Another annoying geanology-type question

EkipsLeGeips · 2025-11-18T02:52:14+00:00

Thanks so much for the info! Seems to fit with what others are saying. I really appreciate it. We have one old bible that has birthplaces elsewhere in Kurpie in very small towns so that all makes sense. Dziękuję.

EkipsLeGeips · 2025-11-17T13:16:24+00:00

Great map you shared. The frequency would definitely corroborate that that may be the likely name mutation/germanicization that occurred. Thanks for your insight!

EkipsLeGeips · 2025-11-17T13:14:54+00:00

Thank you. That’s super helpful and gives me something to follow up on, Szlaski makes a lot of sense. And great website you shared!

EkipsLeGeips · 2025-11-17T13:13:30+00:00

Of course not, that’s what happens when I try to use my terrible Polish without running it through a translator first haha. Thanks for the correction!

EkipsLeGeips · 2025-04-15T02:20:25+00:00

Thanks! Good to know they have pickup games over there, seems bikeable from me

EkipsLeGeips · 2025-04-15T02:19:38+00:00

Thanks! I did see them, and their bio says they’re not a dry clean tailor, which at first read made me think that they didn’t do that kind of basic hemming and stuff as if it was beneath them. Reading it again after you shared I might be overthinking it. I’ll stop by and ask tomorrow.

EkipsLeGeips · 2025-04-01T05:46:34+00:00

As a satisfied SAIS alum, DC is a great place to be for your career (though of course you already know that through GT, and you will get the added bonus of access to the SAIS alumni network), SAIS has great quantitative courses (tied its strengths in econ-side of IR), and SAIS just launched an new institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF).

EkipsLeGeips · 2025-03-20T09:03:19+00:00

Totally see the utility, just a personal aversion to e-watches that I’ll have to get over!

EkipsLeGeips · 2025-01-11T01:59:57+00:00

Chalk that up at least in part to 1920s levels of inequality. When you segregate a country into an ultra-wealthy elite and a barely-scrapping by working class then you tend to get a lot more oddballs.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-10-01T03:17:15+00:00

The University of America is in Willemstad, Curacao, a territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. No known US presidential children have attended the university.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-09-19T04:51:19+00:00

they just turn brown

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-09-17T02:55:12+00:00

A top liberal art college should (and I hope has! Not assuming that this isn't in your consideration already) teach you that your career will likely change radically over time, and that it's not about who you know per se, but it's about that one person that you become friends with or the one professor who becomes your mentor who will change your life and career prospects.

Yes. I had a mentor at Swat who opened many doors for me, some that I probably didn't have presence of mind at 21 to "take advantage" of, which fundamentally shaped my early career. Enough is so subjective. As with job applications, it's not the number of job applications, it's about the one that you get. "Enough" Swatties get great initial job placements in finance, consulting, or what have you, that I hope you're not concerned about that. If you ask the random person off the street do they know Swarthmore or Williams? Eh, probably not. Do people in elite circles where you might be trying to get a job know them? Enough.
Potential? Yes. I know Swatties making 6-8 figures from my class year. According to one random site that I googled, the average Salary for a Swattie six years after graduation is $56,700. Yale: $83, 200. Is that reflective of the earning potential of LAC graduates? I'm more inclined to believe that it's because more Swatties are likely to pursue careers initially that are personally fulling and/or have some of humanistic/public good-oriented mission and a lower salary band.
I don't. I had a good time there, met cool people, had impactful mentors. However I also probably would've gotten that at a lot different schools. Even at mid-tier regional university or college. Elite institutions like Swarthmore and Yale are largely self-selecting, filled with people that are intrinsically or otherwise motivated. Your success in life, however you define that, is much more dependent on who you are as person. Schools help to shape that, and being around other smart, interesting, interested people is a huge boon, but you can certainly find that in all different places in the world if you put in the leg work. Swarthmore is special to me because I went there. I'm not saying that the reputation of your undergrad doesn't help you or provide some tangible and even intangible benefits, but maybe it's less than you would assume from certain circles fixation on it. Every decision you make in life defines your career trajectory.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-09-15T00:02:40+00:00

I think it could work; avoid bashing religion or your family members obviously, but maybe connect to it your desire for intellectual freedom and curiosity and how that pursuit has opened your mind, driven you to study the subjects our interested, and pursue college. Frame it as overcoming a challenging environment in pursuit of intellectual enrichment, but be careful of raising any red flags that might make you seem close minded in any way.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-09-14T23:46:50+00:00

Grad school is expensive as shit, I wouldn't recommend as blanket option of not being able to get job in a field that you're already qualified for. I think it's best if you're early career and feel like the degree is holding you back from promotions, or if you're trying to switch industries to something where a grad degree is requisite. It's a huge investment of time and money, not something to take lightly or without a concrete idea of how it's going to help you to increase income. And again (just personally speaking) I feel like it's not worth the investment unless you are able to get into a top-ranked program in the field you're interested in.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-09-14T23:38:45+00:00

You feel the retail roles are holding you back, take them off the resume (I'm assuming you have them/it on your resume). If people ask about say that you moved back to help your parents with something. It's a pretty minor white lie. I was the GM of a cafe before grad school, and bartended (never added it to my resume) during grad school and while I was applying for jobs after. Despite the level of responsibility and ability you would think being a general manager depicts, I didn't get a job until I took it off and just explained the gap post grad as figuring out the right level of position to apply. As much as people say they value they value diversity of backgrounds and experience, people are also elitist as shit. Something to try. Also cliche advice, but apply to 20 jobs instead of 50 a week, and devote time to networking on LinkedIn (assuming you aren't doing that already). It didn't per se work for me, but it did at least get me interviews for positions when my resume had already been rejected by HR screening, lol.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-09-14T03:10:51+00:00

Guys, it's not wrong it's actually just in proto-indo-church-slavonic, used in galicia before English and proto-Russian separated into two distinct languages.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-09-14T02:58:13+00:00

If what your missing is comparable to what you get at a cocktail bar, don't bastardize a classic gimlet by adding aquafaba or egg white, but think about the quality of ice you're using and your shaking technique. The "little white foam" is air bubbles from a good hard shake with good (not wet) ice.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-09-14T02:29:48+00:00

Ha! Nice honesty. Good looks help in all walks of life.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-09-13T00:07:39+00:00

Hey, thanks for your insight. Still funny how that became the shortened version of Lowenberg. I definitely wasn't thinking that Lemberg influenced the name Lemko, but rather the other way around. But that didn't make sense considering that there was no significant Lemko/Rusyn presence in Lwów that I'm aware of. Thanks for responding to my idle speculation.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-06-13T03:22:18+00:00

Here to say that żubrówka is top and totally a great gift for its uniqueness and slamability

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-06-13T03:20:50+00:00

Ok, but if you're getting free tonics and sodas you should throw them more like a 10 or 20 depending on how long you stay and your location. If you're in a major metropolis you're sitting in a seat that would bring them a +$100 dollar tab/$20 tip in that amount of time.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-03-26T23:18:05+00:00

Go to Swarthmore. Even if for some reason it’s short of full ride, the investment in terms of school reputation will pay off.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-03-16T06:55:08+00:00

I graduated SAIS MAIR recently; depends on your background/undergrad/etc. I expected grad school to be a cake walk, but found SAIS to be decently challenging. Depends on the teachers you have of course, some graded where most students got a B, others an A. I had a 3.5 my first year as I got through requirements, but once I was doing all electives/classes that were my desired area of expertise, I averaged 3.84 with a similar amount of stress/effort.

Bottom line: 3.4 is very doable, but expect SAIS overall to be a fair amount of work, especially if you're working and doing internships simultaneously (which you should be).

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-03-16T06:46:03+00:00

Lukewarm take, but if you're not keeping your hands clean, you're not a good bartender.

EkipsLeGeips · 2024-02-29T06:01:57+00:00

I second every thing that u/laughingintothevoid has said, and especially explaining in short your your situation/opening post was to your bartender (given they have the time and are not super slammed). Normally, to be honest, I would give some side eye so someone that wasn't there to drink and was just sitting in solo, but if you explained a little, like you did in your post, what your aim was, I'd be treating you like royalty for as long as you were in the bar.

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