If all your bills were paid and you never really needed to worry about money again, would you still put yourself through the rigor, stress, and grind of getting a PhD? would the accolade be worth it despite not necessarily needing it?
the soccer fields were supposed to open in August of this year. does anybody know if that’s still on track?
Once you stop caring what a bunch of people paying $4,000/mo to live in a shack on the coast to impress their friends think, Fresno actually becomes a pretty nice place to live. Sure it's hot right now, but I'd take 3 months of hot summer weather over 8 months of skin-blistering cold that the rest of the country gets.
Oh, and not having traffic is oh-so nice.
Cheers to California's greatest city!
I’m graduating soon and considering staying in academia but having a hard time understanding if I’m competitive without completing 2 years+ of professional experience, as most schools require.
for those in or have completed a PhD program in social work, could you share your stats and what school you got in with them? GPA, research publications, experience, and so forth?
I’m a current masters student and I have two research publications that are “in progress”, one with a company I work for (the timeline on this is over a year+) and one for my graduation requirement which will be published through IRB on a journal in December (when I graduate).
I know PhD applications value research so how do I state these projects on my application? will they help my application or not matter?
one will be published in December but I’m going to submit my application in August.
I am curious if these will help my application?
if you didn’t have to worry about rent, tuition, living costs.. basically you had a level of wealth that covered everything you need without needing to work and you could just focus on the PhD, not need a job (or even a teaching assistantship if you didn’t want it) how much easier do you think your PhD would be? would it still be the same level of stress / difficulty, or substantially easier?
Repotted this plant 5 days ago and it was initially doing really well in the new larger pot with FoxFarms sea foam soil, but past 2 days the old bottom leaves have developed this yellow tinting. I looked at the chart for the sub and it appears to be nitrogen defeciency, which is hard to believe because it's brand new soil from Foxfarms which has tons of nutrients that lasts 2 weeks I was told.
I also read an article online that identified it as flushing. I watered deeply one time since repotting and the water ran through, but i definitely wouldn't consider it a flushing by any means. I stopped watering before it started to run through even.
Any advice appreciated. I will note this didn't happen until I moved my plants closer to the light, as this sub told me my lights were too far away so I moved them closer and they seem to be suffering.
Temps are under 80 degrees with humidity around 50-60%
My partner and I joke I picked a career in the two things I hate the most: "social" and "work"😭
Has anyone here been successful as an introvert in this industry? Meeting with clients is pretty chill. Meeting with supervisors, group members, and health professionals ... not so much. xD
I wouldn't go as far as to say I'm antisocial, but I'm not the biggest fan of humans. When I have to socialize, I can do it, but it hurts and I prefer not to.
Recently I've been in a team of 2 other researchers and, while everything is going fine, the constant need to 'socialize', do quality checks together, meet on Zoom, meet with the PI, and the list goes as is the case with academia research ... I find my work ethic declining steadily the more and more I have to work with other people. So much so it affects my quality of work, my performance, and my contributions to the paper and the group overall, which feels shitty and unintentional, but I just mole out after socializing and that can lead me to putting off things until the last moment which upsets my group.
I can write my own paper, do my own research, all of it no problem. Meeting with my supervisor or PI pains me, but at least it's pretty infrequent.
Is this how most people feel, or is there any way I can get better with working with groups? I want to work in academia one day, so I don't really forsee this problem going away. yet, at the same time, it appears most academics are introverts, so I don't even know why we have to work in groups in the first place
Earlier this year (link: https://kmph.com/sports/content/city-of-fresno-teams-up-with-usl-to-bring-professional-soccer-new-stadium-to-town ) the Mayor and the city of Fresno announced a partnership with USL to bring a professional soccer team to Fresno, along with plans to build a 7,000-person stadium in Downtown / Chinatown. I know these things take time, but I haven't been able to find any information almost 8 months later now.
I'm pretty excited about this and I visit Chinatown often and it seems like they're prepping a huge area for a potential stadium, as well as making the whole area more beautiful on a whole by planting more trees / cleaning / construction / etc. so it does seem like the plan is still in motion. Curious if anyone here who works in city gov. or with this project can share any more details now that it's nearing 2027? According to the article, the stadium should be built and the team should be playing by 2028..
I'm in a research project with 2 other people (3 total) and this is my first time publishing. I'm not the PI, but it will still be published and is being done through IRB. I am curious if this publication will help my resume, or if it only matters if you're the PI?
I've been wanting to get a Rolex but I can't fathom having such an expensive watch on my wrist. Came from a household where every dollar was stretched summer thin, but now i'm successful and have plenty of disposable income, but have a real problem spending it. I know i can't bring it with me in the after-life, but at the same time, the thought of looking down at my wrist and seeing thousands of dollars scares me. I feel like I would want to just sell it rather than being able to enjoy it.
Maybe I'm not rich enough yet to understand?
Just read this article from Fresnoland and it seems like councilmember Tyler Maxwell has no problem stealing funds from Measure P, which voters specifically approved for parks and greenspaces in Fresno, to make ... childcare services? Like after-school services, arts and crafts? What is going on here, is this money laundering? This seems fishy at best, or straight-up corruption at worst.
I know Fresno has a history of corrupt councilmembers, but for Tyler Maxwell to be this blatant is wild to me. Fresno ranks dead last in green spaces and parks, but he wants to take money away from voter-approved measures to fund some make-believe childcare services that literally nobody is asking for.
In the article he says: "“I mean it isn’t the Constitution. It isn’t the Bible,” Maxwell said of Measure P. “It’s not infallible.”
I'm sorry, I'm pretty sure when voters agree to vote on something, it can't just be changed later because now some politician wants kick-backs in his district. The voters voted for parks, not childcare services. Measure P is for parks, not for Tyler Maxwell to funnel the money to whatever scheme he's cooking up.
Sh-t pisses me off. Fresno is such a grey, industrial, haphazard city that would benefit so much from more green spaces and parks. yet f-ckheads like Tyler Maxwell want to siphon the pot and think they can get away with it.
Just went for the first time today and it was tons of fun. Right off of Kern street in downtown on Wednesday's from 9AM to 1PM. I'm a night owl but got up "early" to go, it was well worth it. Lots of good food, tons of people (the downtown felt bustling and like a real downtown!), and some fresh bread and produce. You can lock your bikes up at the federal building if you ride.
I def recommend! I didn't even know about this market until a few days ago when I stumbled upon it online.
Oh and if you haven't been to the downtown in awhile you'll be surprised at how far it's come. It feels like a real city now!
Anybody have success doing this? Most of the jobs require an ASW number which obviously I can't get until I graduate. But I need money, bad, and want to start working right away after I graduate instead of waiting 2-3 months in interviews and applications.
Is this possible?
2 minutes left he got subbed in, so that was cool. If you didn't know, he's a Fresno native / local and pretty active with the soccer (futbol) teams here in Fresno and has said his plan is to come back to Fresno to keep building the scene here.