@MattGiltaji I have a set of rules for when buying a used car. First, don't even think about buying the first 5 cars you look at. In this case, you're just seeing what's out there, getting used to talking to salespeople and asking questions, and taking notes.
Second, don't let them bully you into getting a loan. There are some good cars out there that one can get for cash.
And third, get the car inspected by a dealership, if the car costs more than you'd be willing to risk financially. An inspection typically costs around $150 and will let you know what types of repairs you'd be looking at in the near future, if you were to move forward with the purchase.
Fourth, don't buy the car of the seller is unwilling to let you have it inspected... :D)
Regarding #2, most dealerships keep the trade-ins hidden in the back. They put them through inspection, fix them up, then either sell them to people interested in them or they sell them wholesale to the wanna be dealers you see in the bad parts of town. :)
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This title is a little broad but I may need to give a little background before I can ask my question properly.
I know that similar questions have been asked here already. But in my case I'm not asking if I should be mentoring someone or if the person is a good fit for being a software developer....
@MattGiltaji That visual explanation is absolute rubbish designed for people who are smart, rather than people trying to get stuff done. In my humble opinion.
@MattGiltaji You may enjoy this meta post with some useful queries.
The main challenge with programming is finding a helpful engineer who can understand what you're trying to do, explain it in ways that let you get it done, and generally be awesome.
Anyway, have to shoot off for a video conference. Thanks for the chat @Matt! I hope you continue to stick around and be awesome, your participation has really been great (ditto @Ian -- you are awesome too).
At smaller sites (up to 50-100 questions a day average) closing a question takes hours or even days.
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@jmac I borrowed rather heavily from your post in there ^^^...
> 30% of our hot questions over the past month all got closed, which is less than ideal, because we want the attention to go to good polished questions rather than works in progress... If close votes count against the hotness score, then we can vote to close while trying to improve the post, and not worry about it getting a dozen answers in 24 hours as the entire SE network flocks in.
^^^ back then, you made a pretty good job justifying this :)
@MattGiltaji I agree on principle, I like being nice to people, but their questions were pretty bad... They also didn't read the tour which says dont ask: "Personal advice on what to do"
@IanHolstead I fully agree that the question was terrible, but the tone of the comments were not great
> Voting to close because our site is about navigating issues in the workplace. We don't do career counseling. Mainly because we are not career counselors.
not that great of a tone to set with someone asking for the first time
nothing about hey, go to the rules over here
>"Questions asking for advice on what to do are not practical answerable questions (e.g. "what job should I take?", or "what skills should I learn?"). Questions should get answers explaining why and how to make a decision, not advice on what to do. For more information, click here."
much nicer auto-text from the close reason
although the asker not getting the message from the first time they asked the same question is not a good sign
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At smaller sites (up to 50-100 questions a day average) closing a question takes hours or even days.
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