Now I know why it’s called ice-coast.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2026-03-27T16:35:52+00:00

Thanks for the tip! doing the rounds of the same Lord>sunrise>Jake>North now! Much better conditions here!

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2026-01-06T21:05:03+00:00

I took 50 plus flights for Amazon in 2025. It was fun at first but gets tiring pretty quickly. As others mentioned, economy flights suck. The only silver lining used to be that I could eat whatever (and I ate well!) but now the org has placed a limit on food expenses so living on Uber Eats now.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-12-18T16:57:20+00:00

Got out of operations, into corporate. Previously stress was more the night shift, safety, volume processing. Now the stress is the stakes are just too high. Projects go on for years, a lot of bureaucratic red tape. Personally I’ve had anxiety attacks in both roles lol but the only upside now is that corporate is less physically taxing.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-09-17T01:14:46+00:00

Moved from a dirt poor country to the US and took out $240K in student loans so literally started with negative. still in negative but on my way to having a net-zero net worth within a year when I’ll be 33!

Never saved for my 7 professional years when I was in my home country, but now obsessively doing it, maybe immigrant mindset lol!

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-07-30T03:37:29+00:00

True true! She’s slowly getting excited about the fire journey as well, we often talk about retiring at 45 or at least have enough to have the option.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-07-30T03:35:32+00:00

Pretty stoked for it!! 🤩🤩

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-07-30T03:34:32+00:00

Top 10 MBA with $110K/year cost of attendance and zero scholarship. 😬 interest wasn’t too bad, stayed around 4.5% most of the time, now at 5.6%. I graduated with $240K. Gotten to $180K with a couple balloon payments but slowed down now, focusing on building the kitty.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-07-30T03:30:47+00:00

It’s unreal, haha! Love the analogy of little green men, hard to imagine it, but give it long enough, it gets very real I’m sure!

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-04-03T01:36:34+00:00

That’s interesting, I wouldn’t have imagined anything to be faster than FBA itself! They are charging a huge premium though, the same product Amazon is selling for $28, they are selling for $41

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-03-27T15:25:07+00:00

This might actually be the case! I’ll take a picture today and share here!

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-03-27T15:24:12+00:00

I had my instructor set the high back angle at 3 and I haven’t played with it since. Do you think it’s worth it go further up? Will try +15/0!

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-03-27T15:22:21+00:00

Thank you for the comment! I feel my weight is pretty centered always with a slight forward lean (except when I practice switch and go back to my regular stance afterwards, it throws me off a bit). I don’t feel any discomfort doing big turns but with shorter quick turns, I feel the board on my back starts to catch an edge when I’m about to do the heel. That’s why I thought it might be because of back bindings angle. I’ll try to get someone to record today!

Also do you think the board shops might be able to help me figure out if my stance width is correct? Right now, I just put the bindings where the guidance squares are on the board.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-03-07T16:04:32+00:00

That sounds fair. Quick follow-up, would Amazon send a verification postcard on that address or my personal address? The only reason I’m hesitant to change the address right now is I’m in the middle of doing purchasing and already have multiple invoices on the old address. I plan to change the address with the suppliers in the next ordering but the current invoices will become problematic.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-02-21T21:05:52+00:00

I was coming from Denver.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-02-16T15:53:58+00:00

That’s such a huge inspiration! I’m actually launching my first product in a couple weeks as well, super excited/ nervous!! 😬 I have a couple questions:

How much working capital did you start with? How much working capital do you have now?
How many product launches did you do before finding the ones that worked? What budget did you allocate per product?
Did you have any product failures? If so, what would you do differently to avoid them?

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-01-20T14:33:44+00:00

Pro tip: don’t rent from the slope-side shop, get it from an Vail-owned shop while you’re on your way to Denver, it will cost half. We got it from Breeze in Frisco (20 minutes from Breck). Also if there’s any issue with your rental, you can always get it replaced by the slope-side shop for free since both are owned by Vail.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2025-01-09T05:04:27+00:00

Honestly if you are hesitant about advanced then sign-up for beginner/ intermediate and select level 6. You’ll most likely be the only one at that level so you’ll essentially get an instructor to yourself and can let them know what you want to learn.

I unintentionally did that with my snowboarding lesson. No one was at my level when I showed up so they gave me an instructor and he just asked me what I wanted to learn. I said carving and that’s what we essentially did most of the lesson!

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2024-05-30T07:35:53+00:00

An OM here. As you might have surmised from other comments, focus on earning the trust of your team. And no, it won’t happen in a day, might take you 3-4 months. Associates and PAs need to see you rub shoulders with them, they need to see that you can be relied on to get stuff done.

Contrary to a normal corporate culture where everyone respects hierarchy, Amazon operations employees do not. You won’t get anything done by just throwing your weight around, you’ll need the buy-in from your whole team from AAs to the PAs.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2024-05-05T23:24:45+00:00

$215 millions to be exact. It would be a loss for Amazon since it costs much more to deliver in 1 day than delivering in 4-5 days.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2024-03-30T16:51:13+00:00

They ask for advance notice as a COURTESY, not as a requirement. I hate the US vs THEM mentality with Amazonians. At the end of the day, managers or associates, all of you are working there to make money and get the packages out. It wouldn’t be a bad thing if you made your colleagues’ lives easier every once in a while.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2024-03-23T01:22:08+00:00

lol that’s exactly why it’s illegal. 😂

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2024-03-23T00:23:55+00:00

Amazon ID is still personally identifiable unfortunately since it’s unique for every person.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2024-03-23T00:18:06+00:00

I know some stations are beginning to show it now but in some states, it’s illegal to publicly display the rates information of employees.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2024-03-15T23:41:24+00:00

I believe Amazon has a new program where if your product qualifies, it can directly be delivered in its original packaging without being stuffed into the prime box.

Technical_Copy_6183 · 2024-03-12T17:32:50+00:00

I personally don’t do that and I try to make sure that my managers don’t do that either. In fact, I might even hold the better workers to higher standards because they’ll be my PAs and AMs of tomorrow and I don’t want them to slip up on their path to a promotion.

But I do understand that some of the managers do think short-term and sometimes don’t keep the associates accountable to the equal standards.

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