[Westy]

Goddamn, that's true everywhere. There are people that have been doing it for 20 years that can rise to the challenge, but they are few and far between and the more businesses beat them down and try to cut costs, the less they are inclined to do so.

I had a senior stress engineer who was supposed to buy off on one of my projects, it required a simple kinematic analysis. He threw his hands up and claimed he couldn't figure it out. I figured it out for him, it wasn't anymore difficult than was taught in any mechanical engineering program. He claimed he didn't understand what I had done. I asked one of our interns to solve the problem and he quickly replicated what I had come up with.

 

[Westy]

Some, yes.

From what I've seen there's at least an equal proportion that come through to learn some key pharases to over inflate their competency for the next job application. I'm fine with people who are cool with their jobs. But the toadstool hoppers don't just leave because they're 'bored'. Some of the ones that have come through my world are genuinely shitty at learning things.

Yeah, there are those people, but they are usually easy to filter out in the hiring process if you actually put some effort into it.

 

[kidwoo]

can't figure out if hiring standards are too demanding and stringent or properly nuanced for growth and BS filtering now

 

[Westy]

I for one would be all over a position where a company so thoughtfully puts the effort into finding the right candidate

Position Title: Test Engineer IIIPosition Description: Protingent has an opportunity for a Test Engineer III Kent, WA.Job Qualifications:Bachelor' s degree in Mechanical, Aeronautical, or similar engineering from an accredited collegeExperience with CAD tools such as CREO, UG NX, CATIA3-5 years of applicable qualification test experience (structural or similar)Coursework/experience in mechanical designProficiency in Microsoft Office Software (Word, Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint)Aerospace or space related education/exposureDirect structural test experience of aircraft or large structures (planning, assisting, and/or running)Experience in designing and analyzing structural test equipment/GSE (or similar)Knowledge of Mechanical Design principles including Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD)Familiarity with analysis tools such as NASTRAN, ANSYS or similarHands-on test experienceAbility to work in a collaborative and team-based environmentAbout Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salary, 100% paid health insurance, education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO) and an administered 401k plan.

I would have to assume writing, communication and certainly sentence structure isn't a job requirement.

Word salad tosser

 

[kidwoo]

only one period in that entire mess

 

[Jm_]

Companies only want to hire people with 20 years of experience that can just snap their fingers and magically make things appear. Being trained/taught and being capable of more than you are hired at is not a thing. You are supposed to whore yourself out and pay other people to give you the experience necessary. Company that doesn't give a shit about employees gets employees that don't 'give a shit about company. Perfection.

 

[kidwoo]

Company that doesn't give a shit about employees gets employees that don't 'give a shit about company.

Man I wonder in complete earnest if this has anything to do with the decline in pensions, actual functional health insurance and other clauses that used to be the norm for hiring qualified candidates

couldn't be........

 

[Westy]

Man I wonder in complete earnest if this has anything to do with the decline in pensions, actual functional health insurance and other clauses that used to be the norm for hiring qualified candidates

couldn't be........

Thankfully when it comes to the positions of power that run this country we place great value in outsiders with no functional experience.

 

[DaveW]

only one period in that entire mess

Well it did take him just a month to write that.....

 

[stoney]

Reminder: Boomers do have it easier.

Legislation Would Raise Age for Required Minimum Distributions, Increase Catch-Up Contribution Amounts for Retirement Savings

Proposed bills in both the House and Senate would raise the age for required withdrawals (RMDs) and increase the amount for catch-up contributions for retirement savings accounts

www.myfederalretirement.com

This would have pushed mandatory distributions from 70.5 at the beginning of last year to 75. RMDs are for forcing distribution of before-tax retirement funds, to make taxes be paid on them. Also reducing the penalty down to 10% means it might be more cost effective to eat the penalty vs. actually taking the distribution from a tax perspective. And pushing catch-up options up ONLY for Boomers? Yeah, that's pretty special there. Even if only to Roth, that allows for effectively limitless growth and non-taxed transfer of funds to beneficiaries.

 

[Montana rider]

Boy, the way Glenn Miller played
songs that made the hit parade
Guys like me we had it made
Those were the days
Didn't need no welfare state
ev'rybody pulled his weight
gee our old LaSalle ran great
Those were the days
And you knew who you were then
girls were girls and men were men
Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover* again
People seemed to be content
fifty dollars paid the rent
freaks were in a circus tent
Those were the days
Take a little Sunday spin
go to watch the Dodgers win
Have yourself a dandy day
that cost you under a fin
Hair was short and skirts were long
Kate Smith really sold a song
I don't know just what went wrong
those were the days

GDP Growth Under Trump Was the Worst Since Hoover

I guess those tax cuts DIDN'T pay for themselves this time (or ever...) but here come the Republican deficit scolds (cucks?) who are "suddenly worried" about inflation

 

[Adventurous]

Reminder: Boomers do have it easier.

Legislation Would Raise Age for Required Minimum Distributions, Increase Catch-Up Contribution Amounts for Retirement Savings

Proposed bills in both the House and Senate would raise the age for required withdrawals (RMDs) and increase the amount for catch-up contributions for retirement savings accounts

www.myfederalretirement.com

This would have pushed mandatory distributions from 70.5 at the beginning of last year to 75. RMDs are for forcing distribution of before-tax retirement funds, to make taxes be paid on them. Also reducing the penalty down to 10% means it might be more cost effective to eat the penalty vs. actually taking the distribution from a tax perspective. And pushing catch-up options up ONLY for Boomers? Yeah, that's pretty special there. Even if only to Roth, that allows for effectively limitless growth and non-taxed transfer of funds to beneficiaries.

Boomers make up 28% of all eligible voters (as of the 2020 election), but hold 53% of all assets.

Millenials, by contrast, make up 27% of all eligible voters, but hold only 5% of all assets. Thats roughly 7x less than Boomers held at the same age. Good stuff.

No real surprise lawmakers pander to Boomers. They know where their bread is buttered.

 

[Toshi]

I’m trying to rectify that stat but y’all are holding me down here

 

[kidwoo]

I’m trying to rectify that stat but y’all are holding me down here

you in 4 months

https://twitter.com/weeaboo/status/1241555854446518272

 

[Toshi]

is possibru

Grand County apparently had a STR regulation debate yesterday. No word yet.

 

[kidwoo]

we just got our completely useless county to institute a freeze on new permits

 

[Pesqueeb]

you in 4 months

https://twitter.com/weeaboo/status/1241555854446518272

LOL

How does anybody take that guy seriously?

 

[SkaredShtles]

LOL

How does anybody take that guy seriously?

Nobody warned him when he was becoming a real estate "investor" that there was such a thing as pandemic-risk.

 

[kidwoo]

LOL

How does anybody take that guy seriously?

I take him (possibly an actor) about as seriously as I take the "struggles" of illegal hoteliers, because whether or not that is one in the video, the real ones are literally no different.

 

[Serial Midget]

Companies only want to hire people with 20 years of experience that can just snap their fingers and magically make things appear. Being trained/taught and being capable of more than you are hired at is not a thing. You are supposed to whore yourself out and pay other people to give you the experience necessary. Company that doesn't give a shit about employees gets employees that don't 'give a shit about company. Perfection.

Invest in people? UnAmerican.

 

[Serial Midget]

Boomers make up 28% of all eligible voters (as of the 2020 election), but hold 53% of all assets.

Millenials, by contrast, make up 27% of all eligible voters, but hold only 5% of all assets. Thats roughly 7x less than Boomers held at the same age. Good stuff.

No real surprise lawmakers pander to Boomers. They know where their bread is buttered.

My baby boomer parents are quite concerned that keeping their motorhome on the road for a summer now costs about 12K in gas and park fees, they can remember when it was only about 8K.

You might wonder if global warming is a concern for them? It is not. They recently installed solar that runs a 3rd AC unit to keep the cat cool while they are out for the day. They no longer have to worry about the generator running out of gas on hot days when they have no access to outside electricity.

I had suggested the cat be left with the house sitter (who they are already paying) so they wouldn't need to run the climate controls 24/7... not an option since the cat might miss them plus it would take the motorhome too long to cool down...

Real concerns, real people.

 

[SkaredShtles]

My baby boomer parents are quite concerned that keeping their motorhome on the road for a summer now costs about 12K in gas and park fees, they can remember when it was only about 8K.

You might wonder if global warming is a concern for them? It is not. They recently installed solar that runs a 3rd AC unit to keep the cat cool while they are out for the day. They no longer have to worry about the generator running out of gas on hot days when they have no access to outside electricity.

I had suggested the cat be left with the house sitter (who they are already paying) so they wouldn't need to run the climate controls 24/7... not an option since the cat might miss them plus it would take the motorhome too long to cool down...

Real concerns, real people.

 

[rideit]

In a sign of mountain town Armageddon, both Subway and Starbucks closed here due to no staff. They both tried close to $20 an hour, but no one would work there. And my neighbors three doors down just rented their house (long term) for over $8000 a month.
That said, I have never been to the Starbucks, and have only been to the Subway twice.
But yeah, it’s getting even tougher for the average Joe And Jill.

 

[kidwoo]

Soon Jackson Hole Gentrification Basin will look and function like vail on a much larger scale.

Nobody lives there, all 'service' commutes in and out, only dining is high end shit that targets the semi-residents.... All the while none of it really has anything to do with why the town became a cool place to visit in the first place (the outdoors, which are mostly just an inaccessible pretty backdrop now)

 

[Westy]

In a sign of mountain town Armageddon, both Subway and Starbucks closed here due to no staff. They both tried close to $20 an hour, but no one would work there. And my neighbors three doors down just rented their house (long term) for over $8000 a month.
That said, I have never been to the Starbucks, and have only been to the Subway twice.
But yeah, it’s getting even tougher for the average Joe And Jill.

How are white people supposed to function without their pumpkin spice lattes?

 

[Nick]

I hope to ski Jackson Hole again this season, and rest assured I'll be bringing sandwiches.

 

[kidwoo]

How are white people supposed to function without their pumpkin spice lattes?

LOL

right now there are like a dozen 25yr olds smashing pumpkins in the back of the stores, cranking on artisan bellows in a furnace to dry them out, hand grinding the organic nutmeg, and hand splitting the cloves all to produce the true, authentic version that costs 19 bucks, and pays the kid 8/hr

 

[SkaredShtles]

I hope to ski Jackson Hole again this season, and rest assured I'll be bringing sandwiches.

Mmm... Jackson sammiches.

 

[kidwoo]

I've come to appreciate the entirely reliable system we've developed.

ridemonkey: somewhat earnest discussion of topic

SS/Nick: how does this affect what I put in my face?

 

[SkaredShtles]

ridemonkey: somewhat earnest discussion of topic

 

[Nick]

I've come to appreciate the entirely reliable system we've developed.

ridemonkey: somewhat earnest discussion of topic

SS/Nick: how does this affect what I put in my face?

Hey man, I wasn't the one to bring up the sandwich crisis. I'm just trying to survive.

Are you skiing this year? Let's go ski Jackson, I'l make you pb&j.

 

[Westy]

Hey man, I wasn't the one to bring up the sandwich crisis. I'm just trying to survive.

Are you skiing this year? Let's go ski Jackson, I'l make you pb&j.

Sell them out of the back of your car like it was the parking lot at a Dead show.

2 for $5, 3 for $7!

 

[Sandro]

smashing pumpkins

 

[kidwoo]

Hey man, I wasn't the one to bring up the sandwich crisis. I'm just trying to survive.

Are you skiing this year? Let's go ski Jackson, I'l make you pb&j.

I'll meet you in driggs with two snowmobiles, give you some shuttle laps and make it patently clear why I don't go to ski areas anymore

 

[kidwoo]

Yeah don't let a shitty, self-absorbed, bad poetry delivery device ruin the great past time of fucking up some big produce.

 

[rideit]

Where you gonna take him, up Beard’s?

 

[kidwoo]

Where you gonna take him, up Beard’s?

wherever the most people who just bought skins in the last 2 years like to hike the most

 

[rideit]

Best deal in town for lunch is still albertson’s, 1/4 lime Chile roasted chicken with three tortillas and a few roasted Jalapeños for ~$6.00. And beer and a slice (maybe 2?) at Pinky G’s for $7.00.

 

[rideit]

wherever the most people who just bought skins in the last 2 years like to hike the most

Then the Pass. That would be amusing for you to rally glory or Edelweiss!

 

[kidwoo]

Then the Pass. That would be amusing for you to rally glory or Edelweiss!

Whatever happened with that palisades wilderness expansion shit?