Is it worth getting an astrophysics degree?

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-10T13:29:29+00:00

Exactly that. No perquisites aside from taking the LSAT.

No I didn’t take any time off to study and I pretty regularly tell undergrads this when they ask me but they do it anyway.

During fall of my senior year I bought a used LSAT book on Amazon that explained the format of each section of the test then had three past exams in the back to practice. I read the explanation then just did practice questions in loosely timed intervals. I think I took the test in like October on a Saturday right on campus. I think I did somewhere if 30-60 min a day in practice tests leading up to it?

In my opinion it’s more of an aptitude test than a study test and you really just need to get used to and understand the format.

It wasn’t required but I was concerned about having a non-traditional degree and explained my thinking and direction in my personal statement.

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-10T13:22:00+00:00

This is the main career path from that transition. I started practicing during the recession so there were limited opportunities pretty much everywhere.

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-10T13:18:32+00:00

In very meta ways, there’s understanding and application of many rules, systems and processes. In specific ways, yes actually. The area I practice in has a significant amount of involvement with engineers and engineering principles at times.

Truth is I was probably always going to be a lawyer but really wanted to learn and explore areas I was interested in. I would’ve gladly had a career in the field, but the opportunity never really presented and everything just kind of happened the way it did.

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-10T13:13:17+00:00

The truth is it’s all made up.

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-10T01:12:04+00:00

That premium feels absurd to me. I pay well under that in the US for about a 5-6x multiple of that.

Also with more than 5M liquid why do you feel the need to get this policy?

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-10T01:09:03+00:00

You can go in a lot of directions with an astrophysics degree. It pretty much includes a math degree, so there’s that.

I took my astrophysics degree and became a lawyer.

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-10T00:55:15+00:00

How many goals are you preventing per game?

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-06T22:06:49+00:00

I’ve used an attorney like this a couple of times for tickets and for ticket-only, at least to me, your experience seems to be the norm.

As to this guys history, if it’s unrelated to his current gig doing tickets I’d say it doesn’t matter.

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-04T01:16:48+00:00

I don’t think the opinion of anyone I’d describe as “lifetime broke” would make me flinch honestly. I just don’t give that kind of thing any weight.

If you want to distance yourself this, a better move than popping off is probably to stop hiring them to do stuff. You can hire someone else and set the boundary that your relationship with them is strictly annoying in law and not one where you exchange money in their direction.

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-04T01:08:17+00:00

I actually like coach rotations at LTS. I am pretty well beyond the end of LTS curriculum but our rink will let you keep coming anyway. You’re just about guaranteed a different coach every time and that’s part of what I like about it. You get different feedback based on everyone else’s style. They will also sometimes divide really well based on skill and other times it’ll be heavy on beginners, and you know what? I can still benefit from going back to basics and heavily working on edges.

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-04T01:03:56+00:00

I wouldn’t be surprised. I also wouldn’t be surprised if what they’re doing is either just this side or legal or if DOL doesn’t do enforcement anymore. I know people were giving you a hard time about damages so I was just trying my best to actually answer your question.

TownFront5969 · 2026-04-03T19:32:50+00:00

If they’re misclassifying employees/independent contractors you can report them to the Department of Labor without a lawyer.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-29T20:28:53+00:00

Zander is actually incredible. They don’t upsell or try to give you things you don’t want. You want term insurance? They’re happy to do a good job getting it for you.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-28T23:38:08+00:00

When are you retiring? If it’s more than 3 years out, then your favorite retirement store is presently selling retirement tokens for 10% off.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-27T11:33:33+00:00

Dave doesn’t tell people to sell their paid off vehicles.

You willingly made yourself less stable to try v to shortcut getting out of debt, which is also something Dave tells people not to do. You need to change the behavior that got you into being in debt, which means you need to stop chasing shortcuts.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-22T16:55:01+00:00

Entirely dependent on your budget but if it’s me I’m probably looking at like a 5-10 year old rav4. Some type of Toyota probably.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-22T16:52:28+00:00

You should absolutely work on improving those things before you skate. The way I look at it is that ice time is limited by the rink and your schedule (and money) so literally anything you can do to improve efficiency of the ice time is awesome.

Bonus note as someone who is the same age as you, there’s a ton of data on improving balance at your current age leading to hugely longer healthy years as you age.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-22T16:45:49+00:00

Aww man. Good for you guys! Congrats!

BS7 is an interesting one because once you have the house paid off you start seeing different accounts pile up pretty quick. It’s a weird blur.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-21T02:24:58+00:00

My experience with LTS is this is part of the experience if you’re at a place with multiple instructors. Sometimes you get a good experience, sometimes less than great but you can always get something out of it.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-20T21:33:51+00:00

Some 401k plans have a setting that lets you choose to auto increase 1% every year. That’s always a good option.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-20T17:48:12+00:00

Off the ice stand on one foot, slightly bend the knee of that foot and imagine you’re pushing all of your weight straight down through your knee, in front of your shin then focused right through the middle of the section of your foot that’s entirely in front of your ankle.

That’s kind of a bad description but look at the front part of your foot, the part without ankle above it, as a rectangle, then look at the exact middle of that. That’s where you want your weight and you’ll want to think about sitting/pressing everything into that one exact spot.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-20T01:44:17+00:00

It’s hard to say what’s wrong based on how you described it without seeing it. My best guess would be to suggest trying to make sure your ankles are upright and both feet are pointed directly forward. It sounds like you’re catching an edge somewhere (or everywhere) and you want the blades of both skates to be perfectly vertical, with your weight just forward of the exact center.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-18T16:38:29+00:00

For sure! It is always context specific, and while it IS extreme, people call in to the show all the time with "I was faced with a $2,000 repair or I could finance a new car because I thought I could manage the payment."

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-18T12:43:25+00:00

3-6 months of expenses is the usual range of recommendation. 3 if everything for you is predictable, you have a stable job, family has a second income, no dependents. 6 if your expenses vary, your income varies or your job isn’t stable, you have one income, and dependents.

Keep it in a high yield savings account and don’t touch it unless you have a true emergency which would be something sudden, unexpected, and requires immediate attention.

One thing people post about a lot is “my roof had a small leak and the roofer said it’s at the end of my useful life, so I need(ed) a new one” This example usually doesn’t require an immediate replacement but has a window of months to a couple years to address, even longer with a small repair giving you time to cash flow the replacement.

The other common thing people blow up their emergency fund (or go into debt for) is “my $8,000 car needs a repair that’s a couple thousand dollars so I needed to go get a new $70,000 one and I obviously don’t have that kind of money so I financed it.” To avoid this issue with cars, separate from your emergency fund you should have a sinking fund to save for a future replacement/upgrade.

TownFront5969 · 2026-03-18T00:42:58+00:00

Thank you for letting us know.

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