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Glad I didnt pre order on PSN

I rock a 1 pager when my field standard is like 4+ apparently when I review resumes.

4 jobs had, 3 go on the resume.

need to figure out how to get my research on there, cant really figure it out

Muscles posted...

Why are they forcing people to make a resume just for them? Seems like they should just have a "I temporarily lost my job due to covid 19" button and skip the extra shit for people that are actually unemployed

Muscles The entire business world is based on digging holes and filling them back up. Just find a template online and spend 10 minutes filling it out with one or two jobs and education.

InfestedAdam posted...

Hourly but I am hoping to ask to be changed to salary. Our office is officially opened 6 AM - 3:30 PM. We are only paid for those hours even if we stay late unless approved for overtime. As an engineer, I regularly stay to 5 - 6 PM to work on projects but if I arrive late at 6:30 AM for example I am paid only for 6:30 AM to 3:30 PM even if I stay to 5 PM.

That blows.

Clench281 posted...

Neither, really. It's a stipend.

Are you currently doing a post-doc?

hourly or salary?

Muscles posted...

Chinese virus

not really, I just say the virus or the thing

my boss calls it that in front of Chinese coworkers

Can sell 80 hours back for a paycheck.

One sells back all of his vacation, getting an extra 2ish paychecks a year.

One sells back 1 paycheck worth of vacation a year and takes random days off.

One sells back (Some years) but usually keeps his vacation to 1-2 days max. Hell even come into work on his vacation to do work but saying hes on vacation so doesnt deal with the daily junk. He took a full 5 day vacation and colleagues spent all week complaining about it.

I use my vacation 5 days in a row to include the weekend and feel well judged for it. Only the employees below us (and the lazy ones above us, actually) do that.

So many well compensated salary workers are commonly okay to just giving up their life to do busywork for the office. Even if promotion opportunities or bonus opportunities are not available. I feel the culture in my field causes this to be a bigger problem than in other fields.

Sahuagin posted...

often, becoming good at something is discovering how easy it actually is.

thats honestly what helped me with undergrad and grad school. oh wait, calculus is a 1200 course...entry level for a math class, I shouldnt struggle in an entry level class, and boom, went on to get a math BS

Actually I think as I get older I realize the complexities and subtleties of things more, see theres a lot more that I dont know. Instead of just playing the right note for the right amount of time Im also thinking of the 30 different things that goes into playing one.

EclairReturns posted...

Are you not making a gross annual salary of around eighty-thousand American dollars as some sort of physicist in the medical field?

$152,000 American gross as a physicist in a well known clinic. Honestly, my job isnt particularly difficult, its just very important we dont let big mistakes through the system. A lot of the job is quality assurance (measure things with a ruler and level, run some programs and take some more measurements). Make sure documents agree with treatment plan and nobody missed something that would compromise the treatment (chart checks). I think I did three integrals all of grad school and have barely used algebra since grad school ended \_()_/

EclairReturns posted...

In any case, I do share those exact sentiments virtually every time I log on.

I think Im becoming depressed. I cant seem to enjoy things anymore other than making/optimizing money (which is pretty limited outside of my W2/index funds these days) and seeing friends, who are pretty scattered across the country. Ive noticed the pattern start late undergrad but it keeps worsening. Have been debating with myself on seeing a therapist about it.

The Popo posted...

Did you get to eat any of the pizzas covered with expired meat?

No, we did not eat there.

zoo members on the show. A couple years ago.

AMA

the Internet makes me realize I suck at basically everything

I feel extremely incompetent at any game i play online. Less than one minute of gameplay and Im like Ill never be able to reach these skills.

halo, smash, Mario kart, CoD, whatever

Like half of my office day is dealing with politics and babysitting. You can subtract that and a commute from your job, plus there may have been a slow in tasks due to COVID-19. No projects really going on to progress on.

I'm using the extra time to study for work.

Shenti

He didn't show up to fight shadow, or to fight me, or another user.

He "overslept" and then wanted to bring his buddies along to the fight a few hours later because he was worried it would be unfair.

GameStop

wolfy42 posted...

I mean, honestly, I'm old and all alone at this point, my eyesight is going, I've been battling pnuemonia for 2 months and other health issues constantly and worse I can't even volunteer at much or make a difference in the world anymore, it's been pretty blah lately.

I was pretty much set to just give up if I get this virus, I have a DNR order so no resperator for me, and I'm fine with that, but.......I mean, 2 dresden books....That is worth living for.

I think he plans on releasing the last three pretty quickly all covering one story. I think I read he was only planning on 20 books also.

Aesop Rock is pretty much the only rap I like.

More dinners out and having an open gym again.

captpackrat posted...

Most stuff generally goes by your Adjusted Gross Income, line 8b on your 1040.

Thanks! $49,076. Looks like I will qualify.

MrMelodramatic posted...

8 more classes for me after this semester.

My entire MS was six classes.

A lot of research though. I got three crappy first authored papers out and an unknown number of 2nd-4th author papers will be coming out.

Whats your grad degrees in? I believe Clench did a bio PhD, not sure about turt and melo.

zebatov posted...

But with an extra $12,000 per year you should be fine.

I dont spend much and invest a lot, so even making $0 for a few years Id be fine.

not then 2018.

Be interested in seeing what I get since I was under the limit 2018 but over 2019 but not sure how they factor in 401k contributions which would put me below again for 2019.

There I am, being punished for being a good citizen and filing on the first day.

A bunch of AS's, 2 BS's, a MS, and a certificate. Have a job thanks to the certificate that I only got because of the MS that I only got because of the BS. Will soon have a second certificate that I only get thanks to the first certificate.

Joshs Name posted...

been using citrix workspace for remote apps which is working so much better than any remote desktop

So,

I use Citrix to remote into my work desktop to get on another Citrix and use remote apps.

I really cant think go any technical reason I cant just skip the middle man, but company wont give us access that way.

Even using one monitor I get a ton of resolution issues but it's overall workable. Two monitors is just a nightmare. Using OSX, idk if that's why but I guess no.

Reddit blows.

Its good to help you influence yourself though or when youre first learning a topic and need a starting place or some instant advice.

that said, Im on it multiple times a day.

blu posted...

Im watching I-Land

velocipastor has like twice the audience rating and six times the critic rating

dear god I land is awful

Blaqthourne posted...

I believe you would have made more by shorting the market, since you had theoretically unmlimited funds as you start by selling, as opposed to being limited by your starting funds as to how many puts you could buy. I believe selling naked calls would also have netted you more.

totally dont know these terms since I dont play. Will look into them though.

Lokarin posted...

Yes, pretty much the entire scientific community as soon as China started ignoring it

I hear this. But really, I wonder arent they rich right now from buying puts if they believed it would get this bad or worse.

AirJordan2345 posted...

...covid 19 outbreak would get remotely this bad? either in real life or a tv person?

For me to believe them that hey fully believed it, they must be rich af right now off options plays.

coworker claims he knew so switched from stocks to bonds back in December, but if he really knew and didnt just hunch hed have played options.

Cacciato posted...

Well, if youre scared you can go to church.

wut

Ive been to that park when I lived in OKC. Will definitely watch it.

People gonna start getting desperate for money soon to pay for rent and food. I really dont know how paycheck to paycheck people are going to make it.

I feel pretty safe at my apartment and city, but probably going to try not being out in the dark, no walks alone, and take some extra precautions like parking in the more lit up places at work and apartment until this is all over.

Government really needs to do discounted rent and utilities while giving every household something like 25 lbs of rice and 25 lbs beans. I just dont see how this whole will work for those living paycheck to paycheck. Do they have a eat cheap and healthy program? Some government funding teaching people to eat cheap and healthy and providing something like rice and beans seems worthwhile.

Im watching I-Land

velocipastor has like twice the audience rating and six times the critic rating

ParanoidObsessive posted...

At this point, does anyone on this board actually like anyone else?

I like you PO. And some other users. Mr. Mog, Clench, shadow, helly, bailor, judgmentl, adjl, Dr. Primemaster, some more Im forgetting.

Mr. Mog was awesome. I need to text him.

I used to but not anymore.

ScritchOwl posted...

in the end people look at bernie and says does he really need that extra 2 mil he is sitting on?

I thought that was only Bloomberg supporters saying that.

So Ive never played a RE game. Is RE2 remake a good place to start?

Control is pretty fun so far. Really like the unlimited ammo and weapon switching.

He moved by me less than a month ago. In my top few friends of all time and the only real friend within 1000 miles of me (recent move, havent really loved the people Ive tried hanging out with).

Very happy for him because hell be making 4-5x as much money, but kinda sad money has me and friends pretty well scattered.

*sigh*

Mead posted...

I totally believe that you actually know many people who think these things

it sounds real

A few. Many was the wrong word, but like 3-5 friends which is a decent chunk of my friends still in grad school. I mean, friends influence each other so once one guy believes it will also influence you a bit. One guy mentions it on Facebook, others express their support for the ideas.

I never actually thought the attitude was real that I was seeing on reddit until Ive seen some friends starting to have it.

gotten into that super Bernie bro attitude you see on reddit.

Stock ownership immoral. Real estate ownership (other than what you live in) immoral. Gendered restrooms immoral if no neutral restrooms exists. Making more than 100k immoral. Wont vote for Biden. Working more than 40h a week ever immoral. Wont stop harping on capitalism. White men are lesser people.

Just super liberal in the way republicans mock liberals for being. Like people on both sides seems to be polarizing to clichs. Probs just the internet making things like this more common. Ive been noticing some of my opinions morph slowly through the years to some of the subreddits I visit, so Im more or less surrounding myself with different media to change my opinions in different ways.

Essential. Physicist.

DrPrimemaster posted...

Good format as always blu, how close are you retiring late 30s? You think you wouldnt get bored not working?

Just basing off the 4% rule my investments in about will cover my frugalish lifestyle in maybe 4-5 years (early 30s).

After that is more about a feeling of security, preparing for emergencies, kids happen, I wanted to be less frugal, and if a SO needs help, having enough for it to snowball.

I dont think Id get bored not going to a regular job as long as if I had structure time, which included mental challenges, social time, exercise. Im pretty active when I have blocks of free time but having a job depresses me due to basically being on call 24/7 and never knowing when Ill leave until Im out the door.

Control
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Assassin's Creed: Origins

I know I won't beat Odyssey and Origins. I'll probably play both for 5-10h and call it quits from boredom. But I want to walk around the environments they have setup for a while. Control actually looks very fun, but we'll see.

reruns_revenge posted...

There are two things to consider. Policy/incentives and the stimulus/multiplier effect that is supposed to come from spending the money received.

For starters, it makes no sense whatsoever to give people making less than $2.5k annually anything for a multitude of reasons, including the fact that anyone of working age making such a pitiful amount of money probably wasn't working or paying any taxes, and likely was living off of government aid. As a matter of policy and incentives, why should someone already subsidized by the system get an extra check on top of what working people are already paying for, especially when the job market was so good? Because they exist? That group is probably mostly composed of people that long term pay nothing into the system or the economy generally but live off of government benefits. Even if we're talking about people that were students and went straight into the job market the next year, that's going to be a very, very small minority of people. So it may not be perfect in implementation, but it is generally fair in design.

Frankly, I'm baffled that the guy apparently isn't even sure whether he made $2.5k that year, but it basically affirms my point.

As a matter of fairness and policy, it makes much more sense to give the money to people that were working and paying taxes. Because they are putting something into the system as well spending in the economy. On both fairness and policy levels, it also makes sense to start phasing out the benefit at upper income levels because people that make a lot of money don't really need it, and probably would save/invest rather than spend any amount they received. Everyone I know makes multiples of the high end of the income limit, and we've all said we don't need the money and would just save/invest any payment like this. In contrast, people below the limit - especially at the middle level - are far more likely to spend it.

Which leads to the second part - the purpose of the extra money is to get people to spend it to boost consumer spending. Consumer spending is the largest component of the US economy - like 70% of it. Consumer spending based on cheap money and bad policy (interests rates being kept too low have led to all time high debt levels and tax cuts have led to even more borrowing while corporations wasted the money on stock buy backs) is what has been inflating the market and growth for many years now. The effect of a significant pullback in the biggest component of the US economy is a severe recession and going from a market correction and reset to a crash and a trough that lasts a very long and painful amount of time.

So getting money into the hands of people that actually work and spend will in theory help keep consumer spending from dropping even more and short term keep things more stable in the economy and markets.

I don't think it will be enough or last and is more designed to prop up the stock market than anything - and as seen from the last two days may work in the short term, although highly doubtful that will last once the sugar high of stimulus euphoria is over and people have to look earnings dead on the face - but that in a nutshell is who the benefit is designed help, why it's set up that way, and it'd nominal objective.

Great explanation. Thank you for taking the time to write it up.

reruns_revenge posted...

So did you work the full year in 2019.

Half a year at 50k and half a year at 140k with a week gap between.