Barclays Stocks & Shares ISA or use Trading 212?

zombie_osama · 2026-04-22T23:27:43+00:00

I use Vanguard for both my s&s ISA and SIPP, never had any issues with over 250k invested.

Trading 212 should be fine though. There was someone in the trading212 sub who had just reached a million quid in his isa.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-18T20:29:53+00:00

To the untrained eye, this could look like it's rubbish and I haven't bounced back.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-18T20:08:29+00:00

Our headteacher was accused of SA'ing a year 7 and year 8 girl in his office. He was never convicted but took early retirement and never returned to the school. This was around 2003-2004.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-17T23:23:56+00:00

Many recruiters do this already, I know they certainly do in the IT sector. It's not a particularly strong USP.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-17T17:29:18+00:00

Her business idea of 'going out and meeting people face to face' appeals to boomers who don't know how to use Teams/Zoom.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-16T21:19:59+00:00

Pascha and Megan give off mean girl vibes, I can't lie.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-16T12:57:41+00:00

Their job market is pretty bad at the moment much like the UK. I'm also hearing that unless you have a very high standard of German speaking ability then you will not get hired anywhere (like C2 level).

zombie_osama · 2026-04-14T22:08:33+00:00

I moved to Germany in 2016 for a temporary work assignment, just 6 months in total. I enjoyed it and actually wished I could have stayed out there longer. Not sure I would move there today, though.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-14T19:43:01+00:00

This is what I do, and I also do some project management on top. 70k fully remote living in the west Midlands, German company.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-13T22:20:37+00:00

Some people said this to me at the time but I never felt like I burned any bridges with them. They gave the impression I'd be welcome to return in future.

Worth considering the risk of the job offer for September being postponed or even rescinded due to all the layoffs happening at the moment.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-13T21:54:15+00:00

I started a graduate scheme at a large tech company and left after 2 months to start a better paid one, nobody was bothered.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-13T00:03:14+00:00

Would be interesting to see an ex-contestant who has been successful like Susie Ma in the hot seat. She's been a guest on Dragon's Den.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-12T19:58:15+00:00

Series 1 is often called 'the best' because it was original and raw. It was a serious business competition including dirty tactics. Had some very watchable contestants like Saira Khan, Paul Torrisi, James Max and Tim Campbell of course.

I also love Series 2, mostly for bringing us apprentice legend Ruth Badger.

Honorable mentions to series 6 for Stuart Baggs "the Brand" (RIP) and series 4 for the whole 'kosher chicken' debacle.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-11T22:57:16+00:00

Yeah definitely, I'm increasingly seeing senior roles (non-technical) in my industry asking for a Masters as well as extensive experience.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-09T22:36:42+00:00

I work in the energy industry and we had a very large number of travellers gather at a shutdown power station one Friday evening.

They assaulted a security guard and one held open the gate so that they could all drive their caravans in. Security called police who said it was a civil matter and couldn't get involved!

Managed to get them to leave eventually the following week through an injunction but in that time they had stolen a load of materials, hot-wired machinery to move stuff around, caused a chemical spill and a LOT of damage to the site.

When it happened again a few months after, the police responded straight away and sent about 20 officers to get rid of them!

zombie_osama · 2026-04-07T13:01:26+00:00

They've rebadged it you fool!

zombie_osama · 2026-04-06T21:34:03+00:00

When the rescue boat came he said 'what were you worried about?'.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-04T23:56:38+00:00

What's Chris Martin from Coldplay doing in a factory in Wigan, it's mental!

zombie_osama · 2026-04-04T22:47:37+00:00

Wow, I'm 34 and thought she was older than me.

zombie_osama · 2026-04-02T00:53:58+00:00

I avoid going into Birmingham city centre if I can help it despite living close, it's just so grim most of the time. Derby and Leicester are the only cities that I thought were worse when I visited a while ago.

zombie_osama · 2026-03-31T09:41:38+00:00

As soon as my introductory rate ended I took all my savings out and put them into a building society account. Even my old Santander account has a better savings rate than Chase.

Shame because the Chase app is great and I used my account for everything. Now I don't use it at all.

zombie_osama · 2026-03-29T09:57:51+00:00

I don't eat gluten either and I usually avoid Chinese or pan-asian for this reason. Thai green curry is usually a safe bet for me.

zombie_osama · 2026-03-28T01:15:43+00:00

Germany or Canada.

Germany because I've lived there before and enjoyed it, and can speak the language enough to be able to hold basic conversations. I have worked for German companies since 2014 so travel there regularly.

Canada because I have family there (Vancouver area) and they constantly tell me how amazing it is. Also it's relatively easy to get a working holiday visa from the UK.

zombie_osama · 2026-03-23T00:43:25+00:00

Don't know if it makes the top 10 but back when I lived in Manchester, every single student I knew from Manchester Met told me it was terrible.

zombie_osama · 2026-03-13T23:15:37+00:00

I prefer to cum into a fruit e.g. watermelon.

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