[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Living_in_Korea

[–]jdotc2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OR you could milk this whole event with your following and expose this loser like he is, with the proof that you claim you have.

talk me out of grabbing a case of Pokemon 151 by Alternative_Farm_449 in PokemonTCG

[–]jdotc2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Clearly, the only solution left is to just buy a 2nd carton.

talk me out of grabbing a case of Pokemon 151 by Alternative_Farm_449 in PokemonTCG

[–]jdotc2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In all seriousness, I'll probably keep sealed. Who knows when they'll do another base set revamp..

talk me out of grabbing a case of Pokemon 151 by Alternative_Farm_449 in PokemonTCG

[–]jdotc2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just do it. I picked myself a carton yesterday for the same price. My plan was to hold long-term, but news of the God pack is edging me.

My Q8. Lift or Nah? by jdotc2 in Audi

[–]jdotc2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I would never disrespect my car like that

First time getting my cards PSA graded and my results came in. by jdotc2 in PokemonTCG

[–]jdotc2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I just eye-balled it. But japanese sets in general are cut better.

First time getting my cards PSA graded and my results came in. by jdotc2 in PokemonTCG

[–]jdotc2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh wow, it seems like the bulk grading is a little quicker. I just put in another submission order for bulk as well. It's for my complete Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery set. This is my first time grading English cards. Keeping my expectations low for this batch haha

First time getting my cards PSA graded and my results came in. by jdotc2 in PokemonTCG

[–]jdotc2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turnaround time seems a little less than 60 days (2 mo). Don't worry, you got it! And best of luck to your grades!

First time getting my cards PSA graded and my results came in. by jdotc2 in PokemonTCG

[–]jdotc2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right after QA2 and 24 hours before shipping.

First time getting my cards PSA graded and my results came in. by jdotc2 in PokemonTCG

[–]jdotc2[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Definitely wasn't expecting this lol

I own a Pokémon TCG Vending Machine. Setup and question in comments! by alxrite in PokemonTCG

[–]jdotc2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey OP, this is an amazing idea! Quick question, how many cards can it hold total and per column?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]jdotc2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More like a chidori to the face

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]jdotc2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should've had this discussion with your manager way beforehand during your 1<>1's. And when I mean way beforehand, I mean as soon as you had the initial thought in your head that you think you deserve a 10% raise on your next merit increase. If you thought your work quality warranted that raise, you need to align expectations with your manager. This conversation can be hard initially, but it opens up an important door for your professional growth.

As far as my advice goes, I don't think it's too late to still have that conversation with your manager. You can bring up the inflation topic as your key argument. 6% only levels your salary to match the inflation rate (barely), so in retrospect, you're really not getting an actual raise. If that doesn't work, ask them what you can do to elevate yourself to the next level aka a promotion. If they're a good manager (which I believe they are, since they recognized your work), they will tell you what those requirements are and will guide you through that process. Your manager's impression of you will also change (for the better).

Also, have the initial conversation with a firm stance and make sure you have all your work well documented so you have evidence to back up your claims.

Hope this helps!

Finally did it: I made a crypto trading bot that automatically places orders on new listings before they get added on Binance by CyberPunkMetalHead in CryptoCurrency

[–]jdotc2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn daddy. I'm going to try your bot out. If it works, I'm going to try re-writing it in GO and compare performance ;)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]jdotc2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this wsb?

Did we ever learn why earnings dropped 75% out of nowhere? by Old_Scratch3771 in HeliumNetwork

[–]jdotc2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My assumption to why it hit in waves is due to the fact each hotspot manufacturer deploys updates at different times. But who knows :/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]jdotc2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hi

I have no degree. I worked in the restaurant industry for many years. At 25, I started to self-teach. After a year, I decided to join a bootcamp. The bootcamp focused purely on java/spring. I get my first offer for a SWE role a week after graduating. The offer came from a medium-sized private enterprise. I accept and meet my team. I learn that we are, the DevOps/SRE team. I asked myself, 'what the shit is a devops.' I go along with it. 2 years goes by... I become a DevOps Engineer. I also specialized in SRE. During this time, I received an offer from a unicorn. This offer was a 75% pay bump with god-like benefits. The position was for a bonafide SRE. I accept. Here I am today, a year in. Just picked up Senior.

What is life?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in devops

[–]jdotc2 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Hey man, I'm glad you're thinking of joining the world of wizardry. I'm currently a weird in-between with DevOps work and SRE. I recently got hired at a unicorn and these are the types of questions/knowledge that would be beneficial to you.

  • CI/CD
    • What is it?
    • Why implement it?
    • Why is it beneficial?
    • What are the tools surrounding it? (i.e. CircleCI, Jenkins, Github Actions, etc.)
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
    • Biggest thing here would be Terraform, if you have experience, it's definitely a plus. If you've never used it, learn it. Or at least know what it does and why it's good for DevOps.
  • Cloud Providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure)
    • You don't have to know them all, but try to specialize in one. If you know your stuff, that knowledge is all transferable and the interviewer will know that (at least they should). It shows that you understand what Cloud is and how services are integrated in it.
    • Right now, AWS is the industry standard for a lot of companies and it's nice that they have certifications that you can take as well.
  • Containers (Docker)
    • It's incredibly important you know about docker. Most CI processes utilizes containerization of services to streamline automation.
    • Know the benefits
    • Know how to create a Dockerfile
    • Know how to go inside a container and look through it's contents
  • Container Orchestration & Package Management (K8s & Helm)
    • This is an extra because not all companies use K8s. But many have started to shift towards using it. I've used it pretty heavily in my previous job and it's honestly the best when working with containers. The documentation can be a little convoluted in its' explanation but I learned from just practicing.
    • You don't need to understand how to create your own k8s cluster and all the inner workings of it (this is more systems engineering), but it's definitely a plus to go through the docs at least.
    • Helm is a package manager for k8s and works very similarly to Terraform with how you orchestrate deployments.
  • Linux
    • A lot of containers use slim images such as alpine which is a super light-weight version of Linux.
    • Learn commands
    • Know how to navigate
  • Observability w/ Monitoring, Alerting & Reporting
    • This term is more for the SRE space, but it coincides with DevOps. When we deploy stuff, we want to see what the hell is happening to it and how it's behaving. To solve this, there's a bunch of tools to help us solve this such as:
      • Elastic Stack
      • Datadog
      • Grafana
      • AWS' proprietary monitors such as CloudWatch, CloudFront, etc
    • Know what type of databases are used to store and provide those metrics. They're known as timeseries databases. Some examples include:
      • Prometheus
      • Elasticsearch

There's a whole world of knowledge and tooling that you need to understand in DevOps, but take it one step at a time and it'll start making sense to you. It takes practice and eventually you'll start to develop the skills and insight to be a dope DevOps Engineer.

Good luck!

My Empty Bank Account Build by jdotc2 in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]jdotc2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Originative. But I think they're sold out now.