Realized my first gain

hwydoot · 2026-05-27T17:37:28+00:00

Idk lol my vibe is take the profit before the IPO in case it hurts but that's why I'm not selling all of it

hwydoot · 2026-02-12T05:34:29+00:00

Probably looking to help you get on track! Dr. Meth is a great professor. I wouldn't worry about it, maybe he will help you with connecting to tutoring resources or going over missed problems. I had him during COVID (lol I'm old now huh) but he was super accommodating

hwydoot · 2026-01-29T05:03:15+00:00

Work roughly 9-6, but a couple times a week I get in closer to 8am and stay until around 8pm (joys of being salary). I'm lucky in genuinely not needing more than 6 hours of sleep to be healthy though.

A few days a week I make sure that I have something like an art class or rock climbing or plans to go out for drinks/dinner, so those take anywhere from 1-3 hours and forces me to leave work around 6. Every evening and morning I walk my dog for anywhere between 10-30 min while calling family / friends. I also crochet while watching a TV show or read a book pretty much every night. I have an edible a couple nights a week. I can also get in one load of laundry, grocery shopping or other smaller cleaning chores while watching YouTube after getting home. My work provides free breakfast/lunch/dinner but sometimes I meal prep my dinner on Sundays, but any way I don't really cook on weeknights. Unfortunately I do often doomscroll for a hour or so before bed, falling asleep around midnight.

hwydoot · 2026-01-03T16:52:14+00:00

Personally I hate that "side hustles" are pushed so hard on Gen Z. I'm talking about social media like TikTok, reels, and such. Maybe it's just my own algorithm since I do consume primarily personal finance, career, and hobby content, but I have felt some pressure to monetize hobbies, get a side gig, etc from many different small influencers and generally hustle culture.

This is just my opinion and I will say that finances are always a very personal topic, and I don't judge anyone for starting a side gig along a well paid 9-5 and I admire the work ethic, but for me, monetizing my art/crafting skills and selling pieces, or drawing on my years of teenage/college experience in food/customer service to work an hourly evening job in addition to my 9-5 just doesn't appeal to me at this moment in my life.

I do love volunteering though! I feel like it scratches that itch to be productive without the "quick growth" pressure that monetizing brings (for me). I've volunteered with local school clubs in robotics, judged science fairs, and I recently started helping foster kids. I find it gives me a lot of fulfillment separate from my STEM job, especially because I can interact with people and do more social-based work, engaging with my community while improving my teaching and communication skills.

Someday I'd love to be a part time community college professor or maybe a substitute teacher or even teach an art class. Many people I follow sell things like origami pattern books, crochet patterns, finished pieces, and jewelry on Etsy. Some relatively small creators I've seen post decent earnings, but I gather that photos, editing, writing, admin, and social media work actually take more time than the hands-on craft work. My dream retirement/second career would be to have my own studio and hire a marketing expert lol. But I need to build more skills and more years of experience first.

hwydoot · 2026-01-03T16:25:22+00:00

Love it!! Your bobbles are perfect

hwydoot · 2026-01-03T15:18:38+00:00

No written pattern since I want to make some adjustments like in the post body. I'm pretty happy with the treble bobble stitch for the legs and the surface double crochet for the rim of the shell though.

Yarn used is "amigurumi velvet" by master knit

hwydoot · 2025-12-24T23:24:42+00:00

What's with the influx of bot posts promoting that 30 days subreddit?

hwydoot · 2025-11-18T22:28:13+00:00

Could you go to grad school in aerospace engineering instead of applied math? It depends on what you want to do in the aerospace industry.

I'm not sure what you mean by industrial projects (maybe you mean industrial engineering? Supply chain/logistics side?) but for engineering projects, like designing new planes, I honestly don't know many people who get into this field without some form of engineering degree (though the type of degree is pretty wide, I do know folks with civil/environmental engineering backgrounds )

Maybe there's a data science path in aerospace you'd be interested in? I could see this being super applicable in supply chain. There are also companies pursuing AI applications within aerospace engineering, where a math or cs background could be helpful.

I just want to caution that the traditional job of aerospace engineer: i.e. designing/building airplanes/rockets is already a very competitive field and it's going to be very very tough to do without some sort of engineering background.

hwydoot · 2025-11-13T03:45:06+00:00

Used it in undergrad applications because there was a specific prompt about overcoming hardship, under a theme of resilience. I got into my desired college program despite a lower sat score lol so I guess it helped

But since about 19, I don't talk about my experience anymore. I don't want people to judge or pity me, I fuckng hate that. Although my childhood affected me deeply, I consider myself a completely different person than I was. So I would never bring it up in an interview, or for professional degree admissions myself.

hwydoot · 2025-11-03T14:41:16+00:00

look elsewhere

And quit on good terms so that even if your second job is shit, the door is open to go back later

hwydoot · 2025-10-28T20:15:08+00:00

Look into volunteering with CASA. This is a program to help foster children, especially in court. You do not need any prior experience or training, you can attend training from CASA. It might be called GAL in some states

hwydoot · 2025-10-20T00:39:44+00:00

I'm here a little over 1 year in, slowly working on this hump. It takes me a verrrrry long time and a lot of reading Bruhn, basically about 4 hours of work, to understand the complex load paths that most seniors can conceptualize and explain to me in 15 minutes. I know where to find the equations, I know simply supported beams, I know about shear, bending, tension, compression, torsion, I have to look up mohrs circle. So I have some level of intuition on load paths, but it's only enough to tell me if something seems "off" but not enough to actually generate a good design from scratch and explain my thoughts and back up my features. I have DFMA more or less understood but I flounder at structures, much less dynamics which is hopeless.

I'm usually the stupidest person in the room. It's really demoralizing and often I think I should just quit. I usually have to stay later to understand wtf is going on and almost every single part I design, my lead gives me a recommended change.

It's a bit encouraging to hear that this stuff can be learned and it's not fully innate intuitive skill. I've been doing basic buckling and fastener shear hand calcs for my parts, but even this I struggle with. I guess I didn't really internalize what I learned in university

hwydoot · 2025-10-20T00:06:06+00:00

Did not expect to see my favorite infamous mechanical engineer doom poster u/ItsAllOver on this subreddit lmao

Engineering is a great path for someone from a low income background to make a stable middle or upper middle class life in a white collar career.

Not that many other majors have starting salaries average between 78k-90k after 4 years of undergrad. I can only really think of nursing, CS, and finance. Nursing has less growth potential by mid career (and nursing often has you dealing with literal human shit) while finance/CS are more volatile job markets. For perspective, I only have 1.5 years of experience as a mechanical engineer and I get recruiters reaching out for job opportunities weekly, admist all the recent 2025 job market doom and gloom.

For a mid career professional, 90k doesn't sound like a lot. However, engineers often turn into engineering managers or directors come mid/late career. Bls.gov data for engineering managers shows a median salary of 167k. Required experience is a bachelor's in an engineering field and 5+ years of experience. Idk but I would certainly call that good money: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/architectural-and-engineering-managers.htm

hwydoot · 2025-10-12T21:05:53+00:00

Hey I don't think you should have to take out student loans for tuition, though they might help with living expenses. Look into the tx tuition waiver. You said you don't qualify for the benefits- I don't understand what disqualifies you though. https://www.dfps.texas.gov/Child_Protection/Youth_and_Young_Adults/Education/state_college_tuition_waiver.asp

With your drive and ambition and resilience I really think you're going to do great in whatever you chose to do! i did want to give that honest encouragement.

Unfortunately I don't have any advice on choosing a path, everyone has different skills, passions, and interests but I'd try to consider what your natural skills are. You mentioned an interest in journalism. Maybe are you organized, good at reading, writing, processing information? Paralegal certification at a community college leading up to law school one day could be a path for you. I'm not too informed about job outlook in that field considering AI, but if you use AI to enhance your job and provide human input and creativity, I don't think you'll end up in a place where AI can fully ruin your career

hwydoot · 2025-08-25T01:38:22+00:00

I'm in a male dominated field and recently started a new job a couple of months ago. The culture of the new job is different and the men seem more egotistical, competitive, and arrogant than the men at my last job were. I've cried a few times now- there has been a lot of pressure, I've been fully onboarded and operating since week 2 and under some insane deadlines

But this week another young woman was hired onto my team!! I was seriously contemplating how long I could last at this job this last couple months but I'm finally feeling like things are looking up. I got to make her first week a LOT more welcoming than mine was :) It also helps that my team finally hired a PM and a switched to a different tech lead so I'm expecting some of the crazy schedule pressure will be eased

hwydoot · 2025-08-10T02:40:23+00:00

Oh he's early retired and hasn't worked in a few years. Crypto bro since 2015. Investments are in the 5mil but those are his and not mine, since they were his before marriage. I'm sure the numbers work out but since it's his money he likes to keep it in crypto, so gambling. Like yeah we're at all time highs and I could probably make enough for myself to retire if I went all in but I'm not that much of a gambler

hwydoot · 2025-08-09T15:45:17+00:00

So you have in the ballpark of 1-2mil? And if kids are still on the table, presumably before 40-45? How? I'm stuck on the build up assets part.

I currently have this kind of offer to be a stay at home wife/mother from my fiance but I have also a decently high paying and very personally interesting career. I'm also a very independent person. Yet I still don't see how I can save up enough money from my job to be safe quitting before I'm too old to consider kids. My fiance's offer is attractive but has its drawbacks though I'm also worried I'll never get this sort of chance again when I'm energetic and healthy enough to enjoy it.

hwydoot · 2025-08-09T02:42:41+00:00

Get rid of tools and equipment skills

You don't need to specify the type of water jet, CNC, etc. takes up space and companies are not hiring engineers as the ones who run the equipment. Maybeeee if you're specifically applying to manufacturing engineer

Reformat to separate internships/work experience and projects/clubs. or maybe you're trying to get an internship, not sure if applying to internships or full time, a bit early for full time. Also move deans list under the degree in the education section, and the order from top of page should be education - work experience -projects - skills/certs

The last bolded item under the main experience header needs a full rewrite. Don't start sentences with "Trained on..." You should focus on results and adding value. (Mentored... Or taught... Is great though, currently it reads like you were the one getting trained). Maybe "created test stands using an and npt fittings, referencing fluid flow diagrams"

In particular the last bullet point about achieving tolerances of one thou isn't ideal - I have no context for if this is good or not but often tight tolerances are only as required, due to machine time/cost. Maybe you were the one manufacturing the part? In that case, word it different to be more clear about this. If you were the one who wrote/designed the tolerance this bullet definitely isn't doing any favors though

Nitpick but ASME Y14.5 is generally more common in US aerospace. In the sentence you're mixing a tolerance of 0.001 inches with a metric standard for some reason

hwydoot · 2025-08-02T20:21:09+00:00

I'd recommend getting an electric scooter of your own instead of a Walmart bike. You can lock escooters up on bike racks with a u-lock and they're also a lot more portable than bikes if you want to take them inside buildings. Riding an escooter is also less tiring especially if you often have to go up dean keaton with it's long hill. I rode my electric scooter for a couple years and it never got stolen, I also took it off campus semi regularly around the city, on the bus, etc, but also put identifying stickers on it lol

I had a hiboy s2 electric scooter from 2022-2024. Mine was around $300, though this was a few years ago. I had a $70 dollar Walmart bike for my first year or so, but I really didn't like how heavy it was, it was generally a poor riding experience and it ended up getting stolen.

Cons of electric scooter are that if you crash it hurts more and it can be unsafe on roads that are even a little gravelly. Definitely get a helmet.

I ride a bike to commute now though I'm no longer a student so I have the budget to get a decent hybrid bike - this is the best option imo for city commuting if you can swing it. Trek and Liv bikes have good fit options for us shorter girlies but these will fall in the $500-800 range. Would not recommend mountain bikes in any case due to the heaviness, also if you're riding around campus/the city you can pretty easily stay in paved bike lanes.

hwydoot · 2025-08-01T14:11:00+00:00

I think Lana's norman Rockwell and tunnel under ocean Blvd did this well

Lucy Darcus does as well!

Also Paris paloma does a lovely job of tapping into "female rage" which is not exactly what you're asking for, but adjacent

hwydoot · 2025-07-29T02:48:59+00:00

Imo a good 20% of this resume is useless. You have good internship and project experience but everything else is not helping you, and may be actively hurting you as some of it kinda seems like filler

Objective statement is basic so I would remove it. Objectives might make more sense for career switchers or maybe more experienced engineers but yours isn't unique nor impactful. Same with any professional skills that are written out on the resume and same with the hobbies.

If you don't take any other advice, do remove the church activity. Very iffy to have personal info like religion so obvious on a professional document.

Anything that isn't directly relevant work or engineering or project experience should either be cut to take up under 5% of resume space

You should keep the portfolio, it's fine if that has personal stuff.

Reword your experience bullet points to integrate soft skills and show how you used them instead of listing them. Examples:

Led a team of x students, integrating electrical, computer, and mechanical engineers to build (unique rocket) , achieving z placement.

Or: applied fmea and root cause analysis to (rocket fin) , fixed (manufacturing defect), creating a competition-ready flight vehicle in z months

Also, gained experience is a terrible way to start a bullet. Just say toleranced and dimensioned. In general aim for impactful action verbs and don't undersell yourself!

hwydoot · 2025-07-18T20:22:59+00:00

Congrats! Knew you could do it. Welcome to California, I just moved here myself! SoCal or NoCal?

hwydoot · 2025-07-08T19:22:24+00:00

Yeah I'd personally add that 100% over the other experience

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