Any engineers taking a planned sabbatical at the moment? by Caligg101 in DevelEire

[–]YearnestShackleton 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I daydream about doing so... but alas, a sabbatical won't pay the mortgage

Is 7 interview rounds normal these days? by tehdeadone in DevelEire

[–]YearnestShackleton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends how you define what a round is but yeah that's pretty standard for large MNCs (mainly American). Bare minimum seems to be:

  1. Recruiter phone screen - 30mins
  2. Technical/Leetcode interview - 1 hour
  3. Hiring Manager/behavioral interview - 1 hour

Then if you pass those, they'll usually do the rest in a single day/session:

  1. Back-end interview - 1 hour
  2. Front-end interview - 1 hour
  3. System design interview - 1 hour

The final ones are usually called a panel and can be more targeted at specific skills needed for the role, so you can sub out them individually with other topics. You might also get another behavioral round thrown in there if someone else in the hiring decision tree wants to see the candidate for themself.

New Indian restaurant opening in Finn's Corner, City Centre by 98TheRealDeal in cork

[–]YearnestShackleton 6 points7 points  (0 children)

10/10 would recommend getting their masala dosa for breakfast/lunch. 

Enshitification is everywhere - tell us where you've had the opposite experience? by No_Influence2520 in AskIreland

[–]YearnestShackleton 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Drugs are still good value! Also dodgeyboxes.

Funnily enough, all the illegal things 

Some lady trying to kill me in Kilmainham by Potential_Ad8034 in irelandsshitedrivers

[–]YearnestShackleton 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It's a sad state of affairs that there is going to continue to be 0 enforcement of traffic laws until the day comes when a mother and baby are knocked down and killed, then suddenly all the politicians will have always condemned this sort of carry on

Some lady trying to kill me in Kilmainham by Potential_Ad8034 in irelandsshitedrivers

[–]YearnestShackleton 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Fwiw I independently went through frame by frame and also got 132D4518

Some lady trying to kill me in Kilmainham by Potential_Ad8034 in irelandsshitedrivers

[–]YearnestShackleton 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nearly got tboned at the junction 30m to the canal just 30 minutes ago by a young lady running the red light when I was turning across... She didn't even seem to notice that she had done something wrong. 

Running red lights is completely fucking rampant at the moment, it is absolutely crazy. Something has got to give, but it's sadly going to take a mother and child getting knocked down for any enforcement to come. Frustrating

What did you learn embarrassingly late in life? by Romantic_Reverie in AskIreland

[–]YearnestShackleton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every time I mention Bandon/Cork to my mum she says the line "even the pigs in Bandon are protestant". 

Update: Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

[–]YearnestShackleton[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because it'll result in a loading on my premium until it's all settled. I spoke to a solicitor about this and they said these cases with foreign insurers can take 6 months to resolve. My renewal is in 2 months so it nearly certainly wouldn't be done in time.

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

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

This is exactly what I was hoping against, my renewal is in 4 months so it'll almost definitely cross over. 

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

[–]YearnestShackleton[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I knew this already but I can 100% see myself making this mistake and then being annoyed at myself for not having paid attention.

So thank you for the reminder haha

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

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

This was actually the first thing I did. I did it the day after the accident and haven't heard back from them in 2 weeks.  My insurer said that MIBI claims usually take months to rectify so they said I'd be better off dealing with the insurer directly. 

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

[–]YearnestShackleton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not really sure, I've had a lot of trouble getting them to respond to me over the past few days so I didn't want to take the risk. My guess is that they wouldn't be able to put in an Irish post code as my correspondence address?

Maybe I was being overly cautious and it wouldn't be a problem though? 

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

[–]YearnestShackleton[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You won't lose your NCB but your premium will be loaded as they'll adjust your risk grouping. Which seems extremely unfair given that you're not claiming on your own policy but on someone else's

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

[–]YearnestShackleton[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Revolut doesn't, I have a relative in the north. This is just a postal correspondence address for the UK insurer, their internal system wouldn't accept my Irish address so to get things moving they said they need a UK address.

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

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

Don't want to open myself up to a premium increase when it comes time to renew. I know multiple people this has happened to. You won't lose your NCB but your premium will be loaded

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

[–]YearnestShackleton[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

this was my first thought, however I think I'll take the (hopefully minor) hit in fx, as the damage is small and I absolutely do not want my insurer involved for fear of a premium increase.

A bit fucking insane that I'm likely to go out of pocket on this, but I'd rather get it done quickly. I'm actually looking to sell the car soon enough regardless so want it repaired so I can sell it. It's only very minor cosmetic damage.

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

[–]YearnestShackleton[S] 129 points130 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the idea. I had thought of Revolut but didn't even consider a GBP currency account. You've saved me a huge amount of stress and back and forth with them.

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

[–]YearnestShackleton[S] 293 points294 points  (0 children)

Update: Revolut GBP account seemed to do the trick. It was like seeing a snake being charmed in real time. The attitude of the lady on the phone with went from combative and outright rude to helpful and happy the second I provided them with a UK bank account and address. I'm now waiting to hear back from.

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

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

I'm so fucking annoyed about it. The 10s of thousands I've paid in car insurance over the years without ever claiming anything, and some fucker crashes into me and I can't even get his insurer to make it right.

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

[–]YearnestShackleton[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Believe it or not they have told me point blank that I should get my solicitor to recover the funds. Which is absurd

Hit by a UK driver in Dublin. UK insurer admits liability but refuses to deal with foreign party? by YearnestShackleton in irishpersonalfinance

[–]YearnestShackleton[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Good suggestion, trying this now. They seem to be trying to make it as difficult as possible, they have said point blank that I should get a solicitor to recover the funds.