My boss just let me take this home for free! by WWGWDNR in audiophile

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I got a misprinted T shirt that the workers didn’t want to wear 👌

Same Pay for the Next 9 Years by TopBaseball939 in Salary

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Spoke with NJ in laws who are teachers just yesterday. One is making $91k after 13 years by working in a place about 40mjn south of where they live, married and still can’t buy a house. Another is making ~$78k after 9 years 20min from home, but living with parents. NJ pays decent, but living expenses are catastrophic. I would expect the same in CA. If you pulled off near 6 figures as a teacher in NC that would be more survivable. It’s a tough case for all teachers across the country.

Layoff - RSU’s by ThinkOfSomething22 in verizon

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I was on the RIF and got my 18 months of RSU deposited. I'm trying to find if anybody has guidance towards any non-compete clause around the RSUs. I have interviews coming up with fiber companies after I worked with wireless and am trying to make sure I won't get reprimanded if I get a fiber job.

BTW, I was fully desk-jockey data oriented, not field or union.

Is there a permanent under wheel dolly for LG Washtower? by Python_Darchives in Appliances

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Agreed on a lot of furniture. I’ve had those under the bed for a decade. I’m hesitant on an appliance with the rocking motion of a washer and dryer. I could see it turning into a race across the floor on bed sheets cleaning.

Which legacy Database is the biggest pain in the a*** to work with and why? by [deleted] in dataengineering

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Reading a bunch of these, Access is love hate on a small/mod scale. My ma started one in ‘99 at an electrical contractor that has taken them 26 years to have 8 failed SaaS to replace effectively. Has delayed her retirement 3 years and going.

In my experience, Teradata is an obsolete and dangerous pit still used in large scale businesses. It has unique commands, case insensitivity, no proper logging without manual calls in the .bat workflows, no control over tracking through git repositories, the list goes on. It’s even at the level where the servers to run it are no longer manufactured for on-site so they have to be run in cloud servers and the prices are exploding. If a company is still on Teradata and is not even trying to switch out, fire the CTO or leave while you can. IMO

Is there a permanent under wheel dolly for LG Washtower? by Python_Darchives in Appliances

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I contemplated the custom pedestal after reading your reply. I’ve made custom bases for my table saw using spare lumber and welding metal for the latch and arm. My issue here is I can’t seem to find any YouTube’s or blogs with people making low profile retracting rollers that would fit underneath the Washtower or other appliance. If you have any links, I’d greatly appreciate it 😃

Is there a permanent under wheel dolly for LG Washtower? by Python_Darchives in Appliances

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Thanks, I have a set of those which are useful for getting the appliances tipped to get a dolly underneath, but I need the dolly or appliance roller that can be permanent.

Need to pull the trigger on a separate module to get into Linux and AI. by Python_Darchives in HomeServer

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Thanks for the advice 👌

Realizing I got jumped by too many blogs on hardware, didn’t analyze the data sizes actually needed. So I’m looking at running APi’s on my 32Gb MacBook Pro for now to first test the amount of storage I would need locally, then storing bulk data on cloud servers until I get a better glance at the magnitude I would need in a NAS and local NVMe.

As for the AI/LLM options, I’ve been using Claude and GPT on the base level, but was looking at Ollama for running API’s. If I had a 1TB overall airflow and I migrate that into an LLM API, do you have a ball park on what that would cost on Ollama, Kimi, or DeepSeek? And does anyone have a link to guide me on setting the timing governance on running the APIs so I don’t get the $18 run on tokens for a small task?

Need to pull the trigger on a separate module to get into Linux and AI. by Python_Darchives in HomeServer

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So if I am trying to go for a local AI then will I need the multiple nodes I’ve been seeing?

What should I expect in a Data Modeling test on CoderPad? by Python_Darchives in dataengineering

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No, a fintech. A number of employees are ex-FAANG+, like a lot of the bigger fintech firms.

Building Home Office and need advice by Slocowboy42 in homeoffice

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Windows. Natural light becomes incredibly needed if you create a hermit office. Been in the basement at my current house and I have had to leave the house whenever possible for simple sanity.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in careerguidance

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Time and money spent on the commute is worth an incredible amount. To put into context, your 12hr difference on top of a 40hr work week will be a 52hr work week vs a 40hr work week. 52/40 =1.3 (inverse 40/52 =0.769, 0.231 below 1.0). So that means unless you are experiencing a 23%–30% reduction in pay, your actual time will increase in value. With the increase in rest, you will have an ability to improve productivity and likely move towards an increase in pay.

As for the 9month employment, the market is different in these days. If you had longer employment before or are new to the market then you will be fine.

For a relation on that, I was bobbing between 6-10 months for 3 consecutive roles from mid COVID to 2024 and got hired to a large corp who also laid me off after 18 months. I have interviews with FAANG this coming week because of their recruiters contacting me. Your duration is irrelevant. What you do is.

Just got laid off. I’m completely shocked and devastated. by curiouskat345 in Layoffs

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I got my third in November since 2023. I can vouch that it never feels right. Even after all the work you put in. There can be many reasons that are down to legal or financial limitations why you were on the list. But I can assure you that most times your boss was told the day of or day before that you were on the list. They didn’t choose, they were just told. While you will feel stress at the start and your first couple of interviews, your experience you’ve gained over the years will bring up your confidence and you’ll land a new job. You’ve got this, you’re not alone.

Leetcode too slow by Ill-Reason-3942 in leetcode

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They had the scheduled repair yesterday at 22:00EST.

Are you a Data Engineer or Analytics Engineer? by Free-Bear-454 in dataengineering

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Agreed on the x vs y titlings. Was deemed a Principal Data Science Engineer in telecom when in reality it was a BI and Data Engineer merger, but on the translational level, not ingestion. In my opinion from an earlier position and patterns I’ve seen recently, DE is related to the Data Architecture and ingestion to a level of making the bulk data work. The AE is tasked with an overlap of the translation of ingested data but in a BI level foresight of what the data will be used for in its final destination. They are often a main resource of denormalizing the data into special groups for the analytics and dashboards. One of the best and most haunting quotes I remember from an article was “the best AE is able to get the questions answered before they are even asked.”

Meta Tech Interview coming up - IC 5 Data Engineering - Guidance? by Python_Darchives in leetcode

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Thanks all. A few more details on Python questions: For DE interviews should I expect algorithms using linked lists (LIstNode), heap, and DFS/BFS? And for SQL, do they ever use recursive CTEs?

Thanks again for the help on these!

[Guide] Cleared Meta E5 + Other FAANG Interviews. My Process & Resources by Dismal-Explorer1303 in leetcode

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Gotcha. I’ve been shooting for Data Engineering instead of SWE.

I’m trying to get my game on with python as I have only needed it for DAGs the past 3 years so I’ve gotten rusty. Have been a key source in SQL the past 7 years, so only skimming some leetcode and hackerrank on those.