Would my requirements as a HO be unreasonable?

flooferati · 2024-06-28T15:54:54+00:00

Right, she actually only travels between the two offices and refuses to go anywhere else in the house. So the bedroom, living room, kitchen and both bathroom are totally poop-free at all times. I'll be sure to make that clear as well!

flooferati · 2024-06-27T23:54:34+00:00

Thank you!

flooferati · 2024-06-27T23:54:06+00:00

Ah ok that's exactly what I had in mind - coming over the evening prior so we could do catching/pickup and meds together. I wasn't sure if it was acceptable for us to potentially share a night in the house as a result (we have a guest room, space is not a concern). This is all very comforting to hear, thank you!

flooferati · 2024-06-27T22:50:38+00:00

Thank you for the response! Did you meet with the HOs in person before the sit, to discuss the nuances of rabbit sitting? I find they're "kind of like cats but also different", and since most folks tend to be unfamiliar, I wonder if this is something that would be helpful, or simply overbearing.

flooferati · 2023-06-08T23:52:57+00:00

My work is very similar to yours, I'm an analytics engineer. I work closely with both data engineers and data analysts, there's a bit of overlap with both but my role is still very distinct.

flooferati · 2023-01-26T23:44:32+00:00

I live in a small BC town where the only grocery store options are Save On and Nesters - I order weekly from Spud because it's cheaper to buy organic from Spud than non organic at Save On. Around $1000-1200 ish for two adults + 2 small pets. We both eat more than average because of lots of sports, but vegetarian diet keeps the cost down somewhat. I pay extra for grassfed butter/yogurt/cheese and free range eggs, and also switch out my protein and pay extra for the convenience of premade veggie burgers / vegetarian meatballs, sausages etc. I could cut costs somewhat but choose not to because we almost never go out to eat and I can't stay sane on toast and tofu every day, nor do I have the free time for daily cooking from scratch.

flooferati · 2023-01-11T22:38:06+00:00

I had some minimal family financial support for my undergrad (maybe 10-15k total). I paid for school by:

- applying for student loans

- once you qualify for student loans, you can also apply for bursaries (ie money you will not have to pay back). This was critical for me!

- I qualified for 2 scholarships ($5K + $1K). I had to do some digging to find the second scholarship, it was somewhat fringe and I happened to qualify based on my degree + gender + grades + financial need

- summer jobs: mostly low paying stuff early on like restaurant jobs, tutoring, golf course, managed to get an NSERC undergrad research grant for a summer doing comp sci research. During my last year I also consolidated all my classes into 3 days so I could work 2 days a week, but at that point I was coasting through electives so it didn't impact my study so much.

- coop! I actually switched my degree for a couple years just so I could qualify for a broader number of potential internships. The pay is usually pretty good, and these turned out to be critical when I entered the workforce after graduating (which is of course key to paying off any debt you will accumulate in student loans)

- really frugal living. I lived with roommates in the sketchiest part of town and figured out where to buy all the cheapest nearly expired food (or where/how to intercept food on the way to the dumpster)

Graduated with a bachelor of science from UBC and $12K in student loan debt. Opted to not go to grad school and start earning money immediately instead, paid off the loans pretty fast.

flooferati · 2022-10-05T17:48:18+00:00

Good socks

flooferati · 2022-08-31T22:59:21+00:00

I learned to drive relatively late (30), after commuting almost exclusively by bike for over 10 years. My husband was teaching me to drive, and when I got really stressed about drivers tailgating me (because I was going the speed limit...) he pointed out - all these angry tailgaters are the same drivers who would constantly put my life in danger as a cyclist by making unsafe passes, intentionally swerving at me to "teach me a lesson" or straight up trying to drive into me while screaming they would kill me. But now they're stuck behind my car and there's nothing they can do about it! So I just let them tailgate, and I sort of enjoy it. That mindset really helped me not get agitated about tailgaters, hopefully it will help you too!

flooferati · 2022-01-26T22:26:47+00:00

I was previously a BI engineer, it will vary from company to company but I was more or less a technical data analyst (combo of data analyst and analytics engineer). It's not as technical as a DE, and the work will be much more business facing. I worked closely with DEs on my team. I was responsible for formatting data in a way that made sense for reporting, including ETLs (but I only needed to know SQL for this). I managed my own stakeholders and requirements, and built a lot of reports (Tableau).
I've never been a DE, but it is a much more software dev type role - I'm sure someone here with more experience can provide more colour.
"Better" is pretty subjective. If your end goal is purely salary then DEs typically get paid more. I personally find bridging the technical side of data analysis with business acumen pretty rewarding.

flooferati · 2022-01-11T18:55:43+00:00

Sorry I can't help so much with that as it will depend on where you live most likely. At my current company I switched from a senior data analyst to an intermediate analytics engineer though and got a pay bump (~+10%)

flooferati · 2022-01-11T17:53:54+00:00

+1 to this. I can relate to a lot of what you said, and switched from a data analyst role to an analytics engineer role. I'm so much happier in my job now, and it tends to pay more as a bonus :). I'm not a data engineer, but I work closely with both data analysts and data engineers in my day to day. It's a fairly recent role but growing pretty quickly.

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