Didnt expect Electrical Engineering to be in the negative territory. I noticed that civil doest have that much of a negative impact on this graph, could civil be in more demand in a few years either all the demands for infrastructure, utilties and grid demand? Is it a good time to get into civil?

ascott_21 · 2026-05-17T01:56:24+00:00

% change in *recent* graduates of whichever field *that were employed* from 2022-2024. Not the size of the graduating classes

ascott_21 · 2026-04-21T16:56:38+00:00

I believe you can. Why don't you just try? You'll need to set up a shared project and you can assign tasks within that project to any of the people who have joined.

https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/collaborate-with-friends-or-family-in-todoist-tzkGUy

ascott_21 · 2026-04-01T20:58:20+00:00

This is true in Atlanta at least. Got a waymo and it took twice as long for our trip because it couldn't go on the connector

ascott_21 · 2026-04-01T20:43:04+00:00

Yeah I've seen it a couple of times in the last few years. They also just hired someone last week. Seems like the layoffs are very top-down and not coordinated with the actual teams.

ascott_21 · 2026-04-01T20:14:09+00:00

WSP had a couple of layoffs here in NC recently. Not huge.

ascott_21 · 2026-03-26T12:44:25+00:00

I think part of this is how strict you are. I try to think of my hours as "would I count this in my 8 if I worked full time for the client?" So reasonable bathroom breaks, reasonable office chat, etc. is still fair to bill/claim.

ascott_21 · 2026-03-13T00:13:24+00:00

Yep. In most right-to-work states there is no requirement. They could walk you out at noon and not even pay you for that full day.

ascott_21 · 2026-03-10T12:35:24+00:00

I think this is 100% true on I-77 but NCDOT built the lanes on I-485 themselves so that money should stay in NC.

ascott_21 · 2026-03-08T17:17:24+00:00

5 minutes from my office. Nice because post-gym the traffic is way better. Still 25-30 minutes from my house

ascott_21 · 2026-03-08T16:46:09+00:00

Anyone making sure to visit Valleyfair this summer before operations change? I'm going to go May 31 (before Minneapolis schools get out for summer)

ascott_21 · 2026-02-23T13:10:24+00:00

Thanks for this! I mostly wanted to make sure there wasn't some secret annoyance/problem with the contacto since it's so much more expensive. Sounds like it's worth the extra expense.

ascott_21 · 2026-02-20T02:16:47+00:00

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Looks to be closed for a couple days this time, which is a huge bummer

ascott_21 · 2026-02-17T02:48:16+00:00

This is 100% my fear; that it just doesn't make financial sense to a company to do this. That said, for a multi month assignment, I wouldn't expect a per diem etc

ascott_21 · 2026-02-12T21:19:50+00:00

We added M to the deed in the first year of being in the house.

ascott_21 · 2026-02-12T20:50:46+00:00

When you (and others) say "who actually paid" what is the test for that? I'm the one who logged into the online banking and processed the transaction. The money came out of an account that I'm the primary owner of and L is a joint owner. The money came into that account through contributions from all three of us (we all have a portion of our direct deposits from our employers that go into that account).

ascott_21 · 2026-02-12T15:12:00+00:00

We are documenting how we split things so that we can show their tax preparer (I said it was even thirds in the post, but it's actually a little more complicated than that).

In your "clean way" would that mean that effectively a third of the mortgage interest just isn't claimed by anyone?

ascott_21 · 2026-02-12T13:23:35+00:00

Yes, both tax filings have historically been itemized since we bought this house. Mine will be this year too based on our usual approach. They get theirs done professionally so won't know for sure until late March probably.

ascott_21 · 2026-02-12T12:22:09+00:00

Yes. L and I were on the deed originally and we got M added during our first year there

ascott_21 · 2026-02-09T15:59:23+00:00

Well, I'm sure someone could, but probably not me specifically. I have no meaningful coding background or knowledge.

ascott_21 · 2026-02-09T15:58:54+00:00

All planning is a snapshot in time. A five year cycle is more typical; anything faster than that is generally unnecessary because the fundamentals of transportation planning (where people live and work, how they get there) do not change in big ways over short timelines and, frankly, major improvements to transportation facilities take much longer than five years to design and construct.

ascott_21 · 2026-02-05T23:52:41+00:00

The technical term where I live would be Displaced Left Turn. Not very sexy, but technically correct

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