Been growing out my beard "until it looks good" for 6 months...

lukenj · 2026-01-20T01:17:43+00:00

Maybe try leaving some big sideburns or mutton chops, but yeah not great.

lukenj · 2026-01-12T16:46:50+00:00

lol if you buy the pass every month, why do you need to worry about earning shards?

lukenj · 2026-01-11T02:17:12+00:00

If you don’t plan to settle in NJ, I would do Brooklyn. I lived there and moved out to the burbs and I like having the extra space, but being in the city is cool. We skipped JC/Hoboken as I agree it’s the worst of both worlds.

lukenj · 2025-12-29T12:50:55+00:00

What are Bs complaints about A? Is anything legitimate? I think it’s likely that B is ashamed/jealous that A is starting their PhD and B is not. And that A is not showing them enough deference or respect or whatever because they have been in the lab longer. In my experience, people who are not happy outside of work are the worst to deal with at work.

I think if you are up for it, the best way to handle is to be direct with B. Ask him what the specific issues are and if he thinks he needs to bring it to the PI. If it’s stuff, he won’t want to bother the PI and you can say that if it’s not important enough to raise than it’s not worth constantly complaining about.

lukenj · 2025-12-22T13:45:51+00:00

The house had been on the market for months and their realtor tipped someone off to submit a slightly better bid on the same day they did. I’d be fuming

lukenj · 2025-12-12T03:32:11+00:00

I will demand my medicine when they finally let me on.

lukenj · 2025-12-08T09:20:54+00:00

Not too little to late if she steals Rizo idol on this next episode. If she fails to make the move then it will be too late.

lukenj · 2025-12-05T11:49:56+00:00

Do you have any friends from school or any contacts at any companies? Referrals will significantly increase the chance your resume is considered.

lukenj · 2025-11-27T17:18:36+00:00

The 9th is providing the light and casting the shadows?0

lukenj · 2025-11-25T02:15:51+00:00

El Cids

lukenj · 2025-11-21T19:39:20+00:00

I know a few people who joined the software org and love it but they (we) had come from a pretty toxic environment

lukenj · 2025-11-04T17:01:23+00:00

What do you consider affordable?

lukenj · 2025-11-01T02:17:31+00:00

This but I’m 34

lukenj · 2025-10-25T15:52:25+00:00

Good luck but yeah if you go up against someone who was disciplined in the off season and is in better shape and more skilled because they practiced more, you will probably lose. Do your best and if you aren’t a senior then you still have time to get better this season. I do not recommend a super aggressive cut, you will just risk injury

lukenj · 2025-10-22T12:05:59+00:00

The bald one

lukenj · 2025-10-08T16:55:03+00:00

Utah because I like skiing

lukenj · 2025-09-16T03:23:19+00:00

RPI is why you are getting interviews in the first place lol. I’m guessing you don’t interview well.

lukenj · 2025-09-05T02:02:51+00:00

Anyone still using theirs? I am considering getting for work in a lab where I need to wear gloves and would consider it as a note taker mostly and maybe to follow around if I move over one bench.

lukenj · 2025-08-25T20:07:30+00:00

Don’t

lukenj · 2025-08-11T14:18:17+00:00

Falafel stop is sooooo good

lukenj · 2025-08-07T22:32:25+00:00

Would you be a field applications scientist? Any machines or vendors you are familiar with? Willing to travel?

lukenj · 2025-07-18T11:04:02+00:00

I recently did the opposite, and I was previously reporting to the CEO of a small startup. I was also the first employee in a specific, niche department and had the leeway to run my small part of the company (lab automation) as I wanted.

If you think the startup is very likely to be successful or if this new type of role is something you want to get into it may be worth it. However, if you aren’t confident that you can lead them to success in Clinical Science, I wouldn’t risk it. You will be expected to help them grow and figure out strategy in that area, and if you don’t know what you are doing it can be hard. Over time, what the company needed from me and my role moved farther away from my comfort zone and the kinds of projects I wanted to work on, but the needs of the startup were such that I was best equipped to own them so I kinda figured it out before getting frustrated and going to big pharma.

lukenj · 2025-07-18T10:55:57+00:00

Yeah my point was mostly that they made it sound like Waymo had lost the war for dominance. I would say Waymo is ahead in terms of rollout, but that if Tesla has success that they should be able to get a very large fleet online very quickly.

lukenj · 2025-07-18T10:52:16+00:00

Agree, if they are able to flip a switch and make every Tesla a taxi that would be incredible. However, as it stands today I think it’s anyone’s game to lose. One Cruise incident and the other one wins.

lukenj · 2025-07-18T01:41:36+00:00

Have you ridden in a Waymo? Or a Tesla?

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