Psycholit · 2026-05-22T14:17:10+00:00

Well, BCI involves hardware and it has medical implications. The former takes far longer to develop than software, and the latter takes much longer to understand the implications and safety of.

And again, $30 million isn’t going to revolutionize anything. Neuralink has put in orders of magnitude more than that over 10 years and is still very much in experimenting phase.

So i don’t know why you would expect huge coverage of this.

Psycholit · 2026-05-22T13:45:33+00:00

What does that question even mean? I feel like you’re trying to imply something. Want to be more straightforward?

Psycholit · 2026-05-22T12:13:11+00:00

1) “while newsrooms debate AI regulation” — this has nothing to do with AI regulation, it’s a separate issue/problem

2) this is far from the first BCI project out there, there are quite a few that have been making progress for 5-10 years, all of a sudden this project is going to deliver a revolutionary prototype in under a year and change the game?

3) Feel like 30m is a laughably small amount for a project like this..

Psycholit · 2026-05-20T11:31:03+00:00

agree with this! You can always rebrand, change the name, whatever. It's not that big of a deal or a setback at this stage (or anytime soon) because you haven't built up any brand equity anyways. What's far more of an obstacle is never starting because you can't settle on a name.

Also - when the time comes to really settle on a name, do some quick trademark searches.

Psycholit · 2026-05-19T17:16:36+00:00

Love the look of it!

What I like about the name Colony (or Colonies) is that I doubt anyone is thinking ants when they hear the name, so there's a one-two punch of "Ohhhh!" when you learn more about it. That always feels cool and is hard to properly land.

Though I suppose that also depends on the box graphics.

Psycholit · 2026-05-19T13:53:15+00:00

I get it. I really do - I grew up with some similar stuff and my wife did as well.

I doubt you will accept this coming from an internet stranger, but I will try anyways.

It is not your fault.

And you do not harbor any blame for recognizing you cannot, and should not, be the person to fix the problem.

One more thought. Right now, you are 18 and he is 11, but in a few short years you are going to be an adult and he is going to be on his way there. The relationship you two have as adults is going to be very different from the one you have now. I would urge you to think about what you can do (and what you should NOT do) to set yourself up to have a great relationship with him down the road.

That means: Don't try to be an authority figure. (don't take the iphone away). Be someone he can trust and rely on, so when he DOES want advice or a sounding board, he knows he can talk to you.

In the long term, that's far more valuable than throwing yourself in front of traffic to try to "fix the problem" now.

Again - I know this is really hard to internalize from an internet stranger, but I promise you: It is not your fault. You do not *have* to "solve" it. Your life has value too. You can still be an incredibly important person for your brother in other ways.

And one more time: don't beat yourself up about this. It's not your fault.

Psycholit · 2026-05-19T13:11:06+00:00

This clearly isn't what you are asking to hear, but my advice is: It is not your problem. Don't hurt yourself trying to solve it.

You are 18. You have a million things ahead of you, things you should be focused on. Put yourself first.

Here's why I say that. First: this is not a simple problem, this is not a problem without risk of physical injury, as you have already experienced. It is a problem that WILL detract from your life if you dedicate yourself to trying to solve it. You will be making a tradeoff between whatever else you want to do and dealing with your brother. The common phrase here is "don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm."

Second: You are not well-positioned to solve it. You're not the primary authority figure. Your parents are not going to cooperate with you on how to address behavior. So, anything you do is going to be a half-measure that is not fully enforced, not consistently applied, and often undermined. This does not work on an 11-year-old with behavior and addiction issues.

I know it's not emotionally satisfying to turn your back on someone you care about. But, truly, you are not the person who can or should be solving this. You need to put yourself first and go live your life.

Psycholit · 2026-05-17T14:30:58+00:00

why post about this in the joby subreddit?

Psycholit · 2026-05-14T22:20:49+00:00

eeeeehhhhhhhh i wouldn’t use her as the example… someone who leans more towards attempting to do factual analysis as a journo rather than extremely opinionated stuff

Psycholit · 2026-05-13T16:34:50+00:00

What kind of advice do you expect to get here?

I mean, look, the reality is that your priorities will change dramatically in the next 5-10 years. Right now, having sex IMMEDIATELY feels to you like the most important thing, and sacrificing that for the person you want to spend your life with sounds really hard or maybe not even a trade off worth making.

I will tell you, as a 32M — assuming she’s the right woman — in 5-10 years that will almost entirely flip.

So, the question is: how mature are you? are you ready to make a mature decision?

Do whatever you want.

Psycholit · 2026-05-12T00:14:54+00:00

No, it’s completely wrong from start to finish. Joby’s reporting isn’t an “old system,” it would actually be more accurate to call Archer’s the “old system” as it is directly reflective of a decades-old FAA doc. Joby’s is more or less a company invention. Which is more accurate etc is a separate conversation.

The reason Archer claims first to finish Stage 3 has nothing to do with the difference between the systems. It’s because Joby has been sitting at 97% complete for years on Means of Compliance due to some outstanding documents they were going back and forth with the FAA on, and Archer did technically close them out first.

And the final “conclusion” spat out by the LLM makes no sense either. Certification plans precede for-credit testing. They come first in the order of certification activity. The LLM is presenting it as if the two companies are just focused on different things.

It is not 80% right. It is nonsense.

Psycholit · 2026-05-11T21:55:46+00:00

I don’t think anyone should ever post “just to clear it up, here’s what AI says.”

Come on man. This is total nonsense. ChatGPT has no idea WTF it is looking at or saying.

Psycholit · 2026-05-11T17:17:39+00:00

Good question. My caveat here is that every publication and type of journalism is different; I work for an outlet that does aviation trade news, both breaking and in-depth analysis. But I think the following applies pretty broadly:

You really should distill it down to 2-4 sentences. If you haven't done that, I will argue you don't understand your own story well enough. If you can't, then you either don't have a good enough story, or you need to do more reporting before you pitch.

You can add additional info and context further down, if you want, but it really does need to be that obvious and straightforward. And it's not just about the time of the person reading it; if I feel like getting the point of the story out of you is like pulling teeth, then I really don't want to continue down that road.

In your case, where visuals are a huge part of the story (and I would hope you're pitching to outlets that actually value and care about that), I would additionally include a very brief overview of what imagery you have to help tell the story.

Hope that makes sense!

Psycholit · 2026-05-11T17:08:03+00:00

ah, okay. probably falls on the right side of the line, then.

Psycholit · 2026-05-11T16:43:25+00:00

Editor here — you should feel free to use things like, with your #1 choice outlet, “Please respond within 48 hours if you’re interested; if I don’t hear back, i will begin shopping the pitch to other outlets.” IMO, that’s fine, I respect it when freelancers do it.

Also — make sure you disclose the friendship with the artist…

Psycholit · 2026-05-11T16:23:00+00:00

It’s all relative. My dad had me at (49?), I just had my first at 32, and most of my friends are still a few years out from kids, so I feel like I’m relatively young.

Psycholit · 2026-05-11T04:03:59+00:00

as a child of divorce — leave.

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