I also came from Reddit, mainly r/FIRE. I posted occasionally there, but there was usually enough activity that by the time I read a post, multiple other people had already posted responses similar to what I would have said, so I didn't feel like I had much to add to the conversation. Also, lots of the main posts were asking for advice or feedback on investing and I don't have enough confidence in my own investment ideas to recommend anything to others.
I have been relatively lucky in that regard. So far all of the involuntary terminations I have had to deal with were a level below me, so I have been involved, but not to the same degree as firing someone I've worked with closely. I was starting on a PIP a few years ago with a direct employee, but they took a long-term leave and reorged to another team before we finished.
This year my department has been going through a particularly bad reorg, which included some individuals ending up in roles they didn't want. One of my directs asked for severence, which was a weird situation and so far one indirect employee has quit.
Overall, I don't enjoy being in a leadership role, but I can't make the same pay in a more enjoyable role, so I have stuck with it.
Fair warning...one day your kids will takeover your Steam account, or at least that is what has happened to me.
Does anyone have any experience with controllers that aren't noisy? When playing in a quiet room, my wife finds the clicky noises from my xbox controller very annoying.
Not for me, I don't find that working extra ever gets me ahead, so I take every bit of time off that I'm entitled to. I didn't originally plan to have the day off, but every Monday meeting on my calendar got canceled, so I decided I may as well enjoy a 4 day weekend.
While I love Skyrim, I think most of the guild quest lines are much better in Oblivion, especially the thieves guild (as mentioned). I generally prefer to play with a leveling system mod that replaces the weird system they built, but it's a great game either way.
I actually started thinking about it because I will be traveling for work this summer for the first time since 2019. I don't expect to do much more traveling though, so mostly I would just use it in a more comfortable chair where I use a laptop today or while waiting for my kids at various events.
I'm thinking I would get the 256gb version and 512gb SD card ti start with, so I don't have to upgrade right away. It's great that upgrading is even an option though.
The Steamdeck sale is tempting. I have been trying to decide if I need one (I don't need one, but that's not important).
I spent a few hours with it last night and had a great time. It has been so long since I played it, it may as well be a new game to me. I got the Xbox one version which I think has improved graphics because it looks great. The necromancer was also new to me, so I started with that.
I haven't tried them yet, but Unraveled Two and It Takes Two both look good to me. If you're into some sandbox ridiculousness, Goat Simulator is funny for a while. I just played that with my 13 year old over the weekend and we had fun, but she already knew her way around and took me to see various things. I don't know that I would play it more than a few times though.
Following on DogMom's post, where is everyone in their journey at the moment or what is your destination?
I'm probably 15 years from FIRE on my current path, which would put me in my late 50s. I really just started on my path a few years ago, much later than some. For a long time we were a family of 4 with a single income and two sets of student loans in MCOL area, so it took us more than 10 years just to break even. I'm sure we could have made some better choices along the way, but nothing I can think of that would have made a significant difference.
My hope right now is to make some major lifestyle choices, including relocating, in about 10 years and shift to a coast FIRE or barista FIRE plan. I'm not sure if my wife will be ready then, or even if I will be, but I would like to leave the corporate world and do something more enjoyable with my time. Alternatively, I would be open to doing remote work in Europe (probably Italy) for the rest of my corporate career at some point. My current job allows me to be remote in the US (with some limits), but not international.
Currently our goal is to retire in Italy. Five years out would likely be the soonest we would go, but probably only if I could maintain my income for another five years.