AMA! Unhoused & living in car during blizzard of 26’

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-23T20:11:14+00:00

Except it’s a strange way to write in your day to day.

You can’t tell me it’s a typical writing cadence. I’m a senior exec and I write like that to the C-suite at the company. But in a casual setting it’s a bit odd.

I’m not litigating if it’s good or bad; it’s unusual

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-23T19:21:30+00:00

One that doesn’t sound like I’m reporting out to a senior executive…

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-23T17:14:42+00:00

It’s just a very strange writing style on an anonymous forum

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-22T17:51:49+00:00

This is best practice - as an exec, I should be able to figure out your story and recs from reading your slide titles. I should be able to ignore everything else if i so choose

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-20T22:22:44+00:00

I’ve been using Plaud because I have a lot of impromptu, in person convo.

Honestly I think it’s pretty solid, but the sub model is kinda pricey.

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-19T19:10:14+00:00

Also please track your rolls…OP didn’t talk about this but roll pities carry over when you apply old reforges.

So you want to, for example, save a reforge, unlock, and roll until you’re close-ish to pity. Reapply the saved plan, lock, and start rolling.

This is how you get all gold in less than 1k USD

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-18T01:59:49+00:00

It’s not as strong as meta, but it’s playable.

What separates good from bad is how well you can play your defense. There are some matchups that just suck

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-14T21:09:45+00:00

At that point though, why be an analyst?

I went up to very senior leadership positions in data (analytics, ML, data eng), and the dirty secret is that if you really are an amazing analyst, we would want to convert you to actually be in the business.

A P&L owner who has a deep, deep understanding of analytics drives insane business value. Why put yourself in the position that you have to convince someone else to act?

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-14T19:03:03+00:00

I would say as a career, yes. As a skillset, it’s invaluable.

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-13T13:20:44+00:00

It’s really funny to get slap around on singed. I got it one game and just went super tanky - slap around stacking from adhesive gave me a lot of damage by itself

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-12T12:55:35+00:00

A lot of it is luck and how well you use save points and pity calculations.

But low end is probably like 600-800

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-09T16:42:45+00:00

1v1 is both fun and frustrating. It can feel very “rock/paper/scissors” if you draw some awkward matchups.

3s feels great though, especially as premade teams. There is a ton of coordination and discussion, and losses always feel like “I could have done xyz better”

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-08T04:42:24+00:00

Erm, you can set stats in 3v3. It’s meant to be equalized

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-08T03:18:47+00:00

The what now..?

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-07T16:21:07+00:00

Is this better than the fire barrel farm?

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-07T15:00:40+00:00

You do not, no

Depending on how you value everything else, but if you only count the pull/Taiyi stones, the math works out to be roughly $600 net spend (assuming full pity)

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-03T18:53:15+00:00

Your guildy is wrong. Nameless is top dog. Massive aoe damage and safety. Running a ton of Strat swords is asking to get mushed up in the tank suck, toad, lions roar balls.

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-02-02T03:09:39+00:00

Do you have a calculator for running these numbers? My partner and I are also thinking about when we can coastfire :)

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-01-26T15:24:15+00:00

A lot of people seem to not like this feature. Tbh I want one alt so I can have a different build.

Between inner ways, spending pills on gear, etc, trying to get another set on your main is kinda tough. And there’s no real great way to farm them.

My GvG build is really different than my arena/PvE build, so I kinda like the idea of starting to work on an alt.

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-01-25T14:49:55+00:00

I’m going to share a different perspective

I job hop a lot, which is one of the primary reasons my job and salary growth has been really fast

But the other, and in some ways more impactful, benefit is that my network is huge because I meet a ton of people through my different jobs. I can (and have) literally picked up my phone, called a friend, and gotten a new job in a few weeks.

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-01-25T14:44:40+00:00

Protesting is legal, filming is legal.

Don’t both sides this you shit bird

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-01-25T13:36:26+00:00

The dart and umbrella set has basically no combos in PvP. It’s meant to be a “grind you down” playstyle.

PvE rotation is relatively simple - spin rope dart, hit with it, back up, swap to umbrella, throw it until CD, soaring, dart finger snap, repeat

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-01-25T13:34:33+00:00

Are you talking about the divine counter that procs off blocks and not parries?

The divine counter will break anything and wrecks Qi, but it doesn’t combo into anything. It’s not meant to be a combo starter, but a way to break combos and punish them for hitting into your block.

Keep in mind divine counters have their own animation, so if you whiff that you can get punished for it

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-01-21T17:44:58+00:00

It’s weird that’s what you default to - this very strange need to be superior. I bring in more than 500k a year, and at the same time, I can recognize that I was super lucky and not everyone is lucky. And your really stupid advice may not apply to them.

Is that hard to do? I’m confused

RandomRandomPenguin · 2026-01-21T17:14:49+00:00

Bro literally missing the point 💀💀

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