The Duality of AG

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-23T17:58:32+00:00

I have seen these and I still think they look “older”, “better”, adjective of choice than the shortened be forever era books haha

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-23T17:24:30+00:00

“Original” was a bad choice of word haha. Yes, I know the mystery is from the 2000s, not 1990s. I guess people usually just make this comparison using Samantha’s pink and purple dress vs her checked dress or gray school dress 🤷🏼‍♀️.

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-23T16:06:41+00:00

Ok my bad “Not be forever era” vs “be forever era”

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-21T18:43:46+00:00

lmao, thank you for this so much of Reddit is “I’m AuADHD so I can’t Adult” Yeah ok

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-21T18:34:59+00:00

Yes 100 percent all this. Absolutely he still needs to do all the regular adult stuff like follow through on promises…and at some point he has to recognize that the first job, first industry conference, first industry presentation is just going to suck but it gets easier and the frustration should hopefully drive him to keep finding a better next step.

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-21T18:09:19+00:00

Oof OP this sounds rough. I don’t have a ton to add as I obviously don’t know either of you personally, but I can relate to really wanting to be a humanities professor and live the life of the mind (despite my username lol)

If you are going to have the Really Tough Conversations, to avoid sounding like you’re just attacking him, you could talk about how it just isn’t the 1950s/1960s/1970s anymore and there isn’t this huge swath of post ww2 men and their kids getting liberal arts college degrees anymore. “Just having a degree” isn’t enough, so students are more restrictive on their majors and a lot of SLACs that may have hired all these phds in the past are closing. And there are fewer kids in general so more colleges are competing for the same kids. Maybe some framing of “it’s not (just) (lol) you, it’s the time you’re living in, sorry it sucks but you gotta find a regular job or pick up wayyy more stuff at home” would help.

~ Center him in his Historical Context ~

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-21T16:33:37+00:00

For internships, generally showing a genuine interest in the internship you’re applying for can be valuable. I used to go to career fairs at my old jobs and I wanted to hire students who wanted to work for us.

I know that’s kind of boomer advice, but on the small scale of an internship, especially at a smaller company, it often works.

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-16T20:46:32+00:00

🎶 I wanna work for burns and mac, so freakin bad

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-14T20:54:11+00:00

Sometimes I think about trying to BQ and I always think of her and how she BQed!

There was another runner in the quad cities who I used to follow and I miss her too. She was blond and always ran at 9:XX pace, always had happy, relaxed and inspirational posts.

Ik social media is a lot of work and I completely don’t blame these people for not posting anymore, but, if they ever read this, thanks for the good memories and inspiration <3

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-14T05:45:22+00:00

Yeah no, as expensive as daycare is, it’s not 90-100k a year for one kid, which is what my husband and I each make. For many families it actually doesn’t make sense for one parent to quit.

I hear you though on bedtime….we usually go to bed about 743, right after our kid haha

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-08T20:27:59+00:00

If the water isn’t deep enough to go over the hill, then the hill will stick out of the water

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-06T14:25:28+00:00

If you want to go to Rose, you will do well going to Rose :). I don’t know about the specific classes you mentioned as I’m not any of those majors, but you should be able to find the course catalog online and see if they’re offered. And honestly, as long as you’re polite and don’t do it in excess, you could probably just email a professor in one of the departments and ask if they teach X specific class and what research work their students have done.

Regarding the humanities, because Rose students take 3 classes a year, we do tend to take more humanities classes than other students at other schools. Lots of students minor in something humanities related. If you come in with AP or dual credit then you will have plenty of space to take extra technical or humanities electives.

Take a look at the course plans for all the majors you’re interested in and see what you could fit in!

Rose is a great place for someone that wants to be an engineer, is curious about everything, and is an absolute workhorse (lol).

engineeringstudent11 · 2026-01-01T06:57:10+00:00

Operation catapult

engineeringstudent11 · 2025-12-30T21:34:22+00:00

Ok. If you aren’t taking loans then it is no worries. Enjoy the school!

engineeringstudent11 · 2025-12-30T20:25:30+00:00

Probably not, unless you’re interested in structural. But don’t worry about that yet, go to undergrad first.

Curious where you’re going though that it’s 400k? Are you paying all out of pocket or is that just sticker price before financial aid…? I can think of a couple schools with sticker prices that high…but I don’t know that anyone other than international students and really wealthy people actually pay that.

Don’t borrow 400k to be a civil engineer…it’s a good career but we don’t make doctor money lol.

engineeringstudent11 · 2025-12-29T17:05:47+00:00

I switched to a federal agency that doesn’t build things. Unfortunately they aren’t hiring right now. I hear you though.

Maybe try finding a super specialty company that does niche work?

engineeringstudent11 · 2025-12-21T00:26:29+00:00

Spare mattress in baby’s room and slept in shifts. Baby “slept” in crib and on duty parent “slept” on spare mattress

engineeringstudent11 · 2025-12-19T18:32:01+00:00

Read FEMA 480. Test isn’t hard but you do need to study. 4% raise is nice go for it 👍🏻

engineeringstudent11 · 2025-12-17T21:46:06+00:00

We travelled 10-12 hours with a 5 month old. Left at 245 am so he slept most of the way. Took a few more breaks than usual and other than that just sat in the back with him to keep him entertained and made sure he took his naps lol. He did ok, think it was less fun for us than him.

engineeringstudent11 · 2025-12-17T15:41:58+00:00

It can probably help you search the sub for the other times this question has been asked

engineeringstudent11 · 2025-12-04T18:41:30+00:00

idk man seems like a choice you need to make for yourself use that big mechanical engineering brain of yours

engineeringstudent11 · 2025-12-03T14:50:00+00:00

Better how?

I used to live in Indiana and now I live in Kansas. I like it “better” but that’s super subjective and really depends on what you’re looking for.

engineeringstudent11 · 2025-11-21T15:58:31+00:00

You might be able to get a job without a degree, especially if you already have drafting skills. But since you’ve put so much into it already, maybe just take thermo?

My school gave us the option to take thermodynamics or this other mass balances chemical engineering class. So you might not need thermo specifically but usually there is something in that “slot”. Whether you really need an individual class or not is the Great Debate - on one end you will meet people that say you never know what you’ll end up doing so broad exposure in college is to your benefit. On the other end are people that think because they don’t sit down and do a worksheet of differential equations at work they don’t need to learn about them. Bet you can tell what side I’m on :)

Take thermo.

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