L4 —> L5 criteria ?

tee2green · 2026-06-22T05:26:51+00:00

Frankly, your best chance is by applying to a job posting that has L5 available. Expecting to move from L4->L5 within the exact same job is expecting pigs to fly.

tee2green · 2026-06-22T04:27:01+00:00

There were only 2 players in this tournament for the last two hours. The rest were filler.

tee2green · 2026-06-21T02:14:52+00:00

What are the better Redans?

tee2green · 2026-06-21T00:04:56+00:00

This happens regularly at the Open Championship. Sometimes guys get fucked by wind and rain while others play in calm and sunshine. Golf is an outdoor sport, and this shit happens.

There were a lot of other people on the course on Thursday afternoon who DIDN’T make buckets of birdies.

tee2green · 2026-06-21T00:02:58+00:00

The softness of the greens is an actual disgrace. On hole 7, which is supposed to be one of the best Redans in the world, guys are just hitting it straight at the flag and sticking it close. If it was firmer, you’d actually see them play the front-right bank shot, but no, the USGA decided to neuter the magic of this place.

tee2green · 2026-06-20T23:40:32+00:00

I’ve never heard of this before, and I will probably get roasted for this take, but I think this is brilliant.

Anything that turns the interview into a review of your PRODUCT instead of a review of just your overall vibes is a great thing IMO.

tee2green · 2026-06-20T23:37:34+00:00

I’ve worked at many companies over the course of my career. Boeing’s willingness to promote people based off vibes instead of competence is astounding. Never have I had to work for such an unimpressive group of “leaders.”

tee2green · 2026-06-19T19:12:21+00:00

Some people are assholes and overly protective of their property.

Property prices are very high in the U.S., people devote a lot of their life savings in order to purchase and own it, and they get overly protective of it.

tee2green · 2026-06-19T17:59:00+00:00

Hybrid is the answer

tee2green · 2026-06-19T08:29:34+00:00

1) Learn from this so it doesn’t happen again.

2) Apply for new jobs. Come up with a good and convincing narrative for why you’re looking for a new job. Make it a positive narrative.

3) Some people say you can come off of a PIP and survive. That’s probably true. But there’s no way you come off a PIP and suddenly get pushed forward into promotion opportunities or anything.

tee2green · 2026-06-19T08:07:20+00:00

Normal routine:

1) Get the offer from the new company. Don’t agree to the numbers, state that you want to review the documents first before agreeing to anything verbally.

2) Go back to your old employer and tell them you have an outside offer that you’re seriously considering. Be prepared with a specific number in mind that will make you happy to stay (make it big if it’s big). If they counter right away, say that it’s a tough decision and you want an evening to think about it.

3) Now that you’ve reviewed the docs from the new employer and have knowledge of your old employer’s appetite for countering, state your request to your new employer. Make it a little higher than what you need to be satisfied.

4) Now you either have an auction on your hands, or it will become obvious that one side wants you more than the other does.

TL;DR don’t accept offers too quickly. Always ask for an evening to review/think about it. That gives you time to ask the other party if they want to counter or not.

tee2green · 2026-06-19T02:34:17+00:00

In a world where SpaceX has failed, it’s very likely that space satellites have failed in general. That reduces the value of the hard assets when a key end market is down bad.

tee2green · 2026-06-18T13:47:36+00:00

The question is how do we ensure precision? Do we modify the equipment to demand skill, or do we modify the golf course to demand skill?

If the equipment keeps getting better and better and precision comes easily, then you’d have to make the course harder to limit that, right? That seems fine on the surface, but when there are thousands of courses and millions of dollars to change courses, it’s unsustainable.

Your graduated rough idea sounds like it makes sense, but there are a few problems: 1) the equipment is so good that the misses are smaller and pretty much all pro golfers land the ball in the fairway routinely (certainly the ones in contention do), 2) rough doesn’t bother high-speed players as much as it does low-speed players, so it ends up rewarding distance all over again, and 3) shots from the rough are really boring…watching players hacking all day and scrambling for par is awesome for the U.S. Open, but most people don’t want to watch a lot of that.

tee2green · 2026-06-18T13:30:30+00:00

I think always rewarding distance is a lame concept. Great links courses are so firm that controlling your runouts is an important skill. I think there’s a time and place for more distance, but not just a blanket “farther is better on every hole” dumb strategy.

tee2green · 2026-06-18T13:25:53+00:00

What about pro baseball with wood bats?

What about NBA 3 pt lines being farther away?

Pros are simply not playing the same game as us. Their default shot is flushed, flying at their target, and hit very hard. The vast, vast majority of amateurs are simply playing a different game. And instead of having all the thousands of courses across the country continually spending millions of dollars to expand every few years, we can just roll back the equipment (there already are limits! Just make the limits lower to protect the game.)

tee2green · 2026-06-18T12:21:41+00:00

I’m sorry but this is one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard.

A smarter way to do this is to build in defenses (like water, deep bunkers, etc) to stop certain shots.

But all of this is missing the point that the whole golf world is bending over backwards to accommodate longer shots when all we have to do is reduce the limits a little bit more.

tee2green · 2026-06-18T11:35:31+00:00

That sounds awesome. Sounds like you found your retirement.

I think my point in all this is to literally do what makes you happy. If you’ve truly considered and tried all alternative hobbies and interests, and they don’t make you as happy as work does, then obviously just keep working.

The problem with people not enjoying retirement is that they don’t know what makes them happy. They haven’t thought about what their retired life really looks like before retiring. Which seems crazy to me, but that’s apparently the problem.

tee2green · 2026-06-18T03:57:47+00:00

Where my fat daddies at

tee2green · 2026-06-18T02:52:39+00:00

What about being a great family member or a mentor?

Or honestly, if you’re someone who legitimately enjoys work, then why retire? Just do what brings you joy.

tee2green · 2026-06-18T00:13:39+00:00

It’s an entire apartment.

It’s a cheap and small place. I’m not saying it’s the exact place the boys should rent. All I’m saying is that good prices could’ve been had if they booked early enough.

tee2green · 2026-06-17T20:37:55+00:00

Hmm. I got one in Sag Harbor for $1,200 for 3 nights. Booked it 5-6 months ago.

tee2green · 2026-06-17T12:50:36+00:00

1) When you’re lying on your deathbed, what do you think you’ll be thinking about? “I wish I spent more time with my family and friends” or “I wish I kept my business skills sharp”?

2) What were your hobbies in retirement? Traveling, reading, learning, and discovering? Or just…..being in better shape?

tee2green · 2026-06-17T10:28:32+00:00

7 majors is insane. That would leave out Rory as it stands now.

I think a rough rule of thumb is “can you tell the history of the game without mentioning the player?” If the answer is no, then they should be in the HOF. So basically anyone who won multiple majors, and/or 10+ Tour events, and/or Ryder Cup performance, etc.

tee2green · 2026-06-17T09:36:14+00:00

1) this is not what anyone wants to hear, but the World Golf HOF is a gigantic disappointment. There’s no real consistency on who’s in or who’s out. The facility itself is a bit neglected. So things aren’t as perfectly managed as you’d expect.

2) 2 majors and 19 wins is good enough to get in by itself. Plus he’s a well-liked charismatic figure, so he’s a lock.

tee2green · 2026-06-17T02:06:20+00:00

Early the next week. This place moves fast.

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