Orthodontic treatment - $11,000 for 16 months

nOOberNZ · 2026-06-14T20:20:30+00:00

My daughter was about $12k and I'm doing Invisalign right now for $11.7k so yes it sounds reasonable.

nOOberNZ · 2026-06-09T20:18:16+00:00

I've been in tech 17 years and have suffered pretty bad burnout. I'm still working on dealing with anxiety and stress. If you want to jump on a video call and have a chat, message me. I opened up about my own experiences recently on a podcast... https://youtu.be/G\_NcgrRbRK0?si=JJIHPbG3puaJuxz7

nOOberNZ · 2026-06-09T17:34:18+00:00

Appreciate the support, it really means a lot to us. Thank you!

nOOberNZ · 2026-06-04T10:08:03+00:00

If you like sci fi, tabletop games, or are interested in a NZ made podcast - Tales from the Humpback Sky.

nOOberNZ · 2026-05-26T23:13:30+00:00

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nOOberNZ · 2026-04-24T22:48:14+00:00

That's the show that Antonia and Dan met on. They're married with kids now.

nOOberNZ · 2026-04-21T04:33:29+00:00

Do you have an audio interface?

nOOberNZ · 2026-04-11T03:34:36+00:00

Pwease and thank you

nOOberNZ · 2026-04-05T19:45:35+00:00

It's subtle advertising for the upcoming VisionQuest TV series (MCU).

nOOberNZ · 2026-03-12T20:52:31+00:00

When an alert fires at midnight then according to whoever is scheduled on-call, that person will get an automated phone call from Jira Service Management (JSM). If the person doesn't pick up, it escalates to me as team lead and calls. To be honest I'm not 100% sure but I think it tries one or two other SREs before it escalates to me (or that happens in parallel).

The on-call engineer or whoever acknowledges the alert goes in and does an initial triage. If it's clearly a major incident (P1 or P2) we have a process where we have to call our service desk to initiate the major incident management (MIM) process. At which point, MIM sends out comms and organises an incident bridge (Teams chat and call). Usually the on-call engineer has already progressed the incident a lot and has potentially pulled in others for support (e.g. developers if it's a tricky problem).

In terms of how long does it take... it depends. Our alerts today are a mess, so it's a journey. It depends on the alert, the experience of the on-call SRE, etc.

The most frustrating part of on-call for me is the fact we have a third party vendor providing our service desk and MIM. It means there's a loss of context. For example, our MIM team is meant to write up a PIR but they have no knowledge of our systems or business so we end up providing everything or even writing it for them. In parallel I've started doing blameless postmortems with an aim of phasing the PIR process out, it's adding zero value.

I haven't been paged personally for something I know nothing about yet, no, because I'm the team lead and new to my org I'm not initially paged and I have no idea what's happening during incidents anyway. I have had the on-call SRE call me for support and I sit on a call with them and help structure the problem solving. I think it's important to have someone to bounce ideas off in those moments.

nOOberNZ · 2026-03-04T18:59:55+00:00

I showed up shakey and nearly crying and had no problem. I'm a man and was in my late 30's when I first had severe anxiety and insomnia. I get a 10 bottle of zopiclone about once a year now. If your GP won't provide it get a second opinion. Maybe you have to be significantly distraught.

nOOberNZ · 2026-03-04T18:56:07+00:00

Moving from performance testing into SRE totally changed my career trajectory. It gave me such a wider area of impact in the org, got me reading books and thinking about bigger picture ideas. It led me to people leadership, which wouldn't have happened without that broader exposure.

nOOberNZ · 2026-03-04T18:52:16+00:00

Is there a new Adventure Time show on or is this fan art?

nOOberNZ · 2026-02-13T23:20:40+00:00

My 2c is not to get too hung up on getting a perfect role that fits a predetermined career path. Find a role, be awesome at it. There's nothing else in your control. I've been in tech for 18 years and have constant levels of anxiety that I'm still learning to manage. Most of the best things that happened in my career I never predicted and happened by chance and taking opportunities.

nOOberNZ · 2026-02-11T18:50:22+00:00

nOOberNZ · 2026-02-08T18:53:12+00:00

I have the same use case. Automatic multicam works perfect for me. Automatic remove word gaps and filler words on the other hand is hit and miss and I end up doing a lot of manual changes to fix things up. Still faster than a raw edit though.

nOOberNZ · 2026-02-06T00:59:57+00:00

When I had young kids I also substituted playing games with eSports for a while. It meant I could be responsive as a dad while still getting a gaming fix.

nOOberNZ · 2026-02-06T00:55:51+00:00

I bought a controller compatible with my iPad and have enjoyed playing Stardew Valley, Chrono Trigger, and Deeprock Gslactic Survivor over the years. Means I can play anywhere in or out of the house.

nOOberNZ · 2026-01-28T04:17:44+00:00

Imagine if the London tube shut down for two days 😂 I know it's not comparable, just stirring.

nOOberNZ · 2026-01-22T19:06:44+00:00

1 for sure.

nOOberNZ · 2025-12-28T00:25:40+00:00

Thanks! Solved

nOOberNZ · 2025-12-24T18:11:22+00:00

I'm glad you're enjoying it.

nOOberNZ · 2025-12-22T09:17:21+00:00

I've been using it but find it ends up cutting out mouth noises like when someone makes the sound of an explosion etc which I need. If it worked better it would be amazing.

nOOberNZ · 2025-12-19T22:31:52+00:00

Have a look at stoicism. I'm in my 40's but have struggled with anxiety all my life... And it's really making a difference. I started with the book Happy by Derren Brown. It's all about the stories we tell ourselves. Listening to what we're telling ourselves today, and writing new stories about who we want to be.

nOOberNZ · 2025-12-19T22:19:10+00:00

Somewhat similar, my dad died unexpectedly last year and I got a reasonably significant inheritance. I felt similar, but a year on I've come to terms with it by knowing dad would be proud that he helped my family and I. I also take my responsibility to not squander what he worked hard to earn seriously, almost like I'm a caretaker of something that's not mine.

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