@Lilienthal excellent money, cool people, beautiful environment, but I'm all about creature comforts these days... so I won't even pretend I'd go back to that life
Could be worse, Working in trading companies where everyone's making insane amounts of money and you just sit and watch until you have enough time to learn
I'm making minimum wage as an apprentice/intern depending on where you live but everyone is a trader but I don't even earn enough to start where's everyone is just making in some cases millions and i'm just sitting with my software development role for next to nothing
It's a bit depressing to me even though I know money isn't everything
@Twyxz I can understand where you're coming from (my first software dev role salary was a whopping £12k a year!) but you have to remember that everyone has to start somewhere
@motosubatsu I know this, I see people in the same company (clients) who are going up around 50 pound per week but this is still additional income I'd like to take part in
Anyway I'll get there haha, Working my part time job to keep my going too so I'm in an okay place for my age especially if I can save and make use of the opportunity and resources I have available
@Twyxz cool.. London isn't a great place to enjoy cars and I have a healthy amount of respect for people who enjoy their cars rather than just posing at 2mph in the city :)
The owner has his PA drive a Audi RS7 in behind him as an entourage whilst he drives his modded 1000bhp Nissan GTR which is actually scary how fast it disappears infront of you
Posings part of the game, why not? You've earned it :)
RS7s are seriously nice bits of kit :) I was at Santa Pod a couple years back and was chatting to the owner of one that was modified and it was scary quick
@Nofel nope.. I replaced the S6 last month. It was just getting too annoying having to constantly hand over large amounts of cash for random things breaking on it so I traded it in. Running an RS5 now.
But RS7's are just so nice, he's only got her because she has a bit of a brain but is extremely good looking hahahaha he even admitted it
but hey she's loving life
I'm not a fan of the GTR (although the quickest) as much as I am of this R8 V10+ wrapped in this light blue colour it's so nice and still pulls a decent 800bhp
@Twyxz Yeah I had to keep my vaguely sensible head on when I was replacing the S6 as I needed the car to be a daily driver. GTRs are fantastic but firmly in the "toy" category IMO
@Lilienthal The RS5 has an "economy" screen in the on board computer thing and it will give you "helpful" reminders telling you to turn the AC off to save fuel if you have the windows open. I'm like, yes the AC is why I'm averaging 19mpg, nothing to do with the huge V8 under the bonnet, no sir!
@Lilienthal I'm firmly of the philosophy that everyone with the slightest interest in cars should run something totally ridiculous at least once in their life - even if it's just for a year
Yeah greatly efficient for the power, relatively cheap, amazing range of features. Plus on top of it all it looks relatively low key but still shows the worth
A while ago, I quoted for a mclaren on moneysupermarket.com, just to see how much it would be. I got a decent quote. Now they keep emailing me about it.
It's a very nice drive and practical for the dogs. I used to have a run of Land Rovers, but the servicing standards at the local main dealer made me choose something different.
I'm now getting high 40's mpg and 0-60 times of about 6 seconds, which suits me fine.
I had an Evoque for a couple of years. It was nice, but some of the build quality wasn't good. By the end, the transmission was making sounds that I didn't like at all, so I let that one go.
I'm still set on my next car being an A5 or A7 then upgrading to either GTR or R8V10 depending on how much money I make in my lifetime. Preferably aiming to run my own business
@motosubatsu Who knows, I was driving to Edinburgh at nice and literally a black A5 doing probably around 120 just appeared and disappeared within seconds I could just see the lights
hahah people who I work for don't care, more money than sense. Potentially just know too much about the area. Plus we're rather secluded so speeding for a good 20 mile isn't a problem for them
@Twyxz local knowledge can be key.. when I lived in the lakes I had very good knowledge built up about when and where I could safely get away with doing substantial speeds
@Twyxz Was heading back from Newcastle to Birmingham with a mate years back - it was about 1am and there was pretty much just three cars on the road - us, a Merc C-class and a WRX and we were all just sort of cruising at about the ton
and you don't need to change your profile.. no-one's stalking you. Although you did leave your kitchen light on this morning, and you should probably sort your rubbish better
@Snow hahaha...fortunately not, F&F has a great deal to answer for
I'm pretty sure that these are things that we all face. Let's say that you spent months researching about something (be it moving from full time job to being a freelancer, creating a website, starting a business etc). There are colleagues who don't speak to you, but want to learn how they can do ...
@Twyxz I've done some freelance work as top-up in the past but a combination a couple of clients screwing me over and the workload from my "day job" increasing made me stop doing that. these days I earn enough from the day job that I'd much rather use any free time I have doing things that are not work.
Fair enough I'm still young and eager to learn but ready to earn so currently with free time I just read, research and simply learn. I run a small social media business but it's slow and steady hahah
@Twyxz tbh it's a good idea when you're younger as it can not only get you a bit of extra cash but also help you develop your skills, which in turn means you can get higher paying day jobs sooner
Either business, personal, trading whatever just might as well put everything I have into developing because potentially I could live a very free and relaxed future life
even if temporarily in my 20's I'd be happy to live free in 20's then back to work in my mid-late 30's. Might be a bit of a shock but I could live knowing I've enjoyed the best parts of my life
My mindset is very different to the majority of people my age
They keep saying I'm rich etc... my familys well off we could say. But all my money I've made myself. I never go out drinking anymore I had a year of it now that's done. People just wonder why I work all the time but my drive to succeed is like nothing else
Maybe it's my issue to set such high standards but I just feel that's what I want
@Twyxz I think that's a good thing.. I've known plenty of people your age who have the opposite attitude and then whinge when they get to 30 and they are still just scraping by/living at home etc
@Lilienthal the 330e is a smart bit of kit :) I like the i3 as a concept and apparently they are quite usable unless you do mega miles. Look a bit weird though!
for an electric car I'd be very tempted by a Tesla.. they look fantastic and go very well. Just not exactly cheap!
Yeah, Tesla is in another class. Would be great for leasing as it wouldn't cost me anything but most employers aren't that happy to shoulder the cost. :)
Same why I'm not getting a 530e either, which did pass regulatory checks here.
But I despise the look of the i3, and interior isn't that hot either imo.
Nice city car for people who don't care that much I guess.
@motosubatsu Yeah I got loads of mates who are like we'll leave Uni with graduate jobs and have more money than you in the long run. Don't think so :) Plus they are the type of people to drink every night not turn up to lectures then start work late and ask questions on workplace like why am I being treat like a kid
ahahha too far maybe but seriously it's just sense sometimes
yep a mate of mine who's just turned 24 has a good degree, a post-grad diploma and the only work he's managed to find since graduating was a temp job in Primark
@Lilienthal amen to that.. the i3 may be a well engineered bit of kit but it has the pricetag to match
and the statistical lack in graduate jobs means people with experience are more likely to be picked but they're more interested in drinking so it suits them anyway
I mean don't get me wrong, I'm borderline alcoholic but it's not all good
@Snow I've coded while drunk before (uni not work) and I felt like I was writing some really sh#t-hot code. Looked at it when sober the next day and it was much more of a WTF?!
You can chase money your whole life then die rich without really knowing your own kids or them getting to know you I reckon. Better to work out how to get comfortable then leave the rat race to the rats :-)
Just a matter of focus, you got a couple of decades to work it out.
@Kilisi amen to that.. work to live not the other way around. I used to know a guy who worked 12-15 hour days 7 days a week for years. He earned over £100k a year but never actually had any time to enjoy anything so it just sat in the bank while he sat at his desk
@MisterPositive Scotland is ace.. you probably want to aim for what passes for summer around there though. It may look pretty when it's covered in snow but it's not that easy to get around then and for most of autumn/winter it's pretty much just cold, wet and windy
that said if you find yourself heading to scotland give me a shout - depending on which bit you're in it's only a few hours drive from me
@MisterPositive depending upon how long a stay you can wrangle it's worth looking at popping down into the Lake District while you're over - only a couple of hours drive from (most of) Scotland and a fantastic place
(full disclosure - I lived in the lakes for 10+ years so I might be biased!)
Peak Scotland (no pun intended) is probably April-May, it's warmed up enough that you can actually tolerate being outdoors and you still get some snowy caps on the higher mountains which looks awesome
That's pretty much how it is in the summer. A nice old village in the sunshine, and the centre literally filled with coaches. Every nice looking coffee shop will be full of old people in waterproof jackets.
@Snow yeah saw him a couple of months back and the dog was still just a tiny puppy - basically he'd run around like a nutter until he ran out of energy and then just drop to sleep wherever he was for 20 mins and the cycle would begin again :)
@MisterPositive no I'm with you on that one.. SELECT [table].[select], [join].[count] FROM [table] INNER JOIN [join] ON [table].[identity] = [join].[update] ...arrrrrggggghhhhhh!
@Snow I actually saw a man carrying a 12ft stick (so a branch really) the other day coming from the beach, my caffeine-starved brain's first thought was "holy crap.. how big is his dog?!?"
@MisterPositive what I hate is that sometimes Postgres, for who know what reason, adds double quotes to my column names. So for example instead of being user it is "user" ... some ORMs and languages sometimes give errors due to that...
@motosubatsu Yep, super annoying. Also hate excessive use of prefixes (SELECT [strFirstName],[strLastName] FROM [tblMyTable])
And the cryptic 3-letter names used extensively by some vendor software packages: We have servers filled with databases with names like SWP, PT1, ERC, ARG, BGC, CBG, etc...
Yep. Fortunately even on a case-sensitive server, SQL keywords aren't actually case-sensitive themselves. Just object names. (On MS SQL anyway, not sure about other platforms)
If I'm planning a 2-week holiday which would happen 2 months after starting a new role, would it be reasonable to ask for that to be paid leave (or advanced leave), as part of offer negotiations? Or would it make more sense to just ask for unpaid?
I am a Mechanical Engineer, currently employed full-time for a large multinational. I am considering the option of leaving my full-time job to do similar work freelance, for a number of reasons that I won't go into here in detail.
So, I am wondering how I can gauge how much demand there will be ...
@NotThatGuy Hey there, why not ask this on the site?
If you are switching roles, you sill have accumulated your alloted PTO, so changing roles doesn't mean those disappear. I still think this could be asked on the site, but I'll venture to say that you could ask for paid leave, as you are in your rights to do given you had PTO unused on your current role.
That or ask for payment "in lieu" for that time you didnt take
I asked this question yesterday, which appears to have been voted closed as 'too broad':
How can I gauge market demand for my skills before going freelance?
Was this question closed appropriately? I don't agree that the question is 'too broad' - it seems to me to be scoped appropriately, in a w...
Some days ago I tried doing a First Post Review, and happened to notice a bug. I dismissed it as thinking it was some problem with my PC.
However, today I entered the First Post Review Queue again and found that the error persists. Here a screenshot depicting what happens (basically the I'm Done...
But I mean: would they look at me funny if I ask them whether I can have those 2 weeks paid leave so soon after starting? They can always just say no, but some things you shouldn't ask. Although I suppose it's similar to just getting a signing bonus equal to that amount, so it's probably reasonable.
Why do you worry they will look at you "funny", it's a perfectly valid questioin
Furthermore, when I just started on my current job, I already had my vacations planned. When I got the offer I accepted it but also disclosed in that moment that I already had plans for such dates
and it was also like 2 months after starting
The only thing I had to do was to organize things a bit before my departure so others could carry on with them during the weeks I was out
I thought my coworker was joking when he complemented me on my weight, but then someone else did it too a day later. Guess I'm good at hiding my fat.
I should probably figure out what will happen with my current leave too, if I leave, not that I'll really know what to do if I take them (sit at home twiddling my thumbs for 2 weeks?).
The holidays I like are very seasonal, or would really benefit from having some company.