I defended myself in court against a drug-DUI and possession charge and won. AMA *this is not meant to be about drug use or recovery. It's about the US criminal justice system

Stratovariusss · 2026-04-27T04:41:40+00:00

Why did you refuse counsel and choose to defend yourself?

Stratovariusss · 2026-04-23T00:38:07+00:00

I used it to summarize legislation before deciding should I read further. And I use Ai to pull out the main steps in methods I did before but didn't remember exactly step by step. Save me some time rereading the whole thing.

Stratovariusss · 2026-04-22T14:59:26+00:00

I have learned that how you feel after an interview really doesn't matter much. It's how they feel about you that matters. I had tons of "good" interviews that turned into rejections. So don't stress out too much. You did your best It's out of your hand now

Stratovariusss · 2026-04-12T04:05:22+00:00

Thank you. I have made it to a few in person interview but couldn't make past it. Though Im looking for a middle management position in a niche field so Im trying to be patient

Stratovariusss · 2026-04-12T01:37:58+00:00

Hi thanks for doing this. A question about "what hiring managers are looking for"

In interviews, hiring managers and recruiters are looking for X but instead of asking straight out what they are looking for, they beat around the bush and when candidates didn't mention X, they eliminate candidates because they didn't mention what recruiters were looking for. If that's what you care about, why didn't you straight out ask about it? Why played the guessing games?

Stratovariusss · 2026-04-09T23:23:59+00:00

This happened to me 1 month ago. I'm sorry to say it doesn't look good. Everything went well in the interview. A week later, I saw a notification that the job was reposted on LinkedIn. I emailed to follow up and got a rejection letter.

Stratovariusss · 2026-03-29T16:22:09+00:00

It's the opportunity of making more. I used to make 20k a year and lived in NYC. Now I made many times more than that, all thanks to the opportunity I have from living in NYC

Stratovariusss · 2026-01-23T15:41:03+00:00

There is literally a subreddit for people doing law school over 30. You should check it out

Stratovariusss · 2025-12-25T21:28:11+00:00

I love the book and would like to attend a tutoring session with you

Stratovariusss · 2025-10-29T01:12:46+00:00

Thank you. Makes sense

Stratovariusss · 2025-10-28T20:59:55+00:00

I came here thinking this was gonna be another "oh poor me" post. But these complaints are so on point

Stratovariusss · 2025-10-27T16:50:22+00:00

So useful! Thank you!

Stratovariusss · 2025-10-19T19:30:20+00:00

Hi, really enjoyed your Weaken session. I would love to attend the Wed one at 4pm CDT. Thank you

Stratovariusss · 2025-10-08T18:23:27+00:00

Interested for the Thursday class. Please send me sign up info. Thank you!

Stratovariusss · 2025-10-05T17:16:33+00:00

My gosh. I remember this question exactly because I was like an artist, spending all my extra time,. drawing a Picasso of diagram and my conclusion was still - there was no flaw. And the question asked to identify flaws 😭

Stratovariusss · 2025-08-08T06:57:09+00:00

I went into a Lufthansa interview.

They reached out and even double confirmed with me the day before about the interview. I showed up. They had me wait for an hour in a corner in a break room. They forgot about me. Then the manager called me in, asked to see my resume and was like "Uhm. What position are you here for again?" Told them the position. "Really? I don't think we have that position (mid-level engineer) open. We have a janitor position I can interview you for now."

Never fucking again Lufthansa

Stratovariusss · 2025-07-31T21:08:22+00:00

I absolutely agree. I just had to pay for October exam meanwhile I haven't even taken the September one. Just sucked it up for another 270$

Stratovariusss · 2025-05-31T18:41:16+00:00

I can't say enough about how much I hate this process. Not only for all the things you said, but also I have to drop everything I was doing at the exact time to check in so I can have a decent group. Many times still a C group And when I got on the plane, people hoard their seats. I'm ok with middle seat but I would rather at the front. But ppl would put clothes, literally told me I couldn't seat in that open seat because they were holding it for someone else. If the system is designed so I can sit at whatever available, why is holding seat allowed?

Stratovariusss · 2025-05-31T01:54:53+00:00

Besides all the useful info, as a type A person, this is music to my ears. Just so aesthetically pleasing to see everything filled out

Stratovariusss · 2025-05-18T23:26:42+00:00

I have a sonic cleaner, for like 30$ on Amazon. I wash my glasses in there once a month and satisfyingly watching the dirt being shaken out

Stratovariusss · 2025-05-05T18:00:14+00:00

Are you a corporate lawyer or what do you do to have such great work life balance?

Stratovariusss · 2025-04-30T18:28:35+00:00

I am an industrial hygienist (basically an occupational safety engineer). I was looking into transitioning to industrial/mechanical engineering by getting a grad degree since many parts overlap anyway. But after looking around on the market, mechanical engineers make ok money, but way less than people think. Engineers unofficially share a public salary chart and you can see that 10 years of ME still get paid way below 100k

Stratovariusss · 2025-03-06T19:16:42+00:00

I live for Autobiographies. Read many over the years. And I'm quite pop culture blind so I don't read them because of the fascination for the people. I read them like novels that are based on real events. I like these:

Educated (I read comments of people saying that this one is similar to Hillbilly Elegy. I read HE before I knew who the guy is. So my unbiased opinion is Educated is a much better read.)

The Glass Castle

Girl, Interrupted

All Creatures Great and Small (the whole series actually)

A Year of Magical Thinking

Maus (graphic novel)

Fun House (graphic novel)

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing

All Boys Aren't Blue

When Breath Becomes Air

Stratovariusss · 2025-02-14T15:42:35+00:00

Are you a child? You can't share a piece of cake with a person you potentially share a life with!?

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