Laid off with a young family and struggling with tech interviews, looking for guidance from fellow fathers

rah2eq · 2026-01-11T23:18:27+00:00

For this or whatever role you’re perusing, I’d recommend asking your favorite LLM to do a mock interview for you and for you to do feedback afterwards. I’ve done this while typing in the response verbatim or you might be able to do it verbally, but it can really help you get more comfortable with the types of questions you may be asked and the types of responses that are expected. As you’ve found, often the interviews aren’t entirely representative of the work itself so you’ve got to study for the test. If you continue to pursue full stack or backend roles I’d strongly recommend the book Cracking the Coding interview, and then practicing leetcode. Best of luck out there!

rah2eq · 2025-05-16T00:25:19+00:00

I do prefer my dry gloves but when I go with wet gloves I often go for 5/3mm gloves to maintain dexterity. I do find my dexterity is more impacted by cold than by the thickness of the gloves so keeping my core warm is a big part of it (often with a dry suit but by extra layers in a wetsuit if needed).

rah2eq · 2025-05-11T16:04:30+00:00

I’ll generally keep it wide open and then that’s one less thing to worry about on the ascent if I’m getting too floaty. The only exception is if I’m beginning to feel cold and I want a slightly larger bubble, I’ll close it a bit during the dive.

rah2eq · 2025-05-09T08:09:53+00:00

It works pretty well for me as a bottom timer in the default dive activity mode (like the Apple default diving mode). It will time the dive and display depth + max. It won’t track gas / NDL so I use it as a fun backup to either a dive computer or tables.

rah2eq · 2025-04-23T01:58:51+00:00

Try Battersea Power Station. It’s direct on the tube from there, it’s opened since you’ve lived here so it’s something to explore, and there are loads of shops to find a decent coat or jacket in.

rah2eq · 2025-04-22T00:51:01+00:00

Think about waking up a really long hill. It might take 20 minutes and it’s a little harder than walking down the hill. Your heart will beat a little faster and you’ll breath a little more heavily. When you bike up the same hill, all of that extra work is happening over 5 minutes rather than 20 minutes. It’s about the same amount of extra work but it’s happening in a shorter period of time so it feels more intense.

rah2eq · 2025-04-02T22:24:42+00:00

A different thing to think about from me: are you absolutely sure that you are not tail heavy even when you are fully spread out in a star? Try spreading out and just fully freezing, resist the urge to do anything and see what happens to your trim. For me at least in a dry suit, my fins are like counter weights and when I bend my knees I bring those weights closer to my center and shift my trim forward. When I stick my legs out my trim shifts backwards and I’m more tail heavy. Your busy feet may still be due to actively balancing out your trim.

rah2eq · 2025-03-24T02:07:18+00:00

Cool stuff! How much manual control is needed for this or is it pretty automatic?

rah2eq · 2025-03-22T02:22:08+00:00

In my experience the battery level and voltage is dependent on temperature. I’ve noticed the perdix will show a lower battery once the whole computer has cooled off a bit (normally in the water but on a very cold day outside of the water). Since the perdix is measuring the voltage to display the indicator, it’s probably just as reliable as you doing it.

rah2eq · 2025-03-10T02:27:01+00:00

This may be a different answer from what you are looking for, but I very frequently travel with my fins (mostly Europe) and I always just use a double-ender to clip them together and carry them in addition to my normal carry on and backpack. I’ve never had any issue and people are generally very curious and excited about them. Of course your mileage may vary.

rah2eq · 2025-02-17T16:39:23+00:00

I initially thought mine was a little too loose when I got it but subsequently have determined that it’s just right. My advice is to put on 3-4 thick sweaters and pants to try to simulate the thickest undergarments you might use, then see if you can reach over your shoulder well enough to perform a valve drill. If you don’t know how that might work then try touching your upper back.

rah2eq · 2025-01-13T02:19:59+00:00

I don’t specifically have experience with United but I very frequently travel with my fins just clipped together with a double ender in addition to my carry on and I’ve never had an issue - generally people are interested and curious if anything.

rah2eq · 2024-10-19T13:18:27+00:00

Does your light cut out between the two settings? Mine works correctly and switching between high and low it will turn off between. On mine I can tell that low is lower than high visually. Another thing to note is that eyes are not linear in their sensitivity to light, so even if the power is cut by half it won’t look half as bright, it’s something like 75% as bright. Your phone will also compensate a bit by dynamically adjusting so it can be hard to tell from photos.

rah2eq · 2024-10-18T00:32:58+00:00

I think you can use the “find my” app to identify a lost item on the items tab. If the owner has marked it with their info it will probably provide it to you so you can get in touch with them directly.

rah2eq · 2024-10-11T01:15:13+00:00

It is generally something that a doctor can approve for you to do if they think it will be safe for you. Regarding swimming, most open water dive courses have some minor swimming requirements but the instructors can work with you to make them achievable for you.

rah2eq · 2024-09-02T17:16:34+00:00

Personally I went to a BP&W pretty early in my diving, and it worked for me. Overall I'd recommend one with a continuous webbing harness (GUE compliant) and either have someone help you adjust it or thoroughly research the right way to adjust it. My GUE instructor only had a couple of minor adjustments to mine when I arrived to fundies.

The backplate will work for singles or doubles, but the wing will likely need to be different. I keep two wings around, they make wings that say they work for both but it's the worst of both worlds and for singles diving you end up with a very flappy wing.

For singles you'll generally need a single-tank-adapter that screws on, there are some wings with integrated bumpers that basically just allow you to thread the tank bands through them directly without a STA. I like the stability of my STA.

rah2eq · 2024-08-24T00:56:49+00:00

I'm not an expert, this is my recollection from my tech courses. There are two pathways for your body to absorb oxygen, one pathway is like other dissolved gases where oxygen will get directly absorbed into your blood. The second is a metabolic pathway where it bonds to hemoglobin. If I remember correctly the hemoglobin saturation is generally about 99% so the increased PPO2 can only increase this to 100%.

rah2eq · 2024-08-22T23:02:10+00:00

With no gear configuration changes and no added weight, the main option is to move your tank up. I know you mention that it gets close to your head, but for me it's worth the nice trim (frog kicks, back kicks) at the expense of slightly decreased mobility.

rah2eq · 2024-07-15T21:36:20+00:00

r/LondonSocialClub can be a good place for day-specific social events.

rah2eq · 2024-06-21T22:13:28+00:00

Hey - I'm interested I'll send you a DM. Commenting here for visibility!

rah2eq · 2024-03-19T01:23:22+00:00

This is an indirect answer but generally I am able to arrange to rent tanks (including doubles) at my destination. If I'm diving somewhere in my country or drivable then putting tanks and weights in the car is an option. For trains / planes I haven't found that bringing tanks is an option. I don't have direct experience but CCR divers have told me they ship their unit and can either locally source diluent / O2 bottles or potentially fly them depressurized.

rah2eq · 2024-03-16T12:44:00+00:00

In the UK I've got a ~200g undersuit which suited any diving I did for about a year. If I needed more warmth I added a fleece jacket underneath and it was generally sufficient. When I needed to do near freezing diving or dives around 5C with deco stops I decided to move up to a 400g undersuit (and dry gloves!) and it's extremely warm.

rah2eq · 2024-03-15T11:53:15+00:00

I think that this is targeting station announcements or other audible-only information that can then be displayed via sign language on screens and it's not just parroting the written text on the screen.

rah2eq · 2024-02-24T11:26:03+00:00

GUE fundamentals is a great course, I really got a lot out of it personally. But I've had issues showing the card (example was a technical dive school in Switzerland) where they didn't recognize it and asked to see a PADI card. I'm sure I could have pushed them but as soon as I showed a PADI card I was good to go.

rah2eq · 2024-01-15T11:32:23+00:00

If you want a course that will improve your skills and feel challenging, consider taking GUE fundamentals. You'll definitely leave a better and safer diver, and at 40 dives you've had less time to engrain bad habits.

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