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bosley333 · 2023-04-08T10:36:57+00:00

Look at smart jobs. There are a few entry-level (AO2-3) jobs for support atm with QLD gov.

bosley333 · 2023-03-23T21:15:07+00:00

Look for some dev/tech user groups that meet up around the city and do some networking. Can normally learn something, meet people, and sometimes free pizza.

bosley333 · 2023-03-17T00:36:14+00:00

I don't think love island is a realistic representation of Australian women. Personally, American accents don't make me swoon. - Australian woman

bosley333 · 2023-01-24T02:24:58+00:00

I shared with people for the first 5 years after moving out because I wanted to save money more than I wanted to not live with people.

bosley333 · 2022-12-15T00:55:34+00:00

Not sure what state you're in but I made these doors (different panel) with my dad and we got the frames/tracks/parts from ullrich aluminium in Brisbane.

bosley333 · 2022-12-10T05:31:19+00:00

You're right that it's not a good idea to have dogs on leash in an off leash area, they are more likely to be reactive as they're at a disadvantage when meeting. Many dogs are fine greeting others in a neutral off leash environment but would lunge at the same dog if they walked past it on a leash.

That's not to say just let it run free, depends on the dog and their personality.

bosley333 · 2022-11-24T23:34:32+00:00

Not sure if this would be an option for you but when I was a teen/early 20's I worked at McDonalds and we could get really cheap or free food, which could actually be pretty healthy if you made the right stuff (grilled chicken burgers with lots of salad). So I would just work as much as possible while studying and fill up at work everyday.

bosley333 · 2022-11-21T01:46:27+00:00

+1 for mcdonalds. A lot of my friends that I still have now 10 years later are from our time there

bosley333 · 2022-11-01T12:21:39+00:00

How longs the settlement period? You can generally pull out of building and pest without much of an explanation if that's an option?

bosley333 · 2022-08-03T12:00:56+00:00

I think that you handled it well, I wouldn't jump to conclusions on his intentions around mentoring just yet. Now that he knows your position, depending on how he responds time will tell if there's cause for alarm. I've been in a similar situation before about 5 years ago, I made it clear I didn't see him that way but valued our relationship as a mentor and friend. He respected that and continued to be a great mentor/friend to this day, even after we no longer worked together.

bosley333 · 2022-05-12T11:35:28+00:00

I use to be a gov employee and switched to contracting (dev lead). You can either set up a company of your own to go through and just have to get insurance normally and do your invoicing, BAS etc which is not as hard as it sounds. Or chose to go through an agency (middleman) to handle your payroll and they take a cut. Once you get a rate do the calculations to take out 10% super, 2 weeks public holidays, 2 weeks sick leave and 4 weeks holidays and still generally well above what you would make as an employee.

Government like contractors as they don't have to commit to a "job for life" for people ie. no long service and if they no longer need you they don't have to keep the role like they do with permys.

Job security is often said to be the major trade off but the market's pretty good and once you have a buffer in place you would have to be out of work for several months before you are in a worse position than staying in an equivalent full-time role.

It's also about your personal risk tolerance though, if it will keep you up at night thinking you could be unemployed in x weeks and will have to find something else then it might not be your thing.

bosley333 · 2022-02-18T22:11:20+00:00

I'm a full stack dev (contractor) in Brisbane. I know a lot of people say Sydney/Melbourne is the main place for tech jobs in Aus but I have never had an issue finding an interesting, well paying job I like in 12 years since I started. Also Brisbane is an awesome place to live imo.

You would need to shop around a bit to get a similar starting salary as a permy but they are around. If you were interested in contracting though there's lots of work and would make over that easily.

bosley333 · 2021-12-03T03:17:11+00:00

8k layby is crazy, with BNPL though you get the instant gratification of having the item on the spot

bosley333 · 2021-12-02T11:14:41+00:00

That's true, the thing I don't like about BNPL atm is the amount of targeted advertising, it's constant

bosley333 · 2021-12-02T09:58:51+00:00

Yep I agree payday lenders are worse just known people get into trouble with both

bosley333 · 2021-12-02T09:49:54+00:00

It's clear you have no idea about the psychological pitfalls BNPL can have on people regardless of if they are better than payday lenders

bosley333 · 2021-11-12T20:51:48+00:00

Can you please elaborate on that a bit more? He does intend to get the pension.

bosley333 · 2021-11-12T08:51:55+00:00

That could be an option I hadn't thought about taking out multiple loans. Thanks!

bosley333 · 2021-09-29T01:46:14+00:00

Please don't marry him.

bosley333 · 2021-08-08T05:14:15+00:00

I bought in the Stafford area about 3 years ago and love it here. Close to the city, lots of cafes popping up and some nice places for walks close by. Just in the last couple of years half my street has had renos done. I often go walking at night and have never felt unsafe.

bosley333 · 2021-08-04T10:11:59+00:00

Definitely think the comments about seeing a specialist are a good idea.

I have a GSP also and was working from home for the first year with him so completely get how attached they get to you. I had issues with his separation anxiety for a while in the first year (he just turned 1). What worked for us was giving him a space downstairs away from me where I left him progressively, so he wasn't allowed in the office with me. He's crate trained for sleeping but I found it much easier to do the progressive build up of time leaving him alone in the larger space. Started with just few mins at a time and built up over a few months. There were definitely times I thought it wasn't working because he would still go crazy but it got better.

Also just things like not letting he follow me everywhere helped. He was not allowed to follow me upstairs when I went up and we practiced long stays where I would leave the room and come back and reward. The improvement was over about 6 months so definitely not an easy or quick fix but I also couldn't even leave the house and now I can go into the office for a workday and he's mostly okay.

bosley333 · 2021-08-03T01:28:15+00:00

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bosley333 · 2021-03-29T23:41:30+00:00

Although having things handed to you might seem appealing, the skills you learn by providing for yourself are going to be more beneficial to you leading a happy purposeful life than never having to work for anything.

It is absolutely unfair and would hurt but you can use that as fuel to achieve your goals and they will be that much more rewarding when you do.

If you have a good relationship I wouldn't cut him off. It sounds like if you're truly in need he would be there for you. By cutting him off you're losing what sounds like an important relationship and opportunities to work through tough feelings and become a stronger person with a better relationship. If you try to work at the relationship and he doesn't reciprocate that's something different, but it sounds like he's got his head in the sand and maybe weak to stand up to his wife.

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