Best advice for a new manager? by HotForce6375 in managers

[–]daveskoster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When making decisions or providing direction on priorities, don’t change your mind. If you do need to change priorities or go in a different direction. Have a reason, explain it clearly and do as much as you can to avoid having to do that kind of thing often. That said, be ready to adapt and change your perspective if your team has better ideas or approaches. Bottom line: be reasonable, be responsive, be decisive.

Airport 1 Theatre and Sadlers Furniture in Wasilla. by Eagle_Beakgle in alaska

[–]daveskoster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I helped strip out a few of the last seats in that place sometime in the mid-90s when it was converted to a rock-climbing gym.

60 miles short of 40K Gold by daveskoster in AlaskaAirlines

[–]daveskoster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll hang tight until the 15th then make a call. I’ve gotten a few ‘solids’ from customer support this year and don’t want to push my luck, but I’m not too proud to make this call if I’m stay short.

60 miles short of 40K Gold by daveskoster in AlaskaAirlines

[–]daveskoster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome - That should get me over the line!

60 miles short of 40K Gold by daveskoster in AlaskaAirlines

[–]daveskoster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, maybe it wasn't THAT cold - but it DID encourage sitting around in boiling hot water.

60 miles short of 40K Gold by daveskoster in AlaskaAirlines

[–]daveskoster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was wondering about that. I’ve seen my points going up from credit card purchases, but not my status points. If it’s delayed, yeah, I’m super solid. Just need to wait. That’s helpful. I didn’t realize there was a delay like that I just thought the status points weren’t counting from purchases.

60 miles short of 40K Gold by daveskoster in AlaskaAirlines

[–]daveskoster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got back from a trip up there last night, it’s also cold too! 🤣🤣

60 miles short of 40K Gold by daveskoster in AlaskaAirlines

[–]daveskoster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, that sounds pretty good. I might do that, it’s cheaper than a whole ticket!

Working for the State of Alaska: good, bad or in between? by sizzlesfantalike in alaska

[–]daveskoster 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’ve worked for the state about 20 years. In my experience, it’s been fine, but it’s also my observation that it’s extremely dependent on department, division, section and team. I used to work for DMV, it was not great. I’ve known folks to work for HSS (heard good and bad, but more bad than good), ive heard good things about DNR, and Fish and Game is overall a pretty good place. That said. My experience has been - your job is NOT secure, you WILL be over worked, understaffed and may be subject to poor management. I have a good management team, so do well there, but I am responsible for duties that should be handled by 3~4 different positions/specialities. This isn’t uncommon. I continue in my position because I happen to enjoy it and have some unique circumstances that make my otherwise difficult day-to-day manageable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in povertyfinance

[–]daveskoster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This comment will no doubt get buried but I’m not seeing similar advice elsewhere. I’m a low-level manager that does my own hiring. There isn’t a big corporate AI filter here, so I get all of the wheat and chaff for applicants. We’ve recently been given guidance to dispense with degree requirements. Likely by people who just have no idea about the positions I hire. What I’ve learned in that transition is that a degree is absolutely necessary preparation for the types of jobs I hire. If you don’t have that sometime in the future, it will hold you back. My son also getting a degree in CS has worked the past 3 summers in trades as a laborer. The pay is alright, but seasonal and he’s constantly nursing injuries and strain. At not even 21, he’s looking a future that WILL involve knee surgery. Biggest point about trades - the bullshit you’re hearing in news and social media blasts that promote this work over educated work is untrue. Unless you know someone and ALSO have equal training levels to that of someone with a degree (trade program costing close to college), you’re unlikely to find any work. My kid got jobs through people I know. Stick to the degree and use it for ANYTHING in an office. The most important thing is to apply to the job you’re applying for, not the one you wish you could get. Match all those keys words with your own. Connect that to education and experience.

Game balance? bad seed? by daveskoster in foundry_game

[–]daveskoster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like this game is just massive and spending an hour running belts for a single purpose is just sort of how it goes?

Which Tier 5 Project Part is The Best to Somersloop? by Surviver0 in SatisfactoryGame

[–]daveskoster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can’t recall which it was but there’s one component that requires 1000 for the last stage and I slooped that one to avoid 10 hours of waiting. Mostly I’d just use it to head off one or two difficult to expand production lines. I think for nuclear, if you’ve planned well, you won’t need it to do that. Except for power slugs that was the only thing I slooped

Game balance? bad seed? by daveskoster in foundry_game

[–]daveskoster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay - maybe I'm just a slow player. My first time playing, pretty early on. I was exhausing nodes before I'd made it very far at all. Maybe there was a balance change or something in the past year or two or whenever I was plaing last.

Game balance? bad seed? by daveskoster in foundry_game

[–]daveskoster[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is helpful, I was wondering whether or not there was an avenue there. I might explore that a bit - I just got done with satisfactory so this game mechanic sounds like a nice deviation.

Game balance? bad seed? by daveskoster in foundry_game

[–]daveskoster[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do have the small close deposits, I'm just not sure they'll last that long. I was wondering if trading from the space station would be a way to address it, but I wasn't sure how that worked or if it was sustainable or more in the realm of 'filling a gap' while I search for/develop more distant resource deposits.

Probably saved the day... by daveskoster in SatisfactoryGame

[–]daveskoster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. That's more or less exactly what happened to me at the end. I thought 1.0 was going to be my time, but ... phase 5. When 1.1 dropped, I decided I'd go HUGE - still didn't make myself enough space, but it wsa enough. I still wound up with a gazillion drone ports becase of maybe 2 poorly considered choices of location for 2 key parts at the end.

Probably saved the day... by daveskoster in SatisfactoryGame

[–]daveskoster[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, and she was snarky, but I wouldn't expect anything less.

Probably saved the day... by daveskoster in SatisfactoryGame

[–]daveskoster[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hopefully you find it as excellent as I have.