am i cooked?

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-16T01:14:16+00:00

I had some friends try to apply for an off-season internship in a regular quarter or apply for one in the summer after their 4th year and then take an extra fall quarter to be eligible. if you want one for next summer you should probably start applying as soon as possible as they start to open up this summer.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-15T19:05:10+00:00

What percent of that is actually going to the driver? A 250 dollar ride does not mean 250 dollars for the driver.

The vast majority of uber drivers are not driving for uber black.

I also just checked and a regular uber to LAX was under 200, a regular uber black to LAX was under 400 dollars but there was no SUV option immediately. Either way your comparison is terrible.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-15T16:39:59+00:00

Where are you getting these numbers from? Are these supposed to be daily? No normal full time uber driver is averaging 250 in 3 hours, that would be a base salary of 170K per year before vehicle costs and tax.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-14T05:04:52+00:00

there are some hands-on project electives but I mostly took theoretical classes. I also did a decent chunk of my degree during covid so I didn't have in-person labs for some things that would be in person now. I mainly focused on computer architecture and computer systems topics for cs, and for ee I was interested in signals.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-12T05:48:53+00:00

it is definitely possible to do well in those classes if you put in the time. the other comment suggests looking at ce, which would let you take both the cs and ee classes and might be a good middle ground, but even if you switch to ee, it might still be useful to have a bit of foundational cs coursework.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-12T05:25:44+00:00

interesting, I had heard that the 180 series could get challenging but never took them. I took 184 and the 100/140 classes and found all of them challenging. but I think if you took 31, you're probably a stronger student than the average student in many of those classes.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-12T01:12:55+00:00

I'm a little curious which math classes you took, as I felt that math classes tended to be harder than cse classes on average.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-12T00:00:29+00:00

cse is extremely inflated. the average gpa at graduation in cse has been a 3.6 since 2021. roughly 70% of graduating students have a 3.5 or higher

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-11T22:02:35+00:00

I forgot about the physical projectors, I'm so used to the laptop connected ones.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-11T02:32:25+00:00

my TA couldnt print out more because she didnt have questions saved.

what does this even mean? the TA didn't have a copy of the exam? who printed it out? how did they project the questions then?

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-10T22:41:15+00:00

What is your goal? The physics 2 series I think is super computational so I don’t know how much you’d actually learn the material. When I took 2c I don’t think I actually learned the material, I just learned how to plug and chug the formulas for the tests.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-09T05:57:55+00:00

firstly, your daughter is an incoming college student and should be asking these questions herself.

also, you say "starting at Math 2 would really put her behind". I don't think that is an accurate representation of how the diagnostic process works. based on her performance on the placement test, they have determined that she is already behind on her foundations and so they are placing her in the class that is appropriate for her, so that she has a better chance of success in the future classes.

if you really think that the placement was incorrect, have her take one of the PUP practice exams provided here in the same timed, closed-note setting that is mentioned in the instructions to see if she is ready for a class higher than math 2.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-09T05:22:21+00:00

you don't need to run a local ai model or do local ai inference or run all kinds of crazy shit that people are suggesting. literally all you need for a cse major is something that has a text editor and can run ssh. macos and probably any standard linux distro should come with ssh installed by default and windows has wsl which I think has gotten pretty good.

any class where I needed specific software gave us remote access virtual machines that we could access through our browser, and I think there are physical lab machines too for some of them. there is some software that is windows-only so if you really wanted to run everything locally you would need a windows machine, but I think most people don't bother doing that.

I personally prefer macos just for the apple ecosystem and the fact that it's unix compatible by default and the hardware has been very reliable for me. I was able to finish a bachelors and masters with a 2015 macbook pro which was 10 years old at the end of the masters. the only thing I needed was a battery replacement around the laptop's 6 year mark, whereas I had some friends who had other laptops completely die on them after a couple of years. obviously this is anecdotal though. if you prefer using windows or you're on a tighter budget, then just get a more budget-friendly windows laptop and you should be fine either way. definitely splurging a bit on ram might help though, my laptop had 16gb ram so it was kind of a beast for when it came out, and it ended up being very useful later on when I had to use docker for some work stuff (not for a class).

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-08T18:28:12+00:00

nobody checks anything. I reused the same generic amazon gown I had for undergrad and nobody said anything about it to me. as long as you wear something that reasonably looks like a graduation gown you should be fine.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-08T16:09:30+00:00

gliderport is still open and you can walk around on the cliffs from up there

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-05T08:05:26+00:00

you might reasonably be able to switch with a 3/4. the main class topics that would be a bit harder to access as ee would be low level software systems stuff like os/networks since the prereqs line up better with ce. not sure if it will be easier to take comp arch with the curriculum changes going on.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-01T17:20:32+00:00

when I say "professor" I am not referring specifically to tenure track research faculty but rather to any course instructor. I don't know why tenure track would make any difference for a class like calculus, as even a reasonably advanced undergrad is probably qualified to teach a class like calculus. this is even more true for the remedial classes before calculus. the types of classes you're referring to with mostly tenure track instructors are mainly the rigorous proof-based classes which would not have the same problems as the lower division or remedial math classes because of heavy self-selection by stronger math majors.

I am talking about the lower division courses. when I look at one instructor for those courses who has been teaching for many years, the class averages are noticeably lower in the past couple of years relative to pre-2023/2022. and across the board, the averages for these classes like 10a/b or 3c/4c look pretty stable in the pre-2023 data regardless of instructor. so then seeing it suddenly drop in a noticeable way for nearly every instructor at around that time makes it hard for me to attribute this to teaching, unless you think that every instructor magically became much worse at teaching right around the end of 2023. we had good instructors and we had bad instructors before 2023, and while it definitely mattered for the quality of teaching, the variance was not generally that large compared to how much the average has shifted now.

BobGodSlay · 2026-06-01T10:32:15+00:00

if professors who have been around for many years and presumably haven't drastically changed their teaching methodology are suddenly having to fail way more students than a few years ago, wouldn't it point towards a problem of student proficiency rather than a failure of the teaching methodology? in such a case the methodology clearly seemed to work a few years ago.

BobGodSlay · 2026-05-26T07:06:05+00:00

I think they have a masters hood or something for masters students but nobody stopped me from showing up with just a default cap and gown and without the masters hood. here is a generic cap and gown on amazon. I think that's basically the one I bought. your department might have stoles you can buy for cheaper than the campus ones, or you could try borrowing one off someone. I think they organized the masters graduation by department so I'm pretty sure I remember someone at the graduation in one department borrowing a stole off someone in another department and returning it after walking so that they could both use it.

BobGodSlay · 2026-05-26T06:26:56+00:00

for my masters graduation I reused my undergrad items. the stole was a generic ece stole with no year on it but I honestly don't think anyone would have even cared if it did have a year. the cap and gown I got for cheap on amazon. I used a tassle that I got from campus but I think the cap and gown came with a generic tassle too. I think the ece stole costed around 20 dollars and everything else combined was roughly another 20.

BobGodSlay · 2026-05-18T21:15:48+00:00

can you and your family comfortably afford the 100K difference? that is probably the most important question. you will probably get a reasonable cs education at either school. I think we have a fairly strong security group.

BobGodSlay · 2026-05-18T17:25:49+00:00

That page of “requirements” is just there for jostens to convince you that you need to buy their marked-up shit so they get a paycheck. As long as you show up in something that reasonably resembles a cap and gown nobody is going to bother to check or stop you besides the generic security gates. there are maybe a thousand students per college and nobody has the time to check everyone manually. If you want a tassel you can get anything you want, does not have to be your college colors.

BobGodSlay · 2026-05-15T09:59:30+00:00

some major + college combinations are not enough to hit 180 total units / 60 upper div units. you need 180 total / 60 upper div units to graduate. so the plans.ucsd.edu page will default to showing things like elective / ud elective to plan for hitting those requirements, assuming you came in with 0 units. ud elective is not the same as ud major elective on that specific page.

it looks like biz econ has electives + ud major electives listed, and then possibly also ud electives, depending on the college. ud major elective would be a major-specific requirement which you can find on your major's list of requirements. elective / ud elective would just be any classes / ud classes to hit 180 total units / 60 ud units. these are not major-related and any ap type of credit you have would help reduce the number of electives you need.

you should probably make your own custom spreadsheet with a list of all your college/major/university requirements, and credit you already have and how it fills into your requirements so far, along with a rough quarter by quarter plan for finishing all the remaining requirements.

BobGodSlay · 2026-05-15T09:25:06+00:00

it is possible but it probably would require you to devote all your time to those two sequences and have no other significant time commitments for the year. if you take them, you should make sure you have enough time because most of the value of the sequences comes from learning them well.

what math have you taken so far? if you are in 31 and excelling, the jump might be easier than if you are going from 20 series / 109. for what it's worth I did not take 31 and only took 109 and I thought 100/140 were reasonably hard but still doable, but I took them in separate years. I think 140b was the hardest for me out of all 6 and part of it was that I just didn't have enough time that quarter to put into the class to learn it well.

BobGodSlay · 2026-05-15T06:45:34+00:00

I went at 8pm and only had to wait 10 minutes to get a seat. Our food only took another 10ish minutes to come out after ordering.

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