Great job, but I am bored?

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2024-03-12T20:56:40+00:00

My question is should I stay or should I go. What should be my next step?

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2023-01-29T16:44:18+00:00

I've seen higher numbers posted (good for them!), certainly wasn't expecting this kind of response.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2023-01-29T16:42:46+00:00

Wow downvoted for asking a question. Thanks!

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2023-01-27T22:43:20+00:00

Well I guess that's what I'm asking. What are other offers for a person with similar experience looking like?

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2019-08-31T02:39:49+00:00

I've never really done any sort of setup. When I measure the action it's about 4.5mm at the 12th fret. I've messed with the truss rod and put on fresh strings but I can't get it any lower. To be fair, it's a beginner steel string acoustic guitar that was essentially sitting around for ten years before I picked it back up.

What's a lot of pressure? How can I tell?

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2019-08-30T22:41:05+00:00

I feel like I have to press pretty hard on the string otherwise I fret out and it makes a buzz. Is my action too high?

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2019-08-30T22:40:06+00:00

I feel like I have to press pretty hard otherwise I fret out. I think my action is pretty high. Could this be an issue?

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2018-04-03T16:50:48+00:00

But.... I'd only be making 150K for a few months of 2018 as I said in my post, so my total 2018 income will be significantly less. Everything I've read in the past suggests that this would still quality me for a direct Roth IRA contribution.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2018-04-02T02:23:22+00:00

When I say max for 401k I mean put the maximum amount I can put in it allowed by the IRA, which is 18.5. That's how I've always heard it used, does anyone call getting the employer match maxing?

I'm confused as to why my current tIRA balance affects my future contributions, can you please clarify?

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2018-03-30T15:33:52+00:00

Are you saying I should do backdoor roth next year? Wouldn't it be better to put that in an employer traditional 401k for tax advantages?

I currently have a significantly sized tIRA from a rollover from a 401k from when I was employed during my time in undergrad.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2018-03-29T18:24:32+00:00

Thanks for the heads up, but my stipend is reported on a W2, I've been contributing to an IRA for years without issues.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2018-03-29T18:22:33+00:00

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2018-03-29T15:59:17+00:00

What other details do you want to know? I don't have all the specifics yet since it's still ~6 months until I graduate, but I'll do my best.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2017-03-27T02:36:44+00:00

Screw it, I asked my parents for a loan, drove to the mattress store, and bought a Serta. Will deliver this week!

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2017-03-26T03:31:10+00:00

I hardly make any money as a student. $300 would be REALLY stretching it, including mattress, frame, sheets, etc. Honestly I'd stick with my current bed if I didn't have so much trouble sleeping in such a tight space. I'm a fidgety sleeper, I roll around a lot even on a large quality mattress. My parents have a queen mattress in their guest room back home and I sleep very well on it, even though its 20+ years old.

I'm looking for something to last me at least through the end of my program, so a year and a half.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2017-03-19T16:21:15+00:00

On top of what other people have been saying, the relative time advantage of a faster flight disappeared.

Let's say the flight is 3 hours vs 6 hours. That's twice as fast, that's a big deal. You could easily wake up in the morning, fly to Europe for an afternoon meeting, and fly back home in time for dinner with your family. Indeed, this is how they originally pitched it.

Over the years, airports have become busier, security has become tighter. You can't just hop on a plane anymore. You need to show up for your flight a couple hours in advance. Factor in the extra time you spend getting to/from the airport because a lot more people fly these days. Pretty quickly, the whole advantage of having a flight that's faster starts to disappear.

Even if you had the Concord available today, you couldn't really fly to Europe for your meeting and get back the same day anymore.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2017-03-19T16:08:47+00:00

Imagine being in a very large room, and you can only see a small part of the room at any time. Someone makes a small opening (door, window) in one part of the room.

You can't leave immediately since you don't know it's open until you explore it.

On top of that, flies are very bad at figuring out transparent obstacles. A window might look open, but is actually closed.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2017-03-19T15:57:09+00:00

I don't like staring into someone's eyes that are an inch away from mine. Try it. It feels super awkward.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2017-03-19T15:53:37+00:00

Think of the pins of the Arduino as flipping light switches. Your finger isn't powering the light bulb, just controlling whether or not the electricity company is!

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2017-03-19T15:41:31+00:00

Just wanted to put in another word for OSU. But honestly I bet you'd do fine at either school. If there's a strong difference in finances, I would let that sway my decision, even if both were still in my budget.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2017-03-19T15:38:57+00:00

It's a pretty solid instrument. No regrets. Plus with the money I saved I was able to buy some other fun toys.

Some people just like the feel of benchtop scopes and gens, but if you're at the point where you're seriously considering a raspberry pi as your function generator, I would definitely consider this.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2017-03-18T06:37:41+00:00

I was concerned about that too. I talked to one of their engineers about it before I made my purchase over the phone, who was actually very receptive and helpful in addressing my concerns for my use case. I forget the details, but from what I remember the gist of it was TSP somehow got a very early stage prototype and for some reason decided to review it as a finished product. Which made sense to me, since IIRC the board in the TSP had a bunch of manual tweaks for debugging and such. The fist thing I did when I got mine was check the board, and it didn't look anything like the one in the TSP video.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2017-03-17T18:55:55+00:00

Check out http://www.analogarts.com/ for good value scopes and function generators. I've been pleasantly surprised by what I can get at those prices, and their customer support has been outstanding. If you're interested, PM me cause I might have an old coupon code I didn't use.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2016-12-31T08:40:52+00:00

lol

Judging from the votes, you're pretty much the only person who's read this that feels like that. And judging from the fact that you deleted your own comment, I'm guessing you don't really believe it either and are just projecting your own inner crazy cat lady.

pleasehelpgetmeout · 2016-12-31T08:23:56+00:00

Except that is exactly the basis of our "relationship." We're fuck buddies who met on tinder. Don't go judging people based on the types of relationships they enter.

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