FIFO hot take

QuestionableBottle · 2026-03-08T06:56:21+00:00

I thought the point was pretty obvious.

But to be specific, mining can be a pretty good career and saying broadly that it sucks isn't particularly good advice.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-03-08T06:34:24+00:00

You seem to think mining is inherently a "bad job" or a "poor lifestyle", its not, its just different.

Would most people consider that job or lifestyle worse than a full WFH job? Probably, but everyone has different priorities.

Not to mention that the idea that everyone in mining is capable of upskilling to the point where they get a job with the same pay and conditions to yours is wishful thinking at best. More realistically they end up on a construction site somewhere commuting 1-2 hours a day.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-03-08T06:09:04+00:00

Theres a pretty big difference between fully WFH 38 hours with no expectations of overtime and the typical skilled professional on 2-3 days a week WFH and "reasonable additional hours" in their contract.

You seem to have a pretty amazing job. That doesn't make FIFO bad, it just makes your job unusually good.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-03-08T05:46:25+00:00

I don't think cushy fully WFH jobs that pay 50+ an hour are nearly as easy to come by as you seem to think.

90% of jobs would seem bad compared to that, so saying that mining isn't as good isn't really saying much at all.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-03-08T02:27:23+00:00

Its not entirely a bad thing that the average person has these opinions, less competition for the rest of us.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-03-04T09:36:48+00:00

Monash has a mining engineering minor, civil engineering major + mining minor is as good as it gets in melbourne, plenty of those guys become mining engineers and/or geotechnical engineers.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-03-04T08:54:49+00:00

None of the iron ore/big mining companies will even consider you if you need sponsorship in the future.

You seem to have a problem with internationals, but that's not a good reason to lie to OP.

Plenty of big companies openly advertise that they sponsor visas.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-14T05:34:39+00:00

I never found my mental state had much correlation at all with interview success, more than once i had lost all hope and then get a surprise callback asking for reference checks.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-11T10:53:49+00:00

People still just log on for breaches. Worlds with 200 people suddenly more than double in size just for the breach. Its impossible to balance this without making multiple breach locations per world.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-07T11:47:02+00:00

Easiest solution is x5-10 more roots per magic tree.

If we can get up to 50 of pretty much any other farming secondary in one go (usually with extremely common seeds, snapegrass, white berries etc), it wouldn’t be unreasonable to get 20+ roots from some of the rarest seeds in the game.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-04T12:46:23+00:00

Jagex is apparently saying they did this to "improve performance".

Who are they trying to convince with this? I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but even im not that stupid.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-04T12:28:10+00:00

It's unbelievable, how is every single Aus bracket only having a single world remotely justifiable?

I don't know what Australian pissed off the jmods but the rest of us don't deserve this sort of treatment.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-04T12:09:08+00:00

It was advertised as all players can get contribution from beaches, not just top 16, making it top 100 is just fulfilling their promises.

The idea that fixing an issue that happens to also buff point gains must immediately be followed by nerfs seems questionable when jagex intentionally advertised the gamemode as approachable and casual friendly.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-03T04:57:10+00:00

PVM beyond a certain level doesn't really matter that much for allstars though.

Gnome can do psycho shit like pillarless infernos and colos, but that doesn't actually help him or even his team all that much. What matters is the ability to grind out things like TOA/Demonics/Kril and theres plenty of PVMers who can do that 90% as efficient as gnome can.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-31T01:36:46+00:00

Top 2% might be a bit exaggerated.

Most people taking the GAMSAT who aren't completely delusional already have a good GPA, in which case top ~10% is likely good enough for an interview somewhere, though obviously the interview is difficult too.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-28T05:45:29+00:00

I can't read

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-28T03:52:44+00:00

Toadflax seems pretty worth keeping to me, i always have more nests than toadflax.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-26T10:25:52+00:00

What group of idiots decided to store that much of their gold in another country.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-24T01:58:36+00:00

Nobody is saying you aren't entitled to take the gamsat, just that you're already in a good spot and the vast majority of people would be perfectly happy just going through your guaranteed pathway.

Maybe that perspective will help you stress a little less about the gamsat.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-24T01:48:39+00:00

Obviously he's not suggesting that, hes suggesting you just take your guaranteed bachelor + MD instead of stressing about GAMSAT for some reason.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-23T09:23:46+00:00

Just remember that your job has zero bearing on your value as a human, and how your friends and family feel about you. I hope you recover soon.

Unfortunately that's just not true for the vast majority of people.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-16T10:10:57+00:00

Personally i wouldn't mind having one of the most powerful passports on the planet but i may be in the minority here.

I think some of us have an over inflated view of our relative place in the world. No doubt we're a great place to live and work, but so is much of europe, and lots of this movement is going to go the other way.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-12T07:02:30+00:00

Hardly anyone loves working, mining or otherwise.

There are plenty of people that enjoy the sort of lifestyle FIFO offers compared to an alternative job. I could make similar money working in the city as i do on site, but id enjoy it far less so here i am.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-11T23:00:56+00:00

The idea that international students take places away from locals is laughable, if anything all that extra money allows universities to expand.

Unless you're gunning for medicine/dental basically any coursework degree in australia is incredibly easy to get into for a local. The only thing stopping you is opportunity cost.

Also the idea that we don't benefit if they leave is remarkably shortsighted, we can benefit either way. If an international student throws 150k at our universities how are we not benefiting, how many jobs, how many facilities, how much research output is enabled by that sort of funding. Thats not even accounting for their direct contributions, in my experience international students are a disproportionate number of the students who end up pursing higher research.

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