School can't really capture the real world and all of the crazy situations you'll find. I learned more about software development during the first six months of my first job than my whole degree.

Theory vs reality made me think of the bean counters I've run into who just preach trust the System and point to their clipboard and then fuck off to their hq 3k miles away. Two weeks later we abandon the whole thing...

Another thing I am struggling with is a lot of the back up reading is dated. Most around 2012 (maybe 2015 if I'm lucky). While I understand basic principles don't change, when I'm reading an article talking about the 'future of Supply Chain Management' and it's dated 2012 and I'm already living that future, it makes me feel like this is just a money grab.

A lot has changed in 12-15 years. We've just gone through a pandemic which essentially broke the worldwide Supply Chain and the teacher is talking about 'what if there was a tsunami in Japan?' Dude, we've just lived and worked through 'worst case scenario' and in some regards are still coming back from it.

May 7, 2024 16:15:43 GMT @ness said:

Theory vs reality made me think of the bean counters I've run into who just preach trust the System and point to their clipboard and then fuck off to their hq 3k miles away. Two weeks later we abandon the whole thing...

I used to mutter about it and call it " process v outcome " as the bean counters and policy makers understand what they want, the outcome, whatever KPI is important to them.... but they don't understand the process, or care to. Which makes their expectations unrealistic or unachievable in their less than realistic time frame.

Likely because they're tired of feeling stupid and being told they don't understand what they're talking about, they'd then change the process.

The problem was, particularly with my previous employer, internal promotion was secondary to their obsession with hiring " young professionals " from outside the business. They'd hire someone with a CPA and put them in an office at HQ and they'd read an Inventory process, then reinvent it, they'd attempt to roll it out and it would go down as well as expected. Like a COD player telling a War Vet how to do his job, then...

Usually 6 months later, it's abandoned and we'd go back to the original process.

And this was repeated every few years.

May 7, 2024 18:38:30 GMT iron maiden said:

Another thing I am struggling with is a lot of the back up reading is dated. Most around 2012 (maybe 2015 if I'm lucky). While I understand basic principles don't change, when I'm reading an article talking about the 'future of Supply Chain Management' and it's dated 2012 and I'm already living that future, it makes me feel like this is just a money grab.

A lot has changed in 12-15 years. We've just gone through a pandemic which essentially broke the worldwide Supply Chain and the teacher is talking about 'what if there was a tsunami in Japan?' Dude, we've just lived and worked through 'worst case scenario' and in some regards are still coming back from it.

Be happy you are not on modern books.  Books that update yearly are usually 300 bucks.  Generally when you assign an older book it is a strong classic text.  The future stuff may not pan out, the theory is usually very solid.

May 6, 2024 20:36:51 GMT iron maiden said:

I'm ok with Word & Excel for what I use them for daily but not flow charts.

I think I could be pretty competitive in that game ...

Our landlord is raising our rent $300 beginning in August.

We'll end up staying, most likely, because we'd spend the equivalent in moving fees.

May 23, 2024 4:58:41 GMT KJ said:

Our landlord is raising our rent $300 beginning in August.

We'll end up staying, most likely, because we'd spend the equivalent in moving fees.

Out of interest, do you know if they own the property or have a mortgage?

May 23, 2024 11:24:39 GMT iNCY said:

May 23, 2024 4:58:41 GMT KJ said:

Our landlord is raising our rent $300 beginning in August.

We'll end up staying, most likely, because we'd spend the equivalent in moving fees.

Out of interest, do you know if they own the property or have a mortgage?

Mortgage. He said it’s to offset the property tax hike.

Yikes! That's a big jump. We are seeing the same here. Everything has gone up 30% (property tax, condo fees, utilities, etc.) so landlords are raising rents to cover that. I understand trying to make a profit, but some are just being greedy.

My favorite part to go with rent increases is not are we not getting anything more for the extra, they are actually giving us less. Few months ago the office decided it was no longer accepting packages. So why do you even exist?!?

I rent a home in Seattle, and it’s expensive ($4,100/mo).

We can easily afford the new rate of $4,400, but it feels like the landlord is trying to push us out. This only came up after he tried getting us to sign first a month-to-month lease (three-month notice to leave) followed by a six-month lease. Why? Because he “might want to move back in.”

That’s what irks me.

May 23, 2024 22:43:13 GMT KJ said:

I rent a home in Seattle, and it’s expensive ($4,100/mo).

We can easily afford the new rate of $4,400, but it feels like the landlord is trying to push us out. This only came up after he tried getting us to sign first a month-to-month lease (three-month notice to leave) followed by a six-month lease. Why? Because he “might want to move back in.”

That’s what irks me.

Homes here rent at about half that...but it's Edmonton. Seattle is closer to Vancouver rents. My mortgage is $1660/m (with property tax) but again...it's Edmonton. 

RT can talk about this more, but they were having that issue in British Columbia. Landlords pushing people out to raise the rent higher or sell. It became such a problem that they had to put some rules in place to protect renters. Might start having to do the same here. Affordable housing crisis. 

May 23, 2024 23:03:34 GMT iron maiden said:

May 23, 2024 22:43:13 GMT KJ said:

I rent a home in Seattle, and it’s expensive ($4,100/mo).

We can easily afford the new rate of $4,400, but it feels like the landlord is trying to push us out. This only came up after he tried getting us to sign first a month-to-month lease (three-month notice to leave) followed by a six-month lease. Why? Because he “might want to move back in.”

That’s what irks me.

Homes here rent at about half that...but it's Edmonton. Seattle is closer to Vancouver rents. My mortgage is $1660/m (with property tax) but again...it's Edmonton. 

RT can talk about this more, but they were having that issue in British Columbia. Landlords pushing people out to raise the rent higher or sell. It became such a problem that they had to put some rules in place to protect renters. Might start having to do the same here. Affordable housing crisis. 

Yeah, I mean ... the costs are absurd. In 2015 I was paying $4,250 for an 800 sq ft apartment in Manhattan.

But yeah, it still stings every month, lol

May 23, 2024 22:43:13 GMT KJ said:

I rent a home in Seattle, and it’s expensive ($4,100/mo).

We can easily afford the new rate of $4,400, but it feels like the landlord is trying to push us out. This only came up after he tried getting us to sign first a month-to-month lease (three-month notice to leave) followed by a six-month lease. Why? Because he “might want to move back in.”

That’s what irks me.

Holy shit bro, move to Texas and buy something for half of that a month

It’s good you have an income that can sustain that amount of rent KJ because I almost fell out of my chair when I read that. Holy balls.

I don’t know what rental protection there is in Washington or other US states but in BC there are lots of rules in place to try and protect renters, though they don’t really work when the people who own the property have enough money and power to basically do whatever they want.

We were paying $2300/mo for a townhouse in Kelowna and that was an absolute steal for that city. It was like winning the lottery finding a house for rent that cheap. Long story short, owner came into a large sum of money, bought a house in a new build outright, didn’t need to charge a crazy amount because it was basically all profit after insurance and taxes.

We eventually got forced out because he wanted to move his mother-in-law into the house. Why an old lady needs a 4 bedroom house that was all stairs makes no sense to me, but it probably had to do with the rental laws. The market was skyrocketing and the only way to get us out of the house was to sell or move in a family member. And if he sold it he had to give us 1 year notice and we got first dibs on buying it. By moving in his mother she can live there for a year, then go find a condo somewhere and he can jack the rent to whatever he wants and move in new tenants. You’re only allowed to raise rent along with the rate of inflation in BC when you have existing tenants. But if they leave and the rental is pulled for a year, then you can re-post the rental at whatever price you want.

Anyway, when we were forced out all comparable rentals were a minimum of $3500/mo and that was before utilities, internet, bills, etc etc. Cheapest place we found was $3100 and there was a waitlist of over 200 people. They’re straight up setting their own prices in most major cities in Canada and it’s brutal. Moving to Edmonton wasn’t our first choice but we are so much better off and I love it here now.

May 24, 2024 16:02:56 GMT RT said:

Moving to Edmonton wasn’t our first choice but we are so much better off and I love it here now.

It's cause I'm here isn't it? :lol:

May 24, 2024 16:29:35 GMT iron maiden said:

May 24, 2024 16:02:56 GMT RT said:

Moving to Edmonton wasn’t our first choice but we are so much better off and I love it here now.

It's cause I'm here isn't it? :lol:

Yes. Definitely. Let’s go with that.

Damn I heard Seattle rents were unlivable but that is crazy.

I really gotta get forklift certified.

May 24, 2024 1:54:04 GMT Neo Zeed said:

May 23, 2024 22:43:13 GMT KJ said:

I rent a home in Seattle, and it’s expensive ($4,100/mo).

We can easily afford the new rate of $4,400, but it feels like the landlord is trying to push us out. This only came up after he tried getting us to sign first a month-to-month lease (three-month notice to leave) followed by a six-month lease. Why? Because he “might want to move back in.”

That’s what irks me.

Holy shit bro, move to Texas and buy something for half of that a month

I've been trying to get to Dallas for years, and just haven't been able to breakthrough with a job. It's still on the list, but the family is also super happy here. 

It's a lot of money, but I'm fortunate to have a really high income, and I haven't capped out yet either.

May 24, 2024 22:55:22 GMT c said:

Damn I heard Seattle rents were unlivable but that is crazy.

The housing market is so bad. To get comparable homes to the one I rent, it would be close to ~6-7K/month, even with 20% down. That's definitely too far for us, so renting is the better option.

How amazing are these houses at $6k a month?

That's like $9k in AUD. For that money, I'd expect habour views in a luxury villa.

May 25, 2024 2:02:29 GMT NATH45 said:

How amazing are these houses at $6k a month?

That's like $9k in AUD. For that money, I'd expect habour views in a luxury villa.

I mean, they’re really $500-600K homes, jacked way the fuck up

$4400 usd is $5997.82 CAD as we speak. Insanity KJ. Glad that it's working out for you and yours. Makes me appreciate my middle of the country, nobody wants to live here cause the weather sucks low cost of living city.

My contribution to this thread: My hot water tank blew sometime Friday. Went to take a shower Friday night and the water didn't heat up. Sighed, grabbed a bunch of towels and went into the basement.

Replacement is currently happening. Yay for hot showers again! Boo for money spent and water damage in the basement.

Oh no! Ours went in Sept, luckily not much damage as it was in the storage room area which is unfinished and we have everything on shelves off the floor. Did you lose much?

Jun 3, 2024 15:37:33 GMT iron maiden said:

Oh no! Ours went in Sept, luckily not much damage as it was in the storage room area which is unfinished and we have everything on shelves off the floor. Did you lose much?

Not bad. In our furnace/storage room too. Luckily I had some plywood laying around and it ended up absorbing a lot of the water. Nothing of true value lost, just time spent to deal with the water.

It's a headache just the same.

We got some patio blocks delivered today. The driver needs his forklift certification revoked though because he took out two panels of our fence. It's technically our neighbors fence and it's due to be replaced but she's 85 and they really don't want to do it before she sells because they need as much money for her care as possible. I mean sure it's rotten, but it's okay IF YOU DON'T HIT THE FENCE WITH A FORKLIFT!

He's telling my mom our driveway is too narrow...buddy, you are driving a forklift that's no wider that the 4' pallet you are bringing. We've had numerous deliveries including our patio set which came in a box the size of my car. And then there's our cars we drive up and down that same driveway. Don't blame our driveway because you need All34LOL to train you how to drive your forklift properly. And as the person who shovels the damn thing, it's plenty big.