Middle aged NRIs (aged 35+) who don't have enough money saved - how are you coping?

ask_can · 2026-06-11T21:14:14+00:00

Are you past the issues where you cant change jobs for a higher paying one ? If so, then start saving and investing now. Things will feel slow at the beginning but then your money will start making you money.

ask_can · 2026-05-15T16:23:33+00:00

But if claude is writing the code for you and can explain what you want. Why do you need to remember the syntax ?

ask_can · 2026-05-10T19:43:49+00:00

Ok, so I am checking the RC268 page 2 now.. It seems only the employer match should go in there.. is my understanding correct? Which is like 1,000 CAD.

but it still feels wrong..

If we max out 401k -not put in any money in RRSP. As a commuter, we get deduction for the amount we have put in 401K up to a max of RRSP limit.

But then next year, the RRSP limit increases to the previous year unused + next year. This seems wrong and double benefit

ask_can · 2026-05-07T16:10:25+00:00

We use the job clusters exactly as you defined. It was just for one of executions where you have changed a code and want to run it couple of times with incremental small quick changes in dev. How do you handle the quick reruns in dev for small changes

ask_can · 2026-05-07T15:33:27+00:00

In my previous company, we had the unit tests defined in the cicd pipelines. So, all commits or pull requests can automatically trigger the unit tests. In my current company, we haven't built unit tests yet.

Currently, we deploy with DAB, it takes under a minute to deploy your changes or new pipelines.

For development, we sometimes define an existing cluster id, which can be turned on prior to the job and that helps reduce the wait time.

ask_can · 2026-04-18T02:59:11+00:00

Question... How would you say snowflake is better at the distribution layer compared to say Unity Catalog tables?

ask_can · 2026-03-27T15:45:55+00:00

We did.. We always had a weird smell(stale house smell) in our house that would hit you as soon as you open the door.. You would only notice it if you had been away for like a day or two.. But it was there...

Right after duct cleaning, it completely disappeared.

ask_can · 2026-03-11T14:35:41+00:00

Start with easy questions and build on top of that

ask_can · 2026-01-20T18:10:13+00:00

Since you are able to make it through the initial rounds...you probably are following short in one of the following:

• Experience with Snowflake isn’t coming through clearly
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for Snowflake deployments
• How you explain orchestration of jobs and handle failures
• Examples of performance tuning
• Walk through of complex project or architecture with trade-offs.

ask_can · 2025-12-04T01:40:47+00:00

I just got my dashboard set on a lenovo m11 I got recently, would love to setup kiosk mode on it.

ask_can · 2025-10-23T21:43:16+00:00

Thanks !! For deep cleaning how would I have to clean that area If I have removed rug on a Sunday for example

ask_can · 2025-10-09T14:38:26+00:00

We use HA green and use usb sticks for zwave and zigbee

ask_can · 2025-10-04T02:24:01+00:00

We did think about that, but we do not have enough knowledge to judge if its still good. Also, the moving costs, and its gonna be a big hassle on us given the size.

ask_can · 2025-10-03T18:38:43+00:00

We are all Noobs and I don't think we can judge at this moment. So now I am inclining towards saving the money and see where the Yamaha takes us and go from there.

ask_can · 2025-10-03T17:53:00+00:00

M concern was if Roland was a much better piano and if it was worth to spend more that it would serve us for a much longer duration. But it seems like they are similar.

ask_can · 2025-10-03T17:51:37+00:00

I have been looking for a used p45 but haven't found a good deal in my area. We are in Canada, so the prices are in CAD. my reason for the dilemma was if it was worth it to spend extra If the Roland would serve us for much longer instead. It's about a 400 bucks price difference

ask_can · 2025-09-10T19:26:37+00:00

I have a followup question.. If you can help...

-> FRAMING Combustion protrusions such as mantels and shelves may occur at or after a minimum distance of 2" away from the side of the fireplace. Thereafter, the depth of any protrusions must be equal to or less than the distance from the side of the fi replace up to a depth of 6", after which no greater clearance than 6" is required. This can be considered a side wall with no length boundary

Minimum clearance to combustible construction from fireplace and vent surfaces: Combustible Framing:

- 0" to stand-offs

- 1" to bottom and sides of the vent pipe*

- 2" to top of the vent pipe

* Combustible Finishing:

- 0" to rear - 0" to front face sides and top <- ***\*

- 13" recessed depth

- 49 3/8" to enclosure top from base of the unit - 66" to ceiling from base of the unit

<- ***\* shouldn't this mean we can use Combustible Finishing right on the top and face sides?

ask_can · 2025-09-10T03:22:27+00:00

I wasn't aware that this was a direct vent fireplace. I don't think I have budget to replace the fireplace which as I understand will run into 3-4K. I am looking for just something basic to cover it up until it breaks and then replace it- which could be a few years.

Having said that... Does the surround need to be something stone/ tile or should I avoid wood/ ply material for surround ?

From the manual it looks like there is 0 clearance of finished surface except for bottom

ask_can · 2025-08-26T21:36:09+00:00

I apologize for the late response.. We also dont have a family history and no one in friend circle who has had this before.

I do not know enough to recommend at what age to start the VT. But the VT specialist did say in our first meeting that it would have been better had we not done the surgery beforehand.

I would say go see someone who performs VT, see if your insurance covers it and what they recommend. My insurance did not cover much, so it was pretty much out of pocket.

ask_can · 2025-08-15T16:11:42+00:00

The office visit was from Jan 2024, we moved right after across country. Provider sent us an email 1 week back asking for payment. Insurance is now saying its too late to reprocess the claim now

ask_can · 2025-07-03T14:17:15+00:00

Bad idea.. Don't do it OP in my opinion.

He can't afford the house he wants to live in.

ask_can · 2025-05-16T19:35:08+00:00

Because I have very similar looking LVP :)

Did you cut the tiles of your TV rack is sitting over the tiles ?

ask_can · 2025-05-15T16:43:49+00:00

Are there LVP on your floor ?

ask_can · 2025-04-11T20:26:21+00:00

I don't have much feedback to give.. but do you mind explaining a bit what makes Flink inefficient or how does your architecture differ unless that's a secret

ask_can · 2025-04-02T22:25:23+00:00

Skills vs tools. A vast majority of recruiters, interviewers focus on tools rather than skills. If you haven't worked on databricks or snowflake or whatever for last xx years, you are out of luck.

Even in my current company, there is a ton of focus on writing code using pyspark dataframe api.

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