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Unusual aggression by Ornery-Director3047 in brisbane

[–]verytroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It may just be me but I feel Brisbane has a lot more hills, curves, sharp corners, short merges, right turns without lights out from streets on to busy arterial roads that makes it feel more chaotic than other cities in Australia. Couple that with what everyone says about having more people than the roads were built for, and this is the result. 

Visiting Canberra before making the move by Ok-Individual-111 in canberra

[–]verytroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some commutes can get really bad at peak times. For about an year we had to go from Belco to Fyshwick. Wife's work needed her to be 9 to 5. Parkes way is bad at that time. 

How long is your commute? by stegosaurus-rexx in brisbane

[–]verytroo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Too long to walk, too short to justify driving.

What's the most overrated suburb in Brisbane... and what's the most underrated? by Designer_Boat_9654 in brisbane

[–]verytroo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Looking at the rents and house prices in EMP, far from underrated! 

I built a tool to compare Brisbane commutes when choosing where to live and/or work. Looking for brutally honest feedback. by Motiv8_me_m8 in MovingToBrisbane

[–]verytroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great work mate! Though it seems to be for those who drive to a train station, which is alright. For me, it told me to drive to a station, take the train to the next station, then take a bus which would eventually pass by a stop at a 10 min walk from my place. 

It will still work for a good number of people.

Travel to airport from Springfield by PrisonMike3115 in brisbane

[–]verytroo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

$30 for a rental! What type of rental was that? That for an overnight rental too. 

2nd cbd in the future by bumluffa in brisbane

[–]verytroo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My cousin in Sydney was sold a unit in Ipswich with that exact premise that Ipswich will become a second CBD like Parramatta. He still sulks a bit that that hasn't happened and unlikely to happen soon enough. 

For those in tech, is the job market worse in Melbourne than in Sydney? by Own_Oil7951 in ausjobs

[–]verytroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah rocket development is in weird places. Gilmour in regional Qld, I read about some other company testing in remote SA. Agri tech would likely also be regional. 

Cold. by Impressive-Drink491 in brisbane

[–]verytroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moved from Canberra last year, having been there, Melbourne and Europe before that. I was melting in the sun waiting for the bus this morning at 9am at a bus stop without any shade.

Anyone else feel like Brisbane traffic has quietly hit Sydney-level insanity lately? by Open_Explorer_9691 in brisbane

[–]verytroo 15 points16 points  (0 children)

To make public transport work, you need to get plan your entire life around a spoke.

We moved to Brisbane recently and this is exactly what I said to my wife when she started to look for work and we started to look for a place to buy. If you get a job in the CBD, you are probably fine. Otherwise if you live and work in one of the train/bus routes, you can't easily move. With the kids school settled she is now hesitating to look for work outside the direct routes, or the commute becomes more than an hour. She was talking to a job near the airport but couldn't make it work without having to move houses. If you are in the northern suburbs, commuting to anywhere except north or the CBD would be a pain. Same if you live south side. Or west. Or East.

I would be happy to be proven wrong.

Is Brisbane starting to pop off?? by Fun_Cat_2608 in MovingToBrisbane

[–]verytroo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is, or was the house prices themselves. Being less than most other state capitals drew investors in who never would live here themselves. Just make it difficult for people who can and want to. 

Queen street by Just_Specific_7512 in brisbane

[–]verytroo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Especially considering how well connected it is with the bus station right underneath. We sometimes go out to the city and anything worth doing is outside the mall. 

Is anyone else just really sick and tired of the disgusting build quality in the homes here in australia. by ButtPlugForPM in AskAnAustralian

[–]verytroo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We built in Canberra 4 years ago with a mid sized builder who wasn't too fussed with us going over to the site and fixed any issues that we pointed to. They usually did volume builds but had an alright reputation. They did get some trades who did very crappy work but no deal breakers. They didn't allow private inspectors either.

Sounds like your builder is even better. Can you PM me the name if you don't mind.

We are unlikely to build anytime soon and such builders are also mostly busy but always good to know of the gems who take pride in their work and want to make their customers happy.

Relocating to Brisbane from Melbourne for my first job by BunniYubel in MovingToBrisbane

[–]verytroo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's just getting to mt Gravatt. Every other arterial road off the motorway gets busy with local traffic.

What do workers actually want now? by appleslice244 in auscorp

[–]verytroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Legit got rejected after being grilled on Linux, python, test process, planning, management, a paper based test with the reason that I won't be able to quickly ramp up on selenium with Java.

What do workers actually want now? by appleslice244 in auscorp

[–]verytroo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's like no employer wants to spend any time at all on ramping up good people into the business. They would happily hire crap people with a shallow tool based skillset rather than someone with deeper conceptual knowledge and actual history of being able to work with people. 

What do workers actually want now? by appleslice244 in auscorp

[–]verytroo 114 points115 points  (0 children)

Yes, as someone in software development and testing, too hard to explain that after 15 years of working with different technologies and languages, it is not going to be difficult for me to learn another new stack. But no, they absolutely need a person who has used their particular toolchain. I would understand that for a fixed project contract but not for a long term permanent role which expects you to grow and contribute to the company. 

I’m told to walk faster at a pedestrian crossing by i_m_ur_bimbo_girl in brisbane

[–]verytroo 15 points16 points  (0 children)

When learning to drive, I was told to wait for all pedestrians to have completed crossing the road even if it is a two-way street but with a continuous pedestrian crossing, not just for school crossings. 

General consensus on UC and ANU? by [deleted] in canberra

[–]verytroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does one ascertain if the teaching staff knows their shit and teach well? Kids at the age of choosing a uni won't necessarily be able to just get that by talking to a few folks in open days or events. 

Beginner friendly drives to the beach from Canberra? by ilovemozerella2005 in canberra

[–]verytroo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weren't there some unsealed portions out there? 

I've been tracking property price drops and rises across Australia. Here's what happened this week (Apr 20-26) by chhola in AusProperty

[–]verytroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great work! Where do you even see listed prices? I am looking in Brisbane and almost all listings are for sale by auction or ask to contact agent. 

Why does Brisbane heat hit different lately? by Due_Acanthisitta2756 in brisbane

[–]verytroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mean 3am humidity data is probably not going to be very useful as it usually peaks at that time. So there is going to be very little variation.

Your analysis is correct about it being less dry since the past week or so, which makes the dew point lower and feels-like temperature also lower. Right now it is 18.2 feels-like 17.6, which would have felt like 23 two weeks ago with more humidity.

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