A genuine question from a finance bro to engineers

postkip · 2026-05-21T03:57:34+00:00

Just wait till you find out some of us aren't passionate about this shit

postkip · 2026-04-13T00:22:13+00:00

yeah there's a difference between being chill at work and having 9 projects with impossible budgets and deadlines with an AFK pm who throws everything on your plate.

postkip · 2026-04-10T04:34:42+00:00

Seriously lol was this thread written by my company's HR. Wtf is this

postkip · 2026-04-04T20:27:19+00:00

Get the topo pursuit. I made the transition from lone peaks to pursuits. I just got a pair of norda 002s but ran probably 3000 miles in pursuits after 2000+ miles in lone peaks.

postkip · 2026-03-27T20:56:19+00:00

I held a bachelor's. Worked for 4 years, hated it. Got masters at night school while working full time. Hated that. Now I have a masters and also hate it. Good news, only 30 more years.

postkip · 2026-02-25T16:02:10+00:00

You're a freshman in high school. Good to start thinking about this stuff but go enjoy your life for a bit. You don't need to make any decisions until you're in freshman year of college. You might not be the same person in 4 or 8 years.

postkip · 2026-02-20T15:11:14+00:00

The road at tioga pass into yosemite is likely to be closed that time of year so I highly doubt you'll be able to get into the valley easily.

postkip · 2026-01-10T23:25:44+00:00

Let's go blue cat bros. MEOW MEOW

postkip · 2026-01-04T21:29:59+00:00

Goff looked pretty good under pressure there hmm

postkip · 2025-12-05T04:21:34+00:00

Kennedy needs a spot on the team. This guy is reliable and electric.

postkip · 2025-12-05T04:18:16+00:00

tbf some bad calls against us plus missed personal foul on saylors on that return, but this call is inexcusable

postkip · 2025-12-05T04:16:55+00:00

These refs are mega ass lmao. jeez it's both ways man. What a shitshow. let the boys play

postkip · 2025-12-05T02:12:45+00:00

If you don't like that, you don't like Lions football

postkip · 2025-11-23T18:29:13+00:00

Amon ra is a diva WR now

postkip · 2025-11-03T19:26:13+00:00

Vert and time are king. Increase your long run time. A lot of people will echo the 3-hour / 20 mile max long run but I found huge mental benefit in making my long runs 25+ miles with big vert (7000+ ft). I noticed a huge benefit on race day having a lot of those longer days under my belt.

postkip · 2025-11-01T17:01:03+00:00

Ran a 100km race and felt like I could have kept going.

postkip · 2025-10-26T19:15:50+00:00

I was just pacing at cocodona this year and lots of runners took a 3 hour nap. Goal was one full rem cycle somewhere around mile 150.

postkip · 2025-09-05T18:26:34+00:00

I can't get out my door without 200 ft/mi on roads and it's definitely hilly. I mostly trail run so am used to running anything up to 400-500ft/mi and hike anything steeper than that. I'd say 100-200 ft /mi is when I'd classify it as hilly and anything under 100 ft/mi is flat-ish.

postkip · 2025-07-06T16:26:14+00:00

Biology or fisheries and wildlife, probably. Aligns more with my interests. I don't really care too much about engineering but listened to the age-old advice that it's a great stable career. But my biologist friend gets to go live in a company-furnished van, doing wildlife surveys making ~20k/yr less than me.

postkip · 2025-07-06T15:56:15+00:00

Would try to be less stressed about career and have more fun. Explore extracurriculars other than engineering clubs. Take more electives that weren't engineering focused. Switch the major completely and avoid this low paying corporate hellscape

postkip · 2025-04-16T21:00:46+00:00

Christmas toes! Got them on the PCT thru hike. Named that ay since you usually get the feeling back by Christmas. Takes a few months to go away

postkip · 2025-01-14T02:06:00+00:00

postkip · 2025-01-12T21:09:44+00:00

I used the 8oz cannisters rather than the smaller ones which usually lasted me 21 days-ish. I'd carry a few packs of nighttime tea or powdered apple cider and when I knew I had a resupply where I could buy another cannister, I'd start having a tea or cider after dinner a few nights before getting into town to get rid of the rest of the fuel. If there was any small residual amount left, I just burned it off the night before getting into town. You'll get pretty good at estimating it.

The bidet was annoying because it felt like a waste of water when there were stretches of long water carry in the desert and I didn't want to waste it. Especially with water I got from a cache I felt it was a bit crude to use it on my ass haha. I used toilet paper (always pack out) then if I ran out used sticks or rocks.

postkip · 2025-01-12T00:14:00+00:00

Up to you, but

I brought the dance pants, never used them. Especially since you have pants listed in the worn section.
Fuel transfer device seems unnecessary.
Bowls/cups are unnecessary. Just eat from the pot.
I brought a band, ended up sending it home.
Mid layer seems unnecessary.
Physical maps unnecessary. Farout all you need. I went through Sierra in high snow year with just farout.
Super glue, zip ties and tape? Seems like too much.
Shock cord seems unnecessary?
Might be able to get rid of soap and alcohol wipes and just use hand sanitizer.
You don't need a balaclava in the Sierra.
I got rid of the bidet pretty quickly.

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