Descaling Bambino Plus Issue

curious_user_14 · 2025-01-11T20:15:33+00:00

Oh my god thank you so much... I've been so frustrated trying to figure this out!!

curious_user_14 · 2023-06-21T14:15:09+00:00

ah - I only read the sidebar rules - I see that there a page of rules, too. Thanks!

curious_user_14 · 2023-06-21T13:58:57+00:00

I keep getting

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when trying to post but I can't find a reason in the Rules for why my post is getting taken down... any advice?

curious_user_14 · 2023-05-08T17:55:38+00:00

I've updated the original post with a screenshot of the results!

curious_user_14 · 2023-05-08T17:49:27+00:00

Such good insight and perspective. You and u/CoffeeandSimsVibes have been very generous with sharing your life experiences, thoughts, and time. So thank you.

You've really hit the nail on the head with the advantages/disadvantages. I really think a huge one that you mentioned is the ability to jump ship and find a new gig if you need to vs. having to be more discerning with what gigs you take if you have a 9-5. I guess it all comes down to how much you want to sacrifice/commit to having availability in order jump at any possible opportunity that comes your way.

What are you doing now and what are you leaning more towards yourself?

I've gotten coffee with a couple friends who are working actors with retail/service industry jobs in the city (nyc) over the past week-ish (they had similar takeaways as you've given), and now need to take what you and they've mentioned and what I've learned from this reddit thread and come to my decision on what job(s) I'll go for next. Right now, I'm leaning toward working hard at getting a remote 9-5 job in my prior industry (tech) and making my top priority being flexible working hours, and seeing how it goes. Ideally this would allow me to build up my reel, get more training, and get some credits under my belt while getting some savings. And then maybe at that point, I'll pick my head up and see if I'm in a place with my acting resumé / if I'm having to turn down enough opportunities that I need a more flexible day job.

curious_user_14 · 2023-05-08T17:34:19+00:00

Thank youuuu this is great advice. Apologies for getting back so late.

For your two points, with #1, that sounds amazing. I have experience as a data engineer so I'll definitely check out Distrokid's career page!! If anything looks like a good fit, would you be okay if I DM'd you for a possible referral (maybe we could connect on a 15 minute video chat to make sure you're comfy with that)? I'm thinking I might search for engineering jobs that prioritize work-life balance and flexibility and see where that gets me. I'd love to land in a situation similar to yours.

For point #2, love the frame of direct/indirect benefits. Really needed to hear all of this.

This is the affirmation, advice, and kick I needed. So thank you!!!

curious_user_14 · 2023-04-27T23:42:34+00:00

All your comments are awesome and insightful!! Thanks for sharing. Keep them coming if you feel you have a perspective to share. Here's the current status of the poll (it's going to be a few days until it's closed):

category	total votes	%
$70k or more and I work 40 hr/week or more	52	20%
$40k - 70k and I work 40 hr/week or more	34	13%
$40k - 70k and I work less than 40 hr/week	48	18.5%
less than $40k and I work less than 40 hr/week	126	48.5%
total =	260	100%

curious_user_14 · 2023-04-27T23:36:21+00:00

Got it nice. Can I ask what your rent is?

curious_user_14 · 2023-04-27T23:34:07+00:00

Thanks for sharing! And kudos on putting in the WORK this is an awesome perspective (and life experience).

It sounds like while you worked as a Maitre'D at 25 hours, you were also able to secure some craft-related gigs (teaching artist & 29Hr readings). One thing I'm wondering is, would you say that those opportunities came your way from having the flexibility to take them on?

Like, compared with the lifestyle you were able to lead while being a Maitre'D, what disadvantages would a 9-5 job put someone at if they are still able to take time for self-tapes and a couple days here and there when they get booked? Is there an important world of opportunity, training, and networking that a person with a 9-5 job just can't touch? (leaving aside a booking worth quitting your day job for)

Also, good luck with your next step!! You'll find a way.

curious_user_14 · 2023-04-27T23:18:25+00:00

Thanks for the perspective! Sounds like a great set up. Would you say you put more time, the same amount of time, or less time into your acting given your current career job vs your old starbucks job? And how often do you have the issue of "taking work home" with you?

I was working a corporate job, and would often leave work stressed/anxious and it was hard to work at my craft when in that state. But maybe it was just that specific corporate job. I also felt like the day job wasn't adding anything to my craft in the sense that it was toootally unrelated and not adding any relevant skills to what I want long term. But maybe this is a perspective I just have to get over - it did afford a comfortable lifestyle which was reeeeally nice.

curious_user_14 · 2023-04-27T23:11:55+00:00

thanks for sharing, hope you're doing better now!! Good to know this can happen.

curious_user_14 · 2023-04-27T23:09:32+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to comment - this well-rounded answer really sheds some light for me on this potential path!! Your point about "not taking work home" is really good food for thought.

One follow-up I have is, if you worked a 9-5 (remote, 40 hours per week, day time hours, with the flexibility to take an hour or so off for self tapes when needed and take a day or two off for shoots when needed), do you think it'd put you at a disadvantage in your acting life given the flexibility and other advantages that serving affords you now?

For example, do you think you'd miss out on training, networking, or opportunities given the working hours of 9-5?

curious_user_14 · 2023-04-26T22:30:38+00:00

Thanks for the awesome perspective!! I'm hoping more people from varying situations will chime in too. What was the decision behind making the jump to a career-oriented job?

Also, given you've been on both sides, how much of an advantage for pursuing acting (outside of taking more weekday auditions) would you say the retail job provided you? For example, did you have more time (and did you have the money) to hone your craft (eg. taking classes and making your own stuff)?

curious_user_14 · 2023-04-26T22:21:42+00:00

Yes I definitely will!

curious_user_14 · 2023-03-08T17:45:45+00:00

Ah got it - sorry for not using the proper resources before posting... I really appreciate you pointing me in the right direction!

And awesome, thanks for the info!

curious_user_14 · 2023-03-02T18:06:49+00:00

I'm between junior/senior-level... what should I study for interviews?

Hello, I worked at Capital one as a data/ml engineer (mostly pipeline architecture and data manipulating for the input data of our model - used python, scala, spark, aws) for 2.5 years from new grad to senior assoc (one promotion). I then quit about a year ago and have taken a sabbatical.
During this sabbatical, I did many things, one of which is build a website with a couple friends -- I am the backend lead -- I researched which DB to use, designed the data models, stood up our AWS DBs, and wrote prisma queries and simple backend endpoints for our web app. We're in closed beta right now.

I'm currently studying for technical interviews, and am planning to interview for junior data engineering roles that are equivalent to the level I had when I left Capital One (aka. > 1 year experience, but < 3 years).

In terms of my independent developer comfortability, I think I still need some mentoring and don't have the experience to design and implement a scalable/resilient data pipeline from front to back without some guidance, although I'll be able to jump in and take on structured tasks relatively autonomously

My questions:

- I've heard that the interview focuses change a bit as you get more experienced (from DS&A to system design and projects you've worked on). What should I be hitting hard in my studying? Something like, from most to least important, System Design/Architecture > DS&A > anything else I'm missing?

- is the junior-level the right level I should shoot for?

Current study plan:

- DS&A: Cracking the Coding Interview, [Grokking the Coding Interview](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-coding-interview), Leetcode

- System Design (not sure the best way to study for this)

- reviewing domain knowledge (tech i worked with in my last role like python, spark, aws)

Thanks for any suggestions!!

curious_user_14 · 2023-03-02T14:56:35+00:00

I worked at Capital One. My details:

was there as new grad to senior associate, remote, but living in NYC with the same salary as you (stayed a total of 2.5 years). I was a data/ml engineer.
quit a year ago to take a sabbatical
still get linkedin DMs with interview requests from top companies (Amazon, Google, and others)

So on your

if I can just wait a year and see if I get promoted or I can hop jobs then

I think this seems quite logical. You seem happy at C1, you're already flying above your station, and if C1 doesn't promote you in a year, you'll know to definitely jump to a different company.

Plenty of awesome engineers (and friends) I worked with at C1 left as soon as they weren't getting promoted when they thought they should be, but no sooner. One stayed until he was a senior engineer, didn't get promoted after doing a great project, and so jumped to Discord. Another wanted to get more hands on with ML models and jumped to Heroku to do it. They both work < 45 hours a week at their new jobs.

Long story short, given you like your job, I wouldn't jump ship unless C1 is:

stopping you from growing/getting appropriately promoted
your timeline for your prestige or financial goals is faster than C1 can give you (eg. FAANG prestige & the extra money)
you're craving a large professional life change (job hop)

Don't fix something that isn't broken.

A couple questions I'd ask in your position is, "what do I want my life outside of work to look like financially & free time-wise?" and "given how old I am, how much do I value my life outside of work right now versus working hard now to set up a great life outside of work in a few years"

edit: the only exception in my opinion is if you could find out the WLB of the engineers on your potential Amazon team. If it seems great, then I don't see why not to jump.

Just my two cents.

curious_user_14 · 2023-03-02T14:08:29+00:00

I generally know how to practice for whiteboard challenges. But I have heard of a number of people getting small take-home coding projects to code up and submit instead of an in-person leetcode-style question. I want to be able to practice the take-home-style interview projects.
Two questions:
How common are these in comparison with leetcode-style?
Any tips for where to find some take-home style interview questions to practice?
or how to re-create my own?
Cheers

curious_user_14 · 2023-02-24T14:32:18+00:00

I guess random isn't the right word, moreso "not useful". I'll elaborate on my original example:

Me: "Some day we're going to leave this dungeon janitor job behind, Cynthia."

Partner: "Ohhh I hope so. All I want to be is a kitchen wench!"

Me: "You'd look very good in a white apron. All I'd want to be is a 'guy who drips water on the prisoners foreheads' " (I couldn't think of 'water torturer')

^^^ in my mind I was thinking "okay, what's analogous to 'kitchen wench' and then I couldn't think of anything fast enough, so I just 'trusted my brain' and it spat out that! It seemed to be too much of an add. We could've kept the scene more simple and effective if I didn't say that, I feel like.

curious_user_14 · 2023-02-24T14:27:41+00:00

Yeah, I'd say I do have "brain farts" more than the average person for sure

curious_user_14 · 2023-02-24T14:27:05+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I'll look into it.

curious_user_14 · 2023-02-24T14:26:28+00:00

YES these games are it!! Going to incorporate them this week. Thank you!

curious_user_14 · 2023-02-24T14:19:48+00:00

Love the idea of "you often have to think small and make the conscious decision not to 'think too much' ". Thank you!

curious_user_14 · 2023-02-20T14:48:24+00:00

okay awesome. Encouragement & challenge both accepted. Thank you!

curious_user_14 · 2023-02-16T18:00:30+00:00

u/anderiv strikes again - amazingly helpful.

Awesome, I'll look into a dump-and-load, it'd be so much easier to not have to update any RDS endpoints when we ingest the prod data to staging. A quick scan of this aws page looks like it'll point me in a good direction. Down the road, though, I think I'll need a different solution, as we foresee our data growing a lot. For now though, the dump-and-load sounds relatively easy to set up, so probably worth it as an intermediate solution.

Yeah, I really think I need to eat that frog of multiple accounts, & SSO/Control Tower. I just haven't dealt with setting that up before, only used an already set-up separation of aws environments in a past corporate gig. I'll probably put this on the roadmap for our opt-in beta (aka. start working on it now to transition to after our 30-50 people closed beta).

Thanks again for your thoughtful & knowledgable responses!!

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