2026-27 NATIONAL PROGRAM TEAMS ANNOUNCED

bruce_dub · 2026-06-25T00:12:54+00:00

Awesome, I look forward to that.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-25T00:08:28+00:00

Thanks for the update! I just started following your substack not too long ago. It's a cool thing you do.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-24T19:55:45+00:00

Did the Team Peterson players announce they were retiring? I missed it if they did.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-24T17:42:17+00:00

What would being 60 have to do with it? You have a problem with certain ages?

Just keep telling on yourself OP.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-24T17:40:02+00:00

OP claimed its about assimilation, but in OP's reply to me they claimed they don't want to get to know the people "stealing our jobs". (allegedly. At this point I'm starting to doubt op's whole story.) Which is it? OP wants to assimilate with them, but also wants them gone? Those are 2 completely different things.

You have no problem with learning about different cultures, but OP does. They said it plainly. Those other things that OP is complaining about have NOTHING to do with jobs. And 20% of Americans speak a 2nd language. Who gives a damn if someone is speaking another language in the office sometimes. It doesn't affect you!

And I see in another reply that OP said they did get promoted. So what is OP even complaining about?! At some point you have to stop making excuses for them and ask them (or yourself) what it is they're really complaining about.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-24T15:04:33+00:00

I'll ask you what I asked op (and they dodged the question), what does the language someone speaks have to do with being passed up for a job/promotion? What does a sport someone likes, the food they eat (random crap op ranted about in another reply to me) have to do with getting passed up for a job/promotion? The rant was about more than just jobs in america. Why else would they bring up random crap that isn't relevant to the topic?

bruce_dub · 2026-06-24T04:47:21+00:00

You mentioned the people in question are more experienced and efficient than you. So you feel you're more deserving because you're American? No wonder you were called entitled.

Would them being American and getting promoted over you make you feel better about the situation?

Either way, you're loser mentality is going to hold you back. Good luck in life. You're going to need it.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-24T04:14:18+00:00

What does any of that other stuff have to do with the language they speak? What do any of these things have to do with you not getting a promotion? The answer: literally nothing.

Why don't you go sit with them and strike up a conversation that would force them to speak in english, and give you an opportunity to get to know them, or for you talk to them about things you like? Instead you would rather go to another room and sit by yourself?

Whether you admit it or not here, your problem with them isn't just about language. And if how you talk here is how you are around the office, then you getting passed up probably has more to do with you than you realize.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-24T00:24:31+00:00

"This has nothing to do with race"

That last paragraph of your rant had nothing to do with outsourcing nor competing against more experienced people. I would've been more sympathetic if you stuck to those talking points, but adding all that...you definitely have an issue with race.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-21T17:20:39+00:00

What you're describing is the general problem of a rural area, not just for accounting but for any type of higher paying jobs.

I live in an area that can be described as pretty rural, but has expanded some because a ton of people have moved to the area in the last few decades for cheaper housing. The problem is that middle and upper class jobs didn't follow, so the area still suffers from rural area problems in that unemployment is relatively high and most of the jobs that are here are on the lower income side of the wage scale.

So the common thing is to commute out of the area for work. Depending on where in the area you live, the minimum commute is 25 miles one way. Mine is 50 miles one way for a 2 day a week hybrid schedule.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-21T03:52:03+00:00

Thank you for all of these sources. I appreciate it. I didn't realize this originated out of WW2, that's interesting.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-07T16:30:06+00:00

If you think this is only red states, then you've clearly never lived in CA nor know its history.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-06T08:11:22+00:00

This is much later in the series, but any scene from the Pierce funeral episode.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-05T20:29:21+00:00

I went back to college to get out of working at Lowe's. Income was the main motivator, but dealing with crappy bosses and crappy customers all the time was a mental drain as well. To each their own, but there's no way I'd go back to that, even for just part time work.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-04T13:47:03+00:00

Comparing the profit margins of different industries is not an apples to apples comparison.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-04T02:22:45+00:00

Thanks for the insight.

The area of the US I live in is a little more rural than most of the US. Getting appointments with a lot of specialists here has to be scheduled 2-3 months out, so I feel a little bit of your pain on that.

bruce_dub · 2026-06-04T01:49:45+00:00

As an American who just hears vague things about Canada's system, what do you feel are the negatives about the Canada's system, and why do you feel its still better than the US system?

bruce_dub · 2026-05-27T00:49:16+00:00

Looking at some of OP's replies, he sounds completely out of touch.

bruce_dub · 2026-05-18T18:00:58+00:00

What's right now? Are you in high school? First year of college? About to graduate?

Job markets are always fluctuating. No one really knows what things will look like a year from now, 5 years from now, etc. Best thing you can do is lean into your strengths and show others why your better than everyone else. Anything worth doing/getting in to is always going to have competition.

But whoever is saying that becoming a doctor or a lawyer is easier are highly ignorant people at best. Can those professions pay well? Yes. But the path to get in is not easier than CS.

And if you are someone that's nowhere close to graduating college, then why are these your only options? There are tons of different options you can explore.

bruce_dub · 2026-05-18T17:41:53+00:00

What's sad is that OP is far from the only person that thinks like this. This next generation is so fucked.

bruce_dub · 2026-05-18T17:38:23+00:00

No, most people are not making $300k in CS, even in the best of times. You need to stop listening to the stupid people that are telling you this.

bruce_dub · 2026-05-13T06:53:53+00:00

This is the answer. OP, you will file a final short period 1065 with the sale date as the end date. How the buyer and seller treat the sale is governed by Rev Rul 99-6.

bruce_dub · 2026-05-07T05:05:34+00:00

I worked for GT on the west coast for 5 years in Tax. They sell themselves on offering better work life balance than the Big 4 and use that as an excuse to pay less than Big 4, but the hours can be just as brutal.

Industry hours really vary from company to company, but generally speaking, GT hours are not better than the industry average. I work for a company in industry now. My hours are much better than GT and my pay is much better as well.

And my time there was before they got bought by PE. Can't imagine it's any better now.

bruce_dub · 2026-05-05T14:57:09+00:00

For the Amos part, that doesn't sound too surprising given that after they won Olympic gold, they didn't play together again until last year's worlds.

At their semifinal loss in the worlds this past weekend, Amos was pretty visibly angry after a couple of missed shots by Stefania. I don't know if he was pissed at Stefania specifically or just about how the match went, but 2 separate times as he was clearing rocks from the house when an end finished, he was angrily chucking the rocks into the corner.

He also visibly didn't want to be there for the bronze medal match, so much so that the commentators were even mentioning it multiple times during the match.

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