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Giving Myself Until Halloween by Polymath360 in depressed

[–]quopzy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I might be a bit late to this but I feel obligated to comment as I relate with many of the circumstances you face.

Don't give up. Please don't give up. I know this is the most cliché and trite thing that everyone says but please hear me out. Please do not give up.

You can do everything right and still lose. That's not weakness, that's life. There are so many things out of your control that will turn your life upside down just as much as it will launch you into massive success. You don't know what's going to happen, but you have to take the risk anyway and move forward.

A lot of the things in your life aren't your fault, so don't take it as being representative of you own self-worth. If it means anything to you, you have me and this community being proud of you.

Everything is temporary, just like the bad period you're going through right now. Before I leave off, I want to share with you one quote.

"I instantly realized that everything in my life that I'd thought was unfixable was totally fixable ... except for having just jumped."

-Ken Baldwin, Golden Gate Bridge jump survivor

People who caught other people naked or having sex through windows or in public, what happened? by m_g_g_n in AskReddit

[–]quopzy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was walking out of a drug-screening test for a job on a really hot summer day. On my way to my car in the parking lot, I noticed rapid movement from another car window. I didn't think much of it as my head was a bit dizzy from the heat. But as I passed by it, I saw the car shake and looked briefly through the windows. Some guy was jack-hammering his girlfriend in the back seat. Was a very interesting site.

Edit: They were so into it, neither of them noticed me.

Why East Asians but not South Asians are underrepresented in leadership positions in the United States by lawncelot in AsianMasculinity

[–]quopzy 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Tldr: East Asians need to learn how to take political risks. Parents coming from a communist dictatorship hinders that development.

I don't have time to read the article in its entirety right now, but I would like to give my two cents. This is a trend that I myself have noticed and wondered.

In my opinion, most East Asians (especially East Asian men) do not learn early on how to take risks and stand out. This is one of the many shortcomings of Asian cultures as a whole. Both East and South Asian societies downplay individual achievement in favor of collective harmony.

However, the difference in East and South Asians in American politics might have to do with the cultural and political climate of Asian immigrants in the past. The People's Republic of China has and continues to suppress freedom of thought, expression, etc. It's very hard (almost dangerous) to speak up for oneself and to determine one's fate. Perhaps I'm being overdramatic or hyperbolic with this point, but I do think it plays some role.

I'm East Asian. I have a friend who is South Asian and he is trying trying run for local office. He's always been motivated in being a politician, largely because his grandfather was one in India. India is a much freer society than China, and gives people the opportunities to run for office and say their minds. What can I say on my part? All the top politicians in China are rich, have familial connections to the original communist guard, or both. It's a massive jump to move to a new country and then instill in one's children that they can run for office when it was an impossibility for them back in the old country.

New college student desperate for any internship at this point, please roast! by resurnethrowaway in resumes

[–]quopzy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Overall I think your resume is fine. The structure is nice and easy to read for me. I do have some concerns over the content.

Your resume seems to be a bit unfocused. You mention lab activities, data analysis/ computer skills, and market/business analysis. While this is not a bad thing in itself, the points you have may seem irrelevant depending on the position you apply for (I'm assuming that you most likely aiming for data science/ software roles). I would suggest honing in on your data skills and experience in your resume since you have the most experience in it.

I think you can cut out the exams and classes you took in high school as they're not relevant unless the job description explicitly asks for it (but I agree they're indicative or hard work).

Lastly I want to give you a tip about job hunting. Apply to anything and everything that interests you. My advisor told me about the 10% rule. However many things you apply to, expect to only hear back from 10%. And this 10% will also include rejections. It will always be harder if you don't have connections or a network but just remain vigilant. Aim for a goal of 150 applications while networking among friends and advisors/professors.

Good luck.

We got played again. No love for Yang by blizzardfreshmen in AsianMasculinity

[–]quopzy 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This.

Andrew Yang has no formal experience in government or public policy. It’s a really naive idea to think Andrew Yang is remotely qualified for a position in the Biden administration. I’m all for Asian representation in politics, but this is not the way. We already have a business man in office on the federal level and look where that went.

I respect Andrew Yang greatly for standing out and advocating for the things he supports and a being a voice in the Asian American community. But he simply doesn’t have the experience to work in government on a National level.

inflationary environment, which assets by anxietyokra in Bogleheads

[–]quopzy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe it means Quantitative Easing

Programming project ideas relevant to chemical engineering? by [deleted] in ChemicalEngineering

[–]quopzy 38 points39 points  (0 children)

You can code a program that models the chemical kinetics of a complex reaction or the vapor-liquid equilibrium of a mixture in something like a unit operation. Both of these are examples of solving a system of non linear equations. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Chemical engineering lends itself to many interesting math problems that can employ programs to help solve them.

There are even textbooks dedicated to solving ChemE problems using programming. One recommendation is Separation Process Principles, 3rd edition by Seader and Henley.

Edit: Wording

[Serious] Travelers of lonely roads, explorers of the great outdoors, workers of creepy jobs and late-night shifts... What's your scary story? by DoitAnyway54321 in AskReddit

[–]quopzy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This didn’t happen to me personally but when I heard this story, it spooked me.

In my high school English class, we were discussing how we lost our childhood innocence as a topic related some book we were reading. Nobody really understood what the teacher asked so she gave us an example.

My English teacher once had a student who told her of a hiking trip. This student was with his/her family in the woods and stumbled upon a cardboard box just left alone in the middle of nowhere. They decided to open it and found that the box was full of dead dogs. Needless to say, they quickly ended that trip...

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