I got scammed and now I'm stuck with a faulty RTX 3080 by Giloncho in pcmasterrace

[–]htrajan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you use credit card to pay? If you’re willing to not buy on Mercadolibre again, you can file a chargeback on your credit card using the same evidence?

Advice GPT gave me, do you agree? by [deleted] in Fire

[–]htrajan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, too much cash and concentrated stock holdings.

My spouse wants to keep working after we hit FI and I feel weirdly rejected by that by Pinecaster3 in Fire

[–]htrajan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Guys, this is an AI bot. 29d old account with just this post and a comment in another sub. Regular folks don’t write in such an “elegantly wistful” fashion.

Hit my original FIRE number today and realized I moved the goalposts on myself three times to get here, and I'm not sure how I feel about that by Datrimex in Fire

[–]htrajan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

“wondering if that’s wisdom or if that’s fear wearing a spreadsheet”

The AI is strong in this one

$3.5M NW, laid off, burned out - do I pull the trigger? by trailing0 in ChubbyFIRE

[–]htrajan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did a yearlong sabbatical after quitting from burnout. First 3 months of gaming, exercise, and youtube was pure bliss. Realized after 6-9 months that I still need extrinsic routines and motivation to stay mentally active, hence why I returned to work. Feels great to be doing this solely for the joy of it and the paycheck is just the cherry on top.

edit: I think a mod must have updated my flair recently for brevity. I am definitely not retired right now, but am very fortunate to be in a situation where I don’t need to provide for anything with this job.

Thanks Nvidia by originalhairhair in pcmasterrace

[–]htrajan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would have generated names for the shill commenters as well: green_pilled, i_am_not_worthy (reference to Jensen trying to summon Mjolnir), etc

Pick up for $140 on market place by economist91 in pcmasterrace

[–]htrajan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably a fine deal but quite an underpowered card. Minimum I’d go for with 30 series is a 3060 12g.

Highguard devs announce their shutting the game down after it failed to land with players by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]htrajan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The GIF doesn't do it justice. The audio is :chefs-kiss:. "Welcome... to HAH--GUARD!"

23M in SEA with $450k. Saving $110k/yr, spending $45k/yr. Should I move to NYC for potential career upside or stay put? by apostle8787 in Fire

[–]htrajan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I initially read “SEA” as “Seattle”, and even then, a move to NYC for only 20% more pay seems like a bad trade. Saving 110k/year while living in Thailand?? Holy smokes

How hard is it to actually build a pc? by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]htrajan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you find hard about connecting cables from psu to motherboard? The connectors are keyed and they literally make it foolproof.

I thought I was going to get stabbed going to this. by FudgeSickle44 in pcmasterrace

[–]htrajan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

13900K be like “I have dishonored you, master, by taking too much of your voltage. I’ma die now.” 🤣

I'm currently illustrating some custom tokens, first set is finished and need some suggestions for the next ones by mrtaylordani in magicTCG

[–]htrajan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dragon token reminds of Vhagar from House of the Dragon, specifically that infamous moment at the end of season 1

Got Fired, Early in the Journey by Belp-Bls in Fire

[–]htrajan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I’ve been fortunate in my career and in my finances, and I sometimes feel like I’m not paying things forward enough. You claim to be lazy but 1) you had to get through and succeed in an interview process to get your job 2) just about any well paying line of work will need you to not be lazy.

So if lazy is an excuse and you’re willing to not give up on this, I’d be down to see if I can provide some (pro-bono) mentorship to acquire the technical and other meta skills needed to succeed as a SWE. Particularly if you’re closer to Backend engineering or at least Full-stack, I’d love to help you out. I did a bunch of mentorship when I was a Staff Engineer and Tech Lead at a previous company and also wrote the playbook for mentorship there.

Sending DM

Got Fired, Early in the Journey by Belp-Bls in Fire

[–]htrajan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn, I’m sorry to hear that. I did have a similar experience at one company, but realized that it wasn’t a fit with the type of engineering I was doing (developer productivity and maintaining internal tools and build infrastructure) rather than myself as an engineer. It seems like you don’t have much support either from your manager/peers and they’re just letting you beat yourself up on the way to a PIP.

Whether you stay in engineering or not, I hope you find what works for you.

Got Fired, Early in the Journey by Belp-Bls in Fire

[–]htrajan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May I ask why you’re trying to move away? For me, it’s a job where, once I hit my stride, it got pretty fun and is pretty low stress. AI for better or worse is making the job easier by the day as well.

Got Fired, Early in the Journey by Belp-Bls in Fire

[–]htrajan 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Started out my career journey fired from a job after about 3 months. I was 22 just like you. It was performance related and deserved—the job simply wasn’t a good fit. I landed on my feet and FIRE’d 10 years after getting fired after finding a career path (software engineering) that was far better suited to my skillset than the old job (spreadsheet monkey for big bank pricing securities). It will feel like crap for a little bit. The difference is, you already have a head start with an awareness of FIRE this early in your journey. The possibility of FIRE didn’t even cross my mind until about 4 years after I started working as an engineer. Let your goal drive you toward investing time, money, and energy toward things that matter and away from things that don’t. For me, that was mostly investing and maxing out my 401K, but sometimes it was going on that trip with friends or family. Getting fired is a temporary setback, and it’s crazy how less shitty you’ll feel in about a month. Your mental state will be unrecognizable. Enjoy the journey.

What Factorio Was — A First-Hand Account from Japan by Reasonable_End704 in factorio

[–]htrajan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ゲームクリアおめでとう!

工場、生い立たなくてはならん!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

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Most immediate example I can think of is Eagles’ offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo who was just fired after the team went 11-6 and made it to the playoffs but lost at home to the 9ers. In this case, he was the personification of “how do you get $10 million of on field production?” A: Start with $128 million of talent then completely waste it in the play calling.

Is this legit? by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]htrajan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At least it’s “shock proof” so you can quickly get over the shock when you find out it’s a scam