Welcome to the IHoP v.2

[dem beats 1,223]

Working for a company like caterpillar would be great. Anyone really, just so long as the science and engineering is awesome, I will be happy.

Every company needs to sell stuff. I might as well be the guy doing it.

[ssh 924]

http://www.caterpillar.com/careers/americas/experienced-professionals

 

Fill it out, see what happens.

[OuTLaWeD 110]

Working for a company like caterpillar would be great. Anyone really, just so long as the science and engineering is awesome, I will be happy.

Every company needs to sell stuff. I might as well be the guy doing it.

AG-CO? pretty good company from what I hear and people keep trying to talk me into working there

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

[lithium 358]

 

Tomorrow I'm meeting with the owner and going over everything, but it's wild to hear someone say "yeah you'll have your own office and a set of keys, you can use it whenever for whatever."

This should help take a dent out of college cost.

Don't spend your money on student loans. Just volunteer for a few years and your loans are paid off. Seriously.

Pluss you need a Benzito

Volunteer? There's a few internships I've been looking at over summers, and for a PhD it looks like I could find funding from TA, research, fellowship, but for my BS or masters route I figured it was pretty much all coming out of pocket. Then again I don't know that much about the financials of college.

 

ya thats pretty much correct, i haven't heard of anyone getting a masters for free but phd's in the sciences are (and if it isn't, don't go there).  i'll be applying for schools this fall/winter   

Edited August 30, 2013 by lithium

[ssh 924]

For Physics?

 

I was talking to one of my teachers about it all, and he said during his PhD program he had to leave for family reasons but that he had done enough work that he was able to leave with a masters. Also said it's not the best route to take, but that it's sort of a loophole.

[ricksi30 923]

Some guy just ran up to my car asking me where to get "stuff". I told him I didn't know so then he started saying he wasn't a cop and needed "ice, nothing else just ice". Time to get the eff out of dodge. 

[lithium 358]

For Physics?

 

I was talking to one of my teachers about it all, and he said during his PhD program he had to leave for family reasons but that he had done enough work that he was able to leave with a masters. Also said it's not the best route to take, but that it's sort of a loophole.

 

yep, physics.  But i'll probably apply for some masters programs in ME, EE, or acoustics engineering. Job outlook seems better for a masters in engineering.

 

Even if I go for the phd i'd be sure to stick to programs with the masters opt out thing which you Prof is describing. Certainly would burn some bridges if you drop out of the program without a good excuse. Though, I hear it's abused a lot by foreign students to transfer to better schools. 

[ricksi30 923]

 

 

Tomorrow I'm meeting with the owner and going over everything, but it's wild to hear someone say "yeah you'll have your own office and a set of keys, you can use it whenever for whatever."

This should help take a dent out of college cost.

Don't spend your money on student loans. Just volunteer for a few years and your loans are paid off. Seriously.

Pluss you need a Benzito

Volunteer? There's a few internships I've been looking at over summers, and for a PhD it looks like I could find funding from TA, research, fellowship, but for my BS or masters route I figured it was pretty much all coming out of pocket. Then again I don't know that much about the financials of college.

 

ya thats pretty much correct, i haven't heard of anyone getting a masters for free but phd's in the sciences are (and if it isn't, don't go there).  i'll be applying for schools this fall/winter   

My cousin got her Masters for nothing, and is doing the same for her Phd. She got her Bachelors at the U of A and then got into a job in admissions. She pays some crazy amount like $20 per credit hour, and she just received 10k from some sort of grant that she doesn't need to pay back.

[lithium 358]

 

 

 

Tomorrow I'm meeting with the owner and going over everything, but it's wild to hear someone say "yeah you'll have your own office and a set of keys, you can use it whenever for whatever."

This should help take a dent out of college cost.

Don't spend your money on student loans. Just volunteer for a few years and your loans are paid off. Seriously.

Pluss you need a Benzito

Volunteer? There's a few internships I've been looking at over summers, and for a PhD it looks like I could find funding from TA, research, fellowship, but for my BS or masters route I figured it was pretty much all coming out of pocket. Then again I don't know that much about the financials of college.

 

ya thats pretty much correct, i haven't heard of anyone getting a masters for free but phd's in the sciences are (and if it isn't, don't go there).  i'll be applying for schools this fall/winter   

My cousin got her Masters for nothing, and is doing the same for her Phd. She got her Bachelors at the U of A and then got into a job in admissions. She pays some crazy amount like $20 per credit hour, and she just received 10k from some sort of grant that she doesn't need to pay back.

 

Rare for the masters degree to be free. your cousin must be pretty fucking smart. Typically a phd student receives free tuition and a stipends of roughly 20k a year.  maybe less for a TA or more for a RA. then you have the grants and other shit. 

 

My friend's gf did her masters in Industrial Engineering at PSU  but had to pay full tuition. I think she tutored for a little more than minimum wage. However, she got a job before graduating and now makes some pretty serious bank.  

[Godsmack 361]

There is a large fuse in the underhood junction block for the power outlets. It actually feeds a relay in the under dash junction block. So check all fuses under the hood as well. Unfortunately Toyota doesn't like to number fuses, but I bet it is in a stack of fuses on the battery terminal. Toyota and Nissan love to do this shit, and often times they will corrode in 2 near the fuses. Nissan liked to use fusible links, but Toyota likes to have beefy wafer fuses.

No, no they do not.

My 4runner is well labeled, but the Camry on the other is not.

This one is labeled VERY clearly.

J

[Godsmack 361]

Talked to the owner a few months ago and he was interested.  It would be nice to pick up an account that does ~200k a month in sub and amp sales

Sorry about the down vote on this. Was supposed to be an up.

I hope this pans out!!!!

J

[Godsmack 361]

I am stuck in a debate here guys. I love my Tundra. Minus the flakey MPG, she's been pretty great to me. But with my severance check, I am debating on spending about 20k paying her off, or trading it in on something else. The ONLY issues I have had is over the last two weeks my cigarette lighters/charging ports quit working(changed fuse tonight but no change) the USB quit charging my cell (prolly bad cable as it charged my iPod fine) and the antenna came loose today.

She does everything I ask and has ample room (comfortable fit 3 220lb+ men and 2 women in it for a 3 hr each way trip two weeks ago) and the towing has been great to me. I just. Don't know if I should get something else.

I have been contemplating a Raptor, a Jeep STR8, or a F150 harley edition.

J

Blowing your severance on something you won't have in 5 years is FUCKING STUPID.

I am stuck in a debate here guys. I love my Tundra. Minus the flakey MPG, she's been pretty great to me. But with my severance check, I am debating on spending about 20k paying her off, or trading it in on something else. The ONLY issues I have had is over the last two weeks my cigarette lighters/charging ports quit working(changed fuse tonight but no change) the USB quit charging my cell (prolly bad cable as it charged my iPod fine) and the antenna came loose today.

She does everything I ask and has ample room (comfortable fit 3 220lb+ men and 2 women in it for a 3 hr each way trip two weeks ago) and the towing has been great to me. I just. Don't know if I should get something else.

I have been contemplating a Raptor, a Jeep STR8, or a F150 harley edition.

J

Blowing your severance on something you won't have in 5 years is FUCKING STUPID.

  

If you can't afford it with what you do for a living then you can't afford it.  Personally I even think your Tundra purchase wasn't in order fitting with your income.  I am with Seth, if I can't afford to pay cash I won't own it.  My car is a unique situtation in that I don't have to buy it.  If I did, I'd be driving something as fun but way older and done depreciating.  My M5 was a classic example.  I CAN afford to spend a bunch, but will NEVER.  Just dumb.  It's a fucking car.

VERY valid point.

Honestly that right there is enough of the right direction for me to say no. When the Tundra was purchased I wanted a truck, and still do. I just needed a second daily driver at the time, and this fit the bill. Yes we spent a nice chunk on it, I also wasn't expecting to divorcing the wife in just over 2 years from coming back. At that time we were making decent money together.

Shit happens, and I am doing my best to dust myself off and GTFO with it. I know my life is not where I expected it to be 10 years ago, or 8 years ago when I went Active Duty, a few year ago when I got married, or even 3 months ago. Shit is MUCH different than I expected.

As of now the plan is this; Pay everything off (don't close the cc accounts though), have a cushion and continue to build on it. Try to make shit better for the future. I bust my ass at my job and out of over 100 people on my shift was one of 3 people put in a 'mentor' status. Meaning, that I have proven I get my job done, I know my shit, and that I can be depended on to guide others in the right direction.

I know to some something as simple as this, with no pay raise is fucking worthless, and trust me being bombarded with idiotic questions that can be answered by simply reading the manual it feels like it sometimes, but to me it actually means something.

J

[lithium 358]

"More than 3,700 scientists from all 50 states participated in the study, offering online responses in June and July 2013. They offered sobering assessments of the state of their profession. Eighty percent said they were spending more of their time writing grants now than in 2010, while 67 percent said they were receiving less grant money now than they were back then. Only two percent of respondents said they had received money from their employers -- predominantly academic institutions -- to make up for the loss of federal funds."

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/sequestration-scientists_n_3825128.html

 

actual study

 

http://www.asbmb.org/uploadedFiles/Advocacy/Events/UPVO%20Report.pdf

[lithium 358]

http://youtu.be/rPSPTVxLFTE

[lithium 358]

on my bucket list for sure

[sandt38 448]

About the Audi shop guy... one of my coworkers is a big Euro guy. He said the GT2s were speed density systems, not MAF. So I went and looked at the engine... several of them... Not a MAF in sight. Interesting...

 

Could have swapped over the speed density for MAF when the turbo was installed?

 

Doubtful. In stock trim it is a twin turbo to start with.

 

 

Stefan?

 

Some guy just ran up to my car asking me where to get "stuff". I told him I didn't know so then he started saying he wasn't a cop and needed "ice, nothing else just ice". Time to get the eff out of dodge. 

 

So did you hook the dude up?

[///M5 2,833]

I should be working elsewhere. I'm looking into engineering fields to be a sales engineer. I'm not sure what industry I want to be in. But I really should be working with bigger deals that require more consultation. My love for all things that are pushing technology forward, fast learning skills, and instinctive and trained sales skills could make me more money. They could also help companies who need something get what they need.

Spending most of my life analyzing situations and drawing out real concerns, and then objections later is a huge boon. Using analogy and having a verbose lexicon helps to explain things and how what I can will help them.

I'd agree with that. Kick ass where you are now so the resume brings you where you need to go. I'm hesitant to recommend my industry as it is inbred and doesn't have a lot of upside, but there are others that need very similar skills.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

[///M5 2,833]

I should be working elsewhere. I'm looking into engineering fields to be a sales engineer. I'm not sure what industry I want to be in. But I really should be working with bigger deals that require more consultation. My love for all things that are pushing technology forward, fast learning skills, and instinctive and trained sales skills could make me more money. They could also help companies who need something get what they need.

Spending most of my life analyzing situations and drawing out real concerns, and then objections later is a huge boon. Using analogy and having a verbose lexicon helps to explain things and how what I can will help them.

One of the guys I ride dirt bikes with works for Caterpillar doing that. Travels all over the world.

 

Be a rep for that company that makes those crazy production line robot arms.

I was working with the Kuka rep yesterday, just sold 2 of his robots.

Difficulty is you are in MN. Probably need to think biotech consultative sales. Hell I may join you.

[///M5 2,833]

In sales the most important thing is to have the ability to wax poetically when needed, but to spend more time asking questions and earning trust. Then following through honestly.

I am given to asking questions back when a guest asks me a question once I have developed rapport. Usually they don't even know what or how to ask something, and the information they want has nothing to do with the question they asked. So leading the sales process by helping the customer to feel in charge is a big part of it.

Active listening is exhausting. And paying attention to signals can be tough. Most people cannot do it in a professional setting at all.

Have you ever read "what every body is saying?" It's about body language. Pretty good book, definitely inline with your work.

I have not. The tough part about body language is that sometimes someone crossing their arms and leaning away just has a cold.

But I do use the basics just because law of averages works in favor for me if I take it into consideration.

Eyes NEVER lie, body language can be not one note though. You can't just looked at crossed arms, but getting them to uncross them and watching them reset will tell you what is happening.

[///M5 2,833]

Damn... Phone cut half my post.

Anyway, Mr E350 just needed something he could latch onto to make sense of things. That is the real art in selling. Helping the customer to understand and let them feel in charge. If they do, then it was their idea to buy. If you get really lucky they tell you they want to buy and you don't even have to ask them.

When the process is done to perfection they will ALWAYS tell you they want to buy. Definitely harder in your industry, but it is always their decision. You just help them make it.

[///M5 2,833]

For Physics?

 

I was talking to one of my teachers about it all, and he said during his PhD program he had to leave for family reasons but that he had done enough work that he was able to leave with a masters. Also said it's not the best route to take, but that it's sort of a loophole.

I had a full ride offer to Columbia for Engineering after getting my degree in PHysics.

[///M5 2,833]

Tomorrow I'm meeting with the owner and going over everything, but it's wild to hear someone say "yeah you'll have your own office and a set of keys, you can use it whenever for whatever."

This should help take a dent out of college cost.

Don't spend your money on student loans. Just volunteer for a few years and your loans are paid off. Seriously.

Pluss you need a Benzito

Volunteer? There's a few internships I've been looking at over summers, and for a PhD it looks like I could find funding from TA, research, fellowship, but for my BS or masters route I figured it was pretty much all coming out of pocket. Then again I don't know that much about the financials of college.

 

ya thats pretty much correct, i haven't heard of anyone getting a masters for free but phd's in the sciences are (and if it isn't, don't go there).  i'll be applying for schools this fall/winter

My cousin got her Masters for nothing, and is doing the same for her Phd. She got her Bachelors at the U of A and then got into a job in admissions. She pays some crazy amount like $20 per credit hour, and she just received 10k from some sort of grant that she doesn't need to pay back.

 

Rare for the masters degree to be free. your cousin must be pretty fucking smart. Typically a phd student receives free tuition and a stipends of roughly 20k a year.  maybe less for a TA or more for a RA. then you have the grants and other shit. 

 

My friend's gf did her masters in Industrial Engineering at PSU  but had to pay full tuition. I think she tutored for a little more than minimum wage. However, she got a job before graduating and now makes some pretty serious bank.

Getting a Masters is somewhat irrelevant, either go all the way or don't bother.

[///M5 2,833]

"More than 3,700 scientists from all 50 states participated in the study, offering online responses in June and July 2013. They offered sobering assessments of the state of their profession. Eighty percent said they were spending more of their time writing grants now than in 2010, while 67 percent said they were receiving less grant money now than they were back then. Only two percent of respondents said they had received money from their employers -- predominantly academic institutions -- to make up for the loss of federal funds."

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/sequestration-scientists_n_3825128.html

 

actual study

 

http://www.asbmb.org/uploadedFiles/Advocacy/Events/UPVO Report.pdf

Funny enough most suck at writing grants too. More than 40% of my business is grant related, it HASN'T been fun to keep the path moving up.