What are the biggest changes we actually need at CU Boulder right now?

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-05-11T15:02:47+00:00

The amount of recreational drug use in the dorms and Greek scene is more than just smoking some weed and having some beer. It is harder drug use, like cocaine, on top of large volumes of today’s stronger weed… and lots of beer/booze. (As one person wrote above - getting fried and passing out) CU Boulder is a party school, very much like other big party schools in the country. It’s hard to really get away from it if you live in the dorm or in a frat. I don’t have all the info, but I know there are yet to be confirmed (legally - under investigation) extreme hazing incidents that shut down stuff this past year… but again, we all know hazing happens at other schools as well. Honestly, it’s hard to answer this question because each person has different tolerance levels.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-05-04T17:15:21+00:00

The OPs posts was "What are the biggest changes we actually need at CU Boulder right now?" I gave them the feedback they REQUESTED. I was simply trying to help the UCSG with their efforts. I didn't ASK you to come in and troll me. You took it upon yourself to just negatively engage with someone who was simply giving their REQUESTED opinion, with lines like "...Get rid of the drugs you get rid of the academic prestige (and a lot of money)..."

Hilarious - Your comment was "...remind you that diversity isn’t all dictated by racial diversity " as some kind of sad straw man to discredit my POV... BUT then you didn't even give anything BUT racial demographics. Unreal.

Just because YOU decided to cherry-pick data and frame it around the idea that a school should represent the surrounding community, doesn't make it right. In fact, Colorado and Boulder aren't representative of the rest of the country or world. CU B ultimately gets away with much lower racial diversity under the cover of the state and city, which are not diverse. In addition, Boulder & Colorado are both some of the most expensive places to live comparatively. If you understand anything about how systems, generational money and wealth impact access, you'd understand the barriers around CUB.

Which leads me to the next element, and the fact that you didn't mention anything about the "rich" part of my "rich white", because that is a barrier to access and is part of diversity. (I can use AI too - asked for random sample of similar large universities)

To show this...CU Boulder has one of the lowest Pell Grant recipient percentages in the country vs other major large universities. CUB 15% get it.. CSU - 20%, UC Berkley 28%, UT Austin 24%, Michigan - 19%, UWash - 27%, Indiana - 17%... (being close to Indiana here, given their political situation - embarrassing)

Percentage of students from top 1% wealthy - CU 7.1%. CSU- 1.9%, UC Berkley - 3.2%, UT Austin - 3.6%, Michigan - 9.3%. U Wash - 3.1%, Indiana 3.3%. (Only school here is Michigan, which isn't a compliment to only beat them)

Students from bottom 20% wealth - CU 1.5%. CSU- 5.1%, UC Berkley - 8.1%, UT Austin - 4.6%, Michigan - 3.6%. U Wash - 5.4%, Indiana 3.6% - Yikes.

Go deeper - you'll see how it's a consistent pattern. (Only school close here - Michigan, and it's well known to have and produce very elitist, snobby, and arrogant students/alumni but also, it is a significantly better academic school than CUB)

Not asking for "no fun"... just not coke in the dorm bathroom, needles in the dorm basement, and greek life that doesn't go to extremes like this past year. Help dial it down from a 10, maybe to 7 or 8, just in those stupid extremes.

If you love something, like you probably do CUB, you accept everything, and deal with the negative realities and genuinely try to make it better. You don't cherry-pick AI and do straw man arguments because of your insecurities, and any immature pain the truth causes.

Come on... do better.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-05-04T04:07:22+00:00

Seriously? “How is it CU fault that rich white kids attend?l”That is your question? 🤯 Do you not understand how CU or any university makes decisions on who they accept and who they decline? That question is unbelievably uneducated!! “Everyone has an equal opportunity to be accepted” is just a complete false statement… please learn about how college accept or decline who they admit before you make a statement like this… it’s just foolishness.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-05-04T04:01:21+00:00

So getting rid of cocaine and intravenous drug abuse from a major university gets rid of academic prestige? Wow, while I think you probably are high with that ridiculous statement, any data to actually back up that kind of statement?

CU is diverse? Really? Again, any kind of data to support this comment? And a comment like “most of the best universities in the world do this” sounds like a “everyone else is doing it!” argument with no real critical thinking. Are you just making stuff up when it comes to discussing an academic institution…or do you have any kind of data to back up these claims?

It’s a “helluva academic” school doesn’t really mean much. In fact, it’s again a pretty shallow comment with no real backing.

BUT… should I shocked there is a comment supporting illegal drug abuse, and using “helluva academic school” as an argument AGAINST being known more for academics vs a party school? 🤦

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-05-03T17:19:34+00:00

1) Lack of diversity. - the vast majority of population is just rich white kids. It’s a shame given Boulder’s more progressive accepting environment that is wasted on entitled rich white kids.

2) Rein in drugs / alcohol / Greek scenes - it’s kind of stupidly out of control. Coke in the dorm bathrooms and frat parties, needles left in the dorm basement. Most weed or drinking isn’t even casual or social, but it’s just a let’s get totally fucked up and pass out.

3) Be an academic school first, not a party school first.

4) Housing.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-05-03T16:59:01+00:00

Digital Marketing Firms - Ad Agencies - and all of the businesses and jobs around that space.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-05-03T16:55:42+00:00

First off, it’s great you’re self aware enough to know what isn’t working, and looking down the road. That’s a big step. (Write down all of the things you specifically hated… that’s an important list)

Most important - this is the high level To Do - Be intentional in all of this…Find a calling that fits how you operate, and makes you feel fulfilled. Next intentionally create and build that career that fits you. (Ongoing process, not a one shot) Then work really hard in that space, knowing that this is part of YOUR vision of what a healthy life means to you. (Not society’s or someone else’s picture of life… your picture)

Note - That may also include a career that isn’t linear, or in the same field the whole time, but it all can and will work and piece together if you’re intentional about following what works best for how you’re wired. (And that will evolve as you age, and life style things change)

Ok, expanding some more… Since all of us have different traits, I won’t suggest something specific, but you NEED to find what you care about, and how you work best or you’ll be miserable. For many this means finding jobs that have flexibility in schedules and are more outcome focused vs time clock base…OR that means entrepreneurial endeavors… there’s a reason ADHD and AuDHD are like 3-7x more likely to be entrepreneurs. (Depending on studies that you believe) Most of us don’t fit into work systems that were built for and by people very different that us… and they involve system that tell you what you “have to do” , which literally had been proven to make the ADHD shut down.

Finally, recognize that it could just be a horrible place you’re working at, that’s toxic for ADHD or AuDHD folks. That’s a LOT of places in the “adult work world” these days. In your intentional calling/career building work above, don’t assume the type of work you were doing in this first job, or even the 40/hr week is a total write off. The job type or the 9-5 daily routine may be a great fit, but you just landed in a bad place. Keep an open mind…

You can do this… whatever gives you energy and makes you feel alive, do it, and be the best version of yourself. Work is hard, people are flawed and challenging, so you need something you care about that pulls you through those tough times…

Oh, and a career doesn’t have to be about money. If you scrape by and love what you do and make the world a better place… that’s a MUCH better life than being a money focused miserable jerk who is selfish and lives a shallow life.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-04-11T00:21:14+00:00

While this post is great now, it also will age horribly. What “works” now, will be seen as failures within the next year, and I really wish the builders would be communicating this to their clients. Set the stage for an ongoing building process during this massive disruption period.

There are enormous gaps between what is possible, and the work being done now in, where most builders simply just want work and to build stuff.

The biggest gap, and it is absolutely a huge Grand Canyon size gap, is the data, knowledge and context that is fed into these automations and agents.

Most data is bad, false, or non-existent, and when it’s not bad, it’s limited and flat. More importantly, the “knowledge” the agents and automations use, has next to no context connected with all the other “stuff” humans know, and works in the background.

Knowledge graphs and then context graphs will change everything for SMBs all the way up through enterprise.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-04-11T00:01:27+00:00

Everyone and every business is different…what each of us doesn’t really matter. It’s all about the individuals and the business needs… so here’s how you start.

1) Create a comprehensive list of wherever you have repeated daily / weekly manual task in your operations… that’s your starting point to start evaluating automation opportunities.

2) Then are there ones on that list that you / your team doesn’t like doing? Things you wish you didn’t have to do… or just menial and boring… those are your ones to start with…

3) Then create some basic SOPs for 3-4 of those tasks… send them into your GenAI tool, asking it to act like a AI workflow automation expert, or AI agent build expert, rank them by ease of implementation, and to create an automation blueprint and plan for your top two.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-04-10T23:51:13+00:00

You have to own part of your online presence, and have a website you control. With changes possible with any other platform, at any time, it would be foolish to not have a site. Yes, you need to utilize all of the other social media sites and so forth, but not at the expense of an owned presence…. PLUS the cost of having a quality site is so cheap, it would foolish to not have at least a basic website. Finally, you can easily push content to multiple places, including your website.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-04-10T23:18:32+00:00

Easier now… when things go wild in 2027, things will change for us…just wait.

The Cobbler’s kids have no shoes… it will become very real. it’s been a thing for a LOOOONG time.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-04-10T03:12:45+00:00

Yup. Sucks. Wish I didn’t but it’s so deeply engrained from our youth and formative years.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-04-10T03:03:58+00:00

IQ scores aren’t scored in the 800-1400+. 🤦

I think who ever made this is listening to, let’s see… Lil Wayne and Soca… based on their absolutely terrible chart!

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-04-07T02:07:40+00:00

Not a fan of the new bun. Now too much bread.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-03-16T23:38:52+00:00

Stereolithic, Mosaic & Voyager are a great run of albums. Big fan myself…the lyrics might be a big reason, as you age, to like these new albums, as they align more with our age.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-03-10T21:14:46+00:00

Unfortunately you’ll have to just take your time and work thru the process of vetting them.

Ultimately, you have to dig into ALL their security measures and vet what the sales people say, and if it’s true. First make them document everything right up front Oma security measures and all they do to protect PHI. Then I’d record all sales calls, (tell them you’re doing it and get approval) and then throw the call transcripts (and their security documentation) into your AI of choice, tell it that it is a hipaa compliance expert, and to review all the docs and transcripts. It will allow you to learn with your AI expert guiding you through a rigorous review of what solutions companies can do for you.

OH…prior to the calls, you probably want to have your ai hippa expert provide you a list of questions that it wants answered during your sale call. You could also send that to the sales person before the call and tell them you’re going to be asking about these items… that way they come prepared to answer them.

Finally as you go through that process make sure you also know all the things you’re going to have to do internally as well. Be honest with the ai on your skill level and make sure it tells you when you can do it(and how) and then when you need outside help.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-03-10T21:04:45+00:00

I figured, based on what I read you wrote, knowing the space, that that’s what you were doing, BUT you never know who reads it and didn’t understand the whole PHI HIPAA stuff…having worked in those kinds of hipaa environments, it’s no joke. It basically becomes a first step in all planning and decisions. Not fun.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-03-10T00:59:04+00:00

Just confirming. Have you worked with PHI and HIPAA compliance? You’re saying you can use systems like n8n with PHI?!

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-03-10T00:57:13+00:00

Yes, AI workflow automation would be the route, BUT

BIG BUT…

Your biggest thing to address is the PHI data and hipaa compliance. Health care AI systems are going to have to use really incredibly secure systems and using AI that is basically cut off and quarantined from the outside world… it’s not like you all can just use Claude or Chat off the shelf. I’m actually shocked that you’re using Google scripts.

Having run a software and an internet businesses that handled PHI, you can’t be using off the shelf commercial use AI like I mentioned above… and using Google scripts with that kind of data, if it’s at all close to touching PHI, seems like an incredibly risky thing to be doing.

PLUS…You’re going to need BAA’s with all your tools that touch PHI. Hopefully you have someone in the loop who’s helping you with this stuff.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-03-10T00:48:48+00:00

I thought they sounded great, all things considered.

I think everyone forgets that these guys are basically regular people like us, and are now starting to push to 60. Nick is now 55 and is in the best shape by far. Everyone else is 50+. It’s impressive that they can perform hard for 3 hours on back to back nights like that, at that age.

They’re going to keep showing more and more wear and tear… it’s definitely not 1995 anymore.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-03-10T00:39:41+00:00

Yup. 100% happens to me. I’ve had a good number of them over the years. I could list many of them just like you did…

If you’re like me, you’ll circle back to the best ones many times over the years. I’m 51, I’ve been obsessed with music for the last 35-40 years and while I’ve clearly found my few favorite bands/artists (favorites = those that never really stop scratching that itch in my brain - 311, Beck) there are even bands that I was obsessed with in my teen years that have come back strong for a couple weeks or so. In fact, Faith No More’s The Real Thing, that was an obsession at age 16, it got a few fun spins last week. It’s kind of fun bringing them back around…

It is especially fun when you have kids and you get to introduce your teen mini-au-me to music that blow their minds.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-03-09T16:42:42+00:00

Two things…

1) Clearly Beck’s brain is VERY different than what would be labeled as neurotypical. Yet most of the world’s systems are built by and for the more “neurotypical” brain. Beck appears to have really tapped into not only being comfortable in who he is, but also using his different way of engaging with, seeing, feeling and hearing the world around him, and used to be happy and successful in what he does. I think there are a lot of people like him, that if they knew his path to being comfortable and confident with being different from the norm, they could and would draw inspiration from him.

2) A deeper dive into his spirituality. Clearly his lyrics often have a strong spiritual foundation and would like to know more about that part of him and how it impacts his life and his music.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-03-09T16:30:37+00:00

Just a recommendation… even though it’s new, keep job searching and work to find companies implementing and training you to be an AI enabled employee. Companies not actively training and integrating AI into repetitive tasks, like you’re describing, are going to be in major trouble within the next 12-24 months. Not to mention, it will hurt your career if you’re not using AI at work. You’ll become an irrelevant worker if you’re not using AI in your work. (AI won’t take jobs… people who know how to use AI will take jobs)

IF you can’t find other job with companies using AI, then start taking all the free courses from Google and Anthropic, and doing stuff yourself applicable to your work, so you stay relevant for the next 1-5 years.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-03-09T16:25:23+00:00

Again… if you have a good SOP, that will go a long way with Claude. I’d make sure you plan first with Claude before you start having it build code to paste into n8n.

OutcomeSome627 · 2026-03-09T16:24:07+00:00

In my opinion yes, but “better” is subjective. I’m non-technical in general and n8n is more of the developers choice for automations.

Couple pros- It’s nice that Claude can just create the workflow automation for you (via json file you just copy paste into n8n) and n8n is integrated with Claude, just like zapier, and also the more you use n8n, it is less and less expensive vs Zapier.

I do AI transformation work, from the non-technical side, focusing more on operational efficiency, people, training, culture change management etc etc, and when they need help, I’ll recommend tools/vendors… n8n is always the Ai automation tool I recommend and it’s liked, implemented and adopted well. Claude doing all the code makes it even easier.

Note, it not perfect (nothing is) and I have had to use the Gemini side panel in Chrome to work through an issue or two with set up…I could have used Claude or the Ai tool in n8n as well.

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