I am enjoying the process of doing something for someone, having them respond with "oh you don't need to do that," then responding with "I know" as I look them dead in the eyes before continuing.

It makes their brains shut off and panic in very silly ways :3

My model predictive control class is allowing ten double-sided pages of whatever I want for the final. We are so fucked.

#college #engineering #robotics

...okay type A idiots are the bane of my existence. I am running into a FLOOD of peeps who

1) Do a lot of work but don't produce a lot of results
2) Use that work to justify pushing off all the parts of the project that they don't want to deal with
3) Have zero plans on how to effectively integrate all of these cowbows beyond "the last guy to get to the meeting does it."

I am SO TIRED AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

I keep thinking of a peer of mine who started working at my previous employer slightly after I did. The same conversation keeps playing, where he insisted he only needed seven hours of sleep while everything screamed exhaustion.

His attitude of overwork led to him being quickly promoted, and encouraged to spread those attitudes. He looked so tired all the time.

rambling little guy is rambling.

#ramble

A number of my peers in my masters program came here straight from undergrad. It is a little horrifying knowing just how unprepared they are for the current job market, especially when they say things like "Oh I don't need to know xyz thing beyond a surface level to pass this exam."

I really want to say something like "there are a limited number of spots to prosperity, and our competition understood all of that and more."

Realizing these same peers were in high school during COVID is weird.