Maybe, but it would've been years ago.

Some skills I wanna pick up is how to micro solder, I deal with a lot of tech and sometimes you just need a type c port replaced and soldering iron is not the easiest tool for tiny pins.

Good news, the broken component is a common 2 dollar chip!

Bad news, it's an SMD, and in the middle of a giant block of plastic and 2 more circuitboards.

Learning about cars, engines and motorbike maintenance at this stage in life really opened my eyes. I could have easily been a mechanic or an engineer if I had the access to this knowledge when I was younger.

Now I do as much of my own maintenance as I can, and I'm pretty sure my engine will hit 400K before I start getting serious issues. None of it is overly complicated or difficult, and saves me money in the short and long term.

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For microsoldering: you want the quick 861dw or one of the knockoffs and a bunch of tips. Sometimes you can get away without a microscope but usually you need one of those too. You need a swing arm mount for it because you often won’t be able to position your board under the objective of a tabletop mount.

You 100% cannot get away without a fume extractor. You’re gonna need low melt solder and flux, so you also need to be wearing disposable gloves.

You need a board holder because once all the solder in the area is liquified you don’t want the heavier parts sliding off the board because it’s propped up on a piece of wood at a ten degree angle.

If you wanna extend the amount of work you can do with just a decent iron: use flux and low melt to get everything on your usbc liquid at the same time so you can lift it off the board.

You can also use an interest calculator or multiply the payment by the term length to see how much over the purchase price you'll pay in interest.

This is why it's important to haggle over the purchase price and not the monthly payment. Never ever negotiate over the monthly payment, or you're likely to get stuck with a 96-month loan at 23% interest.

Yeah, buying points is a bit different though and again is a great example of why everyone should at least have a basic understanding of how to make an amortization schedule.

Buying points isn't exactly the same as a higher down payment, because that money doesn't take any principal off your loan. It's basically paying interest up front, giving the lender a lesser amount now rather than a greater amount later.

Shit gets complicated real quick, so plugging it into an Excel spreadsheet makes it much more clear.