u/ConsistentDoors

I started buying crypto in 2017, I made a lot of trades. Coinbase, Binance, Kucoin. I exported my trades. I have approximately 1,450 total trades, most are weekly DCA buys and not taxable events. The challenge is, over the years I've changed wallets, especially each time some event happened (ex: ledger and lately, coldcard). I don't have those wallets anymore. I also had trades where I may have sent from coinbase to a wallet, from wallet to binance, made trades, send back.

I've submitted taxes honestly when trades occur, I have my 8949s for all applicable years. My records for the past 4-5 years are quite clean. I'd say 60-70% of my holdings has a reasonable cost basis. As of the past 1-2 years it's been 100% BTC.

I don't think the crypto tax software can address this. It's just going to leave me guessing. I assume the path is establish reliable cost basis for as much as I can, and just state basis as $0 for what I can't?

From this point forward I'm only buying into an ETF, so this will remain a problem, whether I get it solved tomorrow or 5 years from now.

Is a CPA the way to go? What would this even cost? I'm going to chat with a few crypto friendly CPAs over the next week. I'd love feedback from people not trying to sell me on their services, if possible.

I had a secret in the past (~2012), but moved across the US for a while, came back and worked remote private sector roles. I've been a damn good (Senior) Network Engineer most of my career (16 years) with some light leadership thrown in (leading a team of network engineers). Is there any viable path back into the cleared world? I've been looking at jobs for a while hoping to find some I qualify for that would sponsor, but I've not seen many. I never see any willing to sponsor a TS other than a few sprinkled in that require an active secret already. I wish I could pay for one myself, I'd either fork over the cash or forego a huge salary cut for the duration of time it takes to get it.

I took a new managerial/leadership role about 2 months ago. And so far there’s major aspects that do not align with my career goals. These were not disclosed or known in the job description or the interview. In short, I know already this isn’t the right role for me.

I want to course correct, but I’m concerned on the optics of leaving too soon. I also feel the longer I do this role (years) the worse off I’ll be to course correct.

So, If you know the role isn’t what you thought it would be, and know it’s not a good long term move, what is the minimum amount of time you wait before looking for a better role? Let’s say you could secure something in a matter of a few months, is a ~5 month job listing a severe black eye? Previous roles were all 3-7 years in tenure.

I'm new to USPSA, I shot a few matches and I think I'm accurate enough with 90%+ of points, but I'm definitely slow (got a few 60-67% stages). I'm realizing I have to readjust grip after 5 or so continuous shots. I really started noticing it when practicing shorter course movement by not breaking grip when running as well as trying longer double strings and/or bill drills. I think the first 4 or so shots are excellent, grip feels solid, and it just wears the more I shoot. After the 4th or 5th shot the gun starts jumping a bit more on me, the dot becomes more erratic, I can still be accurate, but I need to wait slightly longer for the dot to settle, and I inevitably readjust my grip again when its time to move.

I'll get out to the range in a few days to see about diagnosing this. Thought it might be helpful to solicit feedback. I'll start doing some wrist curls with my purse as well.