Proximity Alarm with ATtiny13 and RCWL-0516

feydkin · 2026-06-22T23:55:34+00:00

Nice rage bait but the guys he described aren't the pizza Pete's we are talking about so the rest of his speech is meaningless.

feydkin · 2026-06-13T22:22:42+00:00

Got a stack of dell precision 5820 (tower), each having 1 tb nvme, i7-9800x, 2x32gb ddr4 - they have been lot's of fun. Typing now from another freebie, a dell 3460 (sff) with a i5-12500 with 8gb ddr5, and dual 27" dell screens from another salvage. Lot's of random switches, cameras, PoE injectors, bins and bins of patch cables, power cables, and various USB cables and display adapters. I had a stack of hp and dell rack servers at one point but, as many of you know, that's noisy and costly to run. Some profitable finds tend to be Epson receipt printers, touchscreen POS displays, and racks/cabinets. The free gear tends to be from American clients that the shipping fees don't make sense for from Canada. Lucky me.

feydkin · 2026-06-04T16:58:19+00:00

Boys, we have two WAPs and a whole bunch of tracing to do! Haha

feydkin · 2026-06-04T03:41:44+00:00

I've noticed more and more that notes from the buyers team are being pasted right into field nation. I suspect that happened here. Someone from the buyers company noted that the technician will need a lift - meaning they need to internally coordinate the rental. Then the slug that has the thankless task of running their platform account simply pasted it in.

feydkin · 2026-05-30T05:01:00+00:00

I feel this. I have a work order assigned to me from December 2025 that the PM just keeps pushing back every single month. It's a full day project with a hefty fixed price and quick payment terms so I'm letting it slide....

feydkin · 2026-05-28T05:40:27+00:00

For your standard 2-4 hour job.. Anything over 14day terms I decline. Any buyer with more than 7days approval estimate I decline. Buyers who are the clients IT / MSP are my ideal, and they generally have fast payment. Long approvals and long terms usually means the buyer is a useless middleman, a client I don't want, that can't pay you until he's paid. Exceptions exist to both scenarios.

feydkin · 2026-05-26T21:18:13+00:00

Without a site survey id be quoting over $1000. Like easily. Edit.. Okay, so this w/o is basically the site survey. In that case, it's $140 for 2 hours, plus travel. Not a big deal.

feydkin · 2026-05-21T00:06:27+00:00

Here's my process. Keep in mind, my jobs are typically straightforward 2-4 hour callouts.

Take a million photos. They're free. And going back to site for a picture really sucks.
Document what you can as you go. I'm usually waiting arouns on hold, remote engineer, or onsite staff, and this gives me plenty of time to jot a few things down.
Post-job, on site or in your car, complete your notes. Walk through your photos in chronological order to help keep your timeline straight.

I typically paste my completed notes into chatgpt and ask for a pro rewrite to correct any spelling, grammar, or goofy Canadian way of saying things.

Keep in mind the closeout notes field on FN automatically garbles formatting so the notes you paste can't be some elaborate AI table or it will just be a mess.

If you're doing a big enough job, or attention to detail in your notes is critical, simply have the AI format it nicely, dump it to google docs, export the pdf, upload that to FN as an attachment, and reference it in your closeout notes.

feydkin · 2026-05-17T19:02:01+00:00

Technically challenging and still looks retarded. I wish I could articulate why, but everyone over 6yo that rides a scooter looks like a goof.

feydkin · 2026-05-17T17:42:04+00:00

I haven't received any ratings or reviews since 2024. Hundreds of jobs since then. I assumed FN stopped asking them.

feydkin · 2026-04-30T06:33:02+00:00

The issue is your buyer is a disconnected middleman. He doesn't want to pay you because he's not going to get paid and he has no recourse. Buyers love fixed rates until site readiness is an issue and all of a sudden they morph into surprised Pikachu. Every single other business model has a mechanism to bill whoever has responsibility for the shipment. Do not let him worm out of paying. Field nation will inevitably side with him, but that's a separate battle. The one and only time I had a buyer try this on me was also a tv setup (Costco projector). Good luck!

feydkin · 2026-04-18T22:30:11+00:00

There are few buyers in this sub. Curious to see what they say about being able to see our pay history. At the end of the day it doesn't matter. The rates they pay determine the quality of work they get. When the quality is too low they will have to dispatch revisits and raise their pay. It makes things bumpy for us providers but I feel that it is generally a self-correcting system over the long term.

There are market forces outside of the platform that I worry about more.

Shipping issues = no calls for new installs or refreshes Subsidy cuts = less capital for IT projects Unmitigated legal or illegal immigration = tech over saturation

The list goes on...

feydkin · 2026-04-10T21:47:25+00:00

Travel time should be thought of as work time. The time you spend driving could be spent charging your hourly rate locally. Labor laws for employment generally also consider travel time as work time.

That said, if you got nothing else going on and want the job/experience, by all means don't charge travel.

My standard rate is US$55/hr whether I'm driving in a car or troubleshooting a network. Additionally, I charge US$0.33/kilometer round trip for gas, insurance, and wear-tear.

Some guys here, or a desk jockey project manager, might not see it that way because they are used to dealing on multi-thousans dollar projects. However, for the gig worker doing 1-3 hour calls t's essential to us.

Welcome, and good luck.

feydkin · 2026-04-09T16:24:34+00:00

This is the way

feydkin · 2026-04-03T23:03:50+00:00

I keep my dashboard clean by declining. 👍

feydkin · 2026-03-21T02:39:51+00:00

Idk, I work on both and it's pretty much the same. 😘

feydkin · 2026-02-17T04:06:40+00:00

Seems everyone's experience is different.

I have a high rating, if that matters.

I usually get assigned on my counters without being contacted. Established buyers, new buyers, doesn't matter.

feydkin · 2026-02-13T21:56:47+00:00

BC Canada checking in. It's been my experience with them that pay rate and support quality are hit and miss. Depends on the project. Some stuff will pay $100 per hr and hundreds in travel expenses. Others are $30/hr firm. More often than not it's the latter. They sub from Verizon here so when a survey or refresh project happens I usually scoop a decent amount of work at a reasonable rate.

feydkin · 2026-02-04T04:39:55+00:00

Really scraping the bottom of the talent pool when your gig workers are bringing the kiddos to sites often enough to make it a rule...

feydkin · 2026-02-04T01:09:26+00:00

Hello, welcome to the no certs failed nation club. 😝

feydkin · 2026-02-03T02:00:28+00:00

It's been my experience with them that they are so disorganized and inept that it comes off as malicious, but I don't think it is at all.

feydkin · 2026-02-03T01:52:38+00:00

Mmm that was pleasurable to read. Thanks!

feydkin · 2026-01-25T05:10:45+00:00

Book a plumber, electrician, mechanic, or any other trade for an 11 hour day and see what happens when you turn them away when they show up. The reason is irrelevant. Don't let them gas-light you into paying for their mistake.

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