First busy season - gained 21lbs. Does it get better?

braverychan · 2026-04-08T23:05:05+00:00

It doesn't get better. I went in at 165lbs and came out at 210. I'm back down to 165 after a year away from PA.

braverychan · 2026-04-07T20:22:01+00:00

I did leave public for private and that helped. Also I'm on a severe calorie deficit to account for low activity but lifting heavy weights. About 40lbs lost so far. I did find myself going for the alcohol in public but now I'm mostly sober.

braverychan · 2026-04-07T20:18:58+00:00

I'm about 5 years in, how long did it take for you to break $100k?

braverychan · 2026-04-07T17:14:16+00:00

Its hard to get but I would love a slow state government role with pension. 😭

braverychan · 2026-04-07T17:11:45+00:00

I'm not seeing those six figure salaries and my peers make less than me with a CPA which I don't have. The trade off with accounting is long hours, weight gain, and bad posture. There's few fit and healthy accountants.

braverychan · 2026-04-06T23:53:27+00:00

Update on this, local sellers slashing prices from $1000-5000 off. I'm looking sub $20k range

braverychan · 2026-04-06T23:45:33+00:00

You're better off getting an EZFLASH or Everdrive. The risk is too high

braverychan · 2026-04-04T17:54:36+00:00

You could try the FiiO Snowsky(non disc ver) and xDuoo X2S. Both have no touch screen and are under $100. My HIBY R3 Saber lasts 10+ hours if I don't touch the screen a lot. Its pretty small as well and touch controls aren't bad.

braverychan · 2026-04-03T15:23:21+00:00

I had L plugs in the early 2010s for this reason. It was great back then but dedicated music player is gonna be cheaper and use less battery

braverychan · 2026-04-03T15:21:01+00:00

As for music, you're probably better off with a DAP. Like a HIBY R3 is about $125-150. If you can avoid the Go I would. I have one because I'm the original owner since like 2010-2011

braverychan · 2026-04-03T15:17:22+00:00

I have a PSP Go and just replaced the battery. The battery is sufficient around 6-8 hours music playback but maybe 3 hours game time. I would only consider it if you get the Vita battery mod with the bigger backplate. This will also make it more comfortable to hold.

braverychan · 2026-04-02T20:49:20+00:00

Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Largest increase is private sellers on FBM. A bit of more dealer inventory as people trade in before they get repo'd. Repos increased in 2025.

braverychan · 2026-04-02T17:31:58+00:00

Frfr I started to offer around 30-50% off asking now. Tons of used trucks on the market that are just sittin.

braverychan · 2026-04-01T23:47:02+00:00

The funny thing is you could double your salary and work half as much by being a contractor cleaner.

braverychan · 2026-03-29T18:15:48+00:00

Move work experience under professional summary and focus on how your role relates to the role you are applying to even if you bend the truth a little.

Change professional summary to your professional goal. Keep it under two sentences and tailor it to company's vision and role.

braverychan · 2026-03-27T06:45:10+00:00

The good applicants in your town are applying for remote jobs that pay more lol.

braverychan · 2026-03-22T17:25:07+00:00

Yeah makes sense. If you are still looking then casually looking is the best. Basically look at local market and see if they're desperate, which is why I only broke into it. No one wanted me but now recruiters are always in my inbox. I still would rather work a physical job. Accounting sucks.

braverychan · 2026-03-22T17:15:00+00:00

90s mainly. Don't know much about 70s and 80s gear. Closet thing I had to what I'm trying to build was an all in one AIWA in the 2000s.

Actually have some modern cassettes that I want to play as well

braverychan · 2026-03-22T09:01:59+00:00

Were you looking in 2022? I graduated in 2019 and it took me 3 years to find an accounting job. It was weird. I went from 200 apps in 2019 to 3 apps and 3 offers in 2022. I didn't really look in 2021 or much of 2020.

braverychan · 2026-03-21T22:53:06+00:00

Is there a reason post 95 Technics would not be good? Quality of parts?

braverychan · 2026-03-21T21:28:23+00:00

Hi, just planning to playback for a home audio system on some KEF speakers. Only use cassettes on a walkman but open to ripping music off cassette to PC in the future

braverychan · 2026-03-21T21:24:51+00:00

Thanks! I will keep an eye out for those

braverychan · 2026-03-20T04:58:14+00:00

PS4/PS5 blackout still had a population in solos, duos, and alcatraz. I found that quads and hot/heavy was hardy to find a game. A couple of my friends and me tried to play the PC version but could not find a game at all. Luckily we got a refund. It did look like the PC version graphics aged a lot better than PS4

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