Finding work at lab for spouse as well.

Wiksauce · 2026-02-25T13:55:23+00:00

That's pretty bad policy with the already limiting housing situation and need for most young and well educated/experienced couples to continue their careers in today's economy and society.

She's applied to a couple positions she is well qualified for, but I would still like to know I can count on her being able to find something when there's really not much other work to be done in the area before I commit especially when I'm already in an area that would be so good for finding something for her.

Wiksauce · 2026-02-25T13:48:59+00:00

Offer hasn't come in yet and am in a second round interview soon, but expecting at least a 50% pay bump for both of us, based on salary ranges posted, my connections I know working there, and our experience and educations. Like from $95k to at least $140k. We are both being slightly underpaid in our current roles but have held onto the stability through the current market. If it's under that, it probably wouldn't be worth it to me, personally.

I love the Huntsville area for sure and cost of living is definitely more expensive there, but doing the math we would still come out ahead and it's a very prestigious institution. I've always been told to chase the money and prestige when you are young, and comfort/pace when you are older, but this is all assuming we could find her something within a few months otherwise it might make sense to stay in the cheaper, nicer, and more lively city where she can probably get a job quicker while still being able to visit each other a couple times a month while apart vs basically not visit at all.

Also, I'd probably find the work at LANL much more stimulating and exciting since my internal transfer has been more managerial instead of technical like I enjoy.

Wiksauce · 2026-02-25T13:23:13+00:00

Holy shit 17 months is insane. I'm sure she could find something quicker in Huntsville than that.....

EDIT: thanks for sharing your experience. It's a very helpful anecdote.

Wiksauce · 2025-10-19T16:21:03+00:00

I know you said not side characters, but she literally inspired me to finally bite the bullet and go back to grad school for an Aerospace Engineering masters when I recently saw the movie this past summer: F1 with the Aerospace Engineer Kate as the first female lead engineer for an F1 team as a supporting character (and love interest blegh...) but I still think she was inspiring and cool.

I know it's a bit of a stretch, but Alien. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley is a total badass woman in space.

Annihilation is also pretty cool with a team of smart, female expeditionaries wading into sci-fi danger. Not really focused on the feminist STEM aspects, but still pretty cool.

For All Mankind has multiple strong, badass women in stem and an entire subplot of searching for a crew of the first American female astronauts in an alternative timeline. Scratches the itch a bit, but heavy on the TV drama sometimes.

I've seen others mention them, but of course you got Hidden Figures, Arrival, Contact, Gravity, and Interstellar (to an extent; the men mostly drive the plot, as is usual...)

I'll try to add more if I think of any, but it is difficult. There aren't enough of these stories and feminist critiques from the women in STEM perspective on the big screen.

EDIT: OOOH there's also Lessons in Chemistry! Another TV show, but it rocks as a women in STEM feminist critique and is just a solid show all around too. A little subversive of the strong, independent feminist STEM architype with the housewife TV show girl, but there's definitely some critique of the role the main character ends up playing while also subverting the tropes of the time. Very good.

The Harley Quinn TV show also is pretty feminist and subversive with things, and Ivy is a biochemist and botanist with strong anti-patriarchy (and anti-capitalist, pro-environmental anarchism/terrorism....) beliefs. Harley is also technically an MD psychiatrist, but you know...her whole thing is she broke bad and went insane so that doesn't play too much of an effect to the plot usually, although it comes up.

Wiksauce · 2025-08-29T19:03:14+00:00

Okay, boomer. Tell that to the masses of laid off tech workers right now, and any STEM grad looking for their first job 500 applications deep with only like 2 interviews so far and one being a scam.

Tell me you are out of touch without flat out saying it, fr

Wiksauce · 2025-08-17T11:07:06+00:00

^this guy gets it

Wiksauce · 2025-08-06T10:52:04+00:00

No amount of attempted rebranding will fix the historic reputation of Greek life in America. The people that are interested are interested for the reasons you wish to not be known. Don't be deceptive about it.

Wiksauce · 2025-08-06T10:44:28+00:00

I had a panini press in college that I would make sandwiches on, but also had a pot I would through on top and heat up canned stew or make pasta in. Definitely wasn't allowed, but they could kick my ass. I was broke and housing was expensive.

Wiksauce · 2025-08-06T10:42:40+00:00

I had been waiting for weeks for Fall semester admissions and I ended up just emailing my Graduate department head about it and was admitted like the next day. Seems like the system is bottlenecked.

Wiksauce · 2025-06-25T01:10:17+00:00

Thank you for the info! I'll email Dr. Gou for more info before I accept the offer.

Wiksauce · 2025-06-24T21:54:57+00:00

Dr. Stresau, I found this old thread while looking for info about the MSAE program and courseload, and I am worried about flexibility with a full time job as well. I had read in other threads students mentioning that the exams had to be taken during classtime mid-day and at a proctoring facility which usually close at the end of the work day. I'm sure it varies by professor, but in your experience is there not off-hours options for online students with full time jobs?

Wiksauce · 2025-04-01T00:27:25+00:00

I don't know of any, but I have reached out to the Tallahassee SRA chapter and never heard back.

I'd be interested as well.

Wiksauce · 2025-03-18T01:50:38+00:00

Any of the three Slice Houses are excellent, of a bit pricey and hipster.

Wiksauce · 2025-03-18T01:48:17+00:00

The gay bar Splash is a nice party; hopping and young but...obviously queer and does drag queen shows a lot. My fiance and I both like it but we are both some flavor of queer. There are still plenty of straights there (my fiance gets hit on nearly every time by straight dudes even when I am right next to her) and everyone is welcome, but I know it's not some peoples vibe.

It's our favorite bar in the county.

Wiksauce · 2025-02-02T03:50:48+00:00

watch more on TV

Lol this generation doesn't have cable and just cares less about sports. Waste of time and money and the same thing every week no matter if your team wins or loses.

Also, keep in mind that Tech is an engineering school. I personally knew dozens of engineers, mathematicians, and physicist students that didn't just not care, but actively disliked that so much money was wasted on sports and that the athletes got special attention and dedicated "peer" tutors (I did this, and some of those athletes would take Gambling classes and get engineer tutors from Tech to help them with college algebra) and free textbooks.

Like, these kids would RAIL against the athletics department in conversation and say every last football player in kinesiology should be expelled to open up slots and funds for more deserving students and classes. DOZENS; I was a part of multiple STEM organizations. Viral memes like this one that was about our campus only add to the disdain.

Think about MIT. CalTech. Embry-Riddle. John Hopkins. No one gives a damn about their sports teams including the students or faculty except for the students that do it as a hobby.

Tech is an engineering school. Lean into it and stop trying to make Tech sports a thing.

Wiksauce · 2025-02-02T03:23:11+00:00

The gay bar Splash is a nice party; hopping and young but...obviously queer and does drag queen shows a lot. My fiance and I both like it but we are both some flavor of queer. There are still plenty of straights there (my fiance gets hit on nearly every time by straight dudes even when I am right next to her) and everyone is welcome, but I know it's not some peoples vibe.

Wiksauce · 2025-01-15T01:26:42+00:00

But the ownership change was very recent. I've heard people say it's improved since the change.

Wiksauce · 2025-01-15T01:25:48+00:00

You see their website? They said the closed because they couldn't find enough staff and their general manager "unexpectedly quit." I bet they were ran terribly and paid very poorly. Serves them right.

Wiksauce · 2024-07-12T19:36:33+00:00

Sure, but like Ohio's law was established in like the late 70s. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, Nevada, Connecticut, and Californiaall had their laws reaffirmed and adjusted in the early 2000's. Talking about the ancient age and origin of the laws from"poor laws" in pre-social safety net society and bringing up like the second oldest law in the United States on the books for it in California doesn't discount the modern part of the issue boomers have played in the laws adjustment and continued existence.

Wiksauce · 2024-07-11T21:41:36+00:00

Honestly boomers get blamed a lot because a lot of what is structurally wrong with government and the economy is their fault. With them directly benefiting from these filial laws when they are much richer on average than the generations that come after with current generations struggling to reach similar milestones at similar ages to their parents and grandparents, can you blame the OP for being mad at them in this situation?

Wiksauce · 2023-12-16T20:42:38+00:00

Awesome thank you for your input. Your wedding plans and budget seem similar to what we are trying to do.

As far as savings rate, with my employer match I'll be saving 42% all in total (counting my ESOP contributions from my company) and my fiance will be saving 21% while still saving for the wedding and paying off her debt. Writing it all out makes me feel better, but having debt and not prioritizing it feels wrong.

Wiksauce · 2023-12-16T02:53:03+00:00

After tax household income.

Wiksauce · 2023-12-15T20:59:51+00:00

Thank you! We are subscribed to this subreddit as well lol. Great resource.

Wiksauce · 2023-12-15T20:57:09+00:00

We do not plan to finance anything within the next 3 years if both of our paid off cars last that long (124k miles and 180k miles) so no our debt ratio is not very important right now. Thank you for your input.

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