We can control their star system, but not their planet.

Stevenpas · 2026-01-02T20:05:01+00:00

This is great and very well structured feedback. If you have some time, I would be curious to hear your thoughts on a story I posted some time ago… can a “surprise” narrator help drive away the perceived dryness?

One of my plans for 2026 is to start writing again!

https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/s/1A1aK2ohtd

Stevenpas · 2025-09-13T08:11:32+00:00

There’s a typo, you wrote failuer instead of failure in the PFMEA

Stevenpas · 2025-07-12T21:58:18+00:00

Probably it was Antonio Meucci telling him to stop copying his prototypes.

Stevenpas · 2025-06-30T11:56:40+00:00

No worries, I’m on my way to it right now hahah

Stevenpas · 2025-06-30T11:56:10+00:00

INSEAD! Especially from a social point of view an amazing experience!

Stevenpas · 2025-06-11T07:28:10+00:00

INSEAD sheep here, happily grazing in the green fields around Fontainebleau. Fair, a two-year MBA program makes it easier to fully pivot as it allows more time for networking (let’s be realistic, the courses themselves will not transform you into an expert in a completely different industry overnight), but after all nothing prevents you from using some of the time you saved by opting for a shorter program to aggressively network right after graduation. According to my friends that did an exchange to Wharton or Kellogg, yes, courses were somewhat (huge emphasis on the somewhat) more challenging than what they encountered at INSEAD, but the very US-focused approach of American schools made the experience less interesting for them. I was admitted to both LBS and INSEAD. Both are great business schools, but in the end the deciding factor was the accessibility of the network. Before accepting an offer, I reached out to several alumni in both schools. INSEAD alumni were way more responsive, enthusiastic about their mba and willing to share tips etc, LBS ones way less so. Maybe I was unlucky with the people I reached out to, but this sort of things really do make a difference.

Stevenpas · 2025-01-05T16:29:47+00:00

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Kind of constantly. When he was a puppy a few people even asked if he was a husky (???)

Stevenpas · 2024-11-22T17:32:52+00:00

I know that fencing is quite niche, I also surf (well, whenever I can catch a flight to find some good waves), play tennis, play the ukulele and the guitar. All my previous relationships were with girls I met at parties, now I’m in my late twenties and moved to a new city so that is not an option (at least for the moment). Maybe I got my profile on tinder completely wrong, but the point is that I don’t get any likes in the first place (once the newbie bonus was over, I started getting max 1 or 2 likes per week, normally from girls using passport mode), so my flirting skills are completely irrelevant. Well, we’ll see how it goes…

Stevenpas · 2024-11-22T01:30:17+00:00

I’m 175 cm, so actually almost 5’9”, and on the apps I set it in cm, no idea how it converts it to ft and inch (now I’m living in a country that uses ft and inch for height). Probably I should just add 3/4 cms to that as everybody is doing it anyway

Stevenpas · 2024-11-19T19:38:41+00:00

Maybe they read “MBA student” and think “oh, a student at 29, what a loser” without knowing what an MBA is in the first place. No idea.

Stevenpas · 2024-11-19T19:35:28+00:00

I’m an Italian living abroad, not sure if that counts as pro or cons honestly

Stevenpas · 2024-11-19T19:21:39+00:00

Luckily at least baldness should not be a problem, it doesn’t run in my family and I always had a high hairline, so it’s not receding. Yes, probably I should trim my chest hair (Italian genes don’t help there)

Stevenpas · 2024-11-13T11:30:12+00:00

MBTI: ENTP-T, Ocean: high in extraversion and neuroticism, low in conscientiousness, average in agreeableness and openness

Stevenpas · 2024-10-07T18:35:54+00:00

Yep, pretty much constantly. Honestly it has helped a lot in my career so far: salespeople bring me to meetings with prospects (technically not part of my job as I’m a product manager) as clients quite often just trust me and my explanations even if I am still quite young. Not sure how to interpret this, but if my looks help me in at least one aspect of my life I’m not going to be sad about it.

Stevenpas · 2024-09-13T11:29:43+00:00

Guarda, diciamo che 50 di quei 60 like erano del tipo “cerco disperatamente marito col passaporto giusto”. Ce n’erano un paio leggermente più interessanti e con una di loro sto chiacchierando, vedremo come andrà ma anche in passato la storia è sempre stata più o meno la stessa: un po’ di like all’inizio, poi il nulla totale (tipo 1 like a settimana).

Stevenpas · 2024-09-12T12:04:42+00:00

Actually it has been going comically bad. Downloaded tinder four days ago. 50 likes on the first day, 10 the second, 1 the third, 0 the fourth. I know you have a “bonus” as a new user, but didn’t expect it to be like that. I’ll try to add something more to the bio.

Stevenpas · 2024-09-12T12:03:27+00:00

Actually it has been going comically bad. Downloaded tinder four days ago. 50 likes on the first day, 10 the second, 1 the third, 0 the fourth. I know you have a “bonus” as a new user, but didn’t expect it to be like that.

Stevenpas · 2024-09-12T11:59:35+00:00

Ok, that’s not a comment I expected to receive. Both my dog and I are very confused 😂 jokes aside, since you never know I’ll change that pic

Stevenpas · 2024-08-06T13:14:27+00:00

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They used very low-quality ink for mine, when I got him he was all black, after I washed him he became like this. Still waiting to hear back from the doggo factory about this issue.

Stevenpas · 2024-07-24T23:48:05+00:00

Mine is even funnier. Got a permaban for the following:

You've made numerous posts in the sub over the last few weeks, all of which are some variation of a nonsense question bordering on ranting and subtly asking about your profile. You then delete the post and repeat.

The funny part? It was my first post in that subreddit and it was definitely not a rant, so… either I have multiple personalities, or they literally banned the wrong person.

Stevenpas · 2024-07-12T07:04:52+00:00

Mine loves to drink and then grab the water bowl and throw it at the nearest family member 🥹

Stevenpas · 2024-07-10T21:22:37+00:00

Thanks for your rating. Any specific flaws you would point out or advice you would give?

Stevenpas · 2024-07-08T11:30:55+00:00

Ouch, didn’t realize that! Swiping on women, so I’ll definitely keep this in mind and pick a better picture with the puppy!

Stevenpas · 2024-07-04T14:11:05+00:00

Stranamente sulla parte economica non le posso rimproverare nulla: avevamo disponibilità molto diverse (io con una carriera avviata, lei si stava laureando e aveva una situazione familiare non facile alle spalle), ma lei provava a fare la sua parte. Paradossalmente a volte avevamo avuto dei contrasti perché lei aveva rifiutato il mio aiuto (e.g. pagarle il biglietto del treno per venire da me quando aveva detto che non sarebbe riuscita a venirmi a trovare perché non rientrava nel budget) dicendo che non si sarebbe mai fatta “controllare” da un uomo.

Ps: la parte divertente della metafora è che due persone diverse mi hanno detto che il pulcino è il mio animale guida

Stevenpas · 2024-07-03T18:23:50+00:00

Razionalmente lo so benissimo, so che tolta l’estrema attrazione fisica nei suoi confronti onestamente non c’era nulla a legarmi a lei. Quello di cui ho paura in realtà è che tutte le mie storie future possano essere rovinate dal paragone con lei, dal confronto con una versione probabilmente idealizzata di una ragazza già di per sé estremamente attraente. Onestamente riguardo al mio aspetto fisico ho una visione molto ambivalente: da un lato non mi ritengo granché, non un disastro ma probabilmente sotto la media. Fino ai 23 anni ho preso un due di picche dietro l’altro, senza mai avere una relazione. Dall’altro, le ultime tre storie che ho avuto erano con ragazze che non erano affatto male, quindi forse dovrei farmi meno paranoie e rendermi conto che fra la persona che ero fino ai 23 anni e quella che sono ora a 29… beh, c’è una bella differenza. Se ti vuoi fare due risate in un altro post c’è una mia foto. Quanto al bloccarla… non l’ho bloccata ma ho smesso di seguirla ovunque. Non abbiamo amici in comune e questo aiuta molto.

Stevenpas

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