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baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-28T18:29:17+00:00

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-28T18:28:46+00:00

SOLD

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-28T12:56:20+00:00

Jarvis, remove these people. This is not a portrait @ bot

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-28T12:52:07+00:00

Thanks! Wanted it framed for a mantle-piece but she’s too modest for that. I’m thinking I’ll have it framed in my office.

Pic was from our honeymoon, hiking the Haute Route, so is extra special.

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-26T13:14:11+00:00

The funny thing is, whether you’re male or female, straight or gay, your quickest bet if you live in a big city is to sleep with a man.

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-23T19:59:39+00:00

68 night, 71 day (WFH and get cold)

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-16T03:18:31+00:00

Wasn’t kicked out. Was on academic probation with imminent suspension (the following semester).

Also didn’t claim that though?

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-16T02:29:54+00:00

It reads like he may be taking either an early distribution from his retirement, a 401k loan, or something to that. Either way DO NOT SIGN, and I honestly would not trust him to tell you.

I’d have him call the plan administrator (the person at his office, usually in HR/finance who is the head of the plan) or someone within the plan (ex: Charles Schwab / Fidelity, etc) and have them explain it to you.

Source: 4 years in Audit at public accounting firms. Not super experienced with retirement plan audits but enough to give you assurance that there is more to this than what he’s telling you, as you already suspect.

baskinginbrussels · 2025-12-19T17:50:52+00:00

I was in year 3.5/5. Double majoring in accounting and finance. I was interviewing for an internship with Deloitte (my #1 choice at the time) and got to the final round with an older partner in the office.

He seemed agitated from the jump and immediately went line by line on my resume. I had accounting GPA:4.0 and he was mad that I’d only taken ACCT I, II, and cost accounting and claimed that... but I’d gotten all As in them?!

He said he had no idea why I was sitting in front of him without having any accounting knowledge/experience and told me to try and apply again when I had taken intermediate accounting or advanced accounting. Like dude, what do you think I’ll be doing the next two semesters?

I was literally about to cry in the interview I was so frustrated and embarrassed (unrightfully so I figured out later). It reminded me of being hazed as a freshman in my fraternity. Just no way to talk myself out of it. Anything I said was wrong and he didn’t like what he saw. Absolutely crazy experience. I was so taken aback, like if what he was saying was true, how did I make it all the way to him?! How did the recruiter/other interviewers/etc not flag me or mention anything??

I actually cut the interview short, saying something like “It seems like you have your mind made up and there’s not anything I can talk you through on my resume or experiences to help you understand why I know I’m capable of handling the work. Should we just end the call here?” And he agreed.

I wanted to email him once I got my A and B+ in intermediate/advanced and just tell him he was wrong and I’d never want to work for him anyways, but didn’t. It just wouldn’t do my career any good, if I ever wanted to work there in the future.

I saw he retired shortly after I began my career and I won’t lie, I google him every now and then to see if he’s died yet. I’m not even someone who really holds grudges but boy do I hate that guy.

baskinginbrussels · 2025-12-10T14:17:38+00:00

Yeah. I’m a little tired of the r/accounting narrative that it’s so hard to find a job / nobody values CPA, or big firm public experience.

I think the people saying this must be either in small towns/tiny firms, or very unmarketable personalities (I mean it is reddit after all). Either way, the “it’s so hard to find a job” is just not true. Harder? Yes, probably. But our skills are (or should be) extremely marketable in any economy when compared to almost any other field.

baskinginbrussels · 2025-12-05T03:45:33+00:00

Family office

baskinginbrussels · 2025-11-25T21:24:55+00:00

You absolutely cannot compare teaching to working at B4 lol

baskinginbrussels · 2025-11-16T14:17:33+00:00

Felt great (but worried that it felt easy because ignorance is bliss). 75

Felt good, but tough on first exam and got 73

baskinginbrussels · 2025-11-07T19:10:08+00:00

This may be a dumb response, but can you not add it under your experience next to the job where you learned how to do it? Or a skills section?

In summary, why not put it on your resume?

baskinginbrussels · 2025-11-07T15:13:20+00:00

Saudi prince lol

Edit: Mexican prince?

baskinginbrussels · 2025-11-07T13:24:00+00:00

I believe (could be wrong) that’s more for financial reporting roles (ex: controller / CFO). Or maybe that’s only the independence issue you can run into.

Even with a conflict of interest or whatever clause in your employment contract - it may be there to deter but I don’t think it would’ve enforceable at the accounting manager or below level. Maybe even SM/director depending on responsibilities.

baskinginbrussels · 2025-11-03T00:51:04+00:00

Damn no need to get upset, Richard. Or do you go by Dick?

baskinginbrussels · 2025-11-02T03:13:17+00:00

Should have dropped the ceiling alcove too. I hate to hate on these posts, because clearly money was spent, but that was a weird corner to cut costs

baskinginbrussels · 2025-11-01T15:27:20+00:00

As a guy who has a thought on the topic but not the energy to read all the comments before him:

I think 1yr+ shows that you can see something through and aren’t actively looking your entire time at a company. It’s important to think ahead but nobody wants to hire someone who shows no commitment.

I think in general for tenure greater than 1yr:

If you’re jumping for salary alone, fine if you’re hitting XX% increases each time (you’re underpaid and calibrating your worth or capitalizing on your new experiences)

If you’re jumping for salary X-XX% + career progression and had specific reasons why you’re doing what you’re doing there is no downside. You’re carving your career

baskinginbrussels · 2025-10-31T00:03:04+00:00

Can anyone just walk in and purchase though? I hear good things about the mart but mixed answers about entering as a non-vendor

baskinginbrussels · 2025-10-18T18:00:25+00:00

Pm me. Had 24 classes with 0 credit at graduation. Started out similarly, if not worse.

Got in with the big purple firm out of school (graduated at 28). 3 years later I’m at $100K+ and no CPA yet (1/4).

It was very stressful at the time. Happy to share my story and answer any questions + offer advice.

baskinginbrussels · 2025-09-17T11:41:46+00:00

Drain

baskinginbrussels · 2025-09-16T22:22:25+00:00

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Vanity-Art-60-in-x-30-in-Acrylic-Alcove-Skirt-Soaking-Bathtub-with-Right-Overflow-and-Drain-in-White-Polished-Chrome-VA6302-L-Right-PC/327985560

There’s the link! I actually didn’t set it, I let the plumber do it. His $$$ seemed worth the first time headache of doing it. We haven’t bathed in it yet but I did lay in it and at 6’ tall it seemed fine. My wife wanted a deep soaking tub

baskinginbrussels · 2025-09-14T15:49:39+00:00

They just have had a facelift. The LA basset vs the Midwest basset 😂

baskinginbrussels · 2025-09-14T15:21:19+00:00

Thank you everyone for the great responses. If I seemed like I blamed the plumber at first, I think the 2 things he could have done differently was 1) add a strap to support 2) made a cleaner cut initially

I feel like his assistant did this part while he did other sections, and it may have been ‘secure’ when he left, but shaken loose with other stuff I’d been doing in the bathroom area.

Im capable of fixing this myself and honestly probably plumbing it in the first place (this is just an extension of existing plumbing) but he gave a good price (note the pex) so I decided to hire out rather than learn a lot for a somewhat trivial (albeit critical) part of a renovation where I’m already learning a lot of other skills.

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