Poison ivy and giant hogweed are also mostly organic.
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How much does a handyman charge per hour in Ontario?
The average handyman in Toronto costs between $75 per hour to $125 per hour. Depending on the size of the job, the cost may go down after a certain threshold is crossed. For example, the initial hourly rate will be $125 per hour, but after the first 1.7 hours, the rate drops to $75 per hour.Dec 2, 2020
I would have guessed about 2/3 that but would be thinking cash work.
Re the Humbolt 30 rudder, a radiator cap for a 1932 Duesenberg or a plumbing modification for a heated waterline the problem is of course volume.
I spent a week developing the latter but with realistic world market of 100 pieces there wasn't a lot to be made from turning a $5 brass part into a $50 brass part. It was fun and it made me a bit more of a go-to source for customers.
Actual sales were less that half that and I made them up a few at a time, probably making the minimum wage overall considering the shipping and handling.
Go big or stay small creates a conundrum.
Little organizations think more per employee capita. They are more likely to come up with solutions to the Humbolt 30 or Duesy rad cap.
I got involved in a cable repair on a bridge in cottage country and the first assessment involved a Giga corporation that sent two engineers and field supervisor. They couldn't figure out how to do the job practically and passed on it.
I pursued it with an electrician from north of Trenton who got the job done. To access the pipe we had to cross a ditch with a man lift.
He found a lift locally, had a load of gravel dumped on the road, used the man lift to bulldoze it into place and we got the job done. To clear the ditch he walked down the street and knocked on the doors of anyone that had a rutted gravel driveway, telling them there was free gravel in the ditch up the road.
Could the Duesy rad cap be made by 3D scans, CNC etc more cheaply than manual machining?
The Humbolt 30 (Fiberglass I assume), having seen a rudder hand built for a 35 footer I can see the complexities needed to be overcome with a new rudder. I assume a mass produced boat would have the rudder shell halves fabricated in a female mold. Without the molds I would go for a scratch build as IMO it would be stronger faster and cheaper. The square footage of finishing needed wouldn't justify the building of female molds.
IIRC the first Corvette was made in fiberglass because the limited production numbers made the cost of steel stamping dies too expensive per unit. It caught on.
The little guy usually can't afford the equipment for big jobs / volume. The big guys don't think outside the box or don't want to take a potential loss on an unproven concept.
Have you ever been on a job that was stalled because a tin can was blocking the route?
If there was money to be made everyone wants to kick the can. If there is a potential liability no one wants to kick the can. They go to lunch, some 8 year old comes along, kicks the can and life goes on.
Industrial handymen. There are little niche markets where a WFH handyman can make small volume part in a basement shop with all tools being available at Home Depot. An electrical panel manufacturer might need a dozen or so plastic lenses for a few panels and it isn't worth it to buy a table saw, assign it space, develop safety systems and train an electronics techie to run a saw.
For the little guy the best tool he can have is the ability to think outside the box.
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Gas prices lately are so bad π-π
Regular $1.499 at Costco, $1.599 up the street. $3.00 NZD in Kiwi-land (About $2.40 CDN)
Who cares what gas costs in NZ , no offence but it’s an island in the middle of the pacific, should cost $5 a litre .
As another useless comparison, I bought a frozen turkey when we were on holiday in Tahiti , cost $90 cdn and was from Minnesota . How the hell does that work .
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As another useless comparison, I bought a frozen turkey when we were on holiday in Tahiti , cost $90 cdn and was from Minnesota . How the hell does that work .
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CEGEP? lol
Basically province next door has 11 grades, you can do 2 years of pre-university or 3 years to get a technical diploma and start working
2 years of pre-university is usually a big party and gets you to try different fields (kinda) as theyre more generic
Business analyst at a bank here (lol, almost at the bottom tier
) They're trying to get a lot of talent straight from uni...esp with the intern programs they basically get assigned work and sometimes play a big part in projects...which is kinda nice instead of having to do mind numbing data entry or become the coffee getter.
I've seen a lot of them stay at the bank after working 1 or 2 terms so i guess it's somewhat working!?
Yes.
Min wage increases are a direct response to inflation. I think we inflated 7.5%-15% depending on which source. Canada's official stuff is ********, or so my buddies in finance tell me. My grocery bills have inflated 15% and apparently groceries are a pretty good "bottom line" to compare against.
So every time people scream for a min wage increase, it's appropriate to roll your eyes. It's literally kicking the can down the road.
The Daily — Canadian Income Survey, 2019
The median after-tax income of Canadian families and unattached individuals was $62,900 in 2019. This was virtually unchanged from the previous year.
I also don't think the average income has gone up much.
Income of individuals by age group, sex and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas
Income of individuals by age group, sex and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas, annual.
Other stats as well.
Forever. Without gold backed currency, numbers mean nothing.
Reddit - Dive into anything
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It's not so much to do with wages rising; there's an actual worker shortage. Links above explain why.
...I don't know if these people realize they're literally paving the road for robots lol. I agree with a lot of the antiwork ideology though.
EDIT: TL;DR because most aren't gonna watch a 30 min video: Unless I have stake in the company, my salary stays the same. I've worked my ass of for a company before because I believed most shared my values (do the job to the best of your ability) and would be rewarded similarly to how school rewards people who try hard (grades, scholarships, etc.): I was completely wrong. Those managers are not my friends, they don't give a **** about what you've done for them, they will take the credit. About 50% of managers I've met (sample size is small, < 10) are underqualified psychopathic pieces of **** that don't care to give credit where credit is due. The other 50%....well they quit (want to guess why? lol)
Point is, politics and optics mattered far more; the dev team and I nuked that bridge.
The internet has many similar stories to the above and because of how fast information travels (glassdoor, linkedin, reddit), companies can no longer get away with treating their workers like **** because no one will want to work for them. I'm very happy we're moving in this direction tbh...I mentioned before you should get paid for your roles but you aren't. **** like that infuriates me, and I hope you find a better job soon.
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If the drive through gal gets replaced with a robot that A. I can understand wtf they are saying into the mike , B. actually gets the order right, C . put an F'in straw in the bag so i dont get on a 400 series highway before I see no straw, no napkins.
Bring on the autobots!!
I already love them at the auto teller bank. I like not getting , would you like to talk about RRSP's with me? no I'd like waste my time somewhere else, like a drivethru while they F up my coffee.
Bring on the autobots!!
I already love them at the auto teller bank. I like not getting , would you like to talk about RRSP's with me? no I'd like waste my time somewhere else, like a drivethru while they F up my coffee.
I'm with you on this. Unless the job has heavy critical thinking, robots are straight up better than humans.
Only time I need to talk to a human is to go outside the standard pattern....but then you need to ask for escalation 2-3 times because the first ppl you speak to have no clue (CRA, Bell, and Rogers are good examples.)
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My list goes like this:
- Product Managers - God. They scope out the business model and lay down priorities so there is work to do.
- Code Genius - GOATs: The rare developer who can understand business, timelines, budgets and can visualize the whole project. These are like unicorns as most of them get elevated to Product Managers.
- 'I know more than the Code Genius & Product Manager' dev - Satan: Exceptionally gifted, often narcissistic, sometimes creates miracles, struggles with timelines, plays too many video games.
- Reliable Devs- Diesels: Maintain heavy workload, constant speed, dependable.
As for the support folks, again I don't think it's always a matter of not good enough.
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Really interesting.
I've worked at IBM before and left them because the management/workstyle is out dated imo. I've also met a few zoomers that left IBM for the same reason. We're all full stack devs though which implies everything from deployment, issue prioritization, architecture, implementation, UX and talking with stakeholders.
I don't know any old school programmers who are a one tricky pony. Even the guys who suck at UX will say "I suck at UX" and delegate to someone with that strength.
I know more than the Code Genius & Product Manager' dev - Satan I have met this type though lol. They're pretty rare....and so far are fobs (hotshot code monkey from some third world country that rose to the top, immigrates here, and doesn't realize the skill floor here is significantly higher.)
I can't recall where I read it but there was a test where people were given similar assignments but some were told to do the bare minimum while the others were to go the whole nine yards. Management assessments for the tasks were virtually the same.Reddit - Dive into anything
It's not so much to do with wages rising; there's an actual worker shortage. Links above explain why.
...I don't know if these people realize they're literally paving the road for robots lol. I agree with a lot of the antiwork ideology though.
EDIT: TL;DR because most aren't gonna watch a 30 min video: Unless I have stake in the company, my salary stays the same. I've worked my ass of for a company before because I believed most shared my values (do the job to the best of your ability) and would be rewarded similarly to how school rewards people who try hard (grades, scholarships, etc.): I was completely wrong. Those managers are not my friends, they don't give a **** about what you've done for them, they will take the credit. About 50% of managers I've met (sample size is small, < 10) are underqualified psychopathic pieces of **** that don't care to give credit where credit is due. The other 50%....well they quit (want to guess why? lol)
Point is, politics and optics mattered far more; the dev team and I nuked that bridge.
The internet has many similar stories to the above and because of how fast information travels (glassdoor, linkedin, reddit), companies can no longer get away with treating their workers like **** because no one will want to work for them. I'm very happy we're moving in this direction tbh...I mentioned before you should get paid for your roles but you aren't. **** like that infuriates me, and I hope you find a better job soon.
A friend worked for I Been Moved and said people that took transfers to moose pasture only got preference for promotions when it was a dead tie.
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Anyone else depressed?