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Other than retirement, house, boat, or status-symbol college educations for kids?

We got an abortion like a year and a half ago.

Radiation Oncology Therapeutic Medical Physicist

I have had 2 on my shelf unplayed for a long time. I also ordered Torna new physical edition from Gamestop for $20 to grab later today.

So that's like what 100 hours of story-mode and 200 hours of gameplay between 3 games?

Krazy_Kirby posted...

yes, but i don't give them attitude, then wonder why they give a ticket

Yeah...don't give people sass who have power over you. Just treat them with respect and the situation will go fine.

I've had a few run-ins with the cops while geocaching. I just explain the game to them and show them the app and they let me go back to finding the cache.

Here's drone footage of around the area the police are standing in the video of the reporters getting arrested...noticed the target in this video and behind them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htcU0V-g9L4

Here's drone footage of around the area the police are standing in the video of the reporters getting arrested...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htcU0V-g9L4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp88QaUm92Q

I'd be so pissed if someone set my apartment building on fire in protest over a cop. And looters running around the streets with chainsaws? People are just using this as an excuse to bring out their bad behavior.

All starting with a drunk guy and a counterfeit $20 at the deli.

idk how many associate degrees
2 BS degrees
1 MS degree
1 residency certificate
learned to code
3 small jobs
Job at an Ivy League
3 girlfriends
Less healthy
More in the clouds
Got a cat
Nicer
Good at dating
very social from rarely social

Judgmenl posted...

Please stop making shit up. Nobody believes you.

Again, for every time you post this: we are in different fields with different cultures. The culture in my field is not the culture of your field. I like you judgmenI, can verify my current salary if you would like and the higher paying job I have a statement of work or something that says pay rate.

I dont even know whats unbelievable. Ive posted about this path since 2nd year of undergrad, through grad school, through residency, and through having a job.

...I am seriously considering taking a 130k job over a 197k 40h/week job.

I must be insane.

Hmmm, if I get Royal Id wait until its $20 or under digital, it thatll likely happen in a year or so...not like I dont have a backlog.

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printer, its actually an output device

Theres no good reason for that if I have more PTO. Shell take two weeks for vacation at times >_<

Is this normal? I mean they had 3 people working there for a year before they hired me, they can go back to it for two weeks...or do it again for a year if I leave.

8 bucks on PSN...idk the difference really

seems like same game with some tweaks and additional content?

Oh cool ,I was wanting to buy BFII and also a COD game.

If you have 2 million you can live on a cruise ship for the rest of your life on interest without touching the 2 million...even less if you can get remote work worked out.

adjl posted...

TL;DR - Having more money doesn't make you happier, but spending more money does?

Pretty much, if possible studies should use spending instead of income when reporting wellbeing in wealth studies. And spending on holidays, food, and housing are the highest ROI in terms of life satisfaction, spending on hobbies less correlated with life-satisfaction.

Abstract: Does happiness depend on what one earns or what one spends? Income is typically found to have small beneficial effects on well-being. However, economic theory suggests that well-being is conferred not by income but by consumption (i.e., spending on goods and services), and a persons level of consumption may differ greatly from their level of income due to saving behavior and taxation. Moreover, research within consumer psychology has established relationships between peoples spending in specific categories and their well-being. Here we show for the first time using panel data that changes in life satisfaction are associated with changes in consumption, not changes in income. We also find some evidence that increased conspicuous consumption is more strongly associated with improved well-being than is increased nonconspicuous consumption.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1948550619835215#articleCitationDownloadContainer

Paywall exists...but it's scientific literature so paywalls are only there for show.

I guess I just read stuff on my phone during class anyway, but I'd feel less able to do that since I'm older.

Drop the coat

Medical physics. Its one of the two ABMS certified specialties that dont require med school. Its alright, once you get past the high amount of politics involved and the abysmal match rate. Its pretty risky just based on how competitive it is (about 50% match rate, lower for MS higher for PhD) and most people not getting a residency dont have good/any backup options. Its a good life, but Id probably recommend someone be an actual physician over picking this due to having more autonomy and more part-time options available to them. It was nice getting paid to get my degree tho

Looks like the VA job pays 197k and I never work more than 40h a week by contract. As good as the hours sound, I think Id feel less free than I feel now due to the small amount of vacation days. Non-negotiable because the contracts been bought or something...dont think I want it. Now I need to decide to keep my job or change to a different position Ive been offered...and then be done with looking at jobs and alternate careers because it exhausts me.

where the speakers even are because the room feels pretty equally filled with music.

So the university job where I can get my PhD offered me 5k more to get me to 130k and then also say I get a 401a which I need to look into but I think that's an extra 12k...and honestly I know I 100% have the connections to get a professorship (as ridiculous of a statement that may seem). And I know it's silly, but I have access to amazing free lunch and get my 1 hour lunch break daily sounds great.

Hopefully interviewing with VA tomorrow (I asked them to schedule the phone interview for tomorrow), I'm going to tell them I'm on a short timeline and need to come out for on-sites next week or maybe even later this week if I'm doing one.

Zeus posted...

For higher-end jobs, the interview process itself can be all-day or take several days.

Can confirm, my typical interviews last 7 hours minimum and those are at least 2nd round interviews.

Compared to the position I'm talking to right now back at my residency, ~125k base (hopefully more but probably not) with 27-33 days vacation + 11 more holiday while doing PhD and very likely raise to about ~160k afterwards.

Like the time off is a big deal to me and 10 vacation + 7 holiday isn't a lot compared to 28 or 38 days. But, the pay is enough to compensate for that really, just have to basically say I'm not doing actual traveling unless I can convince friends or family to come also.

Values here are base salary: 50k was residency which I got out of last july. 140k was where I am now (~80th percentile) but they gave me a raise after about six months to 152k putting me ~90th percentile. 80th percentile with ~10-15 years experience is 210k and 210k is median with 15-20 years experience.

Total comp for this VA job I'm estimating around ~210-230k base + ~20k from bonuses and 401k matching...I'm not well experienced with hourly. They seem to want 45h a week but also you're on call 24/7 and are limited to 100h annual overtime which doesn't add up unless overtime doesn't start after 40h, but whatever everything is ballpark and about 50% higher than I'm getting now.

I'll get it all sorted out during the interview.

Zeus posted...

If the VA is shelling out that much, no wonder why the system is having financial woes.

The VA typically pays pretty low...idk what's up with this one. Even for me what they're supposedly offering is high end.

It'll be more boring than my current job and instead of being at basically a top center I'll be at VA clinic...only 10 days vacation a year is kind crappy to my current 20-25 days and will basically prevent me from doing any sort of travel other than to see family...but otherwise the compensation there looks sweet and I can piggyback vacations onto holidays probably.

Judgmenl posted...

Yes, I prefer to work at small companies (doesn't matter if startup or not). Small as in <100 Employees.

Why is that? Sorry, not trying to question judgmentally in any way. Just interested in learning about the culture and listen to viewpoints first-hand.

Do you feel youd be unhappy at a FAANG?

Man, idk if I want to go back to writing pointless research papers.

Idk

I didn't realize Xbox was more powerful than PS2.

And people still thin the xsex is going to be better than PS5 because of power? haha

She's cute but....I don't understand goals that are spending money on space/things easily found online. It only seems to make sense if you don't have money...if you have it it's as easy as going to eBay.

Pre-ordered. I owned like 5 copies of the original but never played.

Just on the numbers, but it's jarring.

Judgmenl posted...

We never had a lockdown.
Also I haven't left my house in like 2 1/2 months. I couldn't care less.

how do you get fruit and veggies?

Black_Crusher posted...

Imagine being a doctor or nurse right about now, they must be going insane seeing this beach shit.

the docs I work with are 50/50 shouldve opened up a month ago / wait more months

Big truck taco

the dollars.

Still, that means they both dont have other people invited or it isnt an important enough role to need to have a meeting and discuss thoughts among multiple people.

Can definitely see it happening for grunts.

1) Hired unofficially then told me to apply
2) Interviewed then hired 3 months later
3) Interviewed and hired 2 months later
4) Interviewed and hired 1 month later

Cant imagine a good place hiring on spot.

No. I was issued one of these by my hospital and have not changed it out since March due to hospital policy. We are not particularly on short supply with the donations we've been getting...

Thinking a band is special is more about ego and wanting to be associated with a group or image than it is about the artist and not being a mindless robot.

Zangulus posted...

Dig deeper into it, find things to look for that are more special.

Nothing is actually special though. Even if it came first, there will be dozens of other proficient musicians implementing the same ideas into their music. Without the availability of those others then yeah, sure, but with then youre basically looking at dozens of minor variations.

Same with tv/movie/book streaming.

Having access to a never ending pool of high quality options makes me value things less in general.

I listen to a larger number of albums than I ever have, but I cant name them or remember them well months later. Might find one that stands out for a month, to forget its name in a few months. Almost any song I play often was found before I had access to streaming or from a band I already liked.

Paradox of choice

Good description, that sounds great. I guess I'll be playing through this since the starter pack wis free...maybe buy the updates if I love it. Main issue with playing now is the subscription model, but since there's a main story I should be fine getting it for like 3 months and playing.