SWE is great don't get me wrong BUT there are a lot of positions in the business side that favor cs majors such as:
data analyst
risk analyst
business analyst/business intelligence
product development/management
tech consulting
a bunch more that I can't remember. just grind SQL. I learned it in 3 weeks.
edit: I'm talking about internship positions.
I'm hungry and I need ideas
I'm 20. if you're American, I went to a T25 my first year and then transferred to a decent school (mainly so my parents don't have leverage over me bc they're paying for my undergrad. going to top school = more reasons for control)
I'm majoring in econ with a minor in cs and I honestly have no clue what I want to do with my life. I could go into any field: data analytics, business analytics, consulting, risk etc. but like I dont have a passion for anything.
I'm really trying my best to land a good internship at a company that'll sponsor my grad school. I'm hoping to go to a well ranked grad school to "hide" my undergrad. I feel embarrassed that I had to transfer and if I get into a T15 grad school then my undergrad basically wouldn't count.
but again, my degree lets me go into anything: masters in cs, MBA, law school. so I don't even know what grad program I want to go to.
I tried to convince my parents to let me take a gap year but they forced me into university and I'm not having fun. i wish I had time to figure out what direction I want to go in but I really don't. I feel lost.
on top of that, everyone around me seems to be cruising through life. I'm not exactly jealous of them, but I do feel a bit frustrated that I'm struggling and theyre not. like they know exactly what they want and how they're gonna get it, and I wish I was like that.
idk. I don't think I'm making a lot of sense. if you're older than me I could really use some big sister advice right now. I don't see a future for myself atm.
guys please I can't be the only one. I'm going insane.
edit: I think I should clarify that the offices in my city have started recruiting since like the end of June/beginning of July. I already have friends getting their super days/power days and I'm out here getting rejection letters after rejection letters.
My baby brother is going to start fourth grade soon. He's in the special needs class.
Super long story short, last school year he was getting beaten and bruised by a boy in his class. my brother would come home scared and crying with literal bruises and bite marks. yes, literal BITE MARKS WITH BLOOD. my brother is not an aggressive person at all. he never tried to fight back.
my parents talked to the teacher and according to her, she just wasn't able to stop it in time and we shouldnt be judging the boy because he's also special needs. my parents requested the school to put him in a different class for the remainder of the school year.
this year, we found out he's going to be in the same class with his bully and that same teacher. now, my parents aren't that confrontational. I kept telling them to tell the school to put my brother in a different class, but they keep refusing. they'll only request if my brother gets bullied again.
Anyways, I'm the kid with anger issues. I'm going to be dropping him off on the first day of school and I really want to go up to the teacher and let her know that if my brother gets hurt, I'll make sure that I'll deal with the situation this time and I'm not a forgiving person. I don't care if the bully has special needs, that does not justify hurting another child. I don't believe in second chances for these types of situations, so if I hear just once that my brother is getting bullied and beaten again I'll take it up to the school district. I'll even take it up to court if I have to.
Like you're a teacher??? it's your job to make sure your students are safe at school?? what even is that type of excuse you can't just say that you can't do anything because the bully is also special needs.
it honestly bothered me so much that the boy and the teacher didn't face any consequences. but idk, what would you guys do?
all lonely mason people are required to join. i dont make the rules: https://discord.gg/qDdKh6Ucv
pls join. i dont want this to be an empty server.
Only ivies and T15-20 schools were listed. I had to click "Other" like the peasant and retard I am.
Genuinely what the fuck.
Can we start a sub-wide rule where if a comment clearly reads like a red-pill man pretending to be a girl, we don't engage, argue, or give them a platform? Just reply "EWWWW A MAN" or "BOOOOO" and ignore. Arguing with these types of men just gives them what they want.
My girl cousins and I do this to my brother and our guy cousins when they try to crash our girls' time and it works like a charm.
Don't feed the trolls, just boo them out of the room.
So very recently I made a post asking people if they wanna be friends. I got a ton of DMs asking me to make a group chat for it. But I'm a tech girly, and honestly a big group chat can get chaotic fast so I've been thinking.
What if instead there was a website where you answer a bunch of questions (think: 1-10 scale, stuff like "are you a night owl," "big groups vs one-on-one," etc.) and it matches you up with 2-3 people who are actually compatible with you, not just randomly thrown into a chat with 200 people?
I know Mason360 exists, but that's more for finding clubs and events. This would be different. It's not about browsing a list, it's the site actually telling you "here's someone who's compatible with you" based on your answers. I should note that you won't get your match immediately. Maybe I could have the site go live for a couple of days or until the database is filled (I'm broke. I'm not gonna pay premium for a database), close it, let the algorithm run and generate matches, and then slowly start sending out emails to everyone with their matches. After that's all done, I'll clear the database.
Only verified GMU students could join btw.
Before I actually build this, I want real opinions, not just "sounds cool":
No pressure to be nice, I'd rather know now than after I spend weeks building it.
I also want you to keep in mind that this is for finding friends only. I do not want people to use this to find romantic partners solely because there could be safety risks. So again, this is TO FIND AND MAKE FRIENDS, NOT YOUR FUTURE SPOUSE.
Transfer. I'm a third year econ major. I would really like to have a crash out buddy (or buddies) so bonus points if you're also an econ major.
I've been looking into different banks. It seems like capital one has the least amount of strings attached. the only problem I have with it right now is that the rate is kind of low at 3%
Are there any alternatives with rates above 3.5%? I was looking into SoFi but apparently you need to contribute 5k a month or something and I'm unfortunately a broke college student. I have looked into Marcus but idk I'm iffy about it.
Okay, I'm not ancient I know. but I really do miss the days when everything wasn't ai slop and ad infested. I miss when the UI for sites and OSes were shitty.
I miss the games in windows 7. the one where you make the cake or minesweeper. I miss the shit camera quality of the iPhone 3, or how laptops were so expensive that everyone had a PC room in their house (omg the computer labs in elementary and middle school too). Matter of fact, I miss the old smartphones.
unrelated but kind of related I do miss when third spaces felt like third spaces. i also hate how Claire's is so empty. when I was like 7 or 8, that store was PACKED. I also hate how kids clothes don't look like kids clothes. Sometimes I walk by the kids section and check it out for fun. where are the Galaxy leggings? the unicorn t-shirts? the shirts that said corny shit like "Irish I had a mustache" and has a bunch of leprechauns or something.
idk. I feel like our world lacks sparkle. like I look around and I'm like "holy shit I'm not in 2012 anymore." is this how my parents felt back in the 1900s?
Since my last post about my rat brother got a ton of upvotes, here's some shit this dumbass did. pity me, please.
climbed onto the top of the fridge and then had a mental breakdown because he's scared of heights. he was too scared to get down so he sobbed for an hour. we had to bribe him down with candy
apparently my dad pissed him off so he locked my dad in the bathroom for 5 minutes
I told him to not jump on my chair. did he listen? no. he broke my chair
he somehow got a hold of some red food dye and he spilled it EVERYWHERE. Our floor is white. it is no longer white.
we have a small garden. he was playing in the garden. he got a little hungry. HE ATE THE FUCKING PLANTS AND THEIR FLOWERS. we don't have a garden anymore
yeah anyways I live with a feral monkey, but he's my feral monkey and I love him.
I strongly believe that it's important for women (especially muslim women) to be financially literate. I want this to be a safe space for financial discussions. Any and all questions are welcome, whether it be investing and saving, banking concepts, anything. I will try my absolute best to answer them in a way that makes sense. If I don't make sense, let me know and I'll re-explain it.
here's some basic info about my background:
I'm 19, a girl, and American. I attend one of the top schools for quant economics and finance in America. I'm also studying computer science at the same time. I'm graduating early (next year) with a BS in both. I intern at a very well known fintech company as a data analyst.
WHY ARE KIDS FERAL BRO. WHY. HE'S NOT EVEN BABY AGE. THIS MF IS 9. HES GROWN. HE'S UNC AND HE FLUSHES FUCKING ROCKS DOWN THE FUCKASS TOILET.
I'm bored and I think it'll be fun to answer questions. I've noticed that some people are a bit confused or just want to learn more about everything finance. I also feel like it's important for Muslims to understand how finance works in our modern economy. feel free to ask me about anything- finance, econ, investing, saving etc.
Without exposing too much about myself, here's some basic info about my background:
I'm 19, a girl, and American. I attend one of the top schools for Economics and finance in America. I'm also studying computer science at the same time. I'm graduating early (next year) with a BS in both. I'm hoping to attend law school right after and become an anti trust litigator.
I intern at a very well known fintech company as a data analyst. I really like it. It's one of the main reasons why I want to go into anti trust in the future (and also because it's my favorite topic in econ), but that's a bit unrelated lol.
My issue is that I dont really think linearly. I can't walk someone through while I'm writing out my code.
I kind of build my code weirdly too. I'm applying to data analyst roles so I code in SQL most of the time. I have a massive whiteboard in my room and I start off my drawing out the dataset. If i have multiple datasets, I usually try to draw how I should connect them so I can achieve the output. I highlight the columns and plan out rough statements. So a lot of drawing basically.
I then write out those rough statements, add the stuff in between, and modify it so it all flows together and i dont get a big ugly red error. If I do get an error, I go back to the whiteboard and redraw.
Idk what to do. I tried rubber ducking but I get stuck while trying to explain what I'm doing because genuinely, what the eff am I doing? I look like a SQL monkey drawing tables on a whiteboard.
Graduating from undergrad in May 2028 so I'm exploring different law schools.
UVA is one of my options. Aside from your LSAT and GPA, what else did you all do that you think helped you get in? Why did you choose UVA? But more importantly, is UVA worth the cost?
Idk. any information would be really helpful so I can get a better understanding on whether or not UVA is a school I'd like to attend.
I want to practice antitrust law in DC If that matters.
like when I pray I don't "feel" anything. to me I'm just saying a bunch of words and moving. if I'm making dua I don't "feel" it. or like during ramadan. people say they feel spiritual and all that. I don't. I just feel hungry (and then I get angry because I'm hungry lol).
to me it sounds so... foreign? when people say things like "I feel the presence of Allah when I'm praying."
does that make sense? like religious activities don't feel religious. they feel ordinary. I did umrah I think twice or three times and each time I didn't feel anything. I felt tired from all of the walking. I saw people crying. How do they cry?
like what? I don't feel any different praying/fasting/making dua/anything else islam related. I feel like a regular person just doing stuff because a book told me to do it so I do it.
I don't know what's wrong with me.
I'm a bit confused. I'm considering on doing a KJD so I know my GPA has to be immaculate.
I attended 3 universities. I did one online calc class from one university during hs. I got a B so my GPA was 3. I didn't really care because I wanted college credit and I wasn't considering law at the time.
I went to a different uni for my first year of undergrad where I got a 3.7. I will start at my new uni this fall and I'll be graduating a year early in May 2028. I'm studying econ and cs which is definitely a brutal combination + being on the accelerated track. I think I can manage to keep my GPA a 3.7-3.8
If I were to apply for KJD, will schools look at my graduating university's GPA? will they look at the two universities I went to for undergrad? Would they even count the class I took during HS as a part of my GPA? If schools take the average of all the GPAs, I definitely feel like that 3.0 would weigh it down and I won't be able to get accepted into some of the schools I want to go to.