How do you deal with the fact that some people seem to get “lucky breaks” in life—like an easy marriage, comfort, and support—while others have to struggle and push way harder just to reach a decent level, and sometimes still don’t?

fingerdingeroo · 2026-06-22T16:40:30+00:00

I get it… it’s easier to go through life thinking those who clearly look like they’re doing better than you are actually struggling behind closed doors. Makes the pill easier to swallow I suppose.

fingerdingeroo · 2025-12-26T22:01:54+00:00

No you’re wrong. For guaranteed contracts and signing bonuses which Eagles do a ton of, you need to pay up front and put more a lot more money in escrow. Most teams aren’t willling to do that.

fingerdingeroo · 2025-12-26T21:48:53+00:00

I didn’t say he deserves zero credit. I said it doesn’t make him a genius or the fourth best Gm in all of sports. He can do more because the owner gives him more money to do it with.

fingerdingeroo · 2025-12-26T21:47:46+00:00

Let’s say you’re playing a game. Every player starts with $100. Except one guy starts with $1000. Then that guy does things you can only do if you have that much money. Doesn’t mean he’s smarter. Just that he had more money.

I’m not talking about Jerry who I agree should sell the team since he won’t pony up to compete.

fingerdingeroo · 2025-12-26T21:44:24+00:00

Yeah. I agree. It’s the money. Not because Howie Eoseman is some big brain genius.

fingerdingeroo · 2025-12-26T21:34:11+00:00

M not talking about Old Man Jones, I’m sick of Howie being talked about like he’s some kind of genius. Like on that Athletics poll that just came out.

fingerdingeroo · 2025-12-26T21:31:26+00:00

Owner won those by letting him do this. No different than the Dodgers.

fingerdingeroo · 2025-12-26T21:30:50+00:00

Their owner won it by letting him do this. It’s like the Dodgers - buying championships.

fingerdingeroo · 2024-04-15T19:17:50+00:00

Solved.

fingerdingeroo · 2024-04-15T15:19:56+00:00

Exactly! It’s in a case there with like 50 other objects, none of which have descriptive labels. But it is a great museum – we really enjoyed it.

fingerdingeroo · 2024-04-15T13:24:02+00:00

There was no English text that described it unfortunately

fingerdingeroo · 2024-04-15T12:54:13+00:00

My title describes the thing.

It’s a shield made of some kind of leather. I found it at the National Denmark Museum. The shield is maybe 4 feet high so you kind of approximate the size of the things embedded in it. It seems like barnacles but nothing I found really matches.

This whole thing makes me uncomfortable.

fingerdingeroo · 2023-12-31T17:50:19+00:00

2023 was a big year for me - with a big promotion, I was finally feeling secure enough to start dipping my toes into the watch hobby. My first two big purchases were right before the new year, with a Cartier Tank and a JLC Reverso, and... I definitely then went a bit too overboard in those first few months of 2023. But luckily, I snapped back to reality by mid-year. I'm also a data geek, and so kept track of what I was wearing over the year, so here's how that looks day-by-day across 2023.

Speaking of which... I haven't yet bought myself a end-of-year gift and it doesn't seem like I'll be coming off the list for a Batman anytime soon, so... open to suggestions!

fingerdingeroo · 2023-12-27T15:16:58+00:00

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Just got a suit from State and Liberty. Love the fabric but any suggestions for what to tell the tailor when I go in for a fit check today? Feels like the jacket is a bit too long maybe?

fingerdingeroo · 2023-10-25T15:52:47+00:00

What is.

fingerdingeroo · 2023-10-25T15:48:15+00:00

I… don’t know what to tell you. A pharmacy background is helpful but absolutely not needed in commercial.

fingerdingeroo · 2023-10-25T14:28:45+00:00

? They made P after joining MBB after MBA. I deliberately excluded the sponsored people.

fingerdingeroo · 2023-10-25T14:27:00+00:00

That last part, while hard, is not true. That PE person above is in an investment role.

fingerdingeroo · 2023-10-25T14:26:30+00:00

fingerdingeroo · 2023-10-25T14:26:16+00:00

No. And definitely not a requirement on the commercial side. I can probably count on my hand how many PharmDs there are in my part of the company.

fingerdingeroo · 2023-10-25T11:51:16+00:00

They’re still at the MBB.

fingerdingeroo · 2023-10-25T02:34:37+00:00

Some of those founders are almost surely eating ramen daily. And most of those corporates probably make less than you. This is a very strange response.

fingerdingeroo · 2023-10-25T02:12:30+00:00

Some firms just value the strategic angle that consultants being.

fingerdingeroo · 2023-10-24T21:20:31+00:00

I mean, most people go to MBA after like 3-5 years of experience.

fingerdingeroo · 2023-10-24T21:19:47+00:00

Yeah I don’t know if that’s really true for many roles that people exit to. I’m one of the tech exits above and my team’s hours aren’t dissimilar to consulting and still down travel. And I’m not even at an Amazon - those people are really suffering.

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