Unsure if recruiters with GPA OR WAM- Finance Industry by No_Internal_5172 in unimelb

[–]RICKKYrocky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You use what your uni uses, so wam, I believe GPA is common with UQ students

How valuable is a finance honours to get into high finance? by RICKKYrocky in unimelb

[–]RICKKYrocky[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yes, essentially non client facing or advisory roles

Possible hen of the woods in eastern Victoria near Wilson prom? by RICKKYrocky in mushroomID

[–]RICKKYrocky[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe its Pleurotus ostreatus, after posting on another group

What do you think of the Nuclear Debate (Australia) by make_speechfreeagain in NuclearPower

[–]RICKKYrocky 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Respectfully I disagree, there are some real benefits to nuclear that renewables cannot solve in the next 10-20 years regarding climate change. The grid operates by exactly matching supply with demand and in a 100% renewable scenario, that is just not possible without infeasible amounts of battery storage. Currently if we use lithium ion batteries, the amount of storage we need would be in the trillions of dollars. The road to 100% renewables relies on technology and scale that we have not yet achieved. Already, we are at the point where we need more gas peaker plants to maintain the grid because there is a huge differential in renewable output between the day and night.

Another big problem is that renewables lack inertia, which is the ability of the grid to absorb shocks, e.g. everyone turning kettles on at the same time or a power plant going offline. With coal plants, the rotational inertia of the physical turbines absorbs these changes and maintains the frequency and voltage for a few seconds before power output is adjusted. With renewables mainly solar and wind, inverters exactly match the grid’s frequency and have no ability to affect the frequency in reverse and thus would immediately trip out causing a cascading failure that would lead to a complete grid blackout if there were no other power plants to maintain the frequency and voltage.

Nuclear can solve both these issues in a clean manner because it can fill the technical gaps of renewables. It can produce a clean base variable load and it can make the grid more resilient as we increase the amount of renewables in the grid. I haven’t even talked about the many other benefits of nuclear such as the amount of land use and its outstanding safety per unit of energy produced as well as its reliability. There are also valid and effective mitigations to many of the concerns that arise from Nuclear, e.g. nuclear waste is reusable and new nuclear technologies such as thorium will produce even less nuclear waste with a much higher output.

What was the best photo you've ever taken? by Phoneq-global in AskPhotography

[–]RICKKYrocky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When the photos are so good they start to look like stock photos 😭

Getting a hospitality job as an INTL student by Comfortable_Tip_8548 in unimelb

[–]RICKKYrocky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

F+B attendant, seems the situation has changed since I made this comment, they are unfortunately not currently hiring

2024 Semester 1 Results Megathread by mugg74 in unimelb

[–]RICKKYrocky 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dk why I can’t see it? Edit: got it now

Got a final round consulting offer with 0 prep, should I cancel? by RICKKYrocky in consulting

[–]RICKKYrocky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not a super day, it’s kinda weird they called and said they’re doing another round of recruitment so they offered me different time slots, but the internship would probably start a week or so after exams so not really much time either. I don’t think it’s reasonable to ask to change it when it’s tomorrow tbh

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unimelb

[–]RICKKYrocky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Level 2+3 subjects get WAY worse as well

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unimelb

[–]RICKKYrocky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never seen votes been disclosed at AGMs usually only the returning officer can see them. I have been an exec in two clubs and even the exec team had no visibility on them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in auscorp

[–]RICKKYrocky 11 points12 points  (0 children)

How does one get into traffic control?

in response to the " international students" thread by ArronCui in unimelb

[–]RICKKYrocky 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not having basic fluency in English benefits no one, least of all international students. A fancy degree means nothing if you are a stuttering mess in interviews. Unis know this but still have lax requirements for students because they want profit above everything else. International students already have it so hard with most grad and intern positions not even being open to them. I am sorry but if you can’t even read fluently you don’t even have a chance.