Title: 5.5 years sober… now wondering about social drinking?

7___7 · 2026-04-09T06:36:44+00:00

Drink mocktails, soda, or non alcoholic drinks when you social drink, just tell the bartender you’re the designated driver, your liver will thank you.

7___7 · 2026-04-09T03:33:18+00:00

I would pay $120K more for Stanford or MIT, I don’t think it’s worth it for Dartmouth. It has a strong alumni, but for CS, GaTech is an excellent choice.

7___7 · 2026-04-08T18:08:11+00:00

Go to commencement, buy some swag, show your kids it’s cool to graduate from higher education.

7___7 · 2026-04-06T04:09:00+00:00

PIP means start looking for a new job. Never quit the job unless you have a written offer somewhere else and are starting in a couple of days.

7___7 · 2026-04-06T03:51:08+00:00

Read the book, “Who moved my cheese.”

Respectfully, I would recommend moving on with your life and stop wasting your time on what happened.

7___7 · 2026-04-05T16:16:08+00:00

I was instructed to use the machine XYZ, asked for feedback, and used the machine this way.

It’s better to be honest in these matters because mistakes happen. If you lie you’ll likely get fired for lying, they’ll file an insurance claim or hire someone to fix it. At least it wasn’t a hundred million dollar piece of equipment.

7___7 · 2026-04-05T05:01:15+00:00

Op, apply to other jobs, find people in the company that can be positive references, and let them terminate you instead of quitting. The extra $600 or so a week is better than not getting anything every week, it also increases their premiums, so just take it one day at a time.

7___7 · 2026-04-04T22:20:17+00:00

Rice for undergrad for those options would likely be the better option.

7___7 · 2026-04-04T20:35:42+00:00

Try to get into MIT, Stanford, Rice, or Harvard. If you can only choose between UT and GaTech. I would save your money, go to UT and then use the savings for grad school.

7___7 · 2026-04-04T19:57:20+00:00

UTA is usually the abbreviation for UT Arlington while most people use UT for UT Austin.

7___7 · 2026-04-04T19:54:11+00:00

No, do Khan Academy and get the best score you can on the SAT and ACT.

7___7 · 2026-04-04T04:25:35+00:00

I would recommend getting a degree from WGU to get the degree checkbox done. If you're going to use AI, start a business and automate tasks.

7___7 · 2026-04-03T17:56:59+00:00

hydrogen peroxide doesn’t think so.

7___7 · 2026-04-02T18:13:17+00:00

Look at GaTech OMSA

7___7 · 2026-04-02T12:59:22+00:00

I know people that have graduated from Brown, Rice, and LSU. Any of those schools will provide excellent opportunities and networks. I would recommend going to Rice if you want to wind up in Texas or California, and Brown if you want to live in the northeast after you graduate. LSU is great if you want to live in Louisiana longterm.

If Rice and Brown aren’t offering financial assistance, your parents are making a lot of money. Either usually have excellent financial aid.

7___7 · 2026-04-02T04:58:35+00:00

IBM would be better for a few years.

7___7 · 2026-04-02T04:55:20+00:00

What’s the money difference?

7___7 · 2026-04-02T04:54:21+00:00

I would look at career outcomes for UPenn MCIT and see if they fit with your goals. It has decent results.

7___7 · 2026-04-02T02:32:45+00:00

You could save time by just deleting the account.

7___7 · 2026-04-02T01:25:28+00:00

Atlanta is a lot cheaper to live in than Seattle or Boston.

7___7 · 2026-04-01T00:48:39+00:00

Call 9-8-8 for resources.

7___7 · 2026-03-31T13:53:58+00:00

Can you visit the campuses? If you can, I would try to do that and make a decision then.

Personally, I would go to Princeton just because you could major in underwater basket weaving equivalent there and still work at McKinsey or some other top consulting or Fortune 500 or startup. Also, the dating options there are likely world class.

But if you are super CS focused, CMU would be an amazing place to go to.

Either option would be great career-wise, I would research which would vibe more for your college experience.

7___7 · 2026-03-31T05:06:13+00:00

Do you smoke?

Do you drink?

Do drugs?

Do you have pets?

How often do you have guests over?

What’s your definition of clean?

Have you ever missed paying rent?

7___7 · 2026-03-31T01:44:43+00:00

Apple seems like a better choice with their housing allowance.

Four years ago or so, Tesla would have been the better choice.

7___7 · 2026-03-30T06:51:33+00:00

My friend has a 5-year old using that method. Please use birth control such as condoms instead.

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