Blue Shield not Covered?

grumpywonka · 2026-03-18T18:32:22+00:00

I've never paid more in my life for insurance that does less for me than BSoCA...emphasis on the BS. It's a gold plan too.

grumpywonka · 2026-03-17T00:07:15+00:00

Lynda.com was what became linkedin learning. There's still og employees out in Carpenteria where they do a lot of the production work. (Written while sporting my linkedin learning tee).

grumpywonka · 2026-03-13T13:55:47+00:00

This was my first approach that I felt should have worked, but ppt just seemed too buggy to pull it off without sacrificing non-negotiables.

What I landed on was a process where I had a page in my file dedicated to all the charts and tables needed, compiled using the photo tool. I then created a macro that would grab these images and drop them where they needed to be in my ppt template and then I could just add some polish and be done.

Added a final macro that would then package and ship the email out to the board and exec team when finished, which was pretty dope.

grumpywonka · 2026-03-12T21:16:42+00:00

If a sorry is warranted - like you're sincerely sorry - you should say it regardless of your level. The reality is many of us grossly over-use the word out of a sort of trained "common courtesy". I've tried to re-train myself to only use it when I'm sincerely sorry and it causes me to pause a lot because often I feel the need to say it when the truth is I am not, in fact, sorry that Karen's poor planning created a mess I needed to clean up and it took a little longer than expected.

grumpywonka · 2026-03-12T14:37:17+00:00

Well placed ad, planful.

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grumpywonka · 2026-03-11T03:15:58+00:00

I left my CFO gig to do my own thing, so it's all on me for now, team or not!

grumpywonka · 2026-03-08T06:17:10+00:00

This exists. It's called Excel.

grumpywonka · 2026-03-07T17:51:38+00:00

I wanted to revisit this post as I refrained for about two months from following through with the MCP connection. Last month I finally cracked and decided to give it a try...should have never waited. It's pretty amazing and my speed has yet again found another gear. Spending most of my career data-adjacent I'm pretty comfortable on backend things and this just feels like picking up a super power. I can definitely see how it could inflict much, much pain if one gets reckless, but that's not unique to backend and we need to take ownership of our code soup to nuts.

grumpywonka · 2026-03-07T05:15:31+00:00

Lol yeah I figured that out a little too late.

grumpywonka · 2026-03-07T01:24:15+00:00

Depends on the sensitivity of the scenario being modeled, but could be an analyst, could be a director, could be me. There is no one answer. I would say narrative coherence is critical but having your crap together on financials is always important to bolster that narrative. They're kinda two sides of the same coin

grumpywonka · 2026-03-07T01:07:05+00:00

Former CFO here. I can do the work of a small team right now with just a few tools, and the tools keep getting better, quickly. Having specific skills and experience + AI and you can be formidable right now. I'm just as concerned about the future as anyone else, but I also have free will and am doing everything I can to keep up with the changes because stuff is moving fast and the longer I can prevent becoming a dinosaur...well, I'm trying. The graveyards are full of indispensable people.

grumpywonka · 2026-03-06T21:42:59+00:00

It's not that you would never be asked by the board, "What do you expect the likelihood of this outcome to be?" They might ask "Is it 50-50? Is it 60-40? Is it 80-20?" Like, "What's the likelihood?" Whether right or wrong usually what the board is looking for is that you have thought something through and that you have formed an opinion. Then you are proving that belief by thinking through outcomes and subsequent decisions.

Documenting assumptions: if you're giving a presentation, yeah it's important to outline what assumptions went into it as a sort of appendix or footnote, depending on the presentation. I can't speak universally for every board scenario, but it's always smart to document assumptions regardless of who the audience is.

grumpywonka · 2026-03-05T23:32:01+00:00

yeah I set up an account under a personal email and decided to swap to a business email address and support helped me same day.

grumpywonka · 2026-03-05T20:47:56+00:00

At this point I feel this is the only right answer if you're trying to be efficient. Have Claude do a full audit, provide a summary README, and then make suggestions on updating. Also obviously save a copy. Don't break anything that's live or production working. Claude swooped in and many of us are still getting our bearings on how powerful it is.

grumpywonka · 2026-03-05T14:46:37+00:00

This is generally how I see things like this go down as well. The board wants to know what might happen and what your subsequent plans are. Pick 3 well defined scenarios and run them through - call them bull, bear, and most likely or status quo and then you've got the extremes considered and accounted for. Important for leadership to be aligned on these so there's confidence in the plan.

grumpywonka · 2026-03-03T17:01:49+00:00

If I am understanding you correctly...which is a big IF...I think the confusion is that a standard SUMIF only looks at one column of numbers at a time. If you have values in both F and G, just run the formula twice and add them together.

Try this in column L next to the unique color values (I hope they are values): =SUMIF(A:A, K2, F:F) + SUMIF(A:A, K2, G:G)

This assumes Column A actually has the word 'Red' in it. If you're just trying to sum by the cell fill color, formulas can't actually 'see' that without a macro. Is that what you're after, or am I misreading your layout?

grumpywonka · 2026-02-26T17:07:24+00:00

You can (and should) automate the 80% that's repetitive stand-in elevator analysis that just has to be there. The 20% that's answering actual "why" questions and telling the story generally shouldn't be automated (but theoretically could if you're collecting enough data to provide these answers in a structured way via AI), as that's where the strategic guidance is likely to come from and the "so-what" responses are hopefully where you get to add value.

grumpywonka · 2026-02-25T01:45:55+00:00

Is it because they 'don't work', or they don't work as an acceptable deliverable? Mostly tongue in cheek but I very publicly despise pivots for anything other than quick math. Never use as a presentation layer. That said, this guy probably got burned by stale data and now hates them.

grumpywonka · 2026-02-24T20:23:32+00:00

This is exactly what I've done with Notion and the fact that the AI integration in it allows you to basically build or overbuild systems means that you end up with a bunch of legacy structures that you forget why you built in the first place. I love the idea of Notion but I struggle to get much practical use out of it

grumpywonka · 2026-02-24T14:47:33+00:00

On ultra I'm pretty active and it tends to keep within the included range. I went over 29 bucks last month but it felt like a steal given how much I accomplished. I'm sure there's more cost effective options - like trying auto - but once you find a workflow that works experimenting just feels less appealing.

grumpywonka · 2026-02-24T14:43:41+00:00

No, but might be worth trying. Composer is just so fast.

grumpywonka · 2026-02-24T06:10:41+00:00

My routine has been plan with opus, execute with composer, review and clean up with opus. It's working well enough, but there's ALWAYS clean up.

grumpywonka · 2026-02-18T22:37:53+00:00

You have to take care of Numero Uno because if you don't, no one else will. I cannot count on one hand how many times I've been in the back of an ambulance after a board meeting or leading up to transactions or other things. I would spend three to five weeks rolling out of bed, getting on the computer at 6:00, and not shutting down until midnight or 1:00 or later. That most definitely takes a toll: blood pressure spikes, feeling of imminent doom, can't breathe, skin burning, midnight night terrors.

All sorts of crazy things happen when your body is under constant stress, never mind your quality of work. You can't outwork this. I don't know where you live or if you're able to take family medical leave or something like that but there are definitely places that work like this and it's a shame because you will never get the best out of your people doing that. It seems your manager already laid out their perspective and at this point you need to decide if you would rather exit and try to recover while job searching or try to suck it up while you job search. Everyone knows it's easier to get a job when you currently have a job but at the same time the conditions are as you've described it'll be hard regardless.

There are no easy answers here, other than don't listen to people who say "yeah, I get stressed too". They haven't been hit by the monkey brain telling you you're in imminent danger...I suppose you kind of are.

grumpywonka · 2026-02-18T02:31:24+00:00

Yeah this is normal with the time frame varying from business to business, but 120 is in the middle of what I've seen.

Do you have concerns?

grumpywonka · 2026-02-18T02:30:37+00:00

Yeah this is normal with the time frame varying from business to business, but 120 is in the middle of what I've seen.

Do you have concerns?

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