What might be making you a tad prosperous, but might not, as it's too soon to tell - Page 2

Gravdigr · 01-27-2017, 11:03 AM

This sounds awesome Feet. Happy for you, man.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2017, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I'm now reading a US Navy training manual in basic electricity, a great 'Let's take it from the top' refresher. I love the way the book is written, I have to say, some of the clearest and best technical writing I've ever read. It makes learning a breeze.

Consider it a tax refund from the gumint.

lumberjim · 01-27-2017, 03:59 PM

A good reason to get out of bed in the morning is a plus

footfootfoot · 01-27-2017, 05:13 PM

Exactly. As it is I have to rely on needing to pee.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2017, 06:00 PM

I never make it to morning for that, but that means I'm available for stepping stone duty more often.

Undertoad · 08-28-2017, 08:43 AM

Phone interview for a new job today; if I got it, would require a move to Delaware and maybe a weird shift, but... a 33% raise.

Career will kinda be all the way back, if it happens.

Clodfobble · 08-28-2017, 08:56 AM

Does the 33% raise account for cost of living? My impression is Delaware is an expensive place, but I could be wrong.

Undertoad · 08-28-2017, 10:17 AM

In this case DE is just a little cheaper - rent is about the same (pretty high imo, it counts as the phila region) but gas is cheaper, and there's no sales tax.

classicman · 08-28-2017, 02:59 PM

Property and school taxes are about 1/3 of PA in DE.

Good luck Toad!!!

Undertoad · 08-28-2017, 05:00 PM

Phone interview over.

I have no way of knowing whether I did great or terrible.

I have no way of knowing whether the company is worth being great for.

I love phone interviews but hate the technical quiz time portion. Real world knowledge doesn't match the book lernin' style of quiz questions they ask in these situations. I feel bad for them, because there are so few ways to figure out if someone knows what they're doing, before you actually ask them to do it. All I know is this doesn't show me off at my best. I seemed to get enough of them to seem worthwhile. You never know.

Undertoad · 08-28-2017, 05:00 PM

And as I typed that I had a feeling of deja vu, like I said the exact same thing 2 or 4 years ago. I bet I did.

Griff · 08-28-2017, 06:24 PM

Let's hope for the raise...

xoxoxoBruce · 08-28-2017, 07:28 PM

Delaware has a 2.2% to 6.6% income tax instead of a sales tax.

Pico and ME · 08-28-2017, 07:30 PM

Undertoad · 08-31-2017, 09:59 AM

Geez the waiting. They were supposed to get right back with the recruiter and the recruiter would have gotten right back to me...

01-27-2017, 11:03 AM	#16
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01-27-2017, 03:59 PM	#18
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01-27-2017, 05:13 PM	#19
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Exactly. As it is I have to rely on needing to pee. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-27-2017, 06:00 PM	#20
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I never make it to morning for that, but that means I'm available for stepping stone duty more often. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-28-2017, 08:56 AM	#22
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Does the 33% raise account for cost of living? My impression is Delaware is an expensive place, but I could be wrong. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-28-2017, 08:43 AM	#21
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Phone interview for a new job today; if I got it, would require a move to Delaware and maybe a weird shift, but... a 33% raise. Career will kinda be all the way back, if it happens.

08-28-2017, 10:17 AM	#23
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	In this case DE is just a little cheaper - rent is about the same (pretty high imo, it counts as the phila region) but gas is cheaper, and there's no sales tax.

08-28-2017, 02:59 PM	#24
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Property and school taxes are about 1/3 of PA in DE. Good luck Toad!!! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-28-2017, 05:00 PM	#25
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Phone interview over. I have no way of knowing whether I did great or terrible. I have no way of knowing whether the company is worth being great for. I love phone interviews but hate the technical quiz time portion. Real world knowledge doesn't match the book lernin' style of quiz questions they ask in these situations. I feel bad for them, because there are so few ways to figure out if someone knows what they're doing, before you actually ask them to do it. All I know is this doesn't show me off at my best. I seemed to get enough of them to seem worthwhile. You never know.

08-28-2017, 06:24 PM	#27
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Let's hope for the raise... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-28-2017, 07:28 PM	#28
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Delaware has a 2.2% to 6.6% income tax instead of a sales tax. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-28-2017, 07:30 PM	#29
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	__________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

08-31-2017, 09:59 AM	#30
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Geez the waiting. They were supposed to get right back with the recruiter and the recruiter would have gotten right back to me...

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