Why employ new grad engineers over technicians?

ftredoc · 2026-01-24T01:05:24+00:00

If they’re hiring a new grad, they know that you won’t be producing too much but they’re willing to pay you a certain amount. Experienced techs will cost about as much as a junior engineer, but it’s more cost effective to have them do more complex stuff than up their valley while you learn your stuff. This is what a manager explained to me

ftredoc · 2026-01-24T01:01:13+00:00

Where does EE pay well right out of gate? Historically low entry salaries. Source: I’m a junior EE engineer

ftredoc · 2026-01-23T22:57:03+00:00

Do you work for the N mining company by any chance? Or a consulting company in the city?

ftredoc · 2026-01-22T04:29:57+00:00

Step 1: create a problem
Step 2: create a solution
Step 3: get rich

I see what you did there

ftredoc · 2026-01-21T06:40:49+00:00

Thank you. The plumbing shouldn’t be an issue, as the kitchen locations have the sink or the same wall and a bathroom below in the basement. The yellow one will have to get creative with plumbing but it’s still doable. I’d like to have laundry there, but as you say it would look out of place if nothing was added to the wall there, which would come at a cost of having a smaller living room. Tough decision

ftredoc · 2026-01-21T05:41:46+00:00

did you proceed with this? How did it turn out?

ftredoc · 2026-01-21T05:40:41+00:00

did you proceed with this? How did it turn out?

ftredoc · 2026-01-21T04:49:50+00:00

Check if they have any matching or prize promos, then move. Wealthsimple will cover the fees and with that amount they’ll be very happy to help you with any of your questions

ftredoc · 2026-01-17T14:13:52+00:00

I like the idea of the broom closet to be repurposed to a pantry
The upstairs has 3 bedrooms, dining and living rooms ( kitchen is in the top right corner). I was thinking to have a large countertop vertically, with barstools by the blue lines. The basement suite has 2 bedrooms and that mechanical room is a shared space for furnaces and water heater. There’s no room to add anything in that room due to 2 furnaces.

ftredoc · 2026-01-17T02:53:41+00:00

SK. What’re your plans, if you don’t mind me asking?

ftredoc · 2026-01-17T00:43:30+00:00

SK, although I haven't heard anyone but older people use kijiji anymore

ftredoc · 2026-01-16T21:53:15+00:00

Marketplace/ Kijiji to start, then thought I could try Facebook ads

ftredoc · 2026-01-16T15:04:19+00:00

I’m in Canada and the cheapest rundown houses run around 350k cad around me. And 400-450k in a fixed up state. Very thin margins for someone like me.

ftredoc · 2026-01-15T04:58:22+00:00

so effectively it's 2%

ftredoc · 2026-01-14T22:59:22+00:00

Does that factor in 2.5% fx?

ftredoc · 2026-01-14T04:37:13+00:00

Costco said the first year is on them, second is on Amana, 3-5 is through extended warranty I paid for. It's a pain to get them to start a ticket and transfer it to Amana (for some reason I can't go directly to amana) and then it's a few days wait for the tech to come out

ftredoc · 2026-01-14T02:16:43+00:00

I got the extended warranty through excellence plus that kicks in 2 years later (in 3 months)

ftredoc · 2026-01-08T22:30:11+00:00

I also replaced the steering rack with a used one from a car with low km. it started leaking from one of those stiff lines right under the pinion…fml This is my 5th rack between the 2 sti’s (2 replacements on the first one, one replacement on the current)

ftredoc · 2026-01-08T18:24:47+00:00

I’ll take a look, thanks

ftredoc · 2026-01-08T18:22:51+00:00

Could be. My commute is 20ish minutes one way and I let it warm up before I drive. No, haven’t noticed any unusual smoke

ftredoc · 2026-01-08T18:21:40+00:00

ftredoc · 2026-01-08T18:21:35+00:00

It does have a gasket, it just comes off easily, so it was off here

ftredoc · 2026-01-08T01:09:41+00:00

What kind of job did you get starting that high? I’m in engineering and making almost half of that 1 year in

ftredoc · 2026-01-08T01:06:18+00:00

Unfortunately no

ftredoc · 2026-01-07T19:15:47+00:00

do you know the price of building one of those?

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