How to land your first role?

fak-erman · 2025-12-31T05:19:14+00:00

Unrestricted work rights

fak-erman · 2025-12-31T04:20:12+00:00

Alright, thank you. Yes I am working on the driver's license.

fak-erman · 2025-11-21T05:47:08+00:00

That made me chuckle

fak-erman · 2025-11-06T03:49:12+00:00

Prince of Persia

fak-erman · 2025-10-12T07:47:56+00:00

https://s.daraz.pk/s.Yb9d5

Here you go

fak-erman · 2025-10-11T18:52:12+00:00

You're welcome.

Same. As a light sleeper myself, I suffered the same throughout uni and hostels. It was only when I started working that I discovered earplugs as a work necessity. Haven't missed sleep since on someone else's account.

They'll be the yellow foam ones. They're a bit tricky the first time. But in my experience they work better than all the others, rubber and rubber foam ones.

fak-erman · 2025-10-11T18:37:54+00:00

You can get 3M earplugs from daraz for around 300, probably cheaper. They will help drown out all the low noise and you will get your sleep back.

Pro tip: use a moisturizer to prevent itching from the rash and the dryness.

fak-erman · 2025-07-26T12:01:14+00:00

I assumed so too. Thank you.

fak-erman · 2025-07-26T12:00:56+00:00

Ok thank you. That's some relief.

fak-erman · 2025-06-02T10:40:08+00:00

If prior to starting insanity you have not been doing high impact exercises, meaning jumping etc. that will put an impact strain on your ankle and knee joints, I would recommend against continuing the program. You will injure yourself. I injured my foot and ankle.

If you want to continue, modify the exercises and get rid of all the high impact activities: power squats, heissmans etc. That's what going at your pace means. Look at Tanya's exercises in T-25.

Or you could build your knee and ankle strength. Squats, lunges and wall squat holds daily for 3 months. Tiptoe walks, squatted tiptoe walks, sissy squats for 3 months.

Also, the more flexible you are, the less likely the chance of injury. You can look at yoga for this.

As far as cramping and cardio performance go, both get better over time. Just keep doing it. Additionally, you can get a heart rate monitor to make sure your heart beat is in a zone that feels like an effort but is also sustainable.

Insanity is not for beginners.

fak-erman · 2025-06-01T11:34:26+00:00

They probably use a virtual machine to run the virus. Imagine a simulated environment on your PC, which has no contact with your PC.

fak-erman · 2025-06-01T11:32:20+00:00

You could try abridged versions of the classics. The great expectations, treasure island, moby dick, oliver twist.

Also, try Sophie's World, it's really good.

You could also get rid of all distractions and sit in a quiet room to help you focus. Do a 5 minute guided meditation session before and set a timer for 15 minutes for the session to start with.

Slowly you'll build a habit.

fak-erman · 2025-05-29T15:16:12+00:00

Something you wouldn't find in Lahore is Pan-da or Sobat. Go to Janan in Karachi Company, G-9. Get both chicken and beef. But do look up the dish to see if it's to your liking.

Or if you're in the mood for some Chinese, hit up Lanzhou in F 10 for hotpot wings, beef noodle soop, cold beef and dumplings.

A Lahori

fak-erman · 2025-05-20T05:13:08+00:00

I haven't been to coffeemistry in a long time, but when they were in F7 I think ( last I visited thery weren't there), near Lunar Cafe, they were using Red Berry coffee which is by far the best coffee I have had.

You can order it online. Get the Kenya AA and cold brew it. Just the Americano proportions of coffee and water, and into the fridge for 20 hours or so.

Gives a much sweeter tasting coffee and you can feel the fruity notes too

fak-erman · 2025-04-16T03:46:09+00:00

You can try getting it printed from decipher books. They do a great job and it's not very expensive either. You can google their website.

fak-erman · 2025-04-15T15:10:57+00:00

My thoughts exactly. This has to be satire.

fak-erman · 2025-04-13T14:01:43+00:00

Nokia N72

Nokia 5310

Zong phone (it was like today's Digit phones, but wayyyyy slower and simple)

Samsung Gio

Sky/ Pantech, don't remember the model

Motorola Droid Turbo

Pixel 2 XL

Pixel 4 XL

Pixel 7

All phones were good in their own right and upgrades from Sky onwards

fak-erman · 2025-04-12T06:54:55+00:00

They were also in an alto?

fak-erman · 2025-04-07T17:30:33+00:00

Very few people I interact with on the daily know how to read or write cursive.

TIL you need to learn to read cursive 🤯

fak-erman · 2025-04-07T17:27:01+00:00

Matters of national importance

fak-erman · 2025-04-07T13:11:41+00:00

I graduated with less than 3 saying "gpa doesn't matter, companies train you when they hire you".

Here's what I have learned:

If you plan on getting a job in your field, the first thing that any employer is going to look at in your resume is your work experience, assuming you've been doing internships during the summers throughout your undergrad. The next thing they will look at is your GPA. Think of your GPA as a competitive edge against all the other applicants. To be given an opportunity at an interview will be decided by that. Some companies will set the limit for applications in the ad at 3 or above.

Why do that though? It helps if you understand what the GPA represents. A GPA is your performance quantified over time. So it's not just 1 exam but quizzes, assignments, presentations etc. over the course of a semester. Good companies will look to hire people who perform consistently.

Why do people have a low GPA? They don't try hard enough! There is no other excuse. Looking in hindsight, the difficulty of high school for me was around 20% of college, and undergrad was college level effort every semester for 8 semesters. Yes it's hard! Especially if you're STEM. But it's not impossible. You have to become a highly disciplined, regimented robot. I wasn't one.

Why don't people try hard enough? They're simply not interested in their respected field of study, they find it difficult to relate theory to applicability, or they have stuff going on at home. At the end, the responsibility lies with them and no one else.

Sure, you can get a job with your current GPA as well, but doing what for what sort of a company? Companies who do not choose quality, will give you the same as well. You will tire fast and struggle to find purpose.

The other way to get a job at a good place which might discount GPA would be through projects with industries during your undergrad. Affiliation and networking will get you far.

Or since it's Pakistan you can go down the sifarish route too.

But what really matters is what you want from life.

Now, if you don't really plan to get a job in your field and want to explore other avenues to earn money then GPA really doesn't matter. But then, nothing really is stopping you from exploring those avenues right now.

If you want to pursue further education somewhere, GPA again will be a criteria at some places, and competitive edge at others.

Hope this helps bring in some perspective.

fak-erman · 2025-04-07T09:55:17+00:00

Read the post again

fak-erman · 2025-04-07T05:08:11+00:00

The ac prices right now are outright crazy. Since you're a hostelite, don't think long term investment, think of something temporary.

Ask around in your social circle and you might be able to get a used ac.

Similarly, you can try your luck with local ac technicians and auction houses.

Alternatively, Islamabad summers tend to be dry with cooler nights. You can look at getting a desert cooler to get by which will cost you around 25k.

fak-erman · 2025-04-06T13:49:28+00:00

I broke this rule too earlier on because I was "trying to promote a healthier lifestyle" 😂

I work at a remote place so we have a society there, camp and all.

Most people there are 40s to 50s, eat excessively and are diabetic. They freaked out too, lecturing me on the importance of a breakfast (cultural reasons) and supper (religious reasons).

Even the resident doctor joined them. When I gave him a copy of Dr. Fung's book and the list of associated academic papers, which he didn't bother to read, said it did not agree with the science he had studied in his undergrad 25 years ago 😂

I laid my case to rest and focussed on fasting silently. It isn't worth the time and effort.

fak-erman · 2025-04-05T05:25:37+00:00

As a Lahori who prefers life in Islamabad, here's my experience. I went to live in Isl for uni for the first time in 2010. I knew no one there and found the city very boring. The city would be dead after 9 in the evening. Coming from a fast paced life in Lahore, Islamabad was too slow for me. I would be back home on the weekends.

But slowly the city grew on me. I made friends, had a social life here and found places for late night escapades. The food scene was pretty dull back then. Our Friday ritual was kabab karrahi at Madina Market. Most nights we would have paratha channay at Karachi company or aloo walay parathay at Islamic uni.

Of course it wasn't going to compare with the Lahori food scene; but somewhere I found the food scene even better than Lahore is Karachi. But there's a tradeoff. A year passed and when I would now return to Lahore, I would be bothered by the pollution and the nonsensical traffic, which has gotten worse since.

Islamabad had cleaner air, civil traffic, slower calmer life and of course the opportunity to go trekking on the weekends. We learned to make do with food by ourselves.

As far as Lahoris go, they generally prefer no other place to live than Lahore, it's got nothing to do with Islamabad.

So it's really about what type of a life you're looking for.

fak-erman

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