The Blob

Still windy in Troutdale, it's a bummer we can't go outside to crack open a cold one, I mean trailers.

1 hour ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Here is my contribution to the political discussion.

What's next? A probe into why Trump isn't the same shade of orange that he used to be? The fact he's gone from Tangerine to a mix of Squash/Apricot?

Choose below the shade(s) of orange you feel best represents Mr. Trump now!
Dark Orange, Orange-Red, Vivid Orange, Tomato, Metallic Orange, Pumpkin, Smashed Pumpkin, Yellow-Orange, Carrot Orange, International Orange, Spanish Orange, Tangerine, Princeton Orange, Deep Saffron, Alloy Orange, Halloween Orange, Tangelo, Gamboge, Vermilion, Fulvous, Pastel Orange, Flame, Beer Orange, Royal Orange, Coral, Papaya Whip, Rajah, Burnt Umber, Bittersweet, Persimmon, Bumblebee Orange.

6z GFS in 3 hours 24 minutes

6 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

My jalapenos are not going to like those temps

43 minutes ago, SnarkyGoblin said:

At any height?  Part of the problem with Seattle is that there are floor limits in many of the neighborhoods.  

I absolutely despise townhomes.  Wish those big lots that they turned into 10 townhomes essentially touching each other would have been 10+ story condos instead.  Seattle is gonna regret the townhome generation.

In Portland it depends on the land zoning. Some have 45ft limit, other 35ft.

Incoming sunrise.

Enjoying this nice December day. I also have tulips popping up.

2 hours ago, Phil said:

Looking forward to it. These short days are the one thing I dislike about winter compared to summer, and why Feb-Apr is my favorite time of year.

I just enjoy the near 16hr days we get in the summer.

Soon the days will be getting longer.

Still very windy in Troutdale.

The sunrise!!!

We finally got our tree for this year. Drove over the Clackamas River and it's pretty full.

I think I should take a walk down to Johnson Creek to see how full it is later today.

Beat all of you to it.

New month, new thread.

9 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Snapped a photo of a confused rose bush this afternoon here.  Late fall or spring  

My rose bush has one flower trying to bloom while there is nothing but orange rose hips on it.

1 hour ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

How much cooler in Lents?

So much cooler that my neighbors down spout has icicles.

39 at Troutdale

I forgot to post these this morning.

1 hour ago, snow_wizard said:

And that's uphill both ways I'm sure.

Up and down 3 floors, quarter mile each way down the floor. Sometimes up to 1 ton in weight.

26 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Yeah my feet are a bit sore from all of the up and down on the ladder today! Hopefully the weather will be good for you, we are planning on getting the tree that day as well! 

You should join me at work where I walk almost 5 miles in a 4 hour period while pulling pallets.

Whindy in Troutdale

What did I miss? I skipped 20 pages.

I forgot to post these this morning.

4 hours ago, HuskyMaestro said:

A lot of dynamics at play, but one of the main reasons is that entry-level for tech is oversaturated like crazy, while the amount of people qualified for higher level jobs sharply decrease. So there's a "shortage" for qualified people to work on senior positions, while entry level is very crowded. Like a bottleneck. If it's crazy tough for college graduates now, then the ones who went to bootcamps and got sold on the "anyone can code and make $100K in 8 weeks without a degree" dream essentially have no chance to break through. Another reason why this field is so oversaturated at the entry level.

During the pandemic, Big Tech and other tech companies hired a ton of people to help maintain their systems and apps when everyone was virtual. These companies got waaaay too cocky and thought they had unlimited money. So when things returned to normalcy, they didn't want to pay the excess of employees so Meta, Amazon, Apple, Google, etc, laid off thousands of people as we've seen on the news. And where do these recently fired people, with 8+ years of experience and have worked at world-renowned companies, go? They end up competing with entry level college graduates who have no experience and they get the job over the recent graduates. And it's not just tech too; other STEM graduates have it hard as well from what I heard.

CS is still a very, very good field to get into, always been a rollercoaster of ups and downs, the last time being in 2008 and the dot-com burst. It's very reassuring to know that meteorologists should know how to code at NWS and NOAA, so I got a chance there lol. I graduate next March so I gotta power through

This is why I'm going back to nursing where they need people.