CheezWizHed

[sarcasm]Maybe we take a page out of the Badgers playbook: 50 yds passing and 250yds rushing.[/sarcasm]

You never know when we might need a hail mary or a tire change...

Fair comment. I knew more about western UP than eastern. Still.. it IS mostly empty. Then you have the oddballs like my cousins that were in Marquette and Viking fans. I tried to avoid them...

Having Janis back might actually help for this game... or I'm not sure

I don't believe they are required to announce it positive or not, right? Honestly, I'd keep it a secret as long as possible (play or not) so that the other team is forced to guess on their plans. Small advantage, but why not take it. Kind of sounds like the same on MVS and perhaps even Bahk (though less likely). They could activate them last minute and go.

They can dock your pay if you show up late once, fire you this afternoon and tell you to get bent I've been a people manager for 13 years. And I'll tell you that this is not possible in salaried positions (i.e. engineering). I've documented people's negative behavior, done a 3 month performance improvement plan, then still HR hesitant to remove the person (two times). I've actually never been able to fire someone -despite some pretty outrageous behavior. People do tend to pick up on it and leave themselves, however. FYI, in 26 years of post-college career, I've had three jobs and probably a couple dozen interviews. Far more applications that you never hear back on. But I can't say that I've ever ghosted someone or had someone ghost me (either in as an interviewer or interviewee). I've had people cancel, but I've always heard back from them. The thing about "big corporate America" is that there is always a human at the other end just trying to do his/her own job. We aren't the corporate "fat cats" you despise. Sometimes it is simply about being a nice person and treating others they way you want to be treated.

Teams that generate the perception that it is ok to lose games because of injuries, bad calls, the fans don't cheer loud enough, our home stadium is moved to Jacksonville because of a hurricane, or whatever reason product an environment that leads to perennial losing franchises. Yes, the injuries/covid situations stinks, but you put your next guys on the field and play the game. Knowing you are behind the 8-ball is much different than just rolling over on a game. Teams hardened and focused on winning - despite the circumstances - are the ones that win tight games on last minute drives despite all odds. The others look like the Lions.

I'm not big on the "trial project" idea, though examples of personal projects are very helpful. I'm a software engineering manager and I find it very helpful to see a candidate's personal github or LinkedIn profile with examples of various projects they have done. I don't disagree OSS that we are cogs in the corporate world and I don't pretend that employees (myself included) aren't replaceable. Layoffs happen, wrong people get promoted, good ideas are ignored. But both in hiring and in working, you are going to get out what you get in. People that differentiate themselves are promoted and managers work to keep them (or hire them). People that stay "in the pack" are more replaceable and will get more median raises and probably will never actually enjoy their job (yes that is possible).

I believe every individual is eligible to own their own HSA, but you might be right about the max out of pocket. My wife and I only have one and we max it out. The advice I received recently was to get your company 401k match accomplished, then max the HSA account before putting more into the 401k. The reason was that the HSA had more ways to remove money without penalties than the 401k. We can invest once you have $1k in the HSA, but my options are not that appetizing compared to my 401k plan. We are changing HSA providers in 2022, so maybe that will improve. But I've maxed it out each year anyway. Six kids that need braces and have some specialized health needs... it is necessary.

I'm not 100% sure, but I do believe you and your wife can both contribute to an HSA separately and use either one for medical expenses. Every adult in a high deductible heath care plan is eligible to have an HSA. It was a "consolation" when HMOs and HDPs fell out of favor. Frankly, I like the HDHP and HSA pairing for my family situation. We have funded our HSA for enough years that we could cover our yearly deductible ($6k) and max out of pocket ($10k) if it came to that, while keeping my yearly premiums lower. I've just recently seen people that are funding their HSA as part of their 401k retirement planning. Not sure what I think about that, but it is interesting. My HSA investment options stink, but otherwise it seems smart.

I'll say that there is a different "view" on hiring than you guys realize on college vs. experience. OWBC hit it on the head with teams that need help NOW (generally reactive hires) vs. a more balanced hiring approach (proactive hiring). My company thankfully does our reactive hiring via contractors (mostly) and maintains a decent influx of college grads as part of the development pipeline. I just hired a college grad solely based on her desire to learn and grow. She has a decent background college gave her, but she is missing many skills my team will develop in her. So far, she hasn't disappointed. Next year, I'm hiring two more college grads and will do similar effort. But I'm also hiring experienced engineers to replace ones that left. They have expectations on leadership at that level, so they do have to have a minimum background skill level that is close to what my team needs as I can't afford to train an experienced person in the basics of this job. Not everyone that changes jobs is disgruntled as OSS. Identifying someone that is disgruntled in their job is actually pretty easy. Everyone has some level if dissatisfaction, but is normally pretty easy to discern if someone is just looking to leave their current situation or if they are actually interested in your job. Write a bland resume that isn't tailored to my job opening, don't bother reading about my company and/or products, don't have a good reason for leaving your current job (and/or complain openly about your current boss), and you won't get a sniff from my hiring. I red-flagged someone (as an interviewer, not hiring manager) that took 30 minutes in her interview to complain about her previous boss. The hiring manager ignored it and hired her anyway. Terrible decision.

I don't do homework for free. My wife had an interview like this, got hired, and the hiring manager used her fake project for a real assignment. He was using the interviews to mine his own work. I assume this happens a lot. She no longer works there. I'm late to the party here but I second all the frustrations with interviews. It's so bad that I don't even bother anymore and just opt to stay put. I'm not doing a phone screen with HR, a phone screen with a manager and then 2 on-sites. You're not that special guys. You don't get 6 un-billed hours of my time. As soon as they mention multiple stages I just decline the whole thing and get off the phone. I realize if you're unemployed you don't have that luxury though. I guess it depends on how important the job is. There are so many candidates that don't really have the right qualifications that you need time vetting them out. We do a recruiter screen (30 min), first interview with me (hiring manager - 60 min), second interviews with engineers on the same team (120 min) and that is it. If you can't handle 3.5 hours "unpaid" in an effort to get a job, I probably don't want you on the team anyway. Also realize that at least 25% of that time is spent answer the candidates questions and/or "selling" our company and the job to him/her. If you aren't interviewing me for the position, I'm concerned about why you want the job.

Oh man, this take is too much [sarcasm]Torts, I'm disappointed... I fully expected you to say, "This takes the cake!"[/sarcasm] Let the groaning commence...

Sheesh what did we ever do to offend Lions fans? I don't even think I know a Lions fan, they are like across the ocean from us. I always thought the UP was full of Packer fans. Jealousy, probably. They've been at the bottom of the division for the past 20+ years and we've been at the top that same time period. NOTE: The UP is not full of anything... it is mostly empty. But what is there are generally Packer fans. There are significantly more Lions "fans" in Detroit area than people in the UP. I've also lived on both WI borders: IL and MN. There is plenty of hate of the Vikings and Bears, but once again...far more people on the IL border than the MN border.

I had shut the game off after he scored so this is the first time I heard of this but looks to me like he caught it and was running with it before he dived for the end zone. Upon further review, I was probably getting a couple of the TD throws intertwined and I believe you are correct (he made a football move). The news that night showed that catch and the Thielen TD catch a billion times that night (not just in the sports but in the news and the weather). I probably interposed Thielen's diving catch with the final one.

My wife is an Iowa Hawkeye fan... nuff said.

How was the final Viking TD an NFL catch? Yes, he actually caught the ball, but that means little in the NFL. He caught the ball going to the ground and lost it before getting up. Isn't that an incomplete NFL catch?

Yiadom - I was upset he made final cuts, I'm upset he was starting, and I can't believe he is still on the roster. Who does he have pictures of??? Either make him a safety or cut him. He ISN'T a CB. We had Douglas come in without even knowing our defense and play 1000% better than Yiadom. Defense - as a whole... I'm going to say it wasn't bad. Of course wasn't bad comes with the caveat that we were missing two starting CBs (complain what you want about King), Z-Smith is out, P-Smith left the game, Savage left, Clark was out a bit... No, it wasn't great D, but for what they had left, I thought they held up ok. Newman looked bad out there. It is one thing to be beat on the field by Hicks (understandable), but he wasn't even paying attention to people running through the RT/RG gap... Made me wonder if Nijman-Jenkins-C-Runyan-Turner would've been better out there (Jenkins is also getting exposed at T with speed). Hopefully Newman bounces back quickly. Rodgers - Anyone complaining about him screaming "I still own you" mid-game after an emotional TD is either a hater or a Bears fan. I loved the belt coming back out.

Completely unrelated, but my daughter attended this game as a journalist. She is a college student in digital communications and attended this with a press pass with her class. That meant she was down on the field taking pictures of the game. During the first Badger TD, we paused the game to catch some pictures of her in the background of the TD celebration. Then later, during the goal line rush TD (where we just barely pushed it across the line), she was in the background watching to see if they got it in. #proudpapa!

Thanks for the advice!

Wait... if our guy touches home...that is when we get runs?

Yes, let's avoid Tellez and Adames because it wasn't a trade on the last day possible?

No idea what whistling past the graveyard means... But obviously our offense is our weaklink. Not sure that was ever a surprise.

This reminds me of my nephew playing soccer. He wasn't interested nor overly talented. The game I saw, he was goalie and spent most of his time throwing grass into the air to watch where it landed and giving a "where did that come from?" look when a ball whizzed past him into the goal. He was about 10-12 at the time.

Didn't they redo the "What are you wearing Jake from State Farm?" commercial with the same actors calling in, but the new Jake actor for the first one? I thought that was a bit odd...