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Dark Helmut: Jul 24, 2004; All growns up

psydude posted:

YOTJ. Just accepted an offer to become a Sr. Security Engineer. $12k salary increase, $52/mo PPO, 3 weeks of paid vacation each year, and $6250/yr in tuition reimbursement.

Grats dude!!

# ? Aug 18, 2014 22:34

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# ? Apr 24, 2024 19:12

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

psydude posted:

YOTJ. Just accepted an offer to become a Sr. Security Engineer. $12k salary increase, $52/mo PPO, 3 weeks of paid vacation each year, and $6250/yr in tuition reimbursement.

Congrats! That's an awesome tuition bonus. Is 3 weeks standard for America? I'm not sure what a PPO is either

# ? Aug 18, 2014 22:51

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

psydude posted:

YOTJ. Just accepted an offer to become a Sr. Security Engineer. $12k salary increase, $52/mo PPO, 3 weeks of paid vacation each year, and $6250/yr in tuition reimbursement.

Also MC Fruit Stripe's posts seem to detail a slow descent into anarchy.

# ? Aug 18, 2014 22:52

Che Delilas: Nov 23, 2009; FREE TIBET WEED

Dick Trauma posted:

Always get dressed in the morning. Resist the impulse to free-ball it during a conference call.

I agree with this when the conference call is pertinent to your work. When it's the IT director's weekly scheduled self-promoting monologue, feel free to hang loose.

# ? Aug 18, 2014 23:04

Dr. Arbitrary: Mar 15, 2006; Bleak Gremlin

Just wear a nice shirt and tie.

# ? Aug 18, 2014 23:29

Vulture Culture: Jul 14, 2003; I was never enjoying it. I only eat it for the nutrients.

Does anyone in here have Verizon FiOS? Can you do me a favor and ping rabb.it a few hundred times and let me know the packet loss, and what city you're in? It looks like they have issues to us-east-1 on EC2, we're launching a product from us-east-1 in a couple of hours, and we need to know how bad the situation is.

Feel free to PM if you don't want to clutter the thread.

Vulture Culture fucked around with this message at 00:50 on Aug 19, 2014

# ? Aug 19, 2014 00:40

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

CLAM DOWN posted:

Congrats! That's an awesome tuition bonus. Is 3 weeks standard for America? I'm not sure what a PPO is either

Most places start out at 2 and increase over time. A PPO is a kind of high-caliber health insurance with low deductibles and where you can refer yourself to specialists. It's similar to the private health care plans that kind of go above and beyond the standard government health care in places like Canada and Europe.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 00:56

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

Misogynist posted:

Does anyone in here have Verizon FiOS? Can you do me a favor and ping rabb.it a few hundred times and let me know the packet loss, and what city you're in? It looks like they have issues to us-east-1 on EC2, we're launching a product from us-east-1 in a couple of hours, and we need to know how bad the situation is.

Feel free to PM if you don't want to clutter the thread.

If you were in any doubt then any issues you're seeing don't appear to be with AWS.

code:

--- rabb.it ping statistics ---
301 packets transmitted, 301 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 97.171/98.677/152.638/4.221 ms

That's from London.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 01:00

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

psydude posted:

Most places start out at 2 and increase over time. A PPO is a kind of high-caliber health insurance with low deductibles and where you can refer yourself to specialists. It's similar to the private health care plans that kind of go above and beyond the standard government health care in places like Canada and Europe.

Ahhh, okay, we just call that "extended health" here. Makes sense. Congrats again!

# ? Aug 19, 2014 01:02

Sepist: Dec 26, 2005; FUCK BITCHES, ROUTE PACKETS; Gravy Boat 2k

psydude posted:

YOTJ. Just accepted an offer to become a Sr. Security Engineer. $12k salary increase, $52/mo PPO, 3 weeks of paid vacation each year, and $6250/yr in tuition reimbursement.

D@ PPO! I'm paying $111 per week. congrats!

# ? Aug 19, 2014 01:13

Gumball Gumption: Jan 7, 2012

psydude posted:

YOTJ. Just accepted an offer to become a Sr. Security Engineer. $12k salary increase, $52/mo PPO, 3 weeks of paid vacation each year, and $6250/yr in tuition reimbursement.

Congrats, all of those benefits are pretty awesome.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 01:55

Loten: Dec 8, 2005

psydude posted:

YOTJ. Just accepted an offer to become a Sr. Security Engineer. $12k salary increase, $52/mo PPO, 3 weeks of paid vacation each year, and $6250/yr in tuition reimbursement.

Congrats (psy)dude!

# ? Aug 19, 2014 02:02

Wizard of the Deep: Sep 25, 2005; Another productive workday

Misogynist posted:

Does anyone in here have Verizon FiOS? Can you do me a favor and ping rabb.it a few hundred times and let me know the packet loss, and what city you're in? It looks like they have issues to us-east-1 on EC2, we're launching a product from us-east-1 in a couple of hours, and we need to know how bad the situation is.

Feel free to PM if you don't want to clutter the thread.

Report from the front:

On Verizon FIOS in Syracuse, NY.

Ping statistics for 54.88.186.38:
Packets: Sent = 500, Received = 498, Lost = 2 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 51ms, Maximum = 136ms, Average = 111ms

Testing from Powershell, which was pulling both 54.88.186.38 and 54.208.230.151, the results were similar, with three dropped packets to .38.

From where I'm sitting in Upstate New York, the situation isn't that bad.

Drop me a PM if you need any other tests from here.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 02:23

MC Fruit Stripe: Nov 26, 2002; around and around we go

Thanks Ants posted:

Also MC Fruit Stripe's posts seem to detail a slow descent into anarchy.

I've come unmuzzled.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 03:07

evol262: Nov 30, 2010; #!/usr/bin/perl

psydude posted:

YOTJ. Just accepted an offer to become a Sr. Security Engineer. $12k salary increase, $52/mo PPO, 3 weeks of paid vacation each year, and $6250/yr in tuition reimbursement.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 03:40

Vulture Culture: Jul 14, 2003; I was never enjoying it. I only eat it for the nutrients.

So FiOS is okay through upstate NY but is hosed from the NYC metro area down to Baltimore, at minimum. Thanks!

# ? Aug 19, 2014 03:44

JHVH-1: Jun 28, 2002

I don't know what kind of health plan my new gig I'm starting next month has, but the current one has a poo poo high deductible HSA. The new place did say they pay up to $440/month of the plan.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 04:23

adorai: Nov 2, 2002; 10/27/04 Never forget; Grimey Drawer

My employer pays $709/mo toward my PPO. Total cost is $1200 or so, leaving $500 pretax from myself. Before you poo poo yourselves, that's the family plan.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 04:28

Che Delilas: Nov 23, 2009; FREE TIBET WEED

JHVH-1 posted:

I don't know what kind of health plan my new gig I'm starting next month has, but the current one has a poo poo high deductible HSA. The new place did say they pay up to $440/month of the plan.

I'm not trying to get you down, but when I hear a phrase like, "we pay up to $X," alarm bells start going off in my head and I start digging for details. Because "up to" doesn't mean anything at all.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 04:35

adorai: Nov 2, 2002; 10/27/04 Never forget; Grimey Drawer

Che Delilas posted:

I'm not trying to get you down, but when I hear a phrase like, "we pay up to $X," alarm bells start going off in my head and I start digging for details. Because "up to" doesn't mean anything at all.

Probably depends on whether it is employee, employee plus one, or family.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 04:45

stubblyhead: Sep 13, 2007; That is treason, Johnny!; Fun Shoe

I too have just been offered a job. About a 9% increase to base pay plus profit sharing, 401(k) matching, and fully funded health insurance for me with just over 50% for my wife. I'm still waiting to hear specifics on some important things like vacation time and FSA availability and other fringe benefits like that, but I'm very much inclined to accept.

I need to convince my wife that it's a good idea though. She doesn't like change and is very risk averse, and I would be moving from a very large company where I've been for about three years to a much much smaller one. They say a majority of new companies fail, so there's a very real possibility that they could fold if things don't go right. I've been talking with these folks on and off for a while now, and last time I brought it up in March or so, we both agreed that it was probably not a good idea to change jobs with us floating two mortgages. We've since sold our old house though, so I'm hoping she'll agree that we're in a good enough position right now to take a chance on this.

I'm pretty sure I've got enough cachet with my current management that I could come back if things go south, but it's hard to say how that might change if I actually give notice. Anyone have any experience in leaving a job and then coming back (or trying to) when the new opportunity didn't work out for whatever reason?

# ? Aug 19, 2014 05:10

Che Delilas: Nov 23, 2009; FREE TIBET WEED

stubblyhead posted:

I'm pretty sure I've got enough cachet with my current management that I could come back if things go south, but it's hard to say how that might change if I actually give notice. Anyone have any experience in leaving a job and then coming back (or trying to) when the new opportunity didn't work out for whatever reason?

I haven't kept track of your personal saga in these threads (if you have one), so my question is this: do you like your current job? I personally would be hesitant to change jobs if I were genuinely happy at my current one, without some serious motivation. Compensation can be motivation, sure. But to have a job where I'm treated well, lets me have my own life outside of work, and doesn't actively damage my mental state, that's worth a lot to me. It's hard to put a dollar amount on that, for me.

Obviously our situations are not the same; I don't have nearly the financial obligations you do, for one. But a lot of people can be distracted by the money and forget to factor in their quality of life, when the number is right there on the table, so I'm just trying to make sure it's in your mind too. Good luck!

Oh, and to your actual question, I don't actually have any personal experience going back to an old employer.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 05:26

stubblyhead: Sep 13, 2007; That is treason, Johnny!; Fun Shoe

Yeah I'm definitely not just thinking a>b therefore accept offer. I got hired by a small consulting shop about three years ago, then about one year ago we were bought out by HugeCorp. I'm not unhappy per se, but I much prefer working for a small company than an enormous one. The bureaucracy related to writing for a large company has become more and more intrusive in my day to day life, and I would like to get away from that. One of the guys that started this new company was one of my colleagues before the acquisition, and another is a guy I met as a result of working there, though he was with a different company. They're both very much on the ball and I think I could work well alongside them.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 05:52

Sepist: Dec 26, 2005; FUCK BITCHES, ROUTE PACKETS; Gravy Boat 2k

Must be YOTJ day, just got a linkedin recruitspam that was actually enticing enough for me to consider commuting back to NYC. Gotta love hedge fund money. We'll see how this goes..

# ? Aug 19, 2014 06:06

Vulture Culture: Jul 14, 2003; I was never enjoying it. I only eat it for the nutrients.

Sepist posted:

Must be YOTJ day, just got a linkedin recruitspam that was actually enticing enough for me to consider commuting back to NYC. Gotta love hedge fund money. We'll see how this goes..

Gotta love that NYC commute on top of the 13-hour hedge fund days. At least you'll be able to afford a top-of-the-line bed.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 06:56

Sepist: Dec 26, 2005; FUCK BITCHES, ROUTE PACKETS; Gravy Boat 2k

Misogynist posted:

Gotta love that NYC commute on top of the 13-hour hedge fund days. At least you'll be able to afford a top-of-the-line bed.

Eh I've worked in finance before, I think it gets an exaggerated bad rap. The commute had the benefit of allowing me to read a lot and now that I'm studying for my CCIE this would be a nice bonus. I am a glass is half full kind of guy obviously..

Also I already have a sweet bed :colbert:

# ? Aug 19, 2014 15:12

Moey: Oct 22, 2010; I LIKE TO MOVE IT

Sepist posted:

Also I already have a sweet bed

Time for that beach house in the Hamptons...

# ? Aug 19, 2014 19:19

Vulture Culture: Jul 14, 2003; I was never enjoying it. I only eat it for the nutrients.

Sepist posted:

Eh I've worked in finance before, I think it gets an exaggerated bad rap. The commute had the benefit of allowing me to read a lot and now that I'm studying for my CCIE this would be a nice bonus. I am a glass is half full kind of guy obviously..

Also I already have a sweet bed

Depends on where you work. The big houses are usually okay in terms of working hours, but the smaller shops (especially the very quantitative ones like Jane Street) have finance culture on top of startup culture translating into 16-hour days where nobody's allowed to leave for lunch.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 19:30

Sepist: Dec 26, 2005; FUCK BITCHES, ROUTE PACKETS; Gravy Boat 2k

Eh I must've gotten lucky in the brokerage I was at. It's not going to pan out anyway, I talked to the guy and despite my experience and knowledge, they want someone with more trading floor experience which I think just translates into they want someone who is used to being directly yelled at by brokers 8 hours a day

# ? Aug 19, 2014 19:36

Dark Helmut: Jul 24, 2004; All growns up

Sepist posted:

Eh I must've gotten lucky in the brokerage I was at. It's not going to pan out anyway, I talked to the guy and despite my experience and knowledge, they want someone with more trading floor experience which I think just translates into they want someone who is used to being directly yelled at by brokers 8 hours a day

I can't think of a time when your avatar would be more appropriate than while being yelled at by a broker.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 20:03

Fiendish Dr. Wu: Nov 11, 2010; You done fucked up now!

contract extended with 50% raise!

# ? Aug 19, 2014 23:26

Swink: Apr 18, 2006; Left Side <--- Many Whelps

Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:

contract extended with 50% raise!

Starting to think you are a robot generated by the forum to offset all the negativity in these threads.

# ? Aug 19, 2014 23:30

Vulture Culture: Jul 14, 2003; I was never enjoying it. I only eat it for the nutrients.

Speaking of positivity, sorry to be a self-promoting pain in the rear end, but we just had a huge product launch of Rabbit, and we held together despite huge traffic surges from Reddit's front page and friends. If you're tired of Google Hangouts, or if you want to watch Netflix or HBO Go with a friend across the country or the ocean, give us a shot (and send us feedback).

# ? Aug 19, 2014 23:58

CloFan: Nov 6, 2004

Are you Jeff? Why doesn't Jeff have anywhere he'd rather be?

Congrats on the launch!

# ? Aug 20, 2014 00:06

Roargasm: Oct 21, 2010; Hate to sound sleazy
But tease me
I don't want it if it's that easy

Congrats! To continue this trend, I cut over my first IP Office migration today and it didn't get totally hosed up :aaa:

# ? Aug 20, 2014 00:08

MC Fruit Stripe: Nov 26, 2002; around and around we go

IT chat: we're all hideously out of shape, some of you are downright ugly, and all of us need to exercise more. Who's with me on a vague, non-committal promise to do something about it?

I only mention it because I just biked (a small number of) miles and I think I'm just going to lay down and die if that's okay.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 00:10

Che Delilas: Nov 23, 2009; FREE TIBET WEED

Round is a shape.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 00:12

FISHMANPET: Mar 3, 2007; Sweet 'N Sour
Can't
Melt
Steel Beams

I bike to work every day, but it's only about a mile and a half. But my wife just started a night teaching job so she's gone until 9, so I've started taking 5 mile bike rides on my way home from work. Very relaxing and good exercise to boot.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 00:26

J: Jun 10, 2001

I'm already in shape but will happily agree to keep doing what I'm already doing if it peer pressures anyone to get in shape. :colbert:

# ? Aug 20, 2014 00:31

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# ? Apr 24, 2024 19:12

Roargasm: Oct 21, 2010; Hate to sound sleazy
But tease me
I don't want it if it's that easy

But Raisinets are made with Real Fruit

Fitocracy is pretty cool for gamifying exercise if you're looking for some superfluous motivation

# ? Aug 20, 2014 00:34

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