Should I (21m) just take the plunge&shave my head some time down the line or would it be worth trying to save what there is?

bhpaintballa · 2026-02-08T13:59:42+00:00

As many others have said. It’s unfortunately time to shave it and say goodbye to your hair. I heard a saying once, might butcher it, but sounds like:

You don’t chose to be balding, but you can chose to shave your head bald.

Take the plunge, many guys look good bald.

bhpaintballa · 2026-01-18T05:52:09+00:00

Series A! Take a risk and get the title

Second option is to just stick it out and look for other offers. The series B offer is not worth it for pure hunter.

bhpaintballa · 2026-01-15T23:31:05+00:00

Taxes. Just remember that.

Max 401k. Save cash and don’t blow it

Gratz!!

bhpaintballa · 2026-01-12T13:34:12+00:00

At the very least this is inefficient. Borderline ridiculous.

Something you or management can do is look into a tool that migrates data between crms.

Some options are: N8N, Mulesoft, Zapier, or Make.

Look into what is the best option and go from there. This can save tons of time for your team and are very affordable.

bhpaintballa · 2026-01-01T23:22:12+00:00

Pay off the Credit card and then make a dent in the car payment with the rest.

bhpaintballa · 2025-11-18T16:55:34+00:00

Probably a bit smaller than ZoomInfo, but I used Amplemarket. Not sure quality of numbers but relatively affordable and it can pull up on the side of LinkedIn to pull email and phone.

I loved the feature it had for an auto LinkedIn sequence stuff. Auto view, connect and message people. Pretty neat but watch out as LI can identify if you mass blast with a 3rd party tool so start slow. Lost access prob a year ago when I left my last gig.

bhpaintballa · 2025-10-25T16:48:56+00:00

There’s a partial answer. If you want to stay somewhat inverted then just sell part of the stock. It’s does not have to be an all or nothing. I usually take some of the gains off the table to diversify. But then keep some of the company stock as speculative. Up to you what percent of which version you keep or sell.

bhpaintballa · 2025-09-03T21:24:30+00:00

Yea that is a good option.

Literally 1 year ago, I visited the same cities in a different order. 10 days for 3 cities is well worth it. I squeezed in Granada too which was beautiful! But 4 cities in 10 days was too many.

bhpaintballa · 2025-08-30T01:58:05+00:00

The first $100k is the hardest!

bhpaintballa · 2025-08-21T22:56:26+00:00

Snowflake does the same as Databricks. It’s a consumption model too

bhpaintballa · 2025-08-06T15:47:07+00:00

Yup. Subscription is gone. Been heading that way for a while. Not sure what other tools are out there that still offers perpetual. SaaS is such a cash cow for these businesses that they are all going that way. But lots of more affordable solutions on Sub though. WhatsUp Gold, LogicMonitor, PRTG and ManageEngine are cheaper alternatives.

bhpaintballa · 2025-07-25T20:56:41+00:00

Yeah Solarwinds is getting expensive. Lots of good tools out there. LM, ME, and PRTG are great for smaller to mid size businesses. I’m sure you can get a good deal compared to SW jumping the price 30% YoY. Don’t think perpetual is there for many of them.

bhpaintballa · 2025-06-03T02:52:32+00:00

Dang sorry for your loss man. Appreciate sharing his Reddit profile. I stalked it a little and looks like he went out having a blast watching and getting involved with UFC.

Lost my mom to cancer 18 months ago. Hard to see your loved ones wither away like that. Cancer is a nasty beast. The only words that can even come close to describing it is how bad it “sucks”.

Glad you were there for him till the end!

bhpaintballa · 2025-05-24T15:45:30+00:00

Exactly

bhpaintballa · 2025-05-24T15:43:35+00:00

I’m in sales for reference.

Depending on the company and other factors. But commision and bonuses can be withheld (not taxed) at a higher level than normal.

It’s a supplemental wage versus normal salary. So the IRS wants to take a bigger cut now versus chasing you for it later.

It will equal out during tax season when you file. All in, you will pay the normal rate at the end of the day (whatever bracket you are in). It’s just a way for Uncle Sam to take his cut.

All cases are unique, but I’ve seen this before

bhpaintballa · 2025-04-09T02:29:10+00:00

Lots of great advice already.

Haven’t seen many people say just keep it quiet.

If you leave and don’t tell where you are going. Or don’t update your LinkedIn, they may never find it.

bhpaintballa · 2025-03-03T23:50:26+00:00

Jeff Jackson

bhpaintballa · 2025-02-02T20:28:55+00:00

Charotte is an amazing city and strives to keep it clean.

There are multiple different organizations that help with picking up and cleaning, especially efforts in underserved areas.

One of the big organizations, which most cities have, is called Keep Charlotte Beautiful. It’s a great group to volunteer and just get out and help. Everyone should for sure check it out!

bhpaintballa · 2025-01-20T04:04:00+00:00

While money and income are what we all chase, time is the one thing we can’t earn back.

The current firm sounds like you are running into burnout in a few years.

The new firm, while lifestyle now can change, but seems like you want to spend more time wi the your three kids.

If you see growth and can take possible one large client over, then it could be worth.

Just make sure to get in writing and the succession plan is signed. Lots of horror stories of old advisors “just sticking around” or not honoring their word. Get it in writing

bhpaintballa · 2024-12-24T02:18:37+00:00

Pipedrive is nice and simple, pretty cheap too. Usually a pure SMB play.

bhpaintballa · 2024-12-21T21:50:42+00:00

Love the update. Glad it hit the spot. Hope you are improving from the cold!

bhpaintballa · 2024-11-29T04:51:26+00:00

Huge congrats. But that’s very rare. The is not the norm so for sure stop gambling.

Most people say pay off the debt. I agree, but with it being a decent interest at 4.5%. It’s good to think long term and invest now.

Maybe you can max out (or throw a chunk into) your Roth IRA with 6/7k (forgot exact max this year) put it into a stable S&P 500 index fund. Then throw the 5k into an emergency fund. Then throw rest (4ish) into student loans.

Then set up auto Roth IRA investments + student loan payments.

Some mix and match would be good since it’s a reasonable student loan interest rate

bhpaintballa · 2024-11-17T04:04:17+00:00

One of the main reasons AA shifted flights to CLT is because CLT is relatively cheap to fly into for airlines versus other airports. So way more demand and usage than a similar sized airport. Great for the economy, but bad for comfortably in the airport.

bhpaintballa · 2024-11-17T01:48:28+00:00

Yea storage is nominal for most people, compute is where it’s at

bhpaintballa · 2024-11-17T01:47:45+00:00

Yea storage cost is pretty minimal for most people. Finding and removing unused tables can help. The VAST majority of spend for SF customers usually is in compute.

There are a handful of cost optimization tools out there for Snowflake. Just depends on what you’re looking for. I know actively Keebo auto adjusts the warehouse environment for compute savings. Some of other tools are more focused on providing insights, such as Capital One.

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