Oh sure, leaving a stable accounting gig for a bootcamp is basically the plot of every "follow your dreams" movie, right up until the part where the credits roll and you're broke. Six months before a layoff stings, but the flight risk label is what really gets me, because two months of UX work does look weird next to ten years of spreadsheets. Maybe spin the accounting angle back into it and pitch yourself as a UX person who actually gets finance, since that combo is rare and recruiters love a niche they can sell.

That loose blade screw thing is real but its usually the top screw that gives people trouble, not the bottom one. The bottom screw mainly holds the blade to the housing, so a tiny gap there usually makes the blade rattle or sit crooked rather than grind. Grinding sounds are more often the top screw or the blade itself not sitting flat against the cutter. If the bottom one fixed it though, your blade was probably flexing and rubbing, which would explain why swapping blades didn't help.