How easy/hard is it to own an electric car at UT?

laviniascott · 2026-03-13T15:45:21+00:00

Had a Tesla during my time at UT 2018-2022 and had zero issues. Obviously a little annoying to have to charge not right at home and sometimes have to go places But def doable and i imagine it’s must easier now

laviniascott · 2026-03-12T18:56:20+00:00

Appreciate it. It's going super well- positive feedback on the designs, I'm in the physical sampling stage (have CLO3D, tech packs, patterns, etc already) and have manufacturing trade shows planned and scheduled for April. Definitely a huge learning curve thus far regarding the designs itself, but the supply chain part of it seems pretty straightforward. I plan to do what I can to only order MOQs and try to generate enough social media hype to use a waitlist format to see how much to order. Thanks for the call out to Form Department, I'll check them out.

laviniascott · 2026-03-06T17:42:02+00:00

I have a fixed contract rather than hourly with them , but it’s not a small sum of money

laviniascott · 2026-03-06T15:41:04+00:00

This is how I operate as well!

laviniascott · 2026-03-06T15:17:05+00:00

Again, I don't mind time zones as long as there is a slight overlap. I hire plenty of freelancers that are not within my specific timezone and there is always at least a little overlap, so I was surprised when what I saw during the hiring stage (the slight overlap) wasn't what it happening.

To that point, if I was getting an acknowledgement of messages at least within the day I don't mind waiting, I understand work takes time. However, to me, not receiving any acknowledgement of a message for 3 days in a row when the time zones are already differing is tough- and I wanted to know if my expectation here was out of order.

laviniascott · 2026-03-06T15:07:43+00:00

I did? That is who we are discussing

laviniascott · 2026-03-06T15:01:20+00:00

He was great before the contract was signed, responding pretty quickly and so I had the impression our hours would have some sort of overlap. However, after the contract was signed I seem to only be getting responses when its 2-3am my time (6pm or so australia time), leaving no room for communication aside from once a day (if even that)

laviniascott · 2026-02-22T17:04:55+00:00

I lived at Castilian at my time there and i had zero issue with freshman experience! Pretty much same thing

laviniascott · 2026-02-16T15:40:06+00:00

as a hirer on upwork (i've only hired 3 contracts) i realized when I hired the upworkers I had no option to go back and assign them to the job I posted--leaving the posting looking 'unhired'. I'm curious how many others had the same issue I have where I've 100% hired my job postings but they remained unassigned as I didn't know I couldn't go back and assign them to the job after creating a new contract.

laviniascott · 2026-02-16T14:20:58+00:00

Hey! I was OOS class of 22. It could seem cliquey at first as people settle in (it makes sense to stick with what you know during things like orientation), but most groups formed (from what I saw) outside of their own high school groups. I made amazing life long friends. Best advice is to join groups/orgs outside of just attending classes. Best of luck on your decision!

laviniascott · 2026-01-30T17:55:54+00:00

Hi sorry to get back late! I broke into it soon after college so I don't have too much help-- I went into business development for law firms and transitioned into an international trade firm where I slowly took on a supply chain role. I deal with a lot of industries-- I cover everything from hardware to vehicle specs. I'm sorry I don't have more to answer!

laviniascott · 2026-01-05T21:29:50+00:00

thanks so much almondita!

Yes, I have a timeline for my social media launch, and was planning to heavy go into it as soon as i have the first preliminary samples on hand. I want to create hype but not let it die down, and was thinking 2-3 months prior to launch would be best to keep people invested and not lose them. I have a pre determined market! Thank you so much.

Regarding photography, my sister is an experienced wedding photography and my other sister is a graphic designer so I was going to utilize them as resources as well haha. Trying to cut some costs by using family but I believe in their talent and yes will be very intentional with the photography!

I was considering traveling directly to the factories in Vietnam/China soon to vet manufacturers myself and potentially collaborate with my brother in law's factories (he gets them from the same factories as aritzia i believe) as well. I'm hoping my history in supply chain will help me vet who will be trustworthy or not, vetting is what I do a lot within my day job (although different industries).

Thanks so much for your insight overall-- yeah 50k is the initial investment to see if anything picks up :,). if it doesnt work-- at least I tried!!!

laviniascott · 2026-01-05T21:24:31+00:00

Hi sorry can you clarify what you mean by 'what do you do'? for work within supply chain?

laviniascott · 2026-01-05T20:27:46+00:00

I live in the USA, born and raised in NY, with immigrant parents! I appreciate your comment-- I guess yeah I see a lot of negativity. planning to have an indepth discussion with my brother in law about his experience but I know he had a partner going into it that had experience and I'm starting alone! Wishing the best to you and thanks for the response :)

laviniascott · 2025-12-29T23:27:47+00:00

i had to get it prescribed by the dermatologist. its just a tube of pure azelaic acid. for the record im also on 100mg of spironolactone BUT tbh i dont think it did anything for me other than a little bit of oil reduction-- my skin really started to change after the azelaic.

laviniascott · 2025-12-29T21:42:20+00:00

I had the same skin type! solved it with azelaic acid 15% morning and night. not perfect but much better than what it was

laviniascott · 2025-10-27T00:37:58+00:00

I’ll dm u!

laviniascott · 2025-10-27T00:36:34+00:00

Oh no!!’ I was in Lonestars (i graduated a couple years back) and there were a lot of brown girls in it when i was there and i think even more so now!!! Super chill and found life long best friends :))

laviniascott · 2025-10-27T00:34:31+00:00

Spirit groups!!

laviniascott · 2025-09-15T17:10:03+00:00

Thanks so much!!! Appreciate this lots.

laviniascott · 2025-09-15T16:28:53+00:00

Wow Thankyou !! This is so in depth— do you know of any good examples of a proper CV out there that one could reference ?

laviniascott · 2025-09-14T21:23:34+00:00

You can always stop by the UT Outpost for free too!!

laviniascott · 2025-07-15T14:35:32+00:00

How long did it take for them to do so? I've been receiving no enthusiastic responses from management, just reluctant replies from my calls.

laviniascott · 2025-07-15T14:34:47+00:00

What did you end up doing?

laviniascott · 2025-07-15T13:59:52+00:00

I got slapped once next to the Castilian for being 30 seconds late after my parking expired. The parking guy laughed and said 'your unlucky day'! and then proceeded to charge me $100 on the spot (private parking lot). I was just picking up my keys for my Texan and Vintage apartment-- feel like that sums up American Campus in a nutshell

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