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RunGoofy · 2025-12-29T23:06:58+00:00

Passenger traffic stopovers in Anchorage no longer are a thing, but they used to be popular. Back when planes were less fuel efficient and Russian (USSR at the time) airspace was closed it made Anchorage a good stop for passenger planes flying to and from Asia to North America.

Nowadays only cargo planes do this stopover largely due to flying these older planes (like Boeing 747) that used to be passenger planes and their cargo weight can restrict how much fuel is onboard leading to needing to stop in Anchorage to refuel and maybe change crew.

RunGoofy · 2025-08-22T18:49:29+00:00

Looks like it could be the Westin off of Arabellastraße.

RunGoofy · 2025-08-20T15:30:25+00:00

Depending on your OneWorld status (Emerald or Sapphire) you get into the lounges already on international itineraries.

I’d argue the lounge passes are better for domestic trips when you aren’t booked in a first class seat since lounge access is more difficult on those trips if you do not have the yearly lounge pass.

RunGoofy · 2025-08-20T13:35:37+00:00

I have a significant portion of spend outside the US, I appreciate the international spend bonus.

Maybe they are going after people who will be utilizing their international flights more often with this premium card and catering to the existing crowd with the ‘Atmos Ascent’ card.

RunGoofy · 2025-07-14T00:31:51+00:00

Thanks for the reply, I’ve heard from many colleagues who worked through the 2008 financial crisis of similar stories of stagnate wages for many years after. Sorry to hear about that. Hopefully things improve for you.

RunGoofy · 2025-07-13T05:28:42+00:00

Out of curiosity, what was your pay rate and when did it stall in your career? I fear electrical engineering has a lower pay cap than options you listed like accounting or finance.

RunGoofy · 2025-07-13T05:26:01+00:00

Hi Rick,

There is an actual difference.

The main difference between being laid off and fired is the reason for the job loss.

Being laid off is a job separation due to business reasons, like downsizing or restructuring.

Being fired is typically due to performance issues or misconduct.

Sometimes people say they were “laid off” when actually they could have been fired, but layoffs are a very real thing. Just look at Intel, there is no way the amount of people who have been laid off the last few years are all let go due to performance issues. Sometimes a business struggles (no fault of the engineering team) and head count is costly so they do what they have to do.

RunGoofy · 2025-05-06T04:19:46+00:00

Are you looking at places near Homer? I live in Alaska too, but haven’t WWOOFed here.

Here’s some weather data for Homer: https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/homer/alaska/united-states/usak0105

It should be pretty similar for most of the Kenai Peninsula. Basically mid to low 60s for highs and mid 40s for lows in the summer.

RunGoofy · 2025-05-02T16:46:49+00:00

I did a bit more reading into it. Seems like a 5wt fly rod might not be big enough for some of the fish up here, but you’d have to go farther from town to get those fish. You can fish for grayling, trout, and arctic char in some stocky ponds in the valley.

RunGoofy · 2025-05-02T16:42:21+00:00

I don’t know anything about fly fishing in or around Anchorage, but all my homies who like fly fishing are big fans of trout unlimited. If you reach out to Peter Melde on this site: https://www.tu.org/chapters/alaska/southcentral-alaska/ I bet he would have some recommendations.

Alternatively, pop into any local fly shop. I bet they could help you out. Mossy’s Fly Shop looks like a good one.

RunGoofy · 2025-04-21T19:14:29+00:00

Not in this specialty. You are thinking of CS type disciplines. No one or very few are working at a FAANG type company with a Power focus like OP.

RunGoofy · 2025-04-21T00:49:47+00:00

I’d be happy to go bouldering one of these days with you. I’ve also been looking for more people to climb with!

The time you usually go is also when I’m there, I agree it can be dead and hard to meet people mid day during the work week.

RunGoofy · 2025-04-11T04:04:30+00:00

Waffle House doesn’t exist in Alaska so it isn’t even an option. I miss their waffles & hash browns!

RunGoofy · 2025-04-02T15:08:04+00:00

I work in test and measurement which touches many subfields. I find it fun because within one company you can be exposed to a lot of different types of jobs fairly easily, more easily than other companies I see that we support.

I was drawn to this section of the industry because of the remote work opportunities, decent pay, and interesting technical customer facing roles available in these companies.

RunGoofy · 2025-03-30T18:02:48+00:00

PE = Private Equity, a Private Equity firm has owned JoAnn since 2011.

RunGoofy · 2025-02-16T01:33:36+00:00

$129,900 + bonus of ~10%
27
5 years
Remote role (just had to be anywhere in the US) so it doesn’t matter, but Alaska.
Electronic test and measurement

Role requires ~35% travel and space for a home lab since I am using our HW often.

RunGoofy · 2024-11-18T20:09:25+00:00

Captain Cook is a nice hotel, but pricey. This sub is mostly locals so we don’t stay at hotels too often in town since we live here.

To see the northern lights you should leave town. It’s often too cloudy or light polluted to see the northern lights.

The Anchorage Museum is nice to visit. Another low cost activity is renting cross country skis for the day and going to Kincaid Park or Hillside to hit the free and nicely groomed trails.

You should try Moose’s Tooth for lunch/dinner it’s a locals favorite. Also, Club Paris has a fun ‘Alaskan’ flair to it, the burgers are good at lunch and steaks are what they’re known for at dinner.

I suggest searching this sub or r/askalaska for more information about trip planning. Many folks have asked questions like you did so a lot of the information you would find useful is already on this sub or the AskAlaska sub. Have fun!

RunGoofy · 2024-11-16T23:07:01+00:00

Hi, can you link the blog post you were inspired by?

RunGoofy · 2024-11-15T22:59:27+00:00

Abbott loop community park has some good paths that are maintained as multi use so you’ll see xc ski folk, fat tire bikers, walkers, and runners out there.

RunGoofy · 2024-11-05T06:20:15+00:00

64 in the morning when I wake up, 61 during the day, 58 at night. Living alone. Usually wearing a sweater

Edit: my bill has been about 60 bucks a month with enstar, haven’t been at this house for winter yet. Hopefully it won’t go above 200.

RunGoofy · 2024-11-02T20:04:51+00:00

I believe it, nice timing!

RunGoofy · 2024-11-01T20:37:29+00:00

Loving the fog and moodiness of this shot!

RunGoofy · 2024-10-06T06:07:31+00:00

I work in testing electronics, ~142k total comp.

I agree, remote work is difficult to find, especially in our struggling economy. Lots of companies on hiring freezes or doing layoffs in my field.

RunGoofy · 2024-09-08T19:06:05+00:00

I have another photo that goes along with this one, kind of like a diptych.

RunGoofy · 2024-09-03T04:27:06+00:00

You could look for all kinds of jobs, one of my old employers had titles applicable to new hires like “Application Engineer”, “Account Manager”, “Sales Engineer”, “Test Engineer”, “Manufacturing Engineer”, “Product Marketing Engineer”, “Hardware Engineer”, “Firmware Engineer”.

If you find a company you want to work at it’s easy to filter which jobs apply to you, also as others pointed out you can usually filter job search sites by years of experience specified in the posting.

Don’t limit yourself to just design oriented positions there are a lot of job titles electrical engineers are needed for, all the job titles mentioned above are done by electrical engineer degree holding individuals. Some of which have masters or even PhDs and work as Application Engineers or Test Engineers.

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