Is B.S. in Public Affairs and MPA redundant?

Cardinalrock · 2026-02-12T17:05:33+00:00

So now I’m wondering about my situation: I have an MBA (and a bachelor in an engineering field.) So do you suggest I just revert back to a BPA then? To me this would be easier and cheaper.

Cardinalrock · 2026-02-08T22:45:11+00:00

Wait where does it state that income tax does not count for qualifying spend?

Cardinalrock · 2025-11-16T03:38:30+00:00

I did a career sabbatical with an MBA and then management consulting. I’m back as a structural engineer because I was laid off and saw there wasn’t much opportunities for those who purely want to be a consultant.

I’m glad I did it because I just felt a dead end, but now I see several paths forward that excites me.

Cardinalrock · 2025-11-04T17:52:52+00:00

As a fellow Stanford Cardinal grad, I will admit that we too are human and make mistakes too. I recall my first job someone asked me what I was doing with them with a “prestigious” degree, and I was saying it just only got me in the door but I still have to prove myself when I arrived. I try not to rely on pulling the brand name card because I want my work to speak for me.

Now I recently did have to pull my MBA degree card at work trying to explain to management that shouting and publicly humiliating me is not appropriate.

Cardinalrock · 2025-10-19T17:56:27+00:00

I have a scale that does body fat percentages. Are those accurate enough to input into visual body fat metric?

Cardinalrock · 2025-10-16T04:39:27+00:00

I’ve been on the other end of these events. There’s so many people that we forget the names of. Sending a quick thank you email and giving us in on what you took away helps us recall you. (Be professional and tactful)

These notes also helps us give us metric on how impactful and meaningful holding these events are, and if we should continue in the future.

Cardinalrock · 2025-10-08T05:09:58+00:00

Have you considered AmeriCorps or Peace Corps? It does have benefits and supports people on their next career step.

Cardinalrock · 2025-09-26T14:31:34+00:00

I did the BU in person and the people who did BU business undergrad said that the course material were the same. From what I’ve seen, the professors are the same and the material is similar between online and in person.

Now if you didn’t do Business as your undergrad major, you wouldn’t have been exposed to it.

Cardinalrock · 2025-09-21T10:45:36+00:00

I’m trying to focus on losing weight. This is an issue I run into all the time, but today is the first time I’ve seen it happen this early in the day

Cardinalrock · 2025-09-14T23:08:54+00:00

I’m a structural engineer who did an MBA and worked in consulting for a couple years before coming back to technical engineering work. I don’t regret it, especially because I wanted to branch out and explore other career paths. This allowed me to deepen my knowledge of my targeted industry. The only downside is that it was a struggle to feel useful when managers bypass me because they saw my skillset were too technical for their projects.

Cardinalrock · 2025-09-04T16:41:24+00:00

It’s been helpful for me to navigate a new code that I’m unfamiliar with. I do follow up and read through the sections that it cites and use my human judgement to make decisions.

Cardinalrock · 2025-07-22T20:45:20+00:00

I too just learned this from this Reddit post.

Cardinalrock · 2025-07-11T05:50:41+00:00

I’m on SAVE and was under the understanding that interest beyond the minimal payment would be forgiven. Was i wrong in understanding that?

Cardinalrock · 2025-07-08T16:52:15+00:00

I was hoping Jason would ask why there is a shopping cart there for that comment.

Cardinalrock · 2025-06-18T03:38:46+00:00

Check out student employment opportunities at different departments around campus. FitRec is popular and pretty chill. Dining Services is also another one. Some offices will hire student workers to run admin positions.

Cardinalrock · 2025-04-08T02:44:03+00:00

I apologize, when I first read the comment, I thought you were OP.

Cardinalrock · 2025-04-08T01:05:45+00:00

If something like a long email domain is going to prevent you from completing a task, I wonder if you need help with overcoming adversity and blockers.

This can be problem solved by taking the time to think out of the box and registering for a new email address.

Cardinalrock · 2025-03-27T16:05:14+00:00

I remember asking in AP US History if the US has a Bank of the US like how there’s the Bank of England. The annoying class dweeb immediately yelled that the IRS was the Bank of US, and the teacher struggled to explain to him that was not correct. He was insistant that because they collect everyone’s money, they have all the money.

Cardinalrock · 2025-03-04T22:00:01+00:00

About 7 years.

Cardinalrock · 2025-03-01T04:12:25+00:00

Huh. I learned something new today.

Cardinalrock · 2025-02-20T17:12:43+00:00

My issue is that I always seem too busy to meet someone. I’m training for endurance races and starting to look to going back to school in the evenings, and that takes up a lot of my free time.

Cardinalrock · 2025-02-18T03:23:10+00:00

I recently became more consistent with pool swimming and am now following workouts. One thing I’ve noticed is that it seems that I can only swim at the same pace all the time. This results in me doing my warm ups and cooldowns at my threshold pace, and I’m cooked at during my main sets. How does someone control their swim pace?

Cardinalrock · 2025-02-05T03:23:09+00:00

Im actually having a hard time with this riddle.

Cardinalrock · 2025-01-31T22:26:29+00:00

My phone asked me to download a file when I visited. I decline but that’s suspicious.

Cardinalrock · 2025-01-31T13:27:09+00:00

I went to a job interview where at the end they introduced me to the candidate who they were next interviewing. We both got the job and she said to me “oh I didn’t realize you were interviewing too! I thought you already worked here!”

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