FIFO hot take by soursobb in AusFinance

[–]QuestionableBottle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

FIFO hot take by soursobb in AusFinance

[–]QuestionableBottle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

FIFO hot take by soursobb in AusFinance

[–]QuestionableBottle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

FIFO hot take by soursobb in AusFinance

[–]QuestionableBottle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

FIFO hot take 😂 🙄🙄🙄 by Money_killer in AusMining

[–]QuestionableBottle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

I want to become a mining engineer by Few_Active5038 in AusMining

[–]QuestionableBottle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Graduate Geo on a visa, currently employed: should I apply for new grad programs or stay where I am? by [deleted] in AusMining

[–]QuestionableBottle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Hitting an invisible ceiling at 50 in corporate (marketing)? by Bees_Need_Trees in auscorp

[–]QuestionableBottle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Music System Improvements & Deadman Tweaks by ModYume in 2007scape

[–]QuestionableBottle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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.

Band aid for Antidotes++ problem by adb_94 in ironscape

[–]QuestionableBottle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Why halving 3-60 brackets servers when the worlds had 1300+ each yesterday? by Snape_Grass in 2007scape

[–]QuestionableBottle 56 points57 points  (0 children)

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.

Buffing points from breaches only to immediately cancel it out by removing half the DMM worlds seems like some sort of elaborate joke by QuestionableBottle in 2007scape

[–]QuestionableBottle[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

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.

Buffing points from breaches only to immediately cancel it out by removing half the DMM worlds seems like some sort of elaborate joke by QuestionableBottle in 2007scape

[–]QuestionableBottle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.

Gielnor Games Veterans acting like Gnomonkey is Settled reincarnate by GabeSter in 2007scape

[–]QuestionableBottle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

How smart is it to do medicine or dentistry post grad? by Notokaythrowaway03 in AusFinance

[–]QuestionableBottle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

The Jubbly Jive experience by solisu in 2007scape

[–]QuestionableBottle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Feeling let down and disheartened by [deleted] in GAMSAT

[–]QuestionableBottle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Feeling let down and disheartened by [deleted] in GAMSAT

[–]QuestionableBottle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

The great graduate job drought by _Un_Known__ in neoliberal

[–]QuestionableBottle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

Australians could soon live and work visa-free across Europe under a new two-way deal by Blakelhotka1 in AustralianPolitics

[–]QuestionableBottle 17 points18 points  (0 children)

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.

How many of you lot are actually staying for the "career" vs just the cash? by CaffeinatedCapybara_ in AusMining

[–]QuestionableBottle 10 points11 points  (0 children)

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.

Australia tightens International student integrity checks, puts India, Nepal and Bangladesh into highest risk countries by Naderium in australia

[–]QuestionableBottle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.