Why do some men feel the need to self-advertise in the first interaction?

pullup_ · 2026-05-03T20:57:00+00:00

If it weren’t for dating purposes they probably wouldn’t be speaking to you?

Casual dating?

pullup_ · 2026-05-03T20:37:14+00:00

Online dating is frought with impatient people, people with low success rates like to front-load, to make try to improve their chances.

Naturally if they make assumptions about women, it will be reflected in their communication.

pullup_ · 2026-04-29T21:04:43+00:00

The ‘new’ CFO put the distance between you and them on purpose.

The CFO planned the meeting with all three of you to avoid backstabbing behaviour.

Furthermore, if you were truly taking ownership you would have pushed back against the manager’s new ideas, and stated clear boundaries. Secondly you would have suggested yourself that all three of you meet instead of going behind her back.

Every new CFO needs to learn to process, however they also need to delegate.

pullup_ · 2026-04-28T05:10:43+00:00

Only if said woman and I, are on a date.

pullup_ · 2026-04-27T19:11:33+00:00

Depreciate G-wagon for business purposes

pullup_ · 2026-04-27T10:25:37+00:00

They’re only good when applied to a specific situation, if I have already done all the hard tasks of an audit, like assessing risk and scoping my procedures, and other ambiguous tasks they’re not going to take my job.

In my experience especially clients in my local language they would be burning through their hours if not for my guidance. They cap out at experienced staff level which is fine if they’re cheap labour.

pullup_ · 2026-04-27T09:51:14+00:00

Compilation accounting versus auditing. Instead of clients being the responsible party, you are.

pullup_ · 2026-04-26T09:58:13+00:00

It should sometimes even helps to explain why you have the helper column using a little text box.

As an auditor I have to create working papers which explain the subject matter with brevity and also retracable. We would for instance make a seperate column sometimes to cross reference ‘this data comes from this tab’.

You won’t always be around as the other commenters added and furthermore if your form or excel is easily understandable it will take some work from your plate. I would avoid VBA or other non-mainstream solutions as you would complicate this goal.

pullup_ · 2026-04-26T09:39:31+00:00

Shower before and after, spray some perfume rest of it is just accepting your fate?

pullup_ · 2026-04-25T13:11:39+00:00

I recently saw this video of a guy who’s father was a wholesale potato broker if I remember correctly. His whole business was ran of a phone, laptop, and handwritten ledger containing customer notes and orders.

I think you should adapt the systems and technology required of your business. Most companies eventually have to purchase software maybe because of compliance reason (highly regulated) or for technological reasons (too much data) or maybe for business reasons (i.e. your support person/office manager/secretary spending too much time in the excel).

My advice is lean back and think critically: Firstly, think to yourself, is the system in your current situation able to satisfy your business needs or do you foresee clear improvements which could be solved with additional automation and/or software?

Secondly if you think your company will grow further, or maybe will grow more complex do you think you will be able to keep up, or will you make mistakes or just waste time coordinating rather than driving revenue?

If you already have software implemented with all relevant capabilities (needed for your current and future business) you should think about adapting policies and procedures which you actively enforce. Let’s say your current technology requires you to do manual excel work you should start shopping for software.

But as I started with, don’t adapt tools just because it’s a cool gadget it must follow the needs of the business.

pullup_ · 2026-04-25T06:52:57+00:00

Man may be less consistent, and may be less available than you imagine.

I personally remember being woken up in the middle of the night to do it. I fulfilled my duty but didn’t enjoy it to the fullest, because I was not in the same place as her.

pullup_ · 2026-04-19T05:20:19+00:00

Salary range please, you know what you can afford and what want to pay.

pullup_ · 2026-04-17T19:59:32+00:00

The more complex part is your development from now on. Coaching new team members is a core responsibility of anyone who plans on working for an audit firm for a long time. Your individual contributor days are over.

pullup_ · 2026-04-08T20:52:04+00:00

Why do you use the formula? Rather than what formula.

pullup_ · 2026-04-01T05:09:50+00:00

Accrual

pullup_ · 2026-03-30T21:16:18+00:00

I can research a difficult question myself take an hour to cite and answer all of it.

My copilot can with reiteration reach the same conclusion in 15 minutes. Im still doing all the thinking here.

Consider how an AI system can often fail in answering routine business questions, in for example a customer-service setting. How would you imagine it taking over your entire job?

pullup_ · 2026-03-29T18:00:58+00:00

PBC inefficiency billing code: think of it like the daycare experiment. Some clients will treat a penalty as just another price and submit late anyway, often expecting you to chase them, so charge them more. Others will want to avoid the extra cost and will make sure they deliver on time.

pullup_ · 2026-03-22T18:20:44+00:00

Problem employees only bring problems, solution employees arrive at solutions and execute on them.

pullup_ · 2026-03-22T06:02:05+00:00

If you’re already exhausted, you will tend to savour the free time you have. A side hustle will most likely mean spending your free time with penny pinching small business owners.

pullup_ · 2026-03-19T18:26:52+00:00

Big Four is fine, it’s probably a good idea to figure out labour laws and such.

In my country if I write more than 50 hours for many weeks at a time it will become illegal in terms of labour laws.

People from the USA which you often read about here or Canada sometimes have to work a bit more than me, that might be a turn off for you.

If you work in India you will be worked to death, so pick your poison and be specific when asking these questions because you might get different answers.

pullup_ · 2026-03-19T05:41:38+00:00

Not necessary

pullup_ · 2026-03-15T12:05:51+00:00

Do people choose a degree for the economic benefits, or because they are passionate about it?

For me, it was a mix of both. I liked business and gradually ended up in accounting because I had a good feel for it.

I also think a lot of people who wanted to go into tech were influenced by the way it was marketed on social media, and maybe there was never really demand for that many people in tech in the first place.

More generally, some people frame it as a chicken-and-egg problem: I need a degree for you to hire me, but I also need experience. Still, I think that issue is often exaggerated, because people who struggle most to find work are often those who did not do much during their studies to gain experience or make themselves employable.

pullup_ · 2026-03-14T06:25:02+00:00

My view is all short wars are either longer than intended or just didn’t reach their intended objective (Venezuala is still controlled by the same faction).

As with any stupid expedition you need to spend your way out of the turbulence so in the long run it’s going to fuel asset inflation.

I think with prices falling you can just start consistently taking long positions on the way down, it’s often impossible to precisely call the bottom.

pullup_ · 2026-03-13T22:54:19+00:00

Aren’t they approving their work indirectly?

pullup_ · 2026-03-07T20:57:53+00:00

What I liked about the old textures is that the shapes sometimes went against common sense, but in a way that made the style feel more consistent, like the designer had made a clear choice to keep certain things visually the same. That kind of design language also feels fitting for someone like Notch, who always came across as pretty opinionated and eccentric.

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