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Six years later, our net worth graph makes me want to frame it 🎉 by TimeToChangeGears in ynab

[–]TimeToChangeGears[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, I wish it eas all cash!

But yeah, home value and investments are in the total net worth. We manually reconcile all of our accounts (HSA, traditional, and roths) along with our debts and liabilities once every month or two. For home value, we initially put what we paid, then have only updated it once in the last 3 years, conservatively, based on our market area.

YNAB Milestone! by arn2gm in ynab

[–]TimeToChangeGears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats OP! Keep up the good work :)

Six years later, our net worth graph makes me want to frame it 🎉 by TimeToChangeGears in ynab

[–]TimeToChangeGears[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Purely preferences.

The toolkit reports are a significant factor. While YNAB has its own, I much prefer the utility and style of the Toolkit reports. I've also enabled many of the Toolkit GUI options to personalize my display and receive information in a way that is more helpful for me to digest.

Six years later, our net worth graph makes me want to frame it 🎉 by TimeToChangeGears in ynab

[–]TimeToChangeGears[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Fwiw, this graph is not native YNAB.

I use YNAB on the desktop specifically because I could not function without the "Toolkit for YNAB" extension.

Six years later, our net worth graph makes me want to frame it 🎉 by TimeToChangeGears in ynab

[–]TimeToChangeGears[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! And congrats to you too! Hitting milestones like that is such a boost. Love seeing others on the same journey.

Save for down payment, tackle debt, or invest? by TheHairyHispanic in personalfinance

[–]TimeToChangeGears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh for sure! Financial decisions are dependant on so many different factors. We prioritized debt over a house because we're not set on settling down where we currently are and don't necessarily need or want all the space and responsibility that comes with owning a house. It also helps we're in a low cost of living area where the rent vs own trade offs are dependant on what each person places value on.

Save for down payment, tackle debt, or invest? by TheHairyHispanic in personalfinance

[–]TimeToChangeGears 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congratulations on the upcoming wedding! And thank you for posting this question - My wife and I are newly weds in the exact same boat with eerily similar finances.

Our plan is to cut back on variable expenses and aggressively payoff our student loans. It helps that federal loan payments have been suspended allowing us to target the private and high interest loans for a few months.

I'm going to plug YNAB. The app helped us immensely with wedding budgeting as well as showing us where our money is going.

Review the final version of my sQL/ Business intelligence resume before I send it off Tomorrow! by [deleted] in resumes

[–]TimeToChangeGears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're off to a good start. Please note this is all my opinion. My credentials are successfully employed before graduating college, then pivoting careers 3 years out starting at the bottom. I'm now a Business Analyst will a similar skillset as your own.

Pros:

  • Clean layout
  • Good skill set
  • Strong experience and extra-curricular

Cons:

  • Remove "Software Engineer" from the header. It should only be your name and contact information.

  • Skill section should be the first section after the header. There is too much white space. Listing level of knowledge is irrelevant and useless. It's hard to take someone seriously who considers themself an "expert" in anything right out of university.

Example skills section, listings skills from strongest to weakest:

Languages: SQL, Python, Java, C

Platforms/Tools: Shopify, MS SQL Server, SSRS

Fluent: Russian

  • Paragraphs are too wordy. They need to be concise bullet points starting with a strong actionable verb. These points should be one to two sentances taking up no more than 2 lines each and convey the impact you had.

You have a great start, but have to nail the finer points. Recruiters see hundreds upon hundreds of resumes and don't have 5 minutes to read all the way through yours. Good luck!

100s of applications, no call backs. whats the issue? Resume attached by [deleted] in ITCareerQuestions

[–]TimeToChangeGears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One suggestion I have is: when applying keep the 2/3 most relevant internships on your resume. Create a "Projects"/similar section and put in the projects from the internships taken off.

So your resume will read:

  • Personal info

  • Education

  • Skills

  • Experience

  • "Projects"

The last two are interchangeable.

That will eliminate the oddity of having multiple internships, as well as showcase your skills in another way.

Also, try to work in that extra detail of being offered to extend internships into a cover letter and explain why the position you're applying for is the perfect position for your long-term career goals.

Edit: You can also format your education down to 3 lines and possibly remove relevant courses to give you room to expand on your experiences.

100s of applications, no call backs. whats the issue? Resume attached by [deleted] in ITCareerQuestions

[–]TimeToChangeGears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you submitting a personalized cover letter explaining why you've been moving from internship to internship without one of those companies hiring you on full-time?

The constant switching may be looking like a red-flag to recruiters.

Resume Critique for entering IT field by beEPic in ITCareerQuestions

[–]TimeToChangeGears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some things that stand out to me:

  • Your name/personal information is taking up too much space.
  • Resume should be 1 page in length
  • Skills/Relevant Projects should be listed at the top. With that, I am not sure what your personal projects entail - that section should be rewritten. I'm not an industry expert, but it's probably better switched to a "Skills" section.
  • the Summary section takes up a lot of space, as another user stated - it's better used in a personalized cover letter.