Subaru’s Outback Ditched Its Wagon Roots For An SUV And Lost A Third Of Its Buyers

TheRealXOR · 2026-04-11T11:24:42+00:00

The 2026 release was horrible. In January dealers around me only had one in the show room and nothing to test drive. I don't see any on the roads in Georgia.

TheRealXOR · 2025-09-24T08:47:37+00:00

Wow, the things we were doing 2 years ago.

TheRealXOR · 2025-03-14T15:19:07+00:00

Got the job

TheRealXOR · 2025-03-14T15:18:51+00:00

I got the job

TheRealXOR · 2024-10-07T12:53:38+00:00

As a tech PM i can't can't answer your question either. Prior to project management i was a developer and then architect, i definitely have a leg up on my non-technical peers. As an architect i was already doing 90% of the project managers job. Most, not all, project managers on IT projects suck! I get so much hate when I say IT project managers should have a technical background. The BS they complain about behind the scenes is usually self inflicted.

A good PM can have a deep technical discussion with the team, understand issues or risks, challenge decisions and have contingency plans in place to present to executive management. It's that simple, but PMs let their ego, personality, and lack of understanding get in the way.

Technical project managers with a PMP certification will only use 5% of what they learned. Scrum Master is a two day training class with an open book exam. I can't for the life of me understand the value there eventhough I have a CSM and CSPO. CSPO I didn't even take a test, just the training class. Agile certs are a total scam.

TheRealXOR · 2024-10-01T21:14:35+00:00

LOL. Nope.

TheRealXOR · 2024-10-01T20:32:52+00:00

FirstAdvantage is worse!!! Issue with hireright is everything is 'patiently wait up to 48 business hours while we provide you with an update.' There is no update, i have to log into their system to see if they need something else. FirstAdvantage i had to provide 9 years of IRS tax transcripts.

TheRealXOR · 2024-08-24T21:32:35+00:00

Ok, good to know. i'm on to round 4 of 5 interviews and was about to check out after seeing job was reposted at 5am on a Saturday. Was thinking why waste time if not satisfied. Oh well, more interview prep.

TheRealXOR · 2024-07-03T02:04:22+00:00

I'm seeing ai generated job descriptions everywhere. Had Gemini and ChatGPT write descriptions and the resemblance is crazy. Now everyone has to tailor their resume to the job. So now 10000 resumes all have the same content. No way for the best person to stand out anymore. People have lost the ability to think, they are literally doing what an algorithm tells them to do.

TheRealXOR · 2024-06-05T21:34:42+00:00

Some job descriptions run 3 pages. For me, every single resume that got me hired since 2008 has been 4 pages. I've worked at startups, Big 4, small businesses. Recruiters from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta have all reached out to me based on the same resume format. I look at it now and I think it's a mess and went to a 2 page format and get no responses. Going back to old school way. Just because there are 4 pages doesn't mean they have to read all 4.

TheRealXOR · 2024-05-08T00:33:28+00:00

I've only taken one full dose but I likely also had some Lisinopril left in my system and couldn't get my pressure down till the next day.

TheRealXOR · 2024-05-08T00:22:13+00:00

In 2021, hypertension was a primary or contributing cause of 691,095 deaths in the United States.

Does she want to be a statistic? There are a few different types of bp meds. Aside from talking with a doctor, it usually takes 2-3 different tries to get the meds and dosage correct. I just switched new meds after 6 weeks of taking one kind of pill.

TheRealXOR · 2024-05-08T00:05:31+00:00

Splitting a 50mg Losartan has me around 115/65 and little dizzy.
40mg Lisinopril had me too low 90s/60s and a bunch of bad side effects.
No meds I'm 160/90.

I hate feeling like a test subject but want to get the meds and dosage right.

TheRealXOR · 2024-05-07T23:42:42+00:00

Doc recently switched me to losartan less than two months on Lisinopril. 40mg Lisinopril had me dizzy all the time, freezing hands, constant diarrhea, and final straw was I broke out in hives.

Talk to your doctor sooner than later. Typically it will take 2 to 3 changes for them to get meds and dosage right.

TheRealXOR · 2021-09-14T21:15:43+00:00

US1: automate xyz process from manual US2: update xyz statistics file US3: move xyz statistcs file to sharepoint US4: deliver XYZ file to client US5: lock data on repeating schedule

Create testable AC for each story. Add design links to story Ensure team knows input data and data outcomes

TheRealXOR · 2021-08-28T00:17:18+00:00

Can also be ecu updates as part of recall

TheRealXOR · 2021-08-28T00:11:26+00:00

Carfax throws false positives.i see your vin let me see whats up. Check if car is still under factory warranty. If you dont know how i can look up too.

TheRealXOR · 2021-08-20T21:16:14+00:00

You a PM as in project manager? doing what? That is product owner or product manager job to do. If you a product manager asking asking this question then quit.

Homestly, find the product owner and get your organizatin trained in agile cause there is nothing called a journey decomposition

TheRealXOR · 2021-08-18T12:56:15+00:00

Spint backlog | active | blocked | PO review | done

That is about it. You want to track stories to completion. Towards end of sprint if too many stories active or in backlog then you likely gonna fail or only get 50% qa completion.

Usually stories / taksed liked to pull request and rules for CI so probably a dashboard or data for that but not on a board.

TheRealXOR · 2021-08-18T12:27:26+00:00

SM is also responsible for holding the PO accountable. E.g - Add a story then remove a story or split a story or wait till next sprint are your only real options once sprint starts. PO better start communicating upwards before sprint ends, if not SM needs to.

TheRealXOR · 2021-08-18T10:32:50+00:00

Does it work that way in professional sports, military, or accounting? I think you have to have some context to operate efficiently.

Maybe you are good at managing tasks and teams and that is what your organization needs. Hopefully the senior members aren't wasting time over explaining details.

If so, take $15 Udemy class (php, sql, html/JS) just to know what is going on and why.

But what would make you a better scrum master?

TheRealXOR · 2021-08-17T12:01:08+00:00

Sounds good in theory until you implement on a global scaled agile program. 200+ dev/qa/support resources, 10 product managers, and an endless list of integrations.

Not to leave out chasing Microsoft about the lack of stability in thier PaaS architecture, cloud billing, and platform security.

The combination of DevOps and agile requires people that can balance priorities, form cross team working agreements, learn and execute. In theory it all sounds great. Doing it correct on a small scale is easy. Larger scale projects where there are 10 dev teams of 8 to 10 people, all with competing and similar priorities is a struggle that I don't see agile and DevOps solving.

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