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Congrats on the new card! If it makes you feel any better, I also paid about that but for a 3070 Ti, so you got the better deal. What are you upgrading from, and what's going to be your first game you try?

Godspeed, you maverick renegade! But seriously, feel better soon, and keep us updated!

Thanks for the response. Sounds like our potential paths are very similar. Which certs did you do? A few days ago I had told our HR guy that I wanted to throw my hat in the ring for a sysadmin position that of course would have still been in IT but it would have paid a lot better ($34/hour) and would have gotten me more programming/scripting experience. Today they sat me down and basically told me that I was too valuable in my current position so they couldn't afford to move me since it would create a big vacuum. They've been having such terrible turnover that there's nobody to replace me, and the lab I run is too valuable to the overall operation. The best part is that they're also asking me to help conduct the interviews for the position I want. Tomorrow I'm asking for a raise.

FWIW, I pay about $1350/month for a 550 sq. ft. studio apartment close to downtown Portland. Several friends who have houses have seen their house go up from around $200k to $350k or more in the last few years. A couple I know was looking to move to a house closer in to town (currently out near Gresham) and they were struggling to find anything remotely central for less than $600k.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Probably both.

Has anyone here ever made the transition from IT to programmer? How did you do it? I have a master's in CS but since I didn't do any internships , I got my first post-school job working IT, doing tech support for a contracting company at Intel. I've been there for nearly two years now and though I enjoy the work itself, management is OK, etc., the pay is not great (about $55k/year, too low when living in Portland, OR) and basically I feel stuck. There isn't really anywhere else to go within the company (I'm the technical team lead) unless I want to continue my current path into management, so I'm thinking it's time to put my degrees to use and make the jump to programming, since I always enjoyed it and it seems to generally pay a lot better. Other than some light scripting in my current job, all of my programming experience is academic, however. To beef up my resume to land that first programming gig, I'm thinking it's maybe best to just start making some apps in my free time and maybe get something like an Oracle Certified Associate certification for Java 8. I think getting this cert shouldn't be hard given all of my academic training. I've also been reading through Cracking the Coding Interview, which seems to be one of the generally most highly recommended books for interview prep. For those who have made the leap, what was your route? Any tips or suggestions?

Dickhead doesn't deserve my outrage, so I'm not going to give it to him.

If this becomes law, Biden will go down as the President who made the largest contribution to the nation's collective mental health.

Alright, yup, fuck everything about this.

Is this the kind of thing that would be found with a home inspection? I'm a complete n00b with these kinds of things but I'm hoping to be buying a place in the not-too-distant future, and you've got me nervous.

When I adopted my Aussie, one of the questions they asked me was: What would you do with your dog if your life circumstances changed? For example, a new partner was allergic or you had to move? My answer: they wouldn't be my partner for long, and the dog would get to go on a road trip to our new place. Easy question. These people take it to another level. 🇺🇦

Dipshits gonna dipshit, I guess.

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As I said, I'm in full agreement that systemic racism is a major problem, and I'm also not saying definitively that it isn't playing a role here. I'm just saying that I think it might be begging the question to assume so, because personally I don't feel like I have enough data to judge the situation fairly either way. If you or anyone else feels they do, ok.

Perhaps I'm being unintentionally dense, but I'm not so sure that this is an example of the (very real) issue of systemic racism. The person who misunderstood his wish for discretion as a robbery attempt is Black. She told others it was a robbery attempt and they believed her. If I'm mistaken in any of the details or in why this is actually an example of systemic racism, I'd like to learn.

Congrats! 🥳🥳🥳

When I moved back to the States I also had to furnish an apartment basically from scratch. Even going with the Ikea option for pretty much everything, I think I spent nearly $2k. I feel you bro.

Last night I watched The Shawshank Redemption. I'd never seen it, though of course I'd seen it referenced everywhere and knew the basic story. The movie still holds up exceedingly well, with stellar performances. 9.5/10

USA! USA! USA!

If I read the deal correctly, you just had to put down $5 to pre-order, right? And you can pay the balance when it's your turn to buy? I believe I read that the $5 is even refundable if you cancel.

*laughs in Prius*

Will definitely be checking this out. Lightly concerned it might be getting a bit too Hollywood-meta for my tastes, but it looks like it has a great cast so it's worth a shot.

Some favorites: Green Day - Dookie Foo Fighters - One By One Muse - Origins of Symmetry