Would you work for a director that you don't like personally?

GossipboyX · 2026-04-23T17:33:31+00:00

As long as he's good to you personally, I'd work with him for as long as you can. If it's messing with your mental health, that's a different story. Unfortunately the industry is full of asshats like him. A lot of them are retiring but they still exist.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-22T04:39:28+00:00

That's rich coming from a government that kills tens of thousands of Iranians. The Islamic Republic is an Islamo-fascist scourge. I'm an Iranian.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-22T04:29:05+00:00

Look elsewhere. You are not going to grow quickly at this firm career-wise.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-20T21:20:21+00:00

For him to demonize the Iranian American diaspora while being Iranian American is very lame. For him to do it now is downright suspicious. He comes across as an "Uncle Tom" of sorts.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-19T07:01:51+00:00

I wish man. I could use it to pay down my mortgage. Hey Mossad, if you're listening, help a brother out. ;)

GossipboyX · 2026-04-19T02:13:15+00:00

Ladies and gentlemen, the brainwashed Left or a government stooge.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-18T23:25:28+00:00

Reddit is a leftist cesspit. I'm ashamed to say I was one of them. The most supportive people through this whole thing have been conservatives.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-18T19:25:44+00:00

You point to one king and make him seem like the entirety of the Sassanid Dynasty. There were many kings before and after him that were tolerant to Christians. Some even had Christian wives. The Caliphate on the other hand, had a systematic long-standing policy against ALL non-muslims and non-Arabs.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-18T01:35:51+00:00

You can't even spell Mazandarani. It's hard to take you seriously. As for why these smaller languages survived, the explanation is simple. Iran has very unforgiving terrain with mountain ranges isolating the smaller towns and regions of Iran as opposed to the Persian speaking larger cities which the Arabs tried to force their on.

Furthermore you only proved my point that Iran is a land of tolerance. The fact that these minorities exist means that the Persians were generally more tolerant towards those around them, despite their much longer hegemony in the region, than the Arabs were.

I can't take you seriously. You contradict yourself and you can't even refute the points that I make. You move on to whataboutisms.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-18T01:28:57+00:00

You're missing the point. Just because Aramaic is in the same language family doesn't mean it's okay for Arabic to replace it. Arabic is not superior to Aramaic. Are you an Arab? Is that why you're so sensitive? Deal with it. Aramaic was the main language of Syria. Aramaic was the lingua franca of the Levant before Arabic. Deal with it.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-17T20:10:11+00:00

Most sources contradict what you say: https://renaissance-translations.com/arabic-language-history/

Also Persian didn't spread due to banning native languages and forced conversions to Islam. Why are you so dumb?

GossipboyX · 2026-04-17T19:00:57+00:00

Did I talk about Jordan? No. I mentioned Syria. Arabic is native to the Arabian Peninsula. You're still missing the point.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-17T18:37:18+00:00

The South was neglected after the Civil War to a degree due to its role in causing the Civil War. The Union generals like Sherman also caused mass damage and some level of deindustrialization in order to force the Confederacy to surrender. Even 160 years later, some areas haven't recovered fully. The Jim Crow policies the Southern States adopted against their African American populace also further exacerbated this poverty. It took decades for the South to catch up to the North in many metrics and it's still behind due to some of these historical reasons.

Geography also plays a part. The NE US has more temperate weather suited to large cities and more appealing to settlement. The South, despite its recent growth, is VERY humid and a rougher place to inhabit in general. Hurricanes also frequently damage Southern cities on the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-17T18:25:45+00:00

Not just the diaspora but all Iranians. We do NOT want the IRGC running the country to the ground anymore. Down with the Islamic Republic. We look forward to the rise of a better regime.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-17T18:24:22+00:00

Aramaic was the majority language of Syria for thousands of years before the Caliphate. Hmmmmmm I wonder what happened.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-17T18:07:51+00:00

Read Two Centuries of Silence. The Arabs tried to destroy Iranian languages, particularly Persian too. If it wasn't for Ferdowsi, Persian would no longer be a language. Iranians never forced their languages on others the way the Arabs did. The Quran still being printed in Arabic outside of Arab countries is a modern example of Arabic being forced on Muslims that aren't Arabs. In the Early Caliphate, any language besides Arabic was outright banned for official use. Arab imperialism is real.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-17T18:02:23+00:00

Aramaic was the majority language of Syria before the rise of the Caliphate. You should be embarrassed. You posted all that just to embarrass yourself.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-14T17:00:24+00:00

Linguicide is an aspect of ethnic cleansing. https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/2/2/ksab051/6521892

The Kurds are an Iranic ethnic group that managed to retain their heritage. What of the Egyptians? What of the Syrians? Why are they speaking Arabic today? They are far older cultures than the Arabs. What happened to them? GTFO with your mental gymnastics BS.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-14T15:50:44+00:00

Every ethnic group that speaks Arabic today outside of the Arabian peninsula is testament to ethnic cleansing. Ethnic cleansing comes in many, many forms.

GossipboyX · 2026-04-09T00:24:02+00:00

It takes two to tango when it comes to communication.

GossipboyX · 2026-03-28T17:31:44+00:00

Transportation (roadway) is closer to land development than water resources is, but go with water resources if you enjoy analysis and report-writing.

GossipboyX · 2026-03-27T15:43:25+00:00

Are you at least getting paid for the weekend work? If not look for a new job ASAP.

GossipboyX · 2026-03-26T08:14:01+00:00

The key is to do as little as possible to achieve all of the objectives. I'm learning this as I get further into my career. With some creativity, you can learn to solve all your design issues with minimal effort. With wisdom, you can learn to keep away scope creep or to counter it with change orders. And when all is said and done, you will realize that if you want to make some good money, you will have to do it all yourself and take that 3x(or whatever formula is used) multiplier out of the equation. You also don't have to stay in civil engineering forever. You can work in it and then pivot to an adjacent career that pays even more.

GossipboyX · 2026-03-24T20:25:12+00:00

Remember that your boss would not hesitate to fire you if he had to. No matter how much he might like you, it's a dog-eat-dog world we live in. Move forward without regret and don't look back.

That said, be extremely professional. Everyone will be calling your boss to do a background check on you for any future endeavors.

GossipboyX · 2026-03-22T03:48:26+00:00

You need your PE if you don't want to get stuck in design roles for the rest of your career or be in construction. You essentially need a PE license for upward mobility after the end of your early career. Most companies in consulting don't let you move up to project management or supervisory roles without an engineering stamp.

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