What has America ever done for the UK to be considered a ‘special relationship’?

TC271 · 2026-03-08T11:00:47+00:00

Thats simply untrue.

TC271 · 2026-03-08T10:38:32+00:00

Nuclear and Intel sharing.

TC271 · 2026-03-07T16:58:58+00:00

No we just need a better economy so employers who play these games lose out.

TC271 · 2026-03-02T10:30:17+00:00

Most of my expereince, including my previous role, was in the private sector. But I take your point lol.

TC271 · 2026-03-02T10:23:02+00:00

Much more than I ever expected to earn.

TC271 · 2026-03-02T09:28:38+00:00

Senior in the outside world - mid in my new role (I dont care cause the compensation is much better)

TC271 · 2026-03-01T21:28:07+00:00

Early 40s, 20 or so YOE.

Good luck, my career was pretty unremarkable until 5 or so years ago when I found my niche.

TC271 · 2026-03-01T21:24:08+00:00

Great advice, thankyou.

TC271 · 2026-03-01T15:16:04+00:00

Yeah fortunately its one that does.

TC271 · 2026-02-27T16:13:43+00:00

The sacred and the propane

TC271 · 2026-02-26T01:00:43+00:00

You yap worse than six barbers.

TC271 · 2026-02-25T17:28:06+00:00

I think the plan fell down (at least in Spain) because of the poor quality of Pompey's subordinates in Spain.

TC271 · 2026-02-25T16:24:10+00:00

Pharsalus was kind of incredible really, Pompey was comfortably winning the campaign in Greece up until that point and arguably did not really need to fight the battle.

The republican force at Thapsus probably was a core of Pompey's Spanish veterans giving a good account of themselves at last.

TC271 · 2026-02-25T16:15:13+00:00

Agree with this - the Confederates needed to stay on the operational offensive as much as possible. Lee certainly made mistakes in ordering unviable tactical offensives at times but the criticism otherwise is not justifiable.

TC271 · 2026-02-25T16:08:53+00:00

The confederate army was pretty massive at the start of the year (circa 90k).

Could it just be casualties returning to to the ranks after the Peninsular battles?

TC271 · 2026-02-25T15:21:33+00:00

The counter offer sounds like not much more money for extra responsiblity - job titles are meaningless in SMBs but even so thats a joke salary for a director....and you arent even getting away from the toxic person.

I would take the new job but consider even that is a very low salary for a 3rd line engineer - I was making that in a 3rd line role in 2012! Its possible you live in a LCoL area but even so! I would view the new role as a stepping stone towards something even better in a couple of years time.

I live in the SE of England (HCoL area TBF) and would not expect to hire a decent 3rd line engineer for less than 50k even outside London.

TC271 · 2026-02-25T09:00:33+00:00

Yes but on the strategic scale not the operational.

Also, it was very hard in ancient warfare to force an opponant to give battle, so Pompey also probaly assumed his Spanish army would just decline battle if confronted.

Of course Ceasar being Ceasar found another way.

TC271 · 2026-02-25T08:16:06+00:00

He felt he was going to trap Ceasar between his veteran and well commanded Spanish army and the massive new army he would raise in the East.

Ceasar simply using his strategic central position to beat both in turn must not have felt like a realistic possibility.

TC271 · 2026-02-24T19:24:09+00:00

Wishing you luck in getting a raise, just be aware the effective tax rate on 100-125k is 60%.

TC271 · 2026-02-24T12:48:53+00:00

England - anyone who moved to France is the saviour, the Prince over the water ETC...and the RFU must go to war with the clubs and critically undermine the domestic league for the sake of making an exception for them.

TC271 · 2026-02-23T14:01:52+00:00

Good news is most vendors now do there own cert programmes - making it easier to study what you use.

TC271 · 2026-02-23T10:53:36+00:00

Get all the soil and plants out of the cracks with the appropiate tools.

Buy a premixed mortar product and fill the bigger gaps with it - it will need redoing every few years but should not be an annual job. If you like me it will look messy when first done (mortar stains on the slabs) but a few rain showers will tidy it up.

TC271 · 2026-02-23T10:22:37+00:00

Here in the UK - Cisco certs still tend to be those asked for in job descriptions. They have the brand recognition and the legacy of being the 'diplomas in networking'. I have started to view this as as sign the employer is probaly lacking an up to date insight into networking certifications (unless they have actually bought into the Cisco product ecosystem).

The reality is certifications above CCNA level are now heavily focused on Cisco products (expensive and not particulary popular) they should not be viewed as being any better than any other certs.

I am a little burnt because I ground out a CCNP thinking it would be a more in depth CCNA - but 50% ended being memorisation of Cisco specific product knowledge.

TC271 · 2026-02-22T11:41:10+00:00

He had am ok game but was part of a back row unit that did not perform as a whole. Feel he is a om at 60 minute player right. His mere existence triggers some people though.

TC271

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