u/tennesseegrinner

I'm 25 and have 5 years of cybersecurity analyst experience. Two years of which were “senior level”. I have an Associate's degree and a Security+.

Things were amazing a few months ago, I was making a ton of money at a prestigious company and amassed about $185,000 in savings. I was hired from the mountains of rural Tennessee, and moved to Maryland last year to try working hybrid and enjoy living in a metropolitan area. I had my fill and was planning to return at the end of this year and continue working remotely, but I was let go back in May.

The problem is I don't want to stay here in the DMV, I need to go back to my hometown in the mountains.

That said, I understand that it'll be extremely hard for me to find remote work, let alone remote work that'll let me work from the middle of nowhere. I'm prepared to blow through savings for a whole year to try to make it work. I don't have family so I'm all on my own in whatever path I choose.

I'm wondering if I need to prepare for a career change or if there's hope for me to find new work, and what advice any more senior people may have.

I’m 25 and had a disc protrusion that was not going away. My symptoms were mild but it meant any kind of social event was irritating as standing for long periods was the trigger for my symptoms.

I finally decided to get surgery and 8 weeks later I’m still unable to attend social events without wanting to leave early due to excessive soreness going down my leg.

I am not overweight

I’ve been in PT for six weeks at this point and have done two rounds of oral steroids post-op.

feeling hopeless.

I had Microdiscectomy six weeks ago and my pain is still worse than before surgery. It could be normal inflammation but my surgeon wants another MRI at my request. He ordered one without contrast. I asked him if no contrast would be sufficient as I‘ve read most people get an MRI with contrast after surgery to diagnose scar tissue versus reherniation. He thought for a second then said it’ll be fine.

I’m worried im just gonna waste my time with this MRI if it doesnt have contrast

25M, before surgery very mild symptoms like soreness. now 5 weeks post op, feels incredibly easy to flare up and have nerve irritation that lasts for days at a time.

also have some foot pain when walking long distances/hiking which I didn’t have before surgery.

I’ve been doing PT for a couple weeks now and have been walking consistently. I feel relatively mobile just that my nerve is irritated more consistently and easily than before surgery. (before surgery I was pain free most of the time)

how am I supposed to know if this is because of scar tissue forming, reherniation, or normal irritation? if the mechanical pressure was relieved from nerve why is it still so easily flared up?

My parked car was hit by a city bus over a month ago. I immediately called the transit authority, who told me to call someone else, and then someone else, and finally I got in touch with their insurance provider.

It's been over a month waiting for them to even admit fault, I was told it's still being "investigated".

Luckily, my car is still fully drivable. I took it to a reputable bodyshop who told me it'd be a three week repair, and would need a panel replaced and re-welded back in, so about a $10,500 job.

The adjuster sent out an appraiser to look at my car a few weeks ago, and he was trying to convince me that the panel could be repaired by pulling dents out and filling with compound, something the bodyshop explicitly told me would not be ideal.

I called my insurance a few weeks ago and they told me they don't need to be involved at all if the city is handling it.

Is there something I should be doing? If I demand them to pay for a more expensive/proper repair, are they obligated to provide me a rental car for the longer duration? How do I ensure they repair my car the right way, and provide me with a rental for the duration of a proper repair?

I'm recently unemployed with a lot of free time and something I've always wanted to do is a police ride-along. From my understanding they're typically for people who have an interest in law enforcement as a career so I'm wondering if it would be weird or wasteful to just do one for curiosity/fun.

thanks and sorry if dumb Q

Very interested in the S&W CSX-e series handguns. Have a few glocks I carry and this looks like it could be an amazing option to replace my 43x. Unfortunately it's such a niche gun that no ranges have it for rent.

If anyone has one, and wouldn't mind a range trip with me, I've got some very fun guns you can shoot!

I had 75 units of botox may 21st and still to this day I'm having issues with throwing up in my mouth and stuff, usually when I try to burp. I'm thankful I can burp now, but how long until this subsides?

I don't like my Mossberg 88. I've switched the stock, I've added length of pull, I added a recoil pad, and added more weight by adding a big flashlight and even added an optics rail with a red dot. I swapped the fore-end for a heavier one too. It's the 20" barrel version too, so it's not getting any heavier. And this is shooting 00buck.

I hate shooting it. The recoil just stings - and nobody else wants to shoot it either.

Yeah it's a 12 gauge shotgun, I get it, it's going to have recoil, but from what I've read switching to a semi-automatic shotgun would reduce the recoil tangibly.

The question is, how tangibly? I'm thinking of picking up a beretta 1014, one with an adjustable stock and pistol grip. Yeah, not a fan of the "tactical" look, but I think that + semi-auto would help.

I'm chasing driver crashes on my PC (7800x3d + 7900xtx) and am upgrading the PSU from 750w to 1000w.

I just realized, it's plugged into a UPS that's 1500VA/1000W.

I'm going from a 750W Platinum, to a 1000W Gold PSU. I Don't think this should matter for my UPS, as I expect the PC will never draw more than 750 watts at peak.

The monitor draws ~60 watts, the internet equipment draws ~35 watts.

I should be good to go for a minute or so during a power outage, right?

I'm 25M and had a Microdiscectomy a month ago due to a protrusion at L5-S1 causing mild/moderate shooting leg pain when standing/walking for extended periods (conventions, etc).

I've been noticing foot/ankle pain when walking after surgery which wasn't there before. I went on a 2 hour hike today and at the end I was having leg/foot pain which was similar to how I was doing pre-surgery. I'm concerned that perhaps the surgery isn't going to give me results I wanted, but then again, I haven't been hiking much this past few months and may need to strengthen a bit.

I moved from a RTX 3080 to a AMD 7900 XTX a year ago.

As of about a month ago I've been having constant driver crashes when doing things such as opening discord, playing war thunder, etc. All my drivers are updated.

I tried going into AMD's software to ensure my card wasn't clocked too high, and then AMD's own software kept crashing, so I finally checked and yup, my card is operating within it's specifications.

There's also minor graphical artifacts in Rust, which when I reported to Facepunch, they told me, "Yeah, known issue with AMD cards, we've been waiting on a fix" I reported it to AMD and after weeks of back and forth in email, was told "You should submit a bug report". Are you fucking serious?

I'm selling this and going back to Nvidia..

Edit: Yes, I used DDU. No, I will not re-install windows.

I will check things like my PSU cables and stuff, but these are things that I didn't need to check with an Nvidia card.

At two weeks post-op L5-S1 I've been doing a lot of driving and errands to help a friend out who's experiencing homelessness. I really should be prioritizing myself I know.

I watched videos on how to get in/out of a car, rotating your torso with your shoulders etc. But I feel like my form isn't good enough and I've heard popping sounds in my midback and stuff. I've gotten into my car like 5 times today.

I haven't felt any pain from this and this might be a co-incidence but the tingling in my opposite leg has returned. (It was a large diffuse bulge with a protrusion on the right side and my surgeon thought operating on the right side would help decrease the pressure on the opposite end).

I feel like I've already ruined my recovery from all the driving I've done to help someone else.. I'm scared I haven't taken my recovery as seriously as I should. I'm 25 and hate being cooped up in my house!

I had sex 16 days after surgery and I thought it'd be okay to lie on a firm mattress and have her "on top" of me. I just realized she's 100lbs, and that means 100lbs of weight on my lower body. She also laid on top of me while I was on my back. It didn't hurt but now I'm scared that I just fucked myself over badly. My surgeon told me sex is fine after two weeks if it's a comfortable position.

I'm two weeks into a Microdiscectomy and have been pretty active in terms of going out getting errands done. Today I drove to the store and carried a 15lb bag of groceries up 3 flights of stairs. I'm afraid of re-herniation but I don't have anyone to take care of me, seems hard to balance..

I had a Microdiscectomy two weeks ago. Honestly, I had doing amazing before the surgery compared to most people who get the surgery. I had a small bulge that was never going to heal on it's own according to my surgeon so I went under the knife.

Am not overweight.

I had no pain when walking before surgery and could go as long as I wanted. Now if I go around the block my ankle starts hurting really bad. It's been like this for at least a week now. My doctor put me on prednisolone which helped reduce the sciatic pain I had after surgery but this foot pain is not going away. I feel like it's gotta be related to the nerve, no?

I'm a 6'4" 25 year old man who's gone from jumping out of planes to walking with a cane after having spine surgery. I have to use a rail to get out of bed and a grabber to pick things off the floor.

I've been ordered to walk multiple times a day outside by my doctor, and it's made me realize how vulnerable I'd be if I wasn't able to carry a handgun. If it wasn't for my 43x I would feel like I'm completely at the mercy of the world. A Pitbull could attack me and I'd be screwed. I could be easily robbed or just pushed over. A strong gust of wind could run my pockets. I could run into a black bear that I'd normally be able to shoo off with a loud voice.

While I'll be strong again someday, for now I'm very thankful to have the ability to defend myself because of the right to bear arms and I feel this is yet another good argument for CCW.

And also, my bellyband holster is great for holding an ice pack against my incision.