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Date: June 28th, 2015 3:50 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested fuck my ass. I popped an addy to try to be productive but unfortunately it kicked in while I was posting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217307) |
Date: June 28th, 2015 4:02 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested damn i'm old i used to be one of the younger faggots and now nobody knows my faggot history. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217356) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:04 PM Author: Galvanic Crimson Wrinkle Post more fgt! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217361) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:09 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I poast with relative frequency
I also take credit for the WGWAG WGWAG ZIMMERHERO LETS POAST MOAR ragnus generate spam several years ago. |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 2:27 AM Author: light anal hall Explain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28221256) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:03 PM Author: Comical hyperactive legend casino what is your profession (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217358) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:05 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested failed shitmillennial tutor, 27. applying to cash cow CS masters in the fall (most real programs/state schools require experience).
I could probably go into tutoring for myself at this point as I have a good rep/references, but I need something a bit more intellectual challenging/stable. Plus it would require upfront costs to open a solo shop which I don't have as my parents are poors. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:06 PM Author: Comical hyperactive legend casino what happened to make your tutoring career fail? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217376) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:08 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested nothing, I just make $50k in the most expensive metro in the united states at 27 which is basically a failure. plus people assume I don't have a real job and just fuck around, which is annoying (I've actually just started saying I'm a teacher for this reason).
what I really failed at was applying to PhD programs, which I was repeated rejected from through a combo of laziness + extraordinarily bad luck. still very bitter but getting over it.
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:09 PM Author: motley sinister business firm sweet tailpipe What did you study in UG? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217393) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:09 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested geology (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217395) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:11 PM Author: motley sinister business firm sweet tailpipe Just open up a coal mine dood. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217407) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:12 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I get annoying questions all the time about like "why not just do oil". I was a researchfaggot so I didn't take many classes useful for industry.
I'd prefer to do CS than private sector geology though. Geology academic research is 180 as fuck, but all the private jobs are pretty god-damn boring except for a few high-up scientists at bigoil (but they're the types who had PhDs anyway). |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:14 PM Author: motley sinister business firm sweet tailpipe That sucks, sorry dood.
I don't know anything about careers/life or whatever, but from what I've read a lot of those cash-cow CS programs tend to be a good investment. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:15 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested Yeah fortunately my grandfather left me 150k, so I won't have to go into debt (and will have a good amount left over only being a 15-month program).
Starting my career six years late sucks, but whatever. |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:08 AM Author: Marvelous Affirmative Action Crotch Which one are you doing? I've been thinking of applying to Chicago or Penns transitional ms stuff but I'd have to go into debt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220525) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:10 AM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested chicago only has one cash cow cs masters u can google it
it seemed more organized than penn's program, and i prefer quarters for purposes of getting stuff done faster. if i'm doing it full time there's not much advantage to semesters |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:13 PM Author: charcoal station I always thought you were a really good kid, as far as one can perceive that kind of thing on an internet chatspace. Good luck with your career plans. You aren't going to be wandering forever, and it's true coming from a family of poors can really hamper you even after LEET education. Something psychological that drags you down, as if you deep down know you don't deserve any better. Speaking from experience. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217421) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:14 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested The only way it hampered me IMO was making me lazy. Coming from a poor family, if you're smart and get As people assume you just become a success, which gets in you're head. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217429) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:16 PM Author: charcoal station In my opinion laziness isn't a benign quality. There's a kind of profound despair if you go a little beneath the surface. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217436) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:51 PM Author: Fighting pocket flask (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218882) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:00 PM Author: lascivious field (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218986) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:07 PM Author: Maroon parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223059) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:22 PM Author: motley sinister business firm sweet tailpipe Does being a poor hurt you in terms of trying to make connections in UG to get a jerb? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217460) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:25 PM Author: charcoal station Yes, for many of them. Some poors are super motivated and run through doors to get away from the feelings of impotent poverty. A lot of poors, like me, are much more passive. Even when you see peers gunning and striving, you just kind of observe the scenery pass by you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217481) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:27 PM Author: motley sinister business firm sweet tailpipe Fuck.
So is business just not a good field for poors to go into? |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:28 PM Author: charcoal station I think small businesses are fine. It all depends on your personality. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217496) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:28 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested It's fine if you just make sure to have kind of a mentor bro to guide you. Latch on to someone in the direction you want to head in and ask him for advice.
Or you could just major in CS/applied math/engineering, which guarantees a job. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:30 PM Author: motley sinister business firm sweet tailpipe This makes sense.
It sucks, I got into a pretty good UG (top 25) but it seems like all of the kids who actually do well and cop the best jobs are from rich families. Then again, most of the poors choose shit like race studies or whatever over Econ, but I'm white so I have to go with econ by default. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:37 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested Econ alone is stupid and mostly flame. I know brown had an applied math/econ major, if your school as something like that do it instead.
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Date: June 28th, 2015 5:03 PM Author: motley sinister business firm sweet tailpipe Probably going to do both Econ and CS so if finance/consulting shit doesn't work out I can try and work into come sort of tech-related job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217715) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 5:19 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested even though the bubble will burst at some point (100k straight out of UG, higher for the top tier jobs), CS will remain employable probably until we hit the singularity so you should be good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217819) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:27 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I think rich people just know how the world works better. Out of UG I spammed job apps everywhere (with a decent resume) and got nothing for a very long time; a few interviews but nothing came of them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217491) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:39 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter yeah, I was at an Ivy and no one told me about OCI (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217574) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:43 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested tbf, that's only really a thing for college with bschools. it's mostly flame otherwise, except for companies which you have to apply beforehand to and then come to campus and interview a bunch of people at once. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217601) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:03 PM Author: confused gunner coldplay fan not true, i had tons of friends who got MBB or finance jerbs by going to those info sessions starting like freshman year. i remember my freshman rm saying by like soph year, "i already know every single thing they say at those, but i figure i should show my face" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218062) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:06 PM Author: Maroon parlor Fuuuuuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223056) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:07 PM Author: motley sinister business firm sweet tailpipe That sucks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217382) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:50 PM Author: Fighting pocket flask have you considered doing a "dev boot camp"? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218867) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:53 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested those are pure flame unless you have prior experience. it works for people with previous coding experiencing looking to switch careers--the guys who have very little experience all flame out.
plus most of them are only focused on one aspect, e.g. web development or apps. you aren't going to get a proper treatment of algorithms, or OS/systems in one of those things. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:56 PM Author: Fighting pocket flask makes sense, the guy I know who did one was already a very competent dabbler when he took it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218942) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:58 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I interviewed for one and passed the first round (you do some skype coding BS), but once I really investigated I realized it would be a huge mistake for this reason.
I think they're pretty sweet for the right person, but they're very misleading wrt advertising (u can make 100k after just 16 weeks Mr. Teacher!) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:00 PM Author: Fighting pocket flask ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218988) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:05 PM Author: Spectacular Cobalt People Who Are Hurt Dopamine thoughts on the confederate flag? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217365) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:06 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I keep quiet on the subject, as personally I enjoy the flag. But I do completely understand the other side and don't favor it on government buildings, nor would I display one in the open.
I think being proud of the Confederacy is BS, I'm just a huge fan of general Southern culture. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 5:48 PM Author: Spectacular Cobalt People Who Are Hurt Dopamine do you think there's a better symbol for southern culture that isn't so tied to the confederacy?
something like the Palmetto that's on SC's flag? |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:01 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested not really. plus I think it's a legitimately well designed flag, so I'm sad to see it go. but it's for the greater good so I don't care that much. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218043) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:05 PM Author: Fighting pocket flask it's one of the GOAT iconic flag designs in history, up there with the union jack and the imperial japanese naval flag. LOL at the TTT regular US flag. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219034) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:12 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested It really is fucking 180. It has symbolism, is easy to draw and color, not *too* many stars (although I suppose that would've changed had the Confederacy won and aquired land over time), looks fucking awesome while not being entirely derivative of any one design. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219084) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:05 PM Author: charcoal station what happened to the other guy from brown? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217368) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:07 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested despite all his histrionic whining he turned out much better than I did career-wise after a few years in the wildnerness.
he still poasts. probably has a hot GF as he usually seems to. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:08 PM Author: Blue Shrine Weed Whacker you mean cbomo? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217387) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:09 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I assumed that's who he's referring to, unless he means the box lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217392) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:09 PM Author: Blue Shrine Weed Whacker what is cbomo up to these days (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217394) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:10 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested he ended up about as well as he could have given how he kinda fucked around for a bit and then whined a lot. but he had a plan, executed it, and is now chilling at a solid phd program in his field. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217402) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 2:31 AM Author: light anal hall Moar like chomo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28221268) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:12 PM Author: Maroon parlor lol I do not currently have a gf though, hot or otherwise :( still whine a lot |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:10 PM Author: Galvanic Crimson Wrinkle Thoughts on me as a poster, human being, etc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217396) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:10 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested i dont get it, are u dennis or 433? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217404) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:11 PM Author: Galvanic Crimson Wrinkle Muahaha. 433 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217410) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:13 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested flame or not flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217417) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:12 PM Author: Blue Shrine Weed Whacker what do you think of the International Federation of Naked Bodybuilders, or IFNB? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217413) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:13 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested As a fatmo I hope to join their ranks within the year. I need to seriously quit being a fatmo though as my FATPAD really hides the STIMSTICK. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217422) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:42 PM Author: Fighting pocket flask GROW IT BIG (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218791) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 4:54 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217673) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 5:26 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested fun fact: not flame, I know someone who actually maed it at "working on their novel". she got 500k+ from a major publisher. of course it helped that she's actually a good writer, but still. SHE WAS 32 WE ALL CAN MAEK IT! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217872) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 5:42 PM Author: Galvanic Crimson Wrinkle Genre of novel? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28217924) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 5:58 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested it's not a bad book really. similar in genre/setting (kind of) to I Am Charlotte Simmons, but minus all the shitty Wolfe past his prime writing and old man who doesn't really understand modern culture past face value stuff. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218025) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:14 PM Author: Indigo Charismatic Kitchen is it some whore girl adventures (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218144) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:21 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested no its about a bunch of depressed high school kids (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218203) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:33 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter YA? 500K is really unusual for lit/fic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218311) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:34 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested she was pretty shocked and openly admitted that writing (as an industry) makes no fucking sense. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218319) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:37 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter Brown ug? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218334) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:38 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested no she went to an (xo standards) ttt but a decent (non-iowa, although she got in) mfa (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218337) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:40 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter Probably don't know her then
did she have a platform of some kind? Like a successful blog or something? Not trying to figure out who she is, more interested in the pathways to it. My debut was single-digit four figures then the fucking publisher went out of business |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:42 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested she co-authored some minor non-fiction books (ie basically a ghostwriter but her name was mentioned in small print on the cover) previously. had a blog and did freelance marketing/design stuff as well as almost always having some sort of teaching-related employment (tutor, private hs english teacher, adjunct, etc.)
we were only coworkers but I talked to her quite a bit about it because it's something you so rarely see someone succeed at. FWIW she gave much of the credit to her agent |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:44 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter It's nice to hear that people who have actually been out there get good debuts. Usually the ones who get the whoppers are twenty-somethings who take a nice author pic and pull the sexy librarian thing to get attention from profs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218372) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:01 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested yea I'm pissed her life is so perfect (also married to doctor, who is actually younger than she is lol, in addition to already having family money), but glad to see someone a bit older MAEK it mostly due to actual hard work and perseverance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218457) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:25 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter We'll MAEK it too, don't you worry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218634) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:29 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested honestly I'm less concerned with MAEKING it these days as just enjoying life more and having steady employment. I've wasted some of my prime years as the ultra-toxic xo mindset has permeated my brainpubes, and I don't intend to do it any longer. Fuck this gay site. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218673) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:30 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter this place isn't all bad, you know it's hard to find a group of amusing, well-educated people in real life... so what if you don't see them in real life. If this were the 1700s we'd be drinking coffee in some gentleman's club instead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218685) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:43 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested if you're well adjusted I agree, but this place is toxic if you don't have a very sound mindset about life.
there are certainly good poasters left, but this place has really gone down the tubes. not only is it increasingly toxic, but the level of discourse has dropped significantly. |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:37 AM Author: Infuriating magical international law enforcement agency To be fair,
stfu fgt before I punch u in the face stupid |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:13 AM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested First they poasted about Obama's America, and I gave them one hundred eighty— Because it was all in good LOL.
Then they poasted about shitlibs, and I gave them one hundred eighty—
Because shitlibs are real retarded sir.
Then they poasted about Jezebel, and I gave them one hundred eighty—
Because they deserve to get tongue punched in the fart box.
Then they poasted about misery—because cynical faggots all were we. |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:15 AM Author: confused gunner coldplay fan holy shit 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220882) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:57 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223364) |
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Date: July 3rd, 2015 9:58 PM Author: Cerebral Buff Background Story Indian Lodge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28254262) |
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Date: July 11th, 2015 1:23 AM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28304413) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 5:59 PM Author: Beady-eyed Nofapping Factory Reset Button Church working on an amish erotic fiction novel as we speak (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218029) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:15 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter Does her first name start with an S and she did an MFA at Sarah Lawrence?
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:21 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218212) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:32 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter Was it Marissa Pessel? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218302) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:33 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested the book isn't released dood u aren't going to figure it out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218312) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:36 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter I'm just seething with jealousy that's all (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218332) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:30 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested 4 afters after taking adderall I'm almost ready to do actual work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218292) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:52 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground "failed shitmillennial tutor, 27. applying to cash cow CS masters in the fall (most real programs/state schools require experience)."
jfc bro. this is a horrible life outcome even for xoxo. but i'm hoping you can still turn it around.
you do NOT want to go into CS at 27. you obviously do not have a real passion or knack for it, or else you would have done it much earlier. 27 is when people who started off as developers start moving out and transitioning into other things like management or founding their own startups and shit.
i understand the job market is really good for coders in the US, but shit man, you do not want to do this especially if you have to go to school first. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:53 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter We're also overdue for a correction and recently hired, inexperienced coders are the first out the door (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218415) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 6:56 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground and older ones.
fresh grad coders are so much cheaper and they are super efficient once they get trained and have much less need to take time off than older ones. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:11 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I'm pretty set, sorry. I enjoyed it a lot when I took it as a UG--no shit I'm aware that at my age many people are moving out, but I think XO is also biased by trendy startup culture. There are plenty of people employed in CS at older ages; most people of those I've talked who move out have done so because a) they want to make more money, or b) never cared much for CS in the first place and want to do something easier for the same money. I don't have much interest in megamillion$$$, I want to do CS because it's the closest I can get to my failed dream of doing something science/research related.
And TBF, XO is really fucking off on CS career paths. Yes, startups tend to be created by people in the late 20s/early 30s, but all of my CS friends (and I have a lot) are still plugging along at 27-29 except for the random guy who decided to just be a DJ.
XO has been wrong pretty much every step of the way as far as career advice in non-law/finance goes from what I've seen (and I've been here 10 years). Before I began listening to XO, I had a solid life plan and was on track. Once I started listening to XO I pretty much froze and half-assed the rest of my life after becoming hyper-pessimistic. I'm not retarded, and if there's anything I've learned from this shithole it's that if you're a smart person with a realistic plan you shouldn't fucking listen to XO or you'll kill yourself.
No shit it isn't ideal (for a number of reasons--age, cost, etc.), but this isn't some eat-pray-love BS. It's a pretty well thought-out plan B, and fuck XO for turning me into the cynical asshole that I am. This place may be right about law, but it also does a great job of discouraging people who have legitimately well thought out goals with the armchair MFE analysis. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:24 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested come at me cunts (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218622) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:36 PM Author: Spectacular Cobalt People Who Are Hurt Dopamine do XOM/Chevron/Baker Hughes/etc. even recruit at Brown geo? Or is the department just super academic n shit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218735) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:44 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested the latter. individual profs have connections to oil if you want it, but very few students from brown (being brown) are interested. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218809) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:32 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter If you like geology why not do some kind of hyper niche masters in it like ex-planetary geology or something and see where it takes you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218696) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:41 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I've applied for PhD programs three (3) times and failed each time bro, I'm done forever in that dept. Everyone says "you have a great cv, you should get in somewhere" and then I get rejected everywhere. Granted I didn't talk to profs aggressively as I should have, but I also got very unlucky in that someone with my credentials who applied to as many places I did almost always gets in SOMEWHERE. On top of that, I had a verbal "very likely yes" (at places I really would've liked to go to no less) yanked a month after I received it *twice* (although different years), which left me pretty fucking bitter. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218784) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:49 PM Author: burgundy base foreskin sounds like someone--a prof maybe--has been sabotaging your prospects. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219330) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:56 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I've thought about that but it just seems so fucking juvenile for a 50 year old guy to railroad someone in his mid 20s. My thesis advisor was someone I had to get a letter from (it would seem strange otherwise, and I didn't have many options), and if anybody did it that would be the person. But it just seems like a genuinely shitty thing to do instead of just saying "sorry, can't do, thank."
He never outwardly had a problem with me while I was in his lab, but he was extremely aspie and bad at communicating so I probably ended up not meeting his expectations (as I had no idea wtf I was doing due to lack of guidance). Even so, it seems pretty fucking TTT to tank someone who's been out of UG for a while (and matured) with a bad LOR. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 9:22 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground this is some legit nightmarish shit. you should have started your plan B, whatever it might be, after your first rejection, and then maybe apply again as a Hail Mary.
Simply drifting aimlessly and apply for three years in a row is absolutely ridiculous. And no, xoxo would not have given you that advice. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 9:24 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested No, XO wouldn't give that advice, but it pretty much plants the idea that you're a fucking failure and old so why try anyway.
What XO will do is talk you out of any plan you have, no matter what the age and trajectory (unless you're already a successful bro and pondering options that successful bros have). Eventually you just fucking give up out of pure hatred ("FTGE!") and cynicism. Well, suck my tiny pink dick you faggot. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 9:28 PM Author: lilac dashing rehab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219569) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 9:39 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground im not telling you to give up. i'm telling you to keep looking and trying some other stuff like maybe starting a tutoring business.
and even if you want to switch to CS, there is very little reason to pay for school. start reading and working with any number of online courses, and start pitching in on open source project on Github. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 9:49 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested There's a reason that even though CS is one of the things you can completely teach yourself, most people still go to university--it's really fucking hard to sit down and autodidact when you get down to it. It takes a genuinely top-level natural coder to pick up everything on his own IMO, which I am likely not; I'd much rather go to school and definitely learn the material than waste *another* year saying "well I'll just autodidact since it's cheaper".
Again, this "advice" is what makes XO ttt these days. I've thought this through inside and out (yes, including starting a tutoring business). I'm not an idiot dreaming of becoming a Manhattan DA while taking out 200k loans for LS--part of getting your dreams crushed is that you tend to be much more realistic when evaluating your options.
Should I have done this before? Absolutely. It sucks losing two years--I could have either a) done this program earlier, or b) at least picked up enough on my own to get into a cheap state school program that requires a background. Unfortunately this is where I fucking am, and I've considered all options thoroughly. But if you think you're already old and pretty much useless (XO cannon after age 24 or so), as well as generally cynical and bitter as fuck, guess what--you tend to just let life slide by. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 10:03 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground bro, you obviously know the specifics of your life more than i do. if you feel like being a structured program is the difference maker, then yeah, you should go.
i would still go in with the expectation of only doing coding for a few years and have an eye toward an exit plan. |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:31 PM Author: burgundy base foreskin you can't blame xoxo for shit. if a message boart could derail your life so badly, you were gonna screw up in the first place. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28222880) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:25 PM Author: Maroon parlor (Guy who didn't start poasting here while still in high school) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223143) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 3:17 PM Author: burgundy base foreskin ive been here since pr days bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28224040) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:58 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested lol you seem dense bro. obviously I'm not saying it was the only factor and the actual blame is my own, but XO is definitely capable of drawing out the worst qualities/thoughts in a person if you spend too long here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223371) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 11:14 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter yeah, it's definitely possible unless you're only applying for a few schools (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220193) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:38 PM Author: Spectacular Cobalt People Who Are Hurt Dopamine what was your life plan before xo? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218755) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:45 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested phd -> research
what I would've gotten a PhD in has good employment options outside of academia, so even if I failed at academia I wouldn't have had to worry about getting a jerb. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 9:18 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground bro, have you talked to coders and CS PhD's?
This is literally something that a CS PhD has said to me "coding is basically a mechanic's work." It's as far from doing original research as you can imagine.
Yes, you can get a job switching into CS at this point. But trust me, there is a reason why people move out of CS after doing it for a few years. Coding is not a career. You will be back to where you are now after this stint, and have to figure things out all over again, just a few years older again.
and LOL at this being MFE analysis. this is the cold hard nigga truth, and if you don't see the difference, then I'm sorry.
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Date: June 28th, 2015 9:28 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested Unlike you, I actually have talked to people IRL about the job and discussed the pros/cons. I also have a decent amount of math background, so ideally I would do something more driven by stats/math that involves coding rather than pure software development (or transition into the former after a few years of experience).
There is near zero fucking chance you have talked to actual CS PhDs. Why would you? A) there really aren't many of them, B) so you just had a casual conversation about how coding is really like mechanic's work? Yeah, that happens all the time. I'm sure some CS PhDs think that way, but there are also CS PhD bros who are 100x smarter than me and probably think anything less than [insanely hard to grasp academic topic] is prole. But more to the point, it's very likely you just fucking made that up to sound like an MFE. Even if you didn't, I for damn sure have put more thought into energy looking into the area and weighing my options than some random faggot on a law message board has.
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Date: June 28th, 2015 9:34 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground first of all, do you even know who i am since i recently changed my moniker? i have worked as an engineer for one of the big name American tech companies, and i also currently work within the tech industry but not as an engineer anymore.
why would it be weird for me to talk to CS PhD's? I was having a beer with this guy and few other friends at a bar when it came up.
fwiw, i do know bros who switched into CS at around your age. they get a job with kind of a shittier company, and have very little career mobility. i don't think they are happy, and they tend to look to be in very bad shape physically, because coding is backbreaking labor of the modern age.
i don't doubt that you are competent enough at math to make a passable coder, but i'm telling you the most likely outcome right now (but not the only possible outcome of course). whatever you do with that information is up to you. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 9:43 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I just realized it, otherwise I wouldn't have put in the effort lol
For what it's worth, you're one of the worst. I remember back in the day you were actually talking complete shit about my plans (which in hindsight were entirely reasonable), in a field you no less knew literally nothing about. It's that kind of shit that seeps into your mind--even if you disagree, you can only read toxic shit so much without taking some of it in.
Of course by coincidence this is something you actually have experience with, but as someone who's never been happy for more than three years in any given job or location it seems ludicrous that you would dispense advice. Naturally you're going to look down on CS since you grow to loathe most things over time. Of all the people I've talked to, my friends in CS generally have the most positive experiences by far--they genuinely like their jobs, unlikely the people I know in finance/consulting/etc (granted some of them enjoy what they do, but it's more because some people just enjoy making lots of money--I don't care as much about money so long as it's decent and I get to use my brain on problems). |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 9:56 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground i just keep it real. i'm not gonna be your cheerleader if your plan sounds dumb.
i think the advice i gave you before was based on my general experience with academia, which is applicable even if it wasn't geology specifically. i don't talk about my life that much on here, but i have done original research through an REU program, and have enough experience dealing with PhD's and professors to know what it's like generally.
yeah, i do hate CS more than others who have done it, but my reasons are still entirely justified and most people will arrive at the same conclusions, but might just take longer.
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Date: June 28th, 2015 10:03 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested "but my reasons are still entirely justified and most people will arrive at the same conclusions, but might just take longer."
How do you know that? As I said, you're pretty much the epitome of standard toxic XO. You've latched on to some facts which are true, but then distorted that into the mindset that you have the objectively correct outlook on life or a given topic, and see pretty much everything painted in the context of your supremely correct judgment.
My plan sounds dumb to you because you pretty much loathe CS and seek out any opinions which affirm your belief as such.
Like I said, I'm fully aware my plan isn't perfect or ideal, but it should work. And even if I find full-time CS miserable, as least I have the option of doing something else afterwards. Past that, if I'm a long-term depressive who ends up hating everything I'll just kill myself and be done with it. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 10:09 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground because the reasons for my hating CS are very universal? working in front of computers for long hours and doing the mental equivalent of backbreaking labor is not sustainable if you value your health, full period stop.
second, the skills you learn from working as a coder after you learn the initial ropes are completely useless. the best way to increase your efficiency is to know the SPECIFIC codebase you are working on, and that knowledge is completely non-transferable, and this is why experience in coding not nearly as sought after as other industries.
when i get resumes these days from 30+ engineers who have a laundry list of projects they worked out, this is just so glaringly obvious. they have zero advantage over some fresh graduate who did their senior project in iOS/Android. this is why it's not a CAREER. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 10:16 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested "when i get resumes these days from 30+ engineers who have a laundry list of projects they worked out, this is just so glaringly obvious. they have zero advantage over some fresh graduate who did their senior project in iOS/Android. this is why it's not a CAREER. "
The difference is you're concerned with prestige and moving up the ladder; which is fine, obviously many people on XO. I'm not, unless I ever stumble across my own idea which I think warrants starting a business. I could genuinely give less of a flying fuck about climbing the corporate ladder as long as I'm getting paid decently and enjoy what I'm doing (most of the time). If I'm worth a shit as a coder I'll be able to pick up new concepts and languages, and if after a few years it turns out I'm not, I'll have at least a bit of flexibility to do something else.
"working in front of computers for long hours and doing the mental equivalent of backbreaking labor is not sustainable if you value your health, full period stop."
What? Before you compared it to being a mechanic, which is pretty much the opposite of being analogous to something which is "mental equivalent of backbreaking labor". |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 10:19 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground it's like being a mechanic because as a coder you are mostly implementing the same things and the same frameworks over and over again. you are not doing anything novel or original 99% of the time.
dood, it's not about prestige. it's about job security. coders have no job security, because if you get laid off after 30, you will have no competitive advantage on the market unlike many other industries.
the situation you have now in the US with coders is an anomaly from an acute shortage because Americans right fully value working in more chill and less mentally draining jobs, and more client facing jobs. in China, there is a shortage now too, but it's still not as bad as the US, and you see 30+ coders get absolutely SHAT on. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 10:29 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested no dude. they have no *higher earning* job security. a biglawyer gets laid off (earl), he can go in-house (well assuming he's worked in biglaw long enough, or he's else quite proper fucked). a coder gets laid off, you still know how to fucking code. use funemployment to improve yourself.
many of those "recent graduates" have little experience in what they get hired for anyway. one of my friends did old school windows C/network programming, and now he'a fucking webdev. as long as you know the principles and how it works, someone will hire you. no, it isn't going to pay as well as much as a mid-level position, and you might not get something terribly prestigious, but you'll get a job in your field.
also: you do nothing novel 99% of the time in literally almost every career. even people doing academic research spend most of their time doing menial shit over and over again. that's just part of having a job and you learn to deal with it, and is something you've complained about pretty much ever since you started working. chose something you don't mind doing over and over that at the end of the day you can at least be kind of proud of, or lets you transition to a career where you can be proud of something you build.
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Date: June 28th, 2015 10:32 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground i just can't see how working in a similar position to fresh grads when you are 30+ and be even less in demand can possibly feel good.
you are right on the last paragraph. but unlike other mundane repetitive jobs, coding for years and years will literally destroy your health. i can count the number of a long time dev who didn't look like shit physically that i've met on one hand. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 10:39 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested because you enjoy what you're doing. if you do, even though you might not know NODE.JS FAGGOTRY 6.0 LATEST HACKERNEWS BUZZWORD, it will be pretty evident that you're very competent as you'll have recs and a body of work.
besides, there are plenty of jobs where you do the same shit for most of your career. teaching, medicine/dentistry, being a mechanic, tradesmen, etc.
"but unlike other mundane repetitive jobs, coding for years and years will literally destroy your health. i have never met a long time dev who didn't look like shit physically. "
CS is also a field that for obvious reasons attracts people who don't give a shit about their health moreso than literally anything else. That's changed with the rise of bro-coders in recent years, but the previous generation (ie those who are actually older) wouldn't know a squat rack if it hit them in the fucking face. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 10:43 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground i just see a lot of brogrammers with roided out non-lean gains and a receding hairline. they are not actually in good shape.
coding as a job DESTROYS your body and health. i don't mind doing it here and there, but i would never do it 40+ hours a week. |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:40 PM Author: Maroon parlor This seems pretty dumb. Don't so cs cuz it'll make you unhealthy? More than any other job working you 60 or whatever hours a week? Just don't be a faggot and hit the gym once in awhile and skip the free skittles in the break room (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223243) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:20 PM Author: Maroon parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223118) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 4:09 AM Author: confused gunner coldplay fan hahahahahahah you are such a transparently insecure faggot piece of shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28221601) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:07 PM Author: computer online (ðŸ§) this was some classic peak XO really fucking shitty advice, btw. basically everything this guy said was dead wrong, retarded, and expressing his own sense of ego. I was 100% correct in changing course (lack of 20/20 foresight in predicting AI destroying knowledge work aside) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#50006348) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:31 PM Author: Razzle Dun Theatre Corn Cake list some of the xo memes that have influenced your professional career choices (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218686) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:38 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested it's more just the boundless cynicism. unless you're a fresh faced 21 year old guy going into med school or CS/engineering who already has a wifeable gf, XO will find some way to shit on your life's path. back in the day this was due to a bunch of college/law kids being obsessed with prestige, so it wasn't as purely bitter/cynical. these days it's a bunch of older faggots who are convinced they're correct on everything they talk about.
unmarried at 30? LOL the 21 y/o wifeable gf train has left the building bro. married at 30? LOL enjoy misery. kids? LOL enjoy $$$ and not having a life. no kids? LOL enjoy being alone at death and having no purpose. not a success at 22? LOL you're old and no matter the plan it will not turn out well for [insert MFE reasoning by lawyer here]. success at 29? LOL enjoy your soul-sucking corporate job you husk of a human being. how's not having a life working out for you? live in MFH with a babby on the way? LOL unless you're making 500k enjoy your miserable overpriced life. life outside of MFH with a babby on the way? LOL enjoy your shitty life in the suburbs you boring old faggot.
I could go on and on. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:45 PM Author: exhilarant mentally impaired national All of those are cr, it's just that life is SPS. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218816) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:46 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested Get raped you fucking faggot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218831) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:49 PM Author: exhilarant mentally impaired national Lol u mad? Gonna break your IKEA desk? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218865) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:54 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested did I ever take pics of that? I feel like XO doubted that actually happened, much like they doubted my chomsky WGWAG email. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218922) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:08 PM Author: Indigo Charismatic Kitchen link to chomsky wgwag email (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219062) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:16 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=1643021&forum_id=2#17967017
I deleted the post and content as I was mad some poasters doubted me. So being a histrionic beta at the time (this was during the LOLBOX period), instead of screenshotting it I deleted the email and wiped it from history.
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:48 PM Author: Razzle Dun Theatre Corn Cake lol, tyty, i enjoyed this, would read whole thread on this
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:38 PM Author: stubborn erotic locus electric furnace q: do you still look like bobby hill? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218760) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:47 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I'm currently in a long hair phase so not atm, but in general yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218839) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:49 PM Author: Razzle Dun Theatre Corn Cake are u in nyc? do u live like one of those d00ds on girls? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218855) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:55 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested SF so even worse these days. No, I just have a roommate and pay $1050 while not really having a life. I can save some money because I have no social life--if I did, I would be saving zero. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218930) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 7:58 PM Author: Razzle Dun Theatre Corn Cake sry to hear that bro, i thought you would be in nyc. also tutoring would be more lucrative in NYC
why no social life? SF kinda sucks but there's still shit to do
is yr roommate a rando? |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:02 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested there are plenty of people to tutor in the bay area man. lots of money floating around. it just requires a lot of initiative to go solo (ie make more than 50k), and I really don't want to tutor in my 30s. it was fun for a while, but I miss the pulling my hair out feeling I got way back when I took a CS class/when I was writing my thesis.
no social life because I'm a natural shutin, and the xo mindset has pretty much just turned me into a total bitchmade whiny faggot.
current one is. got kicked out of my last place (which was really sweet for the price) when someone bought and moved in the unit, after which the three of us scattered. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:06 PM Author: Razzle Dun Theatre Corn Cake i mean what led u to SF, i think u d enjoy nyc a lot more if u just wanted to tutor and have fun in yr 20s (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219043) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:14 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested For a year I had a jerb at the USGS (which has an office in menlo park). Then thanks to Obama's america we oops no funding.
After that, it was just the first thing I found. I put in a bunch of geology job apps and got no offers, and it's hard to get hired for most non tech/finance/law jobs if you don't live in the city. So I found a tutoring company that actually pays people full-time and I joined, pretty much staying because of inertia. And I really got along well with my roommates (I still talk to one of the bros).
I used to have friends here but over time I drifted more and more into shutin status. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:16 PM Author: Razzle Dun Theatre Corn Cake are u gonna stay in SF? do u like it there? why not move somewhere cheaper if u dont enjoy the city (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219108) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:20 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested the cash cow is at uchicago, so assuming I get in (which I should... it's a cash cow) I'll only be here two more months.
like I said, I used to have friends before I became a total shutin. it isn't easy to find full-time tutoring jobs, and I had no other skills to speak of. so inertia is most of the answer.
I liked it at first, but the tech boom has made the city pretty boring in terms of people you meet. Obviously it had already gentrified a lot compared to the 70s/80s and most white people by the 2000s were yuppies, but the tech boom really just took it to a new level. Non-tech guys (or other high paid professionals) really can't afford to live here any more, and I hate running in to the same people over and over. Plus everyone is really *into their job*, pretending like their fag startup matters. It sucks, because aside from the weather SF is a pretty nice city with lots of amenities here and nearby.
I considered moving to the east bay once my last apt got bought out, but LOL it's almost as expensive there as SF now. |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:22 PM Author: Razzle Dun Theatre Corn Cake holy shit chicago? thats a reversal straight into xo memism
not a fan of SF, full of insufferable faggots |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:33 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I think I really would've enjoyed SF in the 70s, 80s, or even 90s. Assassinations, gays going crazy, gAIDS, yuppies, proto hipsters listening to indie music, raves, expensive but not outrageous like it is now. Now the people who live here are so fucking generic--all yuppies (the vast majority in tech) or azn families living in the sunset/richmond (no idea how they can afford it). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219213) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:01 PM Author: lascivious field Y dont u post anymore? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28218998) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:02 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested I post lots man I just switched away from my Bboooooooomify moniker bc its clear the movement failed :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219012) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:20 PM Author: lascivious field You're selling yourself short (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219122) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 8:25 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested i tried to revive it brother, it lasted a good week & was finished (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219159) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 10:13 PM Author: Spectacular Cobalt People Who Are Hurt Dopamine i have to admit i'm kinda jealous that you got with 2 xo chicks I had crushes on. though tbf with how those ended up it was probably better that I didn't.... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219826) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 10:39 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested as turbofaggots say, it is what it is brother. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28219987) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 11:26 PM Author: flickering judgmental church building Box and ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220276) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 11:33 PM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground twist (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220327) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 11:12 PM Author: Spectacular Cobalt People Who Are Hurt Dopamine are you going to move back to the south after your cs degree? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220184) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 11:16 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter i think he should pay for a geology MSc at a decent state school instead of doing CS... maybe you could go into a PhD after that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220207) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 11:20 PM Author: Spectacular Cobalt People Who Are Hurt Dopamine sounds like he got pwn'd pretty badly in geology for whatever reason. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220234) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 11:23 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested obviously hindsight is 20/20, that's what I'd do now. but I'm too old for that at this point, I'd be old as fuck when I graduate from the phd program. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220253) |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 11:25 PM Author: Spectacular Cobalt People Who Are Hurt Dopamine u should get a chill jerb at fedex hq in memphis as a software engineer eating bbq at lunch everyday (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220271) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:11 AM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter 32 isn't that old (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220855) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 7:34 AM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested ? a phd is 5 years min usually 6 lol. i would apply this year (27), go in at 28, graduate at 33 or more likely 34. then u get to do a postdoc for three years. that's not counting the extra time since i'd have to do an ms first (as someone said, I think someone is sabotaging my LOR so I'd need new ones for a phd where they matter quite a lot) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28221713) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 2:58 PM Author: Demanding temple trump supporter But you'll be doing something you care about and honestly, in academia, thirties is just getting started. I'm an English prof. I didn't get hired full time until I was 35 and I'm the youngest in my dept.
You'll be working until you're 75-80 |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 11:35 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested i'd consider austin but thats about it. i enjoy walking to shit and the places in the south i really like (beach towns) obviously won't have any jerbs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220343) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:14 PM Author: 180 state skinny woman people have been known to walk in memphis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223089) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:19 PM Author: Spectacular Cobalt People Who Are Hurt Dopamine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223116) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:59 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested memphis sucks dude
nashville is a nice place |
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Date: June 28th, 2015 11:34 PM Author: disturbing lime round eye black woman sup bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220341) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:08 AM Author: disturbing lime round eye black woman :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220527) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:09 AM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested holy shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220530) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:16 AM Author: disturbing lime round eye black woman thoughts on the DUKE BASKETBALL DYNASTY we are experiencing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220567) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:17 AM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested fraud&lies roy didn't do nuffin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220574) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:22 AM Author: disturbing lime round eye black woman to monitor his players academic status (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220600) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:35 AM Author: Razzle Dun Theatre Corn Cake yooooo, what up d00d? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220658) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:29 AM Author: disturbing lime round eye black woman ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220979) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:54 AM Author: Marvelous Affirmative Action Crotch Did you see that James salter short story I posted awhile back (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220755) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:13 AM Author: Misanthropic Iridescent Doctorate Hunting Ground why do you blame xoxo for your current predicament, instead of the box? being in a toxic relationship like that can really fuck with yo head. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28220868) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 2:11 AM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested that derailed me for a time but I eventually got completely over it. it's not been an issue at all for years now
and obviously I'm to blame, it's more that XO has enabled me to slowly become adjusted to a shitty way of viewing things. I thought I was "above" the XO cynicism before I realized how thoroughly it had seeped into my line of thinking over time.
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Date: June 29th, 2015 5:03 AM Author: Soul-stirring sadistic jewess wagecucks Rate me as a poster. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28221657) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 12:17 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested 175 poster 180 sad |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 1:59 PM Author: Galvanic Crimson Wrinkle Shrew with braces, right swipe or left swipe? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223375) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 2:05 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested does not compute (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223443) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 2:22 PM Author: Galvanic Crimson Wrinkle It's etiquette to right swipe anyone on Tinder you know from IRL right? Just to say hi? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223560) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 2:38 PM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested OFS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223722) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 2:13 PM Author: Indigo Charismatic Kitchen lol saharan thirst agwwg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223492) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 2:39 PM Author: Racy cuckoldry box office tell kyle i said wassup (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223730) |
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Date: June 29th, 2015 2:46 PM Author: Embarrassed To The Bone Bawdyhouse Love Of Her Life why is uvt such a faggot? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28223815) |
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Date: July 3rd, 2015 9:58 PM Author: Hateful Sickened Genital Piercing ahem (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28254267) |
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Date: July 11th, 2015 1:25 AM Author: underhanded stage liquid oxygen Ohno, jap football player is 180. if yuor axing q, i have some |
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Date: July 11th, 2015 1:53 AM Author: tan floppy idea he suggested ???????? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2921773&forum_id=2#28304533) |