u/Inevitable-Arm-6916

I recently got my hands on a 5-in-1 Ninja Creami and (in what is rapidly becoming one of my bigger regrets) tried to use it with a step-down transformer. Mine was probably not the best quality, and the machine briefly turned on before I saw smoke. I switched it off immediately.

I've been feeling pretty awful about it because I'd been really looking forward to using it, and I know it's almost certainly not covered under warranty. It might be a lost cause, but I figured I'd ask as a last-ditch effort.

Has anyone here dealt with something similar? Is there any hope of repairing it, or are there common components that tend to fail in a situation like this? If anyone has experience troubleshooting or repairing a Creami after a voltage mishap, I'd really appreciate any advice.

Thanks in advance!

I am going to be starting my first full-time SWE role soon. I got a PPO last summer. I am really grateful and believe the comp is good for a beginner, etc., yet I am dreading starting.

I stressed myself out a lot during the internship and worked basically every evening and weekend to get the PPO. Nobody explicitly expected that from me, but when you're competing with other interns for a return offer, it can feel like you're constantly looking for ways to differentiate yourself. The idea of going back into the same office is making me anxious.

I am constantly worrying about not being able to keep up, eventually being laid off, or just not being good enough.

What scares me most isn't even a specific project or task. It's the thought that maybe the way I worked during the internship becomes my normal life. During those months, work felt like it consumed everything else. I barely switched off, and every week felt like a race to prove myself.

Now I find myself wondering: what if the way I worked during the internship is what my career ends up looking like? What if I spend every week anxious about performance, constantly trying to keep up, always feeling one mistake away from falling behind? The idea of working hard doesn't bother me, but the idea of work permanently taking over my life honestly terrifies me.

For those who got PPOs and later joined full-time, was the experience different once you became an FTE? Did the pressure reduce compared to the internship? How did you deal with the anxiety of starting your career?

PS- I think it is also the bundled effect of leaving home, living in a PG again without any friends or family.