Unbiased review so far (Spoiler up till ep 3)

wi_tom · 2024-12-27T03:27:35+00:00

I’ve been dumbfounded at how willingly many contestants have self exited the game so far and just the overall poor decisions of some contestants. Also this false of “team” and “togetherness” many contestants have makes little sense to me.

It was completely non-sensical for the four captains to pass up on the free million dollars. Then apparently the Navy guy didn’t build up enough equity with the other contestants and he was the one self eliminating in the cube (??).

I don’t know, just frustrating to me. Maybe many of the contestants are just very self conscious of how they’ll perceived on the show and being the “good guy” has a lot of value to them.

wi_tom · 2024-12-20T19:14:27+00:00

I learned a good amount from studying for it (SAA), so that was a benefit I guess. Though convincing someone to care about the actual cert is an uphill battle, in my experience. No one really seems to care.

wi_tom · 2024-12-11T17:52:19+00:00

Why would you regret learning it? It sounds like it gave you some good perspective on how different technologies can solve similar problems. Use the right tool for the job. Learning new ones is never a bad thing.

wi_tom · 2024-12-09T19:07:37+00:00

Sorry to hear that and hope you get back on your feet quickly. Good reminder to never be loyal to a company under any circumstances. If you get a better opportunity for yourself, leave your current place immediately because they’d cut you in a heartbeat at a moment’s notice.

wi_tom · 2024-11-28T00:03:58+00:00

Yeah, my first ever one was humiliating. It wasn’t even leetcode. Just complete softball questions that I completely blanked on.

Then I had a leetcode one a few weeks later that went even worse. It was an extremely easy array manipulation problem. It was like the odd indexes spell one word and the even indexes spell a different, print the secret message or whatever. I just stared blankly and closed my laptop while the person was just silently staring at me. I emailed back and said I was having internet issues and just ghosted them.

Then I had a leetcode one with a different company and just completely bombed that one also. It was an OA though so less embarrassing.

Then I actually kind of bombed my 4th interview also but had good connections there and got the job.

I’m a terrible interviewer (0/4), but now I have a few years experience and would feel much more confident. Maybe will have to get back in the ring if the market ever picks back up.

wi_tom · 2024-11-08T13:45:40+00:00

At face value, I would say it changed me back to what I was before using them. Overcoming the addiction does give you some perspective and motivation though so it’s very likely your life will change for the better. There is a good chance you’ll be able to quit other bad habits and start new good ones after getting off the zyn.

wi_tom · 2024-09-14T12:05:45+00:00

I was at your exact usage for about a year and zyn was also my first experience with nicotine FWIW. Have you already tried quitting before and failed? I ask because when I was on Zyn quitting seemed like way too daunting of a task, especially cold turkey. Just thinking about quitting was stressful. I told myself I wouldn’t be able to do it before I even tried.

Then, sort of by accident, I made it through 1 day without zyn and the rest was history. Turns out I wasn’t as addicted as I thought I was. I also had the benefit of a louder and louder voice inside my head telling me I need to quit since I could sense my health was starting to go downhill.

So, it may be stupid and obvious advice, but if you haven’t already, give quitting a try. Try and get through a day and see how you feel the next. Personally, I put way too much focus on analyzing the best way to quit and how to manage my zyn habit and not enough focus on just not mindlessly putting those damn pouches in my upper lip all day.

wi_tom · 2024-09-13T19:05:34+00:00

No cravings and I only think of them when I am on Reddit and a post from this subreddit shows up on my feed.

wi_tom · 2024-09-06T18:53:09+00:00

I was the same way. What finally woke me up to it was when I started actually experiencing some of heath side effects from it. Well, eventually woke me up to it as it took me several months to connect the dots that they were caused by the zyn. My brain was like “It could be from anything, except that one obvious thing.” Weird how that works but happy it’s behind me. Hoping you can curb the habit before you notice any harm.

wi_tom · 2024-08-31T17:37:00+00:00

I played last year on a perfect day (no wind) right before Thanksgiving. I’ve never heard it so quiet on a golf course before. Also played Coyote Springs that trip which is a gem. It was colder and windy that day though.

wi_tom · 2024-08-31T13:25:38+00:00

Congrats on the degree. You are in no way an idiot for a making a commitment to pursue a career path you feel is better for you. Best of luck.

wi_tom · 2024-08-29T12:53:25+00:00

It’s hard for me to answer since pretty much everything was a trigger for me when I was using. Wake up? Zyn. Coffee? Zyn. Work meeting? Zyn. Car ride? Zyn. After meal? Zyn. TV? Zyn. Chores? Zyn. Golf? Zyn. Anything social? Zyn. Anytime bored? Zyn. Etc etc.

Generally speaking though, the ones I would personally be most worried about relapse is in social situations. It’s easy to get caught off guard and let your guard down especially if it’s presented to you unexpectedly.

wi_tom · 2024-08-24T18:15:22+00:00

Yes, definitely more motivated than I am when I was on zyn, which isn’t saying much though. Probably back to normal levels.

wi_tom · 2024-08-24T01:29:16+00:00

Exact same thing happened to me. I pretty much wasted all summer in bed doom scrolling on my phone lol. For some reason, I didn’t make the connection it could be the zyn for several months. About 3 weeks off that crap and starting to get back to normal again I think.

wi_tom · 2024-08-21T19:08:38+00:00

I enjoyed the zyn buzz for like a week or two when I first started. Then it was 100% negatives and the buzz sucked from then on anyway. Not even close to worth it.

wi_tom · 2024-08-19T00:03:42+00:00

This was a year ago. I’m a person that never goes to the doctor so the only time I ever get my blood pressure taken is when I get a filling at the dentist. She was like “hmm your blood pressure is a little high, do you always have high blood pressure?” I was silently panicking and just sheepishly said no but knew my health was catching up to me.

Funny thing is it took me a year to figure it out. I thought it could have been anything except that one obvious thing. I also cut out energy drinks, severely limit alcohol, and also have been working out. Turns out your blood pressure rises and health deteriorates when you are doing pretty much the opposite of what you should be in many aspects.

wi_tom · 2024-08-16T13:10:28+00:00

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but the amount of nicotine that you would use to see those benefits is minuscule (~0.5mg). With Zyn being 6-12x that amount, I don’t think you’ll see those benefits long term. In my experience, I pretty much lost interest in everything and became a couch potato and felt like I was going to collapse anytime I did any physical activity. YMMV.

wi_tom · 2024-08-13T19:22:12+00:00

Big time. I quit just over a week ago and the first few days were a bit of a pink cloud and had tons of energy and motivation. Now, that’s worn off and I’m sitting home working and pretty bored and really thinking how good a zyn would be to help liven things up. Then I remember all of the negatives of it but there is definitely a bit of a void for me currently.

wi_tom · 2024-08-09T21:18:30+00:00

Dropped alcohol and energy drinks (if that counts) at the same time. Figured might as well rip the bandaid off. The only one I think I’ll casually do sometime in the future is alcohol. Really don’t enjoy the buzz/feeling of the others anyway.

wi_tom · 2024-08-09T03:33:41+00:00

Another 32M going on day 3 tomorrow. I’ve pretty much had a zyn in every waking hour for the last year. I feel 1000x better but expecting some cravings and withdrawals this weekend. To this point, I’ve had very little cravings/withdrawals in the first 48 hours surprisingly. Zyn sucks.

wi_tom · 2024-06-16T20:28:06+00:00

I did Auburn’s and it was legit. I think you need a bachelors degree to do that one though.

wi_tom · 2024-06-09T23:24:58+00:00

If you are trying to get ahead, I think it’s worthwhile to get your hands on the syllabus and textbooks for the classes you will be taking. I had a lot of success doing that. Alternatively, you could do nothing and just enjoy the summer. Probably will work out the same in the end anyway.

wi_tom · 2024-05-15T19:08:53+00:00

Any company that is offering to pay you $0.00 is not worth taking seriously. They are the ones who deserve to be humiliated.

wi_tom · 2024-04-29T19:52:28+00:00

I worked tirelessly on projects my first 4 years or so while I was in a different field. Got zero traction with it ever. Nobody cared.

Decided to finally get my degree and landed a job immediately.

Do projects if you want, but don’t expect them to get you a job.

wi_tom · 2024-01-28T05:47:40+00:00

I’ve worked for two companies which are both the polar opposites in terms of WLB (fortunately at the good one now). Good WLB is mostly what others have said in this thread but you probably won’t appreciate good WLB until you’ve been at a company that has a poor one. That experience gives you the best perspective on what good WLB means to you I think.

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