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It’s a 200 person engineering lab, I assume I won’t be able to convince him to spend $20k on a commercial machine buttt maybe $2k, could try very hard to convince him with $5k but I’ll probably start having to collect signatures for $5k.

I’ll do the cleaning and replacing idc I’ll find someone to train as my protege but I need this bruh. Especially on those late debugging nights.

This was the one I was looking at:
VEVOR Commercial Ice Cream Machine, 20-28L/H Yield, 2200W 3-Flavor Freestanding Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker with 2 x 6L Hoppers & Hopper Agitation, Pre-Cooling Self-Cleaning for Snack Dessert Shops

Would this realistically work? I’m assuming weekly dairy replacement would cost $100-150. If someone could give me some insight on cost breakdowns and maintenance I would appreciate it.

I have my masters and have been working as an aerospace / fpga / electrical engineer straight out of college at an aerospace national lab for the past 1-2 years. I love my job, my boss thinks very highly of me and has been fighting to keep me around despite funding being low, projects getting cancelled, and there being barely any work.

I got an offer for a mid avionics position at a startup in LA, except I also have digital design experience which in the startup director’s words is ‘rare for an engineer to have both’. The recruiter asked me about salary in the first screen and I shot myself in the foot and said ‘well right out of college I was offered whatever the bottom of your mid level band is already offering (125k) and that was over a year ago and in a research lab which pays historically below what industry pays so that’s my absolute baseline’. I meant that as ‘I want more than that’ but I guess they interpreted it as ‘she will accept this’.

Well, they’re offering 125k. + equity / medical / startup bonus (mostly for moving). Should I bother trying to go ‘is there flexibility’ at this point? Does this seem like a fair salary?

I have my masters and have been working as an aerospace / fpga / electrical engineer straight out of college at an aerospace national lab for the past 1-2 years. I love my job, my boss thinks very highly of me and has been fighting to keep me around despite funding being low, projects getting cancelled, and there being barely any work.

I got an offer for a mid avionics position at a startup in LA, except I also have digital design experience which in the startup director’s words is ‘rare for an engineer to have both’. The recruiter asked me about salary in the first screen and I shot myself in the foot and said ‘well right out of college I was offered whatever the bottom of your mid level band is already offering (125k) and that was over a year ago and in a research lab which pays historically below what industry pays so that’s my absolute baseline’. I meant that as ‘I want more than that’ but I guess they interpreted it as ‘she will accept this’.

Well, they’re offering 125k. + equity / medical / startup bonus (mostly for moving). Should I bother trying to go ‘is there flexibility’ at this point? Does this seem like a fair salary?