I Called In Sick Today

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Napa, have you looked at the PMP? Might be useful for you and isn’t expensive or overly time consuming.

 

I don’t know how I’d actually get the experience to get the letters but I’m sure there’s some value in it for me.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

If you have someone from a prior job who will vouch for you, you’re good to go. Don’t need to be a project manager by title, or even serve as the lead on any projects at all. You basically just need to take the course and figure out how your work experience relates, which it will in one way or another. The application process sounds scary due to the audit risk, but really, as long as you aren’t blatantly dishonest, you have nothing to worry about.

 

I got approved for the exam two months ago, and have pushed it back once already. I finally just bought a practice exam program last night for $60, figuring it was about the same cost as rescheduling again. I would 100% be done with the exam by now if I had done this originally.

 

The one thing I might do differently... I got my company to pay for a nice web based course for $2k, but I was researching on reddit, and some people fulfilled the education requirement with some other provider for basically nothing. Who knows how much better or worse that would have been for my completion time. The CFP took me a full year longer because I didn’t want to pay $2k to do the live courses, which I ultimately did anyway. The delay caused me to miss at least an additional $6k in bonuses this year, possibly more.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Guess I’ll look into it more then.

[brvheart 1,752]

I'll vouch for you, Just tell me what to say and have them call me.

 

 

Also, P decided to move with a girlfriend to CA.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

That’s ok. A buddy of mine is looking for sure to buy a house before June and said I can live there as long as I want for what I’m paying now. So, I’m in no hurry to buy a house now, which is a bit of a relief, tbh.

[hank213 1,823]

I'm looking to upgrade my kitchen gear a bit so I'm shopping for new knives, cookware, and possibly an induction stove. Basically, going higher end with the idea this will be the last purchase for that type of gear I make. Any of you chef wannabe's ever use all clad stainless steel pans? I'm looking at the 5 layer model that has a copper disk sandwiched between aluminum then clad in stainless that will work on induction but if I don't do induction it will heat well etc. A 10 pc set runs about 13 hundo whereas a 13 pc set of a competitor that is comparable is a bout a quarter of that. Is all clad really that good or is a large portion of the markup paying for the name?

[Napa_Don 688]

I've got an All-Clad set (Mc2, I think, with the same expectation that I might as well just spend a little more now and have them forever). Cooking with those vs. my old roommates shitty old T-Fal set was an unbelievable improvement, even with the shitty coil stove.

 

That said...cleaning them by hand all the time sucks and I really only ever use the stock pot and a dishwasher safe-non stick All-Clad skillet I bought separately (at BB&B with a 20% off coupon). My knives are a shitty J.A. Henckel set though and will be one of the first things I upgrade when I buy a house.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

any of my cold state brothers have a plan to retire to warmer climates? this winter has convinced me, and i will move south come retirement (or sooner if i can make that work with work).

[hank213 1,823]

I've got an All-Clad set (Mc2, I think, with the same expectation that I might as well just spend a little more now and have them forever). Cooking with those vs. my old roommates shitty old T-Fal set was an unbelievable improvement, even with the shitty coil stove.

 

That said...cleaning them by hand all the time sucks and I really only ever use the stock pot and a dishwasher safe-non stick All-Clad skillet I bought separately (at BB&B with a 20% off coupon). My knives are a shitty J.A. Henckel set though and will be one of the first things I upgrade when I buy a house.

 

The MC2 looks like a very respectable set, especially for a younger dude. Kudos. I clean all my pans by hand any way so that doesn't bother me. I've been using a relatively inexpensive, but very serviceable, calphalon fry pan as my work horse for the last year or so. Just to develop the discipline of proper maintenance etc. for stainless before buying the good stuff.

 

Henckels are usually good from what I understand. I followed Alton Brown's advice in at least one regard: stay away from knife sets. That's where the lower grade product goes, individual knives are where you find the better quality. I looked at MAC for the chef's knife as I'd heard good things. I also looked at Shun, but I guess I'm too much of a traditionalist. I like a nice, hefty, German knife. So, I'm going to give Wusthof a try. It'll have the traditional heft of German knives but with the 14 degree edge it'll be closer to Japanese (10 degree) than Henckel (20 degree). One spot I'm making an exception is on a carving knife set. I'm going to go with a Shun DMS200 (around $250). I thought about going for the Hiro (around 4 bills) but I really didn't care for the shape. If I really wanted to be snobbish, I would go boutique and order from Murray Carter or simply get on the waiting list for a Kramer. But, since I want to put my chef's knife to work and not in a display over the mantle, I opted for a very good, very usable group of knives.

 

any of my cold state brothers have a plan to retire to warmer climates? this winter has convinced me, and i will move south come retirement (or sooner if i can make that work with work).

 

definitely considering snow birding. I figure I can shack with Ron and his step son. I'm sure the wife will have long since left him but he won't be quite sure how to get the 'kid' to move out.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

Most of my aggravation comes whenever I am forced to be at work immediately after a huge snowfall. If I had a role with the flexibility to watch snow days from my recliner, I wouldn’t care about the cold.

 

I think there is also the fact that it’s not cost-effective for the places I’ve lived to be good at dealing with big snowfall. Michigan and Minnesota are surely much more tolerable, and probably have better drivers as well.

 

I don’t know anything about good cooking equipment. I have a $20 pan and a $10 set of knives.

[Theraflu 1,035]

As a kid, seasons are pretty great. All the hot places also have shitty things associated with them. Hurricanes, earthquakes, 7th-gate-of-hell-looking-wildfires. As an old person, I definitely see saying **** the cold and snow, but I don't mind most of this shit. Also, paid snow days are pretty great.

 

I bought the Victorinox that's generally considered the best low-cost knife a few years ago ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000638D32/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) Ended up getting 6 of them in the delivery box. So I gave four away to family and friends, kept one as a backup. Far from amazing, but significantly better than "knife set" quality. Getting an extra $200 in value has also colored my review.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

I can’t imagine moving south permanently. Maybe during winter or something. I don’t know.

[brvheart 1,752]

I like the 4 seasons too much to ever move south. Also, if I can't physically be in Iowa, I at least have to be in a state bordering Iowa.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

4 seasons are the most overrated shit ever, I don't understand why people say they love them so much. Two of the seasons in the midwest ****ing suck, and half of spring is either cold or raining, and fall, with it's ever shortening, increasingly cold days, is a constant reminder that winter is coming.

[brvheart 1,752]

4 seasons are the most overrated shit ever

 

[Theraflu 1,035]

It's about the variety!

 

I do think after living somewhere warm for a bit that I would loathe a cold winter after that.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

the seasons are way overrated, i'm with Big D on this one. give me 75 and sunny every day.

[brvheart 1,752]

We might as well beat this subject into the ground. I actually love winter. I love snow. Winter is probably my favorite season. Lilac week is probably my 2nd favorite season. Fall 3rd. Summer last. Of course, this is because summer in the Midwest is 100 degrees with 99% humidity. If summer was 75 degrees and sunny, it would bump fall to last.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

It's apt that it's called Stockholm syndrome, since Stockholm is cold as **** too.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

stockholm syndrome is one of those things i won't actually believe exists unless i saw it in person. seems ridiculous and impossible.

[Theraflu 1,035]

For someone whose worldview has been perfectly sculpted by minds much greater than yours, your inability to appreciate the true power of the brain is baffling.

[Essay21 2,385]

There is no mind greater than mine.

 

Just started watching billions on showtime. Pretty good so far.

[Theraflu 1,035]

I hear good things, especially after the first season. They just lean in and go with it. But I've never seen an episode.

[Essay21 2,385]

Four episodes in and it’s one of the best new shows I’ve seen in awhile.

[brvheart 1,752]

Four episodes in and it's one of the best new shows I've seen in awhile.

 

This kind of hyperbole is why I love you Suited. You're one of those people that alternates between blasting the heat in the car to rolling down the windows, aren't you?