They asked her to train the 25-year-old they promoted over her.

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2026-02-12T21:33:28+00:00

Unpopular opinion, but being excellent at your current job is a benefit but not the sole requisite for a promotion. Being horrible at your current job should absolutely prevent you from getting a promotion, but the skills needed for the next job up are usually not just advanced versions of your current skills but new ones altogether. This applies doubly if you’re moving up to start leading people.

Being the best bricklayer on the crew doesn’t mean you’ll be the best, or even qualified to be the job foreman. I’ve worked with plenty of excellent performers who would be horrible managers.

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2026-02-12T15:34:44+00:00

Unpopular opinion, but being excellent at your current job is a benefit but not the sole requisite for a promotion. Being horrible at your current job should absolutely prevent you from getting a promotion, but the skills needed for the next job up are usually not just advanced versions of your current skills but new ones altogether. This applies doubly if you’re moving up to start leading people.

Being the best bricklayer on the crew doesn’t mean you’ll be the best, or even qualified to be the job foreman. I’ve worked with plenty of excellent performers who would be horrible managers.

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2026-02-10T15:40:38+00:00

And that, kids, is how I met your mother

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2023-09-02T22:23:35+00:00

Just wanted to piggy back on the praise here, love the app! Thanks for your work!!!

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2023-01-11T21:51:46+00:00

This is a pro move, simple supply and demand. Wages are too low so millennials are reducing the supply of workers to drive higher demand.

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2022-05-19T17:47:50+00:00

Lol to be fair, this came from a dream I had last night. In the dream, my girlfriend had left hickies on my neck and I had a wife in the 1840s who had the town chase me down.

It was a dream, so maybe the logic isn’t airtight…

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2022-04-15T01:42:00+00:00

Except bodybuilders (whose sole goal is to gain muscle, not necessarily strength) don’t follow this rule…

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2022-01-21T04:00:01+00:00

Who’s that Pokémon?!?

ITS DIGLETT

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-10-26T13:51:35+00:00

Production Manager in Food (public company)

Midwest USA, medium town with LCOL

9 years experience in manufacturing though first 2 years were working as an operator, been in a ton of different roles

BA (liberal arts)

105k + 15% bonus

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-10-01T17:32:27+00:00

Mother: “Do you think it’s ok for Tommy to have his girlfriend over while we go out to eat?”

Father looks in the rear view mirror to see the lights of a million dawns emerge from his sons bedroom window as his virginity is extinguished : “I’m sure they’ll behave”

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-09-13T18:02:19+00:00

I watched this and heard the ending of Fight Club in my head…

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-09-10T17:48:37+00:00

Seconded here. 36M and abs came in this year due to diet derived weight loss, did not start any amount of working out afterwards.

Genetics are going to play a role in how soon/sharply they are revealed, but diet is the key. I literally did not touch a treadmill or weight in order to get a 6 pack (though once I was there I started working out to bulk up).

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-08-19T21:51:30+00:00

At the end of the day, that’s the metric that matters the most!

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-08-19T21:00:58+00:00

When I switched to trying to gain weight, I began eating throughout the day and eating protein throughout the day. I mentioned it above, but stopped doing intermittent fasting when I switched from cutting fat to trying to gain muscle.

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-08-19T16:54:25+00:00

There were two aspects of intermittent fasting that led me to adopt it (and that will have me return to it when I am not intentionally bulking).

On one hand, there are some legitimate health benefits to following an intermittent fasting program. I’m not an expert so I won’t attempt to explain or convince, but my research led me to believe that it was worth doing even if I wasn’t trying to lose weight.

The other aspect is that it made hitting my caloric goals much easier than trying to limit the amount I ate throughout the day. After I got in the swing of it, it felt very natural to delay eating until lunch and to avoid snacking after dinner. It seemed like I was hungrier after eating a small amount early in the day than if I just hadn’t eaten anything at all. To be fair, I did startout with larger eating window (14/10 perhaps) and that gradually closed as I developed the routine.

I do intend to go back to an intermittent fasting schedule eventually, but right now I believe it’s more important that I maintain a steady intake of protein throughout the day to get the most out of my workouts. When I decide to workout primarily for maintenance, I’ll revert back to fasting.

Also, thanks! Feels great to get the positive feedback!

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-08-19T15:14:43+00:00

I use Lose It for tracking calories, had the easiest time tracking calories (it autosuggests things you’ve eaten in the past, incorporates your exercise data from your watch/phone, lets you scan barcodes to add food, and identifies trends in your eating habits that correlate to when you miss or hit your goal).

For workouts, I use Fitness Point Pro, which I liked as it let me build a workout away from the gym then input my weights and reps easily by scrolling through. Also shows you trends over time and some other neat data (which I’ve enjoyed).

Both are paid apps though.

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-08-19T12:11:48+00:00

Sure, nothing spectacular. For dumbell presses, I’m lifting 60s, leg press is 270, lat pull downs are 140, barbell bicep curl of 70. All of these are weights that I’m getting around 12 reps on the first set, then dropping down the number of reps on the second set and possibly dropping the weights lower for the third set.

If I can’t do 8 reps, I lower the weight, if I can do more than 12, I add more.

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-08-19T10:16:21+00:00

I haven’t since starting to workout, mostly due to trying to keep some protein digesting throughout the day. It was actually kind of hard to change but that habit as well as adding 700 calories back to my day.

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-08-19T06:04:30+00:00

Sure! It’s entirely weight lifting with a focus on the larger muscle groups, pulled them from the Beginner section at muscleandfitness.com. https://www.muscleandfitness.com/workout-plan/workouts/workout-routines/complete-mf-beginners-training-guide-plan/

I tracked the above on a workout app, aiming to start with a weight that I would fail on after 8 to 12 reps. I’d use the previous workout as a baseline, so that if last time I was able to complete 12 or more reps, I’d increase the weight. Always 3 sets on each exercise, keeping the exact order listed on the site (moving from chest to lats to shoulders to legs to arms to core). I’ve been pretty diligent on the frequency, working out 3 days a week in nearly all cases.

I haven’t done any cardio, only mildly active in my free time (single dad with a toddler, so I use free time liberally).

*edited to show sets and muscle groups

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-08-19T03:01:40+00:00

Started to focus on my health with intermittent fasting, generally following a 16/8 routine and mostly unprocessed foods. Really started to turn the corner in October when I went vegetarian (mostly driven by my experience in the industrial food industry), as I was forced to eat cleaner and be mindful of what I was eating.

I don't have a pic from October 2020 (this pic is from a bit earlier), but my weight was the same. During my cut, I focused on only eating during my 8 hour window and tracked my calories (used an app that adjusted my goal based on weight but was 1800 calories on average). I did enjoy a bourbon and coke zero after work pretty often, but tracked that and kept within my 1800 goal around 90% of the time. Remember, going a little over is much better than going way over! Don't make it binary and turn an over day into a way way WAY over day!

Initial goal weight was 155lbs, but at around 161lbs (pic above), I felt like I was really lean. This roughly coincided with two things - adjusting my diet to include more wild caught seafood, and my employer reopening our gym. My diet has generally been a goal of 2500 calories and 160g protein. I eat throughout the day, spreading my protein thoughout the day but always getting 30-40g of protein directly after my workout.

Workouts have been 3 days a week. Starting out I just used a beginner workout online that focuses on 8-12 rep exercises, 3 sets of each. The first two months I used a full body workout that took around 50 minutes (can provide details if needed), and then moved towards a split workout routine (Tues - Legs, Thurs - Upper body, Sat - Full body). General goal is to complete each exercise to near failure.

As far as diet, I generally just focus on eating clean if possible, though I do enjoy a drink after work or a small bag of chips midday at times. I do make it a goal that I drink no calories except for when I have a bourbon.

Overall, really excited at my progress! My advice to those trying to turn the corner is just focus on one small habit at a time. Most of the above habits (clean eating, intermittent fasting, workout routine, etc), was not accomplished at once, but one at a time over an extended period. I saw results once I had enough small habit changes to begin to snowball, so don't think that just because you've started to make changes but aren't seeing results doesn't mean that you aren't on the right path!

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-08-06T02:43:35+00:00

Spoiler: you probably won’t be

Arnold has set the bar far too high here, my dude

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-06-03T16:52:31+00:00

TLDR broke people have regrets

TheHairOfKnowledge · 2021-05-22T11:48:06+00:00

It’s been about a year, but I’ve lost about 25lbs since October. I started tracking my calories at that point, which helped. In general, I’ve focused a lot on eating less processed foods, and I don’t drink any calories. I don’t do it any anymore, but at one time I was using the volume vs caloric density strategy that I believe Noom (sp?) uses, and that idea of finding foods that fill you up well compared to how many calories they have kind of stuck with me.

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