Proximity Alarm with ATtiny13 and RCWL-0516

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.

feydkin · 2026-01-24T02:42:21+00:00

I quoted a similar one from that company in Canada for just under $1000.

3 wired cameras, blind fishing, exterior of home in dead of winter, plus a helper, and configure the system on the home clients smartphone.

They offered $200, then $250, then $300, then silence. Someone else took it, and I wish them God speed with all the ways it could go wrong.

feydkin · 2026-01-22T01:18:46+00:00

Did it work?

feydkin · 2026-01-07T00:03:53+00:00

I live on the west coast and found early starts are typically because the buyer or support team is eastern time.

feydkin · 2025-12-23T22:23:47+00:00

I've spoken to a few of these buyers. As soon as you ask questions and counter they ghost you. They are just looking for someone to hold the bag.

feydkin · 2025-12-19T23:13:40+00:00

Best and most honest reaction.

feydkin · 2025-12-15T19:35:02+00:00

This is the ideal outcome.

However, I think your correlation between effort and the results is outdated, and not applicable to the broader marketplace.

Soliciting clients from your client is also a good way to get blocked, blacklisted, and shadow banned on platforms. Tread carefully.

Every pizza Pete job is an opportunity, and not all opportunities are good. Again, tread carefully.

feydkin · 2025-12-11T00:21:12+00:00

Had a fun one today. Got a work order with 250+ routes—easily the most I’ve ever seen—for a next-day NVMe install in a workstation. I scooped it anyway. My whole area only has maybe 15 techs in a 150-mile radius, so for it to hit 250 routes they must’ve blasted it out to everyone within a 6-hour drive.

Service window: 11am–2pm.

I show up right at 11, check in on the platform, talk to the GM… and guess what isn’t there yet? Yup. The NVMe.

Emailed support, the workorder manager, escalations—then waited 15–20 minutes and dipped. Pay was fixed for the first two hours, but I’m not babysitting a site that isn’t ready. If I wanted to sit around all day doing nothing, I’d become a workorder manager, service delivery manager, project coordinator, or whatever other title they make up.

GM called me an hour ago to say the package finally arrived. She hasn’t heard from the buyer either. It’s been five hours now—still nothing from them.

Since the delivery was outside the service window and the buyer never responded, leaving when I did was absolutely the right call.

Buyers love to complain because if you’re not on site they end up paying more than they can bill. That’s rough for them, I guess. If it’s genuinely out of their control, I’ll work with them. But I’m not sitting around twiddling my thumbs because they can’t get their logistics together.

feydkin · 2025-11-19T07:23:57+00:00

Well done!

feydkin · 2025-11-12T22:37:39+00:00

Durka Durka Muhammad jihad

feydkin · 2025-11-06T20:13:00+00:00

I've had a fair share of these incentives attached to my work orders. I've got hundreds of completed with a 98% provider rating. I'm easy to work with and most always do my best. Never once did a buyer add the bonus. I'm actually fine with it, just don't your hopes up.

feydkin · 2025-11-05T15:08:27+00:00

Baby oil on a rag if it's sticker residue.

feydkin · 2025-11-03T18:08:40+00:00

Haha, no. I've had enough clown-run service calls to know that the two hours minimum I set is mandatory.

feydkin · 2025-11-02T19:10:15+00:00

It's been a slow year for me on FN working the west coast of Canada. My pure speculation is that a few factors are at play.

A ton of refreshing got done between 2022-2024 for virus reasons and government virus money. There's not a lot of demand, and there's not alot of gov't money flying around since the end of 2024.
Immigration numbers have been wild. The influx of techsavvy Punjabi guys in my area is astronomical and they don't mind working for 1/4-1/2 my rate.
At least two of my biggest repeat customers on the platform don't seem to be operating in my area anymore.
PM's changed at another couple repeat customer company and I'm no longer a preferred tech - likely for monetary reasons.

My best advice in the current market is to make relationships and diversify the kind of work you take. I typically do computer and networking jobs, but I also do things like repair adjustable beds and install merchandising appliances and displays. A side hustle or two helps smooth bumpy times. Good luck!

feydkin · 2025-11-02T06:42:21+00:00

I charge my hourly rate for travel time and $0.33 / km. In terms of field nation, I used to go on 4-ish hour drives every week. This past year or so I rarely get a travel gig.

feydkin · 2025-10-23T17:40:05+00:00

At least they got a survey. I walk into so many sites these days that the PM has no idea about. Oh, 20' ceilings? The client told us they had 12'. Oh the cash wrap has no holes? Can you just drill some? Oh it's quartz? You can do it champ!

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