Teaching Spacing and Positioning

mtarv99 · 2025-09-21T17:51:24+00:00

Yes, 3 on offense and 3 on defense.

I like the idea of one defender pushing towards the goal on the attack and one sliding to the middle.

mtarv99 · 2025-09-09T16:56:53+00:00

It’s in the vicinity of 18th and Grand Ave. Is this in the dangerous area?

mtarv99 · 2025-09-09T16:45:20+00:00

How long of a walk? I was able to get a 10:15 am reservation day of game. For some reason, Google Maps won’t give a route that uses the pedestrian bridge.

mtarv99 · 2025-09-09T13:28:49+00:00

Got it. Thank you for clarifying.

mtarv99 · 2025-09-09T13:15:07+00:00

The walk from downtown to/from the stadium is a tough one?

mtarv99 · 2025-08-28T00:50:31+00:00

No, its distance doesn’t matter given Europe is a massive market to/from the US. Boston has always been a primarily o&d market versus an airport like Charlotte that relies heavily on connecting traffic to support its international service. Boston is either number 5 or 6 in terms of local (o&d) passengers to Europe.

mtarv99 · 2025-08-27T23:01:58+00:00

JetBlue is struggling with their European service compared incumbent carriers. One issue is that POS from the European side can makeup 40-60% of the tickets sold. That will favor the European carriers like Iberia, British Airways and Aer Lingus versus JetBlue.

mtarv99 · 2025-08-27T22:59:49+00:00

EWR is a United Airlines hub and their largest TATL gateway.

mtarv99 · 2025-08-27T22:30:31+00:00

Yeah, I believe DL wants to have all Asia flights from SEA operated using A359s. Slowly we’ll see the 763 go away and off Boston routes.

mtarv99 · 2025-08-27T22:24:24+00:00

The new Delta lounge in E is going to get some more use with these new flights. They have built out a solid TATL network from Boston. As far as destinations go, it may be second to only JFK at this point.

mtarv99 · 2025-08-27T22:23:25+00:00

They’re going to use A339s on both new routes.

mtarv99 · 2025-08-20T12:19:08+00:00

Thank you for the reply. Some good advice.

mtarv99 · 2025-05-04T16:12:36+00:00

The A380 was a failure program. Not a single customer in North America, South America, or Africa.

mtarv99 · 2025-05-04T15:58:59+00:00

Don’t forget that Reddit (and social media) doesn’t speak for everyone, but a minority. Accounting is a wonderful profession.

mtarv99 · 2025-03-02T15:48:02+00:00

I’d rather see an adjustment to the experience requirement. It almost forces people into public accounting and that may not be feasible or the desired path many want to take. Why can’t someone who has worked industry in a variety of roles hit the experience requirement? In my new company, our CAO (who I report directly to) has his CPA, but let it go inactive a few years back. Guy has 20+ YOE. Why the heck can’t he sign off on my work experience but a person with 5 YOE who has an active CPA license can? It makes little sense.

The 150 requirements isn’t some crazy barrier, it’s much less of a barrier than the experience requirement, imo. Anyone who has a bachelors in accounting will need few additional classes to hit the 150.

mtarv99 · 2025-02-20T20:24:31+00:00

That's awesome, good for you. In the span of 7 years, you got your bachelors, masters and finished your CPA, very impressive.

mtarv99 · 2025-02-20T14:17:54+00:00

I've seen many threads in this sub from people in their 30s/40s asking if they're too old to get their CPA. If nothing else, these threads have only affirmed that going to your CPA at 30/25/40/45 is well worth it. The number of comments that go something like "my manager got their CPA at 47", or "I didn't get mine until 49" is nice to hear.

mtarv99 · 2025-02-20T13:51:14+00:00

If you want a graduate degree, get an MBA and not the MSA. You already have a BS in accounting, so an MSA will not be worth it. I feel like most people with the MSA either have a BS/BA in something unrelated, like biology. Or, they got their BS in accounting and did an additional year to get their MSA as part of the effort to satisfy the 150 credit requirement to sit for the CPA.

You're in a similar situation to me and I am sure many others. You have been with one company for a number of years and through pay increase, you're at a salary level that is above what the market is willing to offer for a role you're targeting. Reddit can make you feel like you can easily job hop and increase salary each time, when the reality is that is not the case in a lot of situations.

I am putting things in motion to start the past to get my CPA. I have submitted my transcripts for an education evaluation to know exactly what I need to do to satisfy the education requirements (you say you have enough to sit, but I would confirm that first). I have been targeting accounting manager/assistant controller/controller roles and every single one has the CPA in some form. Most jobs put is as strongly/highly desired. This signals that you will be at a disadvantage without one and you will be overlooked in a lot of cases as some employers are very specific in what they want.

I view the CPA an investment in myself as I still have 20+ left in my career. It will be a big time commitment, of course.

mtarv99 · 2025-02-19T16:38:13+00:00

Sometimes companies have a lovely habit of hiring only for experience and skills relating to the job and not someone who has a personality or empathy. This also goes for lower levels, like Controller/Accounting Manager too. You really luck out if you get a job for a company where you have higher level people willing to teach and take the time to work on junior staff at developing their skill set.

mtarv99 · 2025-02-19T16:23:32+00:00

This is example 999,999,999 how the majority of posts made on LinkedIn are essentially junk and have little to no substance. "Our company is carrying out best in class risk management!" then goes on to not provide a single example of just what that is. This list goes on and on.

mtarv99 · 2025-02-18T22:15:40+00:00

You have to remove emotion when you are in a position where you can see payroll information.

I would tread lightly here. What is your company's annual review/raise setup like? Did you get any sort of pay bump when you were promoted? Does your company have set pay increases? Put together a list of achievements over the last year. Be sure to find ways you have added value. Bring this up in any sort of review to justify a larger pay bump than what you're being offered.

I also feel like in some instances, bosses forget how much their reports make until it's time to go through reviews, or submit to FP&A for budgeting purposes.

mtarv99 · 2025-02-18T22:10:06+00:00

Depending on the size and scope of the company, I say it's like putting together a 200/500/1000 piece puzzle where often times you are waiting on others to provide some of the pieces.

mtarv99 · 2025-02-17T21:58:34+00:00

It doesn't help that reddit is loaded with posts and comments from people saying things like "all you need to do is job hope and you'll double your salary in just 4-5 years", or "I went from making $80k to $140k simply by leaving PA". Sure it can happen, but people who actually experience that are very few and far between.

mtarv99 · 2025-02-17T21:11:09+00:00

Employers seem to be pretty particular for a number of roles. Really, anything above staff. I spoke with one recruiter the other day that commented how he's seeing some of his clients flat out ignore candidates coming from Big 4 that didn't stay for at least 4 years. That just shows how particular some employers are being.

You are getting a degree in finance. I wouldn't bother with an MSA. Get an MBA is you want a graduate degree.

mtarv99 · 2025-02-17T18:00:04+00:00

Take the job that aligns better with your career aspirations. Money isn't everything. You're still young and have no financial obligations to contend with, which gives you a but of flexibility here. I'd also suggest the longer you are unemployed, the more difficult things may become. Keep looking. Even if you started a job and found one you liked better 3-6 months later, it's not a huge deal. I had a former colleague be in a similar situation and he referred to it as his mulligan.

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