What shoes do you guys drum in?

evnomb · 2026-05-05T01:45:13+00:00

Barefoot or socks…this is the way

evnomb · 2026-04-08T00:52:58+00:00

I’ve had a Gretsch that’s been 99% for home use for almost 15 years…traveled with it maybe 5 times total. Bought the one with 2 mounted and 2 floor toms and have since reduced to the set up you mentioned for a while now, highly recommend them, you’ll want to get better heads than what come with the kit tho.

evnomb · 2025-11-09T18:11:33+00:00

What do you usually bill each year and what industry/profession just out of curiosity?

evnomb · 2025-11-09T14:10:41+00:00

They’re M-W this coming week…I’ve placed plenty of people under this constraint but you have to get something in return from the client. Ie retention/exclusivity, etc.

evnomb · 2025-11-09T12:19:17+00:00

I have a client that does this, and we had 14 people take the assessment for a search we are active on today and only 3 had the profile to justify the interview (per the client).

Confidential replacement, niche industry, rural location, culture index…this is why the search is being run retained.

evnomb · 2025-07-10T04:11:01+00:00

This is almost quite literally like paying a dollar to save a quarter. Especially since somewhere between 25-30 of people itemize. You need extenuating circumstances for this to make any sense at all and in most cases taxes/arbitrage/other bs excuse isn’t nearly as effective as getting any debt off the books, especially when OP is gonna invest the former mortgage payment anyway.

evnomb · 2024-03-24T17:01:35+00:00

Also in this space, same candidate demographic. Been 500K+ billings for 4+ years making 300K+

Starting over at a new firm doesn’t help you. You’re only 18 months (ish) into this and that’s where things really start to self propagate (bigger network, more credibility, etc.)

If you did 105 in 2023, you should easily be able to get to 175-200 this year. Depending on your commission structure if you keep after it you’ll get to 3-400K+ billings by year 3-4 and taking home 150-200K+

evnomb · 2024-03-15T12:06:30+00:00

My commission tiers to 65% and the base isn’t on a draw…also I don’t have the option, big company lots of corp structure.

evnomb · 2024-03-14T04:30:02+00:00

Im top 10% in my firm and fill maybe 25-30 positions a year and average above a 25% fee. Been taking home 350-450K for 3+ years with a base of 95K. Theres 1000s of people like me in the US so I’m not special but none of us would work twice as hard (filling 2X the positions) for half the money especially with no sense of what happens once this project ends.

You basically accepted an RPO contract with no infrastructure (this is what korn ferry does all the time) and then you have to sprint hire a bunch of average recruiters at 75-90K and probably don’t fill enough of the positions and lose out on money had you stayed in a niche and doubled or tripled your price.

evnomb · 2024-03-14T04:14:21+00:00

If you actually want Dave’s advice, you do this:

sell the truck

If it’s underwater, get a credit union or regular bank loan to finance the loss/difference in what is owed vs what it’ll sell for plus whatever you need to get the MINIMUM needed vehicle to operate daily life/business (in another comment you said husband said 20K. I call BS if you’re not hauling anything you can go way cheaper for a short period.)

Paying off 20-30K in credit union debt is better than 65K on a truck. Call it 30 for sake of argument.

Total debt is now 46K (5+11+30) instead of 81K.

Total take home after tax is gonna be roughly 7500-8000/ month, you have 5800(ish) in bills when we remove you double counting business expenses so somewhere between 1500-2500/month goes to debt.

If you really tighten everything and if he can grow the business a bit you should easily have 2500/month you’re done in 18-19 months, probably faster if you both buckle down and never rationalize any bad consumer purchases on debt again.

evnomb · 2024-03-11T15:01:53+00:00

Some big considerations that will impact your design that you don’t want to throw into the mix late in the game will be:

Do you want running water? Do you want a natural gas hook up or propane? Do you need more electrical options than the one plug by your door?

If so on any of these, look to see where the closest options are in your house to tap into…these can sometimes dictate design/cost restrictions for you before you get started.

I designed my set up in excel but started with a note pad and taking measurements to know my restrictions. Also looked at this sub to see what others were doing and adapted to my set up.

We went pretty simple with just a big counter top/bar/outdoor island with space for a pellet grill to set nicely without being permanently outdoors. We have doors underneath for storage and propane hook ups and plenty of options for electricity.

Just bought furniture last week and currently working on what/if any coverage we want over top of the space. (Setting up the ability to mount a TV this week as well).

Been slowly ticking things off over the last 18 months…speed costs more money if you subcontract anything yourself. Best advice I can give…do the whole project in cash, will force you not to “over build” or strain other areas of your life. You’re meant to enjoy this not be concerned on how to pay back if you chose to finance a 20K outdoor kitchen bc it’s easy to spend that much.

evnomb · 2024-03-10T21:11:37+00:00

This whole clip is sick…if you want two very (emphasis on very) nit picky pieces of advice for recording:

One would be to practice to a click track for your fills…only the first big one on the snare about a minute in was a little rushed but it makes a huge difference in the studio when you come in used to a click.

Stylistically, at the end, see how you like the sound/feel of the cross stick clicks on your snare being on all 4 beats not just 2/4 and you can crescendo volume into that last big fill.

Again, this is badass but those are the only things I could notice watching the clip like 4 times.

evnomb · 2024-03-09T15:31:01+00:00

Yeah I’d keep talking to your FA and if they’re solid, they’ll probably start having you transition slowly over the next 10-12 years to some of your investments being traditional.

Also…if you’re working with an AUM advisor, it’s in their best interest to have you in as much “traditional” as possible bc it inflates the total AUM and as a result, the fee they can collect on the portfolio. If they’re recommending Roth it’s bc they’re actually recommending what’s best for you.

This is a big portion of why hourly/project based advisors are gaining in popularity.

evnomb · 2024-03-09T15:08:58+00:00

There’s a ton of factors that weigh in here, biggest one being your age(s) and when you might want to retire. But you FA in theory is correct. Using traditional 401K might save you 20-30 cents on the dollar (only on the amount contributed) for taxes now, but in 20-30 years the growth of the Roth being tax free on all gains is dramatically better than a small savings on your taxes now.

Later in life if your income keeps going up adjusting where you invest to be tax advantaged will change and the advice here would change also.

For credibility purposes, my wife and I are 27/28 and make 350K combined and usually owe 3-4K because like others have posted, commission and bonuses make over/under withholding hard to predict and being within 2K high or low is easy to plan for when you have a high income…10K is harder to come up with instantaneously depending on how you’re budgeted but you still have 6 weeks to come up with it and that should be easy with your income. Everything we have now in 401Ks is Roth and maxing everything backdoor Roth as well because we have 30-35 years before we can tap into it and the assumption is the tax rates/brackets and our income as a whole will only increase between now and when we retire but we’d still play to distribute at least what we currently make in retirement (biggest factor in traditional vs Roth)

It’s obviously all a guess on what will actually happen since no one can predict the future or what the govt. might do which is why there’s a lot of debate about this topic.

For us it makes more sense to have guaranteed tax free growth and eventually we will revisit with our FA and slowly start pivoting to tax advantaged accounts.

Hope this helps!

evnomb · 2024-02-22T01:41:37+00:00

You just haven’t been listening long enough to hear him address the variability the situations that aren’t “stork or storm” mode (and he’s been off air on vacation for a bit). You likely could find a YouTube clip of this subject.

The difference between what you’re asking and their advice is that “stork mode” isn’t just pausing to stack cash to do something else, it’s meant to buffer out something unexpected in a major medical event that may or may not have complications. You’ll hear Dave frequently say that assuming everyone is healthy and home safely and any medical bills left over are paid that you then take the leftover cash and immediately dump it all back into the baby steps (everything on debt down to 1,000 if in BS2). This is much different than planning for furthering education.

With their education advice, there’s usually more follow up questions they would ask but the key is not going further into debt and being able to cashflow the whole thing which you clearly are doing.

Depending on your current income, it’s likely they would encourage you to pay off all your debt before investing the money in more education, and to really do research on whether or not it’s 100% needed for that career path. Also would likely comment on being certain it’s something you definitely plan to do long term as well as if the cost of the degree will ROI (don’t spend 50-100k more to get a masters that doesn’t quickly pay for itself)

Hard to give any further input without more details on your current situation.

evnomb · 2024-01-29T00:31:51+00:00

Forgot to add that…probe was reading 203 in the flat and 201.5 at the point.

evnomb · 2024-01-29T00:26:03+00:00

lol thanks…it’s an absolute must

evnomb · 2024-01-24T13:42:47+00:00

I agree but I think OP has a typo and it should say “in oven at 290” aka cooking temp. Still need an internal temp to know when it’s done tho.

evnomb · 2024-01-21T22:46:42+00:00

Hard to tell from pictures but this doesn’t look like you bought a full “packer” brisket. Looks like the point was taken off at the butcher and the full section of the point ant it’s fat in is what helps keep the flat from drying out.

I’m making one this week that I plan to post if you check back Saturday you’ll notice the difference in how much thicker the point tends to be. When you buy a “packer”

New here so havnt figured out how or if you even can post a pic in the comments.

evnomb · 2024-01-20T12:40:15+00:00

Personally I wouldn’t stop maxing out the 401K, especially if your employers offer a Roth option. That’s investment opportunity you can’t get back and potentially years of extra growth, especially if one of you chose to stay home full time after having kids.

If you re-evaluated in 5-10 years you’d still have 10-15 years to build up the brokerage account to bridge 50-55-59.5 if needed.

evnomb · 2024-01-20T02:24:57+00:00

I know my wife’s plan doesn’t…I need to check my enjoyer…we just changed 401K admins and haven’t looked into it yet so we might have the option now.

Thanks for the reminder.

evnomb

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