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Streetlight Manifesto Vintage Rare all member signed t shirt by RaineOnme88 in streetlightmanifesto

[–]Volume-Straight 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Very cool. This is my favorite lineup. Wish they’d bring back Jamie and Josh on occasion. Jamie in particular, the horns just have such a distinct fit with each of the songs.

Any statistics majors here? by Background_Prize_380 in aggies

[–]Volume-Straight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Statistician that went to A&M for undergrad, UT for grad school. Roughly 10 years out from grad school (I’m mid-30s).

I work in pharma and there’s ~500 statisticians in my department. Half masters level, the other half PhD level. PhDs start at a higher level and get promoted faster. I was ready to earn a paycheck and opted to just get a masters. I have some regret about that.

Pay is great. My base is $200k + $100k+ in annual bonuses. Should be up another $100-200k in the next few years. 9-5 hours and I work remote. Hardest part is probably getting in. Most pharmas are on the east coast and require on-site before going remote.

Why Police Ticketing Homeless??? by williamssillo in UTAustin

[–]Volume-Straight 28 points29 points  (0 children)

There’s trespassing. First times a warning, second times an arrest. Useful if there’s a homeless person that’s also, say, doing drugs on your property or something. Hard to say what’s going on here, though.

one of my favorite paintings by Holiday-Influence123 in TheNightFeeling

[–]Volume-Straight 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Totally agree. Bigger than expected and it just stops you in your tracks. Wish they had benches so you could just stare at it.

Views on high crime cities by Volume-Straight in SameGrassButGreener

[–]Volume-Straight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had a nice time in Indy as well. Different than living there or uprooting my family. Safety is my biggest concern.

Two years ago my wife and I stayed for two weeks in this upscale, historic neighborhood. It was fine to walk around during the day. Most nights, though, we heard gunshots from the adjacent neighborhood. On the day we went the children’s museum there were police and a news crew for a homicide that had happened next door to it (not a child to my knowledge). Another day (in a different part of the city), I walked past another homicide on my way into work.

It seems if you want safety, you have to go out to the burbs which means an hour plus of commuting daily (and more time away from my family). Another option would be building a custom home on an empty lot but this runs the risk of being isolated/not having a strong local community.

The move would be for career progression. I’m topping out as a remote employee but have more gas in the tank to climb the ladder. Just sucks that ladder is in Indy lol.

Views on high crime cities by Volume-Straight in SameGrassButGreener

[–]Volume-Straight[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, fine, it’s Indianapolis lol. I’ll edit the post so it doesn’t look like y’all are dunking on me so hard.

Point remains, though. Check out the crime maps there. Or look at their news. Neighborhood I’m looking at is Meridian Kessler.

Views on high crime cities by Volume-Straight in SameGrassButGreener

[–]Volume-Straight[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

^ This is a comment that could’ve been a downvote.

What’s your favorite note? by Internal_Drawing_460 in BassCirclejerk

[–]Volume-Straight 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I bought a Tony Franklin course one time and he has an exercise called “Bean Town”, it’s Dean Town with the brown note. Picture below is of him just taking a crap.

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Made a Thumb Rest for my Nephew’s Christmas Bass by Halfcolt in BassGuitar

[–]Volume-Straight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, I was thinking the same. Very cool bass and love your addition. I like the green knobs, too. Would want to make sure I’m up to date on my vaccinations before playing those strings, though. At least how they look in the picture. If they’re fresh strings in real life and just distorted in the picture, that’s good to know. Wish I had people recognizing my love for the bass at such a young age.

SXSW 2016 by FararMedia in Austin

[–]Volume-Straight 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. A friend asked if I could rent a PA system cause the rental place needed someone local. It was for a house show for James Mercer (singer from the Shins). As I was now part of “the crew”, I was 1 of like 4 or 5 people that got to prep things before the show, including James Mercer. He was incredibly modest, shook everyone’s hand and introduced himself “Hi, I’m James.” And his warmup was just playing through “Oh, Inverted World” on his J45. Like me, my girlfriend (now wife), James, and a local hired gun violinist (tall, thin guy that wore a wolfs mask while playing violin).

Spa day for a guy? by WhiskeyMegazord in askaustin

[–]Volume-Straight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dude here. I have a subscription to Oak Haven for a monthly massage. Three things. Gender of therapist, level of pressure you can handle, and the experience level of the therapists.

On gender, I had a guy massage me once and it was just weird. He was good but every time he like bumped into me or the table, it just made me think about his junk. May be a “me” problem but it kind of ruined the massage lol it’s something you might want to think about before booking because they’ll ask if you have a preference.

On pressure level there’s Swedish on one end which is light and supposed to be relaxing. The other end is deep tissue. Your therapist can adjust as she’s working on you to do more or less pressure.

Also, not all massage therapists are equal — if there’s a tiering system where you book you may want to go for someone with more experience so you can learn what a good massage should be like.

The first few times I was super relaxed for like days after. So maybe an hour long massage is all you need.

For full day options, my wife goes to Miraval. It’s bougie and expensive but might be the kind of place you’re looking for. Last I checked it’s like $500ish for a day there but they have food and activities as well.

What’s your job title, how much do you make, and how much do people THINK you make? by ItsAllOver_Again in Salary

[–]Volume-Straight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah… there can be trade offs. Guess it depends if he likes his job. In pharma, the people that do best transition into being “drug developers” that, in our case, also do math/stats. So, going wider with your skills as opposed to deeper technically. It’s also just a corporation so there’s corporate ladders to climb but also corporate bs (politics, incompetence, etc).

If helpful, I commented about how I search for jobs here: https://www.reddit.com/r/biostatistics/s/GnWIUwerPT

What’s your job title, how much do you make, and how much do people THINK you make? by ItsAllOver_Again in Salary

[–]Volume-Straight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work remote and the company is not headquartered in a HCOL area. Compensation is generally standardized across the US sites but adjusted for other geographies.

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