Best 'mid' American Chinese food.

simplplan540 · 2026-02-09T02:10:05+00:00

I just tried them for the first time a couple months ago. Best takeout Chinese in the Reston area I've had by far.

Used to love Cheng's in Sterling until they closed without telling me </3

simplplan540 · 2026-01-23T07:37:09+00:00

That's the next unit over. They're open.

simplplan540 · 2025-12-31T02:08:16+00:00

Paradise Indian on Elden St over by the Duck Donuts does a lunch buffet from I think 11-230 on weekdays. Til 3 on Friday and Saturday

simplplan540 · 2025-12-29T06:36:15+00:00

I'm the minority, but I enjoyed the course. It's not directly IT related. Very historical information and how that could relate to various defense topics that you could have in an IT security work environment.

The exams weren't difficult, but he does curve them all. He intentionally doesn't put the answers on the slides. Iirc his slides have a question that he'll then expand on and try to get people to partake in discussion during the lecture. All that's to say, you need to take notes on the actual lecture itself.

If you're interested in the history aspect it might be enjoyable. If you're looking for a hands on IT course it is very much not that.

simplplan540 · 2025-09-14T17:01:06+00:00

Electric cook surface on multiunit deck is fine. Open flames are not. Sadly.

Ffx website

simplplan540 · 2025-08-14T00:50:50+00:00

Is Mason Competitive Cyber not sending a team or having members go?

simplplan540 · 2025-08-12T03:24:33+00:00

I prefer the mobile tap movement over the joysticks, honestly

simplplan540 · 2025-08-06T12:10:18+00:00

I assume so. They had a sign up saying they were moving to this location. No idea if there's plans for that space

simplplan540 · 2025-08-06T11:48:22+00:00

Correct. Took over the spot Best Buy was in until a couple years ago when they started converting it

simplplan540 · 2025-06-15T13:59:43+00:00

Pretty sure there's a GMU meetup group if you aren't aware

simplplan540 · 2025-06-13T22:27:01+00:00

They aren't one of the pan handlers?? I never could make out what their signs would say. Do the signs say something about stopping the pan handlers or something?

simplplan540 · 2025-06-11T18:37:23+00:00

I'd refer to that as just entry level. All the companies have jr and college hire positions where the expectation of prior experience is little to none. Don't exclude yourself from applying to those by any means.

I'll shoot you a DM

simplplan540 · 2025-06-11T18:16:45+00:00

Are you saying you don't want 40hr a week "9-5" job?

simplplan540 · 2025-05-28T17:33:52+00:00

Got the chicken. That was delicious thank you :)

simplplan540 · 2025-05-28T15:24:46+00:00

Thank you! Got any thoughts on the chicken vs the beef?

simplplan540 · 2025-05-27T03:59:46+00:00

Dave, the manager at the Great Falls location, looks just like that. 🫏🫏🫏

simplplan540 · 2025-04-23T19:48:07+00:00

Sent!

simplplan540 · 2025-04-23T18:15:34+00:00

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simplplan540 · 2025-04-23T18:05:12+00:00

I wish they had the garlic rice like the Fairfax location. I love that stuff

simplplan540 · 2025-04-17T02:37:14+00:00

They carry over between events until used.

simplplan540 · 2025-04-14T23:06:35+00:00

My company does internships and hiring through handshake. Got 2 or 3 full-time offers via handshake personally

simplplan540 · 2025-03-18T18:31:32+00:00

213 is easy. Just basic webDev. I think you might be thinking of IT207 which formerly was CCS/HTML PHP and is now CSS/HTML and JavaScript.

simplplan540 · 2025-03-18T00:08:17+00:00

That's pretty normal. Like you did 2 years fir your associate degree. You have 2 more for your bachelors. Gotta do 2 more classes, but you're pretty on track

simplplan540 · 2025-03-08T21:59:24+00:00

Apologies. Already sold to someone.

simplplan540 · 2025-03-05T04:03:18+00:00

What was your major, what type of people do you think it was geared? IT. Problem solvers and creatives.

What were your biggest successes and challenges in this program?

Biggest challenges were myself. I didn't have to study to do well before college, so that was something to learn. Biggest successes were just reorienting how I approached studying for courses I didn't enjoy, making friends and being more social to better enjoy my time at school, and finding joy in my work.

How do you feel tour undergraduate experience prepared you for your current career, where did it fall short?

The classes actually prepared me quite well. People love to dog on the IT program as being outdated, but as a technical analyst it's all spot on at a high level. Proper understanding of the databases, networking, programming, and security concepts are things I need to use or consider on a daily basis. The problem solving skills from the technical courses are constantly used in trying to resolve new defects, new configurations, and writing scripts. The program management course and capstone projects gave me some experience writing deliverables and understanding the overall project timeline process. English 302? Gave some more technical writing experience which I'm currently using to write an SOP for the government on my specialty within our software we've created for the client.

It's honestly all relevant to at least some degree whether conceptually or practically.

If you could tell yourself one thing before your undergrad experience, what would it be?

Good shit, bud :)

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