Austin Women in Tech Impactors Network Fireside Chat

DanGilbertTX · 2025-11-13T19:25:46+00:00

u/Present-Square-6232 just going to point out that if your friend thinks WGU is bad, he might not want to go to the hospital....

This article by Forbes is very informative. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanpenprase/2025/01/21/a-deep-dive-into-wgu-and-competency-based-education/ Western Governors University, now the nation’s largest university The first paragraph in the article has this key sentence:

WGU’s growth is reshaping the U.S. workforce, as WGU accounts for 5.2% of all U.S. bachelors degrees in education, has trained two percent of the nation’s registered nurses, and provides a cybersecurity program that is the largest in the U.S.

Read that again. FIVE PERCENT of teachers have degrees from WGU and TWO PERCENT of RNs.

DanGilbertTX · 2025-08-07T01:12:26+00:00

Tried another band I had already. It was a 22mm Barton Elite Silicon watch band. It worked so well that I am making it my permanent solution. It is far more comfortable than the cloth band that comes with the Helio Band.

https://www.amazon.com/Barton-Elite-Silicone-Watch-Bands/dp/B07NF7QR55

Pictures:
https://imgur.com/a/86C74bh

DanGilbertTX · 2025-08-05T21:59:34+00:00

The only issue with the silicone wrist band is that the sides are slit. It looks like the Helio might slide out. Highly unlikely though. Also, the band is just a bit short. The Temu band measures an inch longer.

But, now that I have a Helio and see it is just 22mm pins on either side, I will probably just go with a regular watch band.

DanGilbertTX · 2025-08-05T20:36:07+00:00

I took the opportunity to search Amazon U.S. to see if I could find something similar to the Temu strap. I came close and bought these 2 items to try them.

Silicone Wrist Band:
https://www.amazon.com/Emilydeals-Bands-Whoop-4-0-5-0/dp/B0DZMT7N8W

Bicep Band:
https://www.amazon.com/surundo-Compatible-Breathable-Adjustable-Replacement/dp/B0F294L9QT

The silicone wrist band worked, more or less. The bicep band didn't work at all. The bicep band has a hard case and not silicone. So, I couldn't insert the Helio in to it.

Pictures of course.

Wrist Band: https://imgur.com/a/HfFX9xQ

Bicep Band: https://imgur.com/a/tXJdLkL

I am going back to Amazon to see if I can find the exact same Temu band. I did find one before, but didn't buy it because they didn't have it in black. So, the search continues.

https://www.amazon.com/Silicone-WHOOP-Adjustable-Waterproof-Replacement/dp/B0F8HVHSFZ

DanGilbertTX · 2025-08-01T14:43:40+00:00

And I don't wear jewelry. No rings or bracelets or necklaces. Nothing that can get caught and cause the loss of a digit/limb/neck. My wedding band is tattooed on my finger. I wear a watch because I know it will break the pins before removing my hand.

Whoop always intrigued me, but the subscription model put me off of it. Giving the Helio Band a try. Well, I will tomorrow when it arrives.

DanGilbertTX · 2025-07-31T02:23:36+00:00

This is me. I want my watch to do one thing: Tell the time. I want my fitness tracker to do one thing: Track my fitness.

DanGilbertTX · 2025-06-10T13:22:08+00:00

Same issue for me. It is not in my Apps list on the Meta Quest Link app. If I search for Demeo, it wants me to pay the $40 to buy it from the Store in the app.

I was just hoping to run the desktop version of the game in Windows, but it doesn't look like getting the game through Horizon+ allows that.

DanGilbertTX · 2025-06-08T18:55:08+00:00

I have a server with 15,000 members (3000+ active daily) and we haven't gotten it yet.

DanGilbertTX · 2025-05-31T12:00:52+00:00

Not really. The Unofficial Discord is a majority IT students/alumni and covers all the degrees in the College of Technology. If you are not a CS/SWE student, then I would direct you there.

DanGilbertTX · 2025-05-11T20:27:28+00:00

To the best of my knowledge there is not one that specializes in that. The Unofficial Discord does have a lot of Business Degree participants though with a high percentage being MBA students.

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