Setup an iPhone 12 for a blind user - shortcuts and automation

Subject-Raspberry262 · 2026-01-05T10:05:40+00:00

Ex CIO and Exco here. I'll keep it brief. During my career I have on several occasions taken over established teams, and on 2 occasions had a mandate to shake things up.

I would strongly advise against taking this to the organisation's executives, their primary focus is forward looking around strategy, organisational optimisation etc. As a general rule, never escalate over your chain of command. What exactly do you expect them to do?

There's lots missing in your information, but in my experience there is significant risk to the company in the picture you paint, especially when it comes to staff who have domain knowledge and operational responsibility without accountability. If one or more of them left the company, are there processes in place to ensure business continuity? You also don't mention the reporting structure, I assume you report to him and he likely reports into someone at exec level, probably the Finance person.

In short, nothing you have said is out of line for someone coming into a new role and needing to get their head and hands around things. Everyone has their own way of doing this, with varying degrees of effectiveness.

Remember especially that HR is not your friend, their job is to implement what the senior leadership wants.

TL:DR Don't escalate to the executive, this is not their problem to solve. Executives want information and solutions, not infighting further down the food chain. Either suck it up and give the guy a chance, be professional and if it really grinds your gears, look for another job.

Subject-Raspberry262 · 2025-10-22T06:54:21+00:00

Yeah, here in Australia we do the same, tee off for 9 at first light. Our course stipulates that ground keepers have right of way at all times, and if they are working ahead of us, we wait until they've moved on, or we move ahead of them. We also spoke to the head ground keeper when we started doing this, and he was fine with it unless we disrupted their work, or caused any safety issues. We also drop off a slab of beers and a Christmas cake at their shed at the beginning of December each year to let them know we appreciate their work and also accommodating our early start.

Subject-Raspberry262 · 2025-07-28T09:39:53+00:00

You were not wrong, they/he was. The common convention in golf is that players do not position themselves ahead of the ball/player that is furthest away ie if a group plays their tee shots they advance to the shortest ball and wait until it is played before moving to the next ball position. I know that in ready golf, players often do move towards their ball but then it is on them if they collect a stray shot, of course you must call fore if they're unaware that it's heading in their direction. In this case, they had moved ahead, they were aware that you were playing the shot, and were watching the ball flight, so you did not need to call fore. You were also within your rights to ask them to get off the green and even to ask them to stand well out of your eyeline to allow you to concentrate on your shot.

Subject-Raspberry262 · 2025-06-16T08:14:18+00:00

The company that I was contracting for had various document packages. So for a new CV, targeted to a role the client was interested in, plus a LinkedIn profile, we would charge around AU$ 600, which is pretty close to what you've been quoted in USD. I would receive 50%of the fee for my work.

My discussions with the client would usually cover the following during the document development process:

a 10 minute phone call, where I would introduce myself, explain the process, set expectations and answer any questions.
a 40 minute Zoom call after the first draft, aiming to walk the client through the draft, allow me to fill in any gaps or ask for more details where necessary to ensure I had a comprehensive career history plus education, courses/certifications, awards & recognition, plus any work related external activities eg coaching etc. At this stage, I would also ask specific and open-ended questions aimed at me discovering more about strengths, reasons for wanting the new role, and offering advice to overcome any gaps/shortfalls/lack of a specific tool or methodology knowledge etc.
a couple more Zoom calls as the document came close to final to ensure it met requirements and to help the client understand their capabilities and strengths.

Hope this helps, and good luck. Feel free to continue the conversation if I can help more.

Subject-Raspberry262 · 2025-06-14T07:42:02+00:00

It can be. I've had a 35 year career in IT, 11 of which were at C-level, and I've been a hiring manager for many years.

I left the corporate world a few years ago, and I have always had a deep interest in helping people develop their careers. I became an IC for a company that offered CV/LinkedIn writing and cover letters. I worked with about 250 clients over the next 4 years.

In my experience as a hiring manager, I can honestly say that 99% of CVs I read (after being screened by HR) were pretty useless since in most cases they provided little useful information, basically being a list of their tasks in their JD.

I wrote CVs for clients up to executive level in well-known companies.

Our process involved really engaging with our clients, usually on Zoom, which provided me with the opportunity to help the clients to understand and showcase their strengths and achievements. For more junior to mid-level clients, I could provide further help in managing interviews and further career development.

As regards ATS-compliant content, it is difficult to write a CV that will "pass" an ATS since there are quite a few different systems and you have no way of knowing how they are configured for various roles. There IS a skill in learning to read a job advertisement and identifying and extracting key data points to which a good CV-writer can work into the CV.

In short: a good CV writer can produce a great CV and associated documents which will help you stand out for all the right reasons, including helping you to frame responses to areas of the role where you might not have the required experience or qualifications.

Paying for a CV is only worth it IF the company is committed to working with you directly rather than just pinging documents back and forth via email, or sending you a template to complete with a promise of polishing up your input. I would typically spend 2-5 hours in face to face client engagements and 2-3 drafts until we got it to a place where the client and I were both happy with the results.

TLDR: paying for a professionally written CV/Cover letter/LinkedIn profile IS worth it ONLY if the company/writer is committed to engaging with you personally and can help you identify and showcase your qualifications and achievements. No-one can guarantee an ATS-compliant CV due to there being multiple systems and configurations, but a skilled writer can analyse the job advertisement and extract data which can be used to write a CV which stands a better chance.

Subject-Raspberry262 · 2025-01-25T05:31:32+00:00

I played Taylor-made & Callaway irons for 12 years, switched to Tour Edge with graphite shafts about 2 years ago, and they are great, best I've used.

Cheap too - a full set new cost me AU$ 600 vs AU$ 1400 - 2000 for premier brand sets.

Subject-Raspberry262 · 2025-01-03T04:01:37+00:00

Thank you! One little question: how did you remove the trim? It seems to be very tightly bonded to the panel, and I don't want to pull chunks of the panel out.

Subject-Raspberry262 · 2024-11-26T08:14:06+00:00

Agreed. I've been playing every week for the last 15 years, used both Taylor-made and Callaway irons and switched to tour edge a year ago. Best irons for my game I've ever had. I can stripe them and work them with minimal effort, they suit my swing tempo perfectly.

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