u/papayon10

Hello all,
I have my first SE interview ever tomorrow and it is a 30 minute interview with a peer SE. The recruiter let me know that it will be sales and personality along with foundation in cloud. I have never done a sales focused sales engineering interview before, so I am not sure what kind of questions to expect. I am pretty confident in my cloud knowledge.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: I am currently a SWE

Hello all,

I'm currently a software engineer with 3.5 YOE. Before going back to school for computer science, I spent 2 years as a small-medium business account executive at a telecoms company and before that I worked 2 years in the retail sales side.

Moving into Sales Engineering has been my long-term goal, my plan was always to get some SWE experience first, then pivot. Given that I have both the sales background and hands-on SWE experience, does that make me a competitive applicant for SE roles? Anything I should be doing now to strengthen the transition?

Thank you!

I am in town for a few weeks and would like to know what places have the best vibe for world cup games!

Hello everyone, I am a 28 year old male, measuring 6'5 and weigh 225lbs. In 2024, I got a CT scan without contrast done on my chest, but not specifically to target the aortic root measurement, and on the notes it stated this:

"Aortic root ectasia may be present sub-optimally evaluated on unenhanced imaging, potentially approaching 4 cm"

Then, early this year in February, I got a TTE done that its purpose was to pay special attention to the aortic root and my measurements were as follows:

Normal Range Observed
Aortic root: <3.7 cm 3.5 cm
Ascending aorta: <3.5 cm 2.8 cm
Aortic Arch: <3.5 cm 2.7 cm
Left atrium: <4.0 cm 3.2 cm
LVOT: 1.8-2.2 cm 2.1 cm
IVSDd: 0.7-1.0 cm 1.2 cm
LVIDd: 3.5-5.6 cm 4.7 cm
LVPWd: 0.7-1.1 cm 1.0 cm
LVIDs: 1.9-4.0 cm 3.2 cm

Estimated EF: (55-60%) 60-65%
"Image quality was good.
Aorta: Aortic root and visualized segments were normal in size. "

I am not sure what measurement to trust more?

Hello everyone, I am a 28 year old male, measuring 6'5 and weigh 225lbs. In 2024, I got a CT scan without contrast done on my chest, but not specifically to target the aortic root measurement, and on the notes it stated this:

"Aortic root ectasia may be present sub-optimally evaluated on unenhanced imaging, potentially approaching 4 cm"

Then, early this year in February, I got a TTE done that its purpose was to pay special attention to the aortic root and my measurements were as follows:

Normal Range Observed
Aortic root: <3.7 cm 3.5 cm
Ascending aorta: <3.5 cm 2.8 cm
Aortic Arch: <3.5 cm 2.7 cm
Left atrium: <4.0 cm 3.2 cm
LVOT: 1.8-2.2 cm 2.1 cm
IVSDd: 0.7-1.0 cm 1.2 cm
LVIDd: 3.5-5.6 cm 4.7 cm
LVPWd: 0.7-1.1 cm 1.0 cm
LVIDs: 1.9-4.0 cm 3.2 cm

Estimated EF: (55-60%) 60-65%
"Image quality was good.
Aorta: Aortic root and visualized segments were normal in size. "

I am not sure what measurement to trust more?

Hello everyone, I am a 28 year old male, measuring 6'5 and weigh 220lbs. In 2024, I got a CT scan without contrast done on my chest, but not specifically to target the aortic root measurement, and on the notes it stated this:

"Aortic root ectasia may be present sub-optimally evaluated on unenhanced imaging, potentially approaching 4 cm"

Then, early this year in February, I got a TTE done that its purpose was to pay special attention to the aortic root and my measurements were as follows:

"Image quality was good.

Aortic root: <3.7 cm 3.5 cm

Ascending aorta: <3.5 cm 2.8 cm

Aortic Arch: <3.5 cm 2.7 cm

Aorta: Aortic root and visualized segments were normal in size. "

I am not sure what measurement to trust more?

I just checked into a place I booked for a 2-week stay, and the listing specifically said there would be a Tempurpedic mattress.

When I got here, it turns out it’s not actually a mattress at all. It's just a thin mattress topper sitting on a box spring/ foundation. When I lie down, my tailbone literally sinks through and I can feel the frame underneath. It’s pretty uncomfortable and honestly not something I can realistically sleep on for two weeks.

This feels pretty misleading compared to what was advertised.

What are my options here? Should I contact the host first or go straight through the platform for a refund or rebooking? Has anyone dealt with something similar?