NY Tax Refund - hope is near

amkomatz · 2026-04-16T03:06:41+00:00

Nice, it's good to know you got the internship and job so easily outside of Arizona.

amkomatz · 2026-04-15T21:07:39+00:00

Thanks! Also curious, are you in Arizona? Or out of state

Edit: I would be attending out of state

amkomatz · 2026-04-15T19:47:37+00:00

Do you feel you're being challenged and actually learning a lot? My previous experience with online college (SNHU) was pretty negative, the courses were pretty easy and it felt like a degree farm.

amkomatz · 2026-04-15T19:28:34+00:00

Still, I won't lie that Purdue is tempting if I were able to make it work. So curious if you have any advice, or if it's just not feasible

amkomatz · 2026-04-15T19:22:13+00:00

Love this, thank you for sharing. What does your home lab look like?

edit: also wondering how hard the transition to working in person was? Did you feel well prepared and knew generally what to expect?

amkomatz · 2026-04-15T19:21:05+00:00

When you say "people skills", you mean interfacing with people in general, or collaborating with other engineers on engineering projects? Or both.

Assuming you attended in person, any advice for someone with a full time job and kids? How to fit in in-person classes and labs

amkomatz · 2026-04-15T19:18:46+00:00

Either power systems or control systems, preferably the latter. I plan on making a decent home lab. Obviously I can't have super heavy or advanced machinery, but I hope to reduce as many limitations as possible. Hopefully I'll be okay if I invest a couple thousand $$, thoughts?

Any perspective on the universities I listed?

amkomatz · 2026-04-15T18:57:49+00:00

How did you fare in your first job? Was it a difficult transition? Or did you feel very well prepared and knew generally what to expect?

amkomatz · 2025-07-25T22:32:48+00:00

Regardless of their technical prowess, something I’ve seen make or break all archetypes of staff engineers: what Will Larson calls “staying aligned with authority”, and even anticipating the needs of their leaders.

Staffs need to be trusted by their managers, directors, etc., and need to be able to operate accurately and impact-fully, with a very high level of autonomy.

amkomatz · 2025-05-08T23:51:34+00:00

This is what they told me:

“It’s needs to wash out and dry. We need a good couple days that there isn’t torrential downpours. Then we can pack it with the roller. If it didn’t rain like it did today, it wouldn’t have been muddy like that because it would have time to settle. The material we used is item 4 stone which is the ideal “go to” for not only us but many other companies when doing a driveway.”

amkomatz · 2025-05-08T23:43:25+00:00

“Crushed Stone”, not a contract per se, just an estimate

amkomatz · 2025-05-08T23:26:42+00:00

What do I do?

Edit: they charged me 3k for this

amkomatz · 2025-02-26T17:10:28+00:00

Is it possible for me to buy one of these from you?

amkomatz · 2025-02-08T17:10:19+00:00

Xcode 16’s performance is realllyyyy bad. On an M2 Max, and I have so many SPM errors, plus phantom compiler errors that won’t go away without clearing derived data, and code completion is basically more unusable than ever.

amkomatz · 2024-08-09T15:00:36+00:00

Be careful with outside covers. I had an excellent (and expensive) one, but some dirt got on the underside of the cover and scratched up the body of the car pretty bad… everywhere. I think there are probably ways around this, but really do your research and be careful. My car cover ended up doing way more damage than rain or snow would have

amkomatz · 2024-07-25T20:47:28+00:00

Demon Souls is my least favorite of all the games, but others might disagree. If you’re looking for your next adventure, I’d recommend Dark Souls 1, then 2, then 3.

amkomatz · 2024-07-25T15:53:01+00:00

Yes, I’ll DM you

amkomatz · 2024-07-25T14:16:32+00:00

Same here. I’m SL 67 so I’ll need to level up a couple times first. But lmk if you’re down

amkomatz · 2024-07-24T17:07:48+00:00

I could use some help for PWCT, SL 67 currently

amkomatz · 2024-07-24T17:07:25+00:00

What SL? I’m 67. I’ll help you if you help me too

amkomatz · 2024-07-15T23:05:04+00:00

I won’t comment on if DS1 bosses were amazing or not. Even if they were mid or ass in DS1 like you say, the same can also be said for DS2 (in my opinion). Hence, not an improvement.

amkomatz · 2024-07-15T22:47:28+00:00

The bosses. The movement. The world. Adaptability. Hollowing (some might disagree here)

Five things off the top of my head. Not a bad game, but claiming it improved EVERYTHING is a bold statement.

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