I drove around the track for a couple laps this past December with 4" of fresh powder snow on the track while it was still falling and it was a blast. It wasn't technically open, but I (and others) just went around the barriers/cones blocking it off at the start of the lap without any issue.

If you want to make the race more entertaining, throw some chains on the F1 cars RBR style and race in the snow, it'll liven things up quite a bit.

Eh...I was paid $30k/yr stipend + free tuition over two years to grab my MSEE so while I had two offers for $75k/yr out of undergrad (which was solid in 2007) with my BSEE, basically I gave up $90k in earnings over two years to bump myself up considerably in earning potential long term.

If you look at BLS.gov data, those with MS in electrical engineering have nearly as high career earnings as EE PhD grads on average, both significantly ahead of just a BS. For me, the MSEE was a springboard into consulting and these days I'm a director with solid WLB making great money.

When you can get paid to go to grad school, it kinda makes those paying a ton to go look like suckers in a way, especially those who don't maximize the opportunities that investment might unlock.

I think there are several young guys with promise, but I also don't think Maxey or SGA are finished ascending.

I've felt for a while now that Maxey's ceiling is a more efficient Dame in his prime on offense with better defense and hustle, and each year he's getting closer to that reality. I truly think he can get there and he's the future of the Sixers.

I use Motul, it's the upgraded oil option at my local VW dealership and it's only like $10 more.

FYI PoE isn't CPU bound at all compared to something like Cities:Skylines 2 that has shown to be able to use up to ~32 physical cores at full load (using a Threadripper PRO 7000).

None of these processors above will work up a sweat in PoE, especially playing at 4k which I assume you will be with a 4090. 7800x3d is great for games where the cache actually helps, but some simulation based games value core speed/count over cache so your mileage will vary if you're into that kind of thing. The game engine / server interaction starts to break down before your hardware limits things, that's why I didn't mind the soul eater nerf because the game couldn't fucking handle 500+ stacks with tons of projectiles anyway (though I read ironically that may be tied to an issue with the sound handling and not graphics/cpu chugging).

I'm currently using a 14700k + 4090 and the CPU is rarely stressed at all playing PoE at 4k/120. I also happen to play cities:skylines 2 that I mentioned above where the Intel chips have generally been shitting on AMD so far, but at the expensive of a stupid amount of heat generation.

With all that said, if it weren't for C:S2, I'd much prefer the 7800x3d because its either the best or good enough at many other titles and runs much cooler doing it.

For what it's worth I left early with my free MSEE lol. You're not really listening to anything I'm saying at all though or providing any insightful feedback so good luck to you, like talking to a wall.

No I'm just explaining how things were when BCE was still a relatively new major at most schools and was essentially a slightly different flavor of EE (like 15 years ago in my case). Like I said above, I went straight into an EE PhD program zero issue because I had all the necessary EE in undergrad.

Perhaps you younger folks are experiencing something different these days, that's entirely possible. But I hire dozens of engineers every year as a director over several engineering teams, and I still see a lot of overlap in the material at plenty of schools on CVs so trying to make everything black and white is quite silly.

There are many universities where ECE is largely combined for the vast majority of curriculum, whether you're aware of that or not doesn't make it untrue. It used to be the norm 10-15 years ago, only more recently have they started to diverge more.

Can you read? We were all literally in the same classes through 3.5 years of the program. ECE wasn't spilt up the way you described at our university... The only functional difference was different senior design classes and we were forced to take more programming on the side (which some of the EEs did by choice with us).

Edit: And I went straight into a highly ranked EE PhD program with an NSF fellowship out of undergrad, so yea...

Um we had E&M along with advanced E&M and solid state physics, along with multiple signal processing, circuit theory and embedded systems classes in our computer engineering program, so this highly variable. We took all the core EE that the EE's took in the same exact classes together, they just had more flexibility with their non-EE electives while we were forced to do programming on the side and our senior design options were different, that's it.

I went BCE straight into EE PhD program. Dropped out two years in with free MSEE. Did a year of research on PV devices then went into management consulting. Still at the same large DC based firm in my late 30's as director.

It's not the most lucrative path, but pulling in ~$250k in a MCOL area to work 40-42 hrs/wk on average and WFH remote for nearly a decade now with very limited travel is a pretty sweet combo. Only head down to DC for day trips a couple times a year. And the job security is quite high due to the nature of the work and clients that I oversee.

I've turned down a few offers from an MBB and T2 firms in strategy over the past couple years for 50-70% more total comp because the WLB is total shit in comparison. So you can definitely go much higher comp on this path if you don't care about WLB.

Edit: You do need strong soft skills naturally to succeed in this path and as you go up the chain you need to be comfortable helping sell new work / grabbing new clients, that's where the real money is.

The ones who can afford newer R money are probably more drawn to sporty two door models at that age without kids and a bunch of shit to lug around in many cases. New or lightly used Mustang GT with a performance pack for example is a compelling option these days in the same price range if you don't need to put kids in the back. Several solid German sporty coupe options as well.

I see the R more as a fantastic daily driver for dad's who need the rear seats and a bit of cargo space but don't want to drive something boring or that costs $70k+.

This setting is balanced around the weak bass. You'll need a better sub to really get some solid bass but at least it's not totally drowned out by the mids and treble this way.

Meanwhile..."AI products like ChatGPT much hyped but not much used, study says"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c511x4g7x7jo

Our second advanced E&M class junior year was the class by far the most people failed in our program. I felt very happy with a B+ in the end all things considered.

Also the worst homework probably of our entire major. A problem set of 6-8 problems with sub parts biweekly, but so obscure and challenging that it would take groups of us 40-50 hours to complete working together on it, including bugging the TAs. Legitimately sucked.

Our first E&M focused class sophomore year wasn't that bad though, I quite enjoyed it actually. One of the few topics I didn't find painfully boring.

PMs with minimal technical background in tech have been getting canned like crazy over the past year or two. It's not an impossible path now, but less straightforward than it was before this downturn. Most tech companies want PM's with more technical background these days and/or have reduced PM headcount overall so the competition is higher.

Not trying to discourage you, just know it's not a slam dunk path anymore by any means. Tech companies have smartened up that a lot of MBA/consulting types have made ineffective PM's in reality, even if that's not what this sub wants to hear.

Imagine if they stop making PUs and keep the team going and buy their PUs in 2026 from...RBPT.

That would be quite funny given the history.

Denka is an offshoot of the merger between Dow and DuPont

No it's not, it's a Japanese company that's over 100 years old that bought that plant like a decade ago from DuPont.

We put $100k in a 5% HYSA because why not? Beats leaving it in checking account where it was before.

(We like to keep at least six months of expenses out of investments as our safety net).

The Phillies didn't get the memo on this less home run thing.

I made that pretty clear above, though it is considered a Philly suburb for what it's worth.

There are plenty of pricey areas in that range in the city though... Old City (where we lived before), Society Hill, Rittenhouse Square, parts of Queen Village, Chestnut Hill etc.

It's pretty normal around Greenville (where we are), Centerville and to a lesser degree Hockessin in northern DE. You'll find higher prices in several areas of the suburbs around the Main Line and nicer parts of Moncto/Chester/Bucks counties as well.

Average home value in our zip code (19807) is around $983k last I looked.

Eh I'd take Old City or Society Hill over anywhere else city wise on the East Coast personally.

it's not fair to let continue to have two teams.

This is such a stupid take when you consider that both Toto and Mercedes AG have meaningful ownership stakes in Aston Martin. But I guess that doesn't fit the narrative so you leave that out?

Says a country clearly aligned with Russia, while Putin has ICC warrants out lol.