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December 19, 2015 at 9:02 AM in reply to: Landlord asking to be “additional insured” on renter’s policy #792716
meadandale
Participant[quote=deadzone][quote=AN][quote=deadzone][quote=cvmom][quote=meadandale][quote=flu][quote=deadzone]Sorry but you are not going to make 175K as an Engineer in San Diego. For that kind of pay you will need to be in management of some sort. If anybody has example to the contrary, I would be interested in hearing the details (i.e. what company and job).[/quote]
Not to make you feel bad, but you would be wrong.[/quote]
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You guys can +n all you want but without any details of the job you are providing no value.[/quote]Seriously, you’re not going to get anymore details than you’ve already gotten. Whether you believe us or not is your prerogative. But I can assure you there are technical positions out there in SD paying around that much.[/quote]
I don’t care because I am not looking for a new job. The poster asked for specifically what he has to do to make 175K. All you guys have confirmed is, yes it is theoretically possible to get that salary. If that is true, how about listing specific companies and job descriptions? Or even better, job announcements for open positions right now?[/quote]
I don’t want to post any open positions on a public forum because I’m affiliated (or was) with one of them. I sent kev a PM and would be happy to send him the info.
Participant[quote=deadzone][quote=AN][quote=deadzone]Why not? If I made 175K I would be proud of it. If we can find an actual real person on this board who makes that salary, they can call BS on FLUs flawed take home pay calculation.
Your data points aren’t tangible examples so of no value to my specific question.[/quote]Not everyone is like you.
Why would my data points aren’t tangible? It’s a direct answer to your question. Some people would be will to state their pay when it’s anonymous. Which is exactly what my data show. Why does it matter if one of the people here is making that much and be strictly technical?[/quote]
That website is not tangible, for among other reasons, because there is no details about the actual work being performed for that salary. Those individuals could be managers, project leads, etc. you don’t know.
Again, obviously there is nobody on this thread who can provide a concrete answer. The whole point of this thread is the poster wants to know what specific engineering job they can get that pays 175K or more. I say that is unrealistic salary unless you go into management. If you guys have specific information about jobs/companies that pay that salary, why not divulge it to help the guy out?[/quote]
There are good jobs out there but you have to look. It helps to have contacts. I’ve been doing contract java server side work for almost a decade now. They’ve all been long term gigs with as much stability as if I was a FT employee.
The job I just left was paying $110/hr. I pay myself $80k/year and put $38k into a Keogh (self employed 401k) every year.
If someone tells you “no one in San Diego is paying $170k” they don’t know what they are talking about.
Another option, which I’ve also engaged in, is to find a contract with a company in the Bay Area that will allow you to work remotely with occasional travel (i.e. maybe a couple times a year). Talent in the Bay Area is heavily taxed right now and there is major demand. My current contract is with a company in San Bruno and I work out of my home office full time.
Participant[quote=flu][quote=deadzone]Sorry but you are not going to make 175K as an Engineer in San Diego. For that kind of pay you will need to be in management of some sort. If anybody has example to the contrary, I would be interested in hearing the details (i.e. what company and job).[/quote]
Not to make you feel bad, but you would be wrong.[/quote]
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ParticipantI think that 5% is still at least 2x too high.
October 19, 2015 at 9:09 AM in reply to: OT: How to build a cost effective outdoor data network #790446Participant[quote=exsdgal]meadandale and barnaby33, Thanks for the RF suggestion. Is my understanding correct that RF is used to collect data from the sensors to transmit to the base station? I presume the base station has a data display or logger. Is the sensor data accessible in an online portal transmitted via RF?
The moisture data does not need much security for transmission. I just like to cross off potential use cases by starting with a secure network requirement.
[/quote]In the case of my weather station, the sensor suite controller has a small battery and solar panel that charges a capacitor. It transmits data periodically (every minute or less) to the base station, which has a display and stores history. You can also add a data logger and use that to upload to an online portal.
Participant[quote=livinincali][quote=ltsdd]
You are contradicting yourself here. If socialism is one system that can reasonably contain corruption, as you claimed, then please explain why it hasn’t been able to do so in the aforementioned “socialist” countries? And why is corruption appears to be worse in those “socialist” countries than it is in the non-socialist countries?[/quote]The problem with a socialist utopia is it is still governed by people. Most extended families (20 or so people) couldn’t even pool their resources together and allocate them fairly in the eyes of everybody in that family. How is a group of people going to do that for 300 million people? It just never is going to work and it never has.
Even for something small and simple like all the piggs putting their resources together and letting CAR allocate them would be an impossible task for CAR to handle. And yet somehow there’s some smart guy/girl, some think tank, some computer algorithm that can properly and fairy allocate resources for a nation of 300 million. What is fair is always in the eyes of a person, it’s hard to measure.[/quote]
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The central planners are also never even close to as efficient as a free market. That’s why you have one type of car, one type of shoe and there’s never any bread or toilet paper. The profit motive is a powerful force to keep the shelves stocked and is absent in socialist and communist countries.
October 13, 2015 at 3:35 PM in reply to: OT: How to build a cost effective outdoor data network #790197Participant[quote=doofrat][quote=meadandale]My weather station uses RF to transmit from the sensor suite to the base station. It has much lower power requirements than wifi. The whole sensor suite runs on a small solar panel that charges a capacitor for transmission during the night.
Does moisture data transmission really need to be done via a secure IP network?[/quote]
What model are you using? I was thinking about getting one of these stations.[/quote]
Mine is a quite a few years old (I think I bought it in 2004) but I have the Davis Vantage Pro 2:
http://www.davisnet.com/weather/products/vantage-pro-professional-weather-stations.asp
For a long time I just used it stand alone but finally last year I bought all the doohickies (ambient weather air bridge kit) I needed to get it online so it now publishes data to the WeatherUnderground.
It’s not a cheap investment but since I’m a geek who does a lot of gardening…well, you know.
My station is here:
http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KCASANDI237#history
October 12, 2015 at 9:38 AM in reply to: OT: How to build a cost effective outdoor data network #790153ParticipantMy weather station uses RF to transmit from the sensor suite to the base station. It has much lower power requirements than wifi. The whole sensor suite runs on a small solar panel that charges a capacitor for transmission during the night.
Does moisture data transmission really need to be done via a secure IP network?
Participant[quote=spdrun]
But based on all the squirming and fighting back she was doing on the ground it’s clear she’s not cooperating. Surest way to get your ass beat by the cops is to fight back when they are trying to arrest you.
It’s a natural human instinct to squirm and fight when some piece of shit thug is punching you in the face. Do not try to excuse this shithead’s actions. Hope the city loses big, he gets fired, and he gets charged in a Federal civil rights (doesn’t have to involve race as law is written) rap as well.
Bet he beats his wife and daughter, too.[/quote]
She only got punched in the face after the second officer showed up and she increased her attempts to get free.
I’d like to see some of you do the job of police work day in and day out of the comfort of your desk chair.
ParticipantAs with most videos, this video starts after the confrontation has already begun and we can’t see what precipitated it.
But based on all the squirming and fighting back she was doing on the ground it’s clear she’s not cooperating. Surest way to get your ass beat by the cops is to fight back when they are trying to arrest you.
If the cops are trying to cuff you you just need to comply. If they did something wrong in arresting you in the first place then let the legal system sort it out.
Participant[quote=mixxalot]Rents have not gone up much for apartments since I moved back. If you think San Diego is bad try the Bay Area which is just nuts![/quote]
Yep, $2400 for a 690 sq ft 1/1 in San Mateo.
Participant[quote=ocrenter]Nothing beats solar + TOU. Our use exceeded our solar production by 260 kWh and SDGE still gave us a credit of $70 for the month of August.[/quote]
Unless you are home during the day (e.g. telecommute) and have to run your AC during the summer while you are home.
Participant[quote=ltsdd][quote=livinincali][quote=meadandale]
Cash only, 14oz “pints”, horrible service. They rely a lot on their location and a nearly mythical reputation that they haven’t actually merited in years.
[/quote]For anybody that cares it’s not cash only anymore. I do remember when they were indeed one of the best fish tacos in town but now there’s just so many other places doing quality fish tacos.[/quote]
Do you care to share what those places are? I have tried the little taco shop across from soutbeach and was quite disappointed & don’t even waste your $ on the one that sits on the other end of the block. It’s ironic that the best fish tacos I’ve had is at SB (grilled mahi mahi & baja/pollock) & a close second is brigantine; and not at any of those “authentic” mexican taco shops.[/quote]
This story is about the canonical fish taco so has limited value if you are looking for grilled swordfish tacos (that’s what SB excelled at: things like shark/swordfish/shrimp) but it is still a good read:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/04/best-fish-taco-san-diego_n_5607927.html
Participant[quote=spdrun]
Cash only, 14oz “pints”, horrible service.
Cash only is a good thing. Less money for the bankster scum.[/quote]
I rarely carry cash when I dine out. It’s a hassle.
Note that it’s also easier to cook your books and cheat on your business taxes…just saying.
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