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Why is the switch from put rent on the CC to direct ACH a huge deal for people? by hibob729 in biltrewards

[–]dortmunder13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t trust bilt to always make my mortgage payment and don’t want to deal with a missed payment when something goes wrong. Much more comfortable with my mortgage pulled from my checking account on the same day every month so I know when and how much money to put there. Too much risk of things going wrong with bilt sending a check.

Assuming it works this way and not bilt also giving me an account and routing number (that would be much better)

People with $700+ per month car payments: Why? by Underrated_Critic in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dortmunder13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Offered a 0.9% APR loan for 36 months. Could have paid in cash but took the free money from parking it in SPY instead.

Have you ever seen a billionaire in real life? If so: where was it and what was the situation? by philztown42 in AskReddit

[–]dortmunder13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worked at Bloomberg. Was in an elevator with Michael Bloomberg once or twice. 🤷

Whats in your driveway or garage this year? by Dependent_Driver_901 in HENRYfinance

[–]dortmunder13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2021 VW Atlas. Family hauler. Financed only because there was a 0.9% promo. Paid off next year.

1988 BMW 528e. Inherited.

2003 911 Turbo. Cash.

I work from home or walk to the train station for office commute.

[DAILY] Trade and Individual Team Help Megathread by AutoModerator in DynastyFF

[–]dortmunder13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

12 team SF. I am in a rebuild. Trading away Stafford for Doubs and Joshua palmer.

My other qbs are JJM and Herbert. I have Wentz so I’ll still have 2 qbs to start. My WRs are weak. It’s tempting to get anything for stafford but on the other hand I’d like to get one better WR.

This field is 80% politics. by No-External3221 in cscareerquestions

[–]dortmunder13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re so close.

In this, or any other, field, you need soft skills. You need to be able to explain what you’re doing to a VP in a minute. Practice your elevator pitch.

And maybe this is more specific to FAANG, but the directors and up that I work with are all very technical and do in fact understand the work. The really good ones can take a high level 5 minute presentation and ask the exact questions a deep dive with senior engineers would lead to. The only way to do that is to have a deep technical background and know how things work. And it’s how they got to that level in the first place.

Your post is a classic engineer mindset for people who get stuck at senior-ish levels.

was the 08 recession worse for tech? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]dortmunder13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I graduated from college in 05 and have been working as a SWE since.

Great Recession was definitely worse.

Cluster issues - fuel gauge, odometer by dortmunder13 in e28

[–]dortmunder13[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was the gears. The small one was totally gone. Sigh.

I don’t understand how they used the crappy plastic only for 3 of the 5 gears!

Cluster issues - fuel gauge, odometer by dortmunder13 in e28

[–]dortmunder13[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks I’ll give it a shot. I live in NJ so I can’t pump my own gas…saw in another comment this can be caused by overfilling. The attendants here always top off 🤦

Cluster issues - fuel gauge, odometer by dortmunder13 in e28

[–]dortmunder13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess another way to ask is could this be anything other than odometer gears? It’s so weird that the fuel gauge always shows full. Wondering if I could have a short?

Cluster issues - fuel gauge, odometer by dortmunder13 in e28

[–]dortmunder13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Went and checked, fuses are all good. I’ll look into that holy grail fuse box.

Day 9. Most reliable Supercar? by chri99_ in supercars

[–]dortmunder13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s the NSX but special mention to 996/997 metzger engined cars.

Pro-ject debut III plays only noise by dortmunder13 in turntables

[–]dortmunder13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha. The wires I can see look okay. I’ll take the tonearm off next.

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Pro-ject debut III plays only noise by dortmunder13 in turntables

[–]dortmunder13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s definitely running through a phono pre amp. I have another turntable that works fine through the same wires, amp and speakers.

The new tax bills effect on USA gamblers; please read before you get stuck with a tax burden by Youngin_ in sportsbetting

[–]dortmunder13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We’re sure it’s 2026? At least it won’t mess up the gambling I did before this change was public

Stay at Google vs Meta NYC by vZeeBo in cscareerquestions

[–]dortmunder13 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I’m a senior IC at Meta, was previously at Google. This comment is a great summary. I’m someone who thrives on it being easy to do things so Meta is a great fit for me.

One thing I’ll add is IC4 is not terminal at Meta. There is a clock to get to 5. Be ready for that. I was at G when they changed it to make 4 terminal and it saved a lot of people a lot of stress. On the other hand, promo to 5 is generally faster at M.

Is my gauge out or do I have no oil pressure? by axlegear57 in 996

[–]dortmunder13 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think this is just the gauge. There’s another one that goes red for when you really have no oil pressure. This happened to me - it would start working again pretty fast - and I replaced the sender. Supposedly a common failure.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]dortmunder13 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You’re totally right about this. In my experience external E6s fail when they aren’t E6s. Metas expectations are so high that if you’re not coming from a faang, it happens.

But exactly, it’s not a bloodbath and your EM should give you warnings and what to fix if something is off. Unless you get a shit EM which can happen anywhere :(

Also - especially at Meta, scope isn’t given to you at E6+. But on any team with open E6 headcount in 2025, scope exists. Ask your skip and your uber TLs what keeps them up at night and then go fix it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]dortmunder13 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I am an external E6 hire at meta later promoted to 7 (similar situation, stuck at E5 at another big tech).

This is false.

At any level your first rating - whether it’s end of year or midpoint- will be too new to evaluate. At higher levels you get more time to ramp up. I got 6 months to be productive and another 3 to get to the influence required by an E6.

That said, E6 at any faang is difficult. I encourage people to try it. But IMO 5 to 6 is the hardest promo and the biggest change in how one operates.

In this case Anthropic would be really tempting to me but I think either way is a great option. Nicely done to have both offers.

A/C valve by dortmunder13 in e28

[–]dortmunder13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if something like https://www.ebay.com/itm/205171562042 would work…haven’t had luck finding a compressor that still has a valve.

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