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  1. 7 hours ago, Enemy07 said:

    Any of you people go back to grad school mid 30's? I finished Economics at UT with a 3.1 or 3.2 and do not know if that will be enough to get accepted. I finished with the bare minimum. No recs, no volunteer work (that was during my 1st degree), no extra curricular, etc. Would you recommend it or not? How was your journey? Debt is not a problem.

    Also, is there a better forum to post this?

    I went to grad school after taking 1 year "off."  I worked full time after undergrad and worked full time while getting MSEE part time.  So, my path was considerably different than yours will be.

    That aside, if funding is not a problem and time is not a problem, just reach out to the grad coordinator and/or some faculty at the school/major/etc. you are interested in.  Tell them your story.  Ask questions, etc.  Both will typically take the time to talk.  I would not worry about the GPA.  There are many factors that contribute to an undergrad GPA: work distractions, maturity of an 18 year old, being away from home, some shitty professors your Fr/So year, etc.  You will be far more focused and driven now than then, etc.

    Good luck with it!

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  2. https://www.aol.com/exclusive-art-acevedo-taking-271-193622853.html (AOL? - it is an AAS  article)
     

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    Art Acevedo, who has served as a police chief in Austin, Houston and Miami, is taking a newly created, $271,000-a-year administrative job at Austin City Hall overseeing policing, city officials confirmed to the American-Statesman.

    Acevedo – both a celebrated and polarizing figure – will serve as an interim assistant city manager and act as a liaison between the Austin Police Department and interim City Manager Jesús Garza.

    This is great -  present interim city manager needs a liaison between him and APD.  And it's worth $271k.  And the city council decides they should hire the chief that darn near EVERYONE celebrated his departure.  After AA left, any time I would encounter local PD (off duty security, helping after a collision, etc.), I'd ask about Acevedo.  Most responded, "now that he is no longer our problem, we are glad to see him somewhere else."  Or something like that.

    No CR, but this should remind us all to either (1) vote in our local elections and (2) make sure we get candidates who do more than consume oxygen.  I am in district 6 and need to help prevent further damage.  Kelly is a functional moron.  No CR.

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  3. On 1/15/2024 at 10:19 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    FYI, if you are intentionally keeping a HSA balance, be sure to keep all healthcare receipts even if you don't plan to reimburse yourself now. There is no time limit to reimburse. You can collect a receipt today and pay yourself back in 2050.

    Some people are collecting 10s of thousands of receipts and letting their HSA balance grow in the market. When needed, they may just reimburse themselves the full amount, tax free, in retirement.

     

    On 1/15/2024 at 6:20 PM, txduck87 said:


    This is the way.

    This is the way.

  4. 1 minute ago, Atticus said:

    They gotta beat Oregon and Penn state on the road with Will Howard at QB. That defense is gonna need to carry them. Or hope for BoB creativity to get the offense right. 
    I also think Dillon Gabriel is the best QB in that conference right now. 

    Hudson Card?  No respect.

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  5. 1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    Helm won't surprise me. I think he's going to wind up drafted and playing for awhile in the NFL. I don't see that after next season, but I think he's on that journey if he stays 5 years. He's showing improvement year over year in every part of his game as he adds weight and strength. I think we'll see plenty of Helm and Niblack on the field together. 

    I wasn't really talking about the players. He came in and immediately fired over 30 roles on staff. He's not even spoken to most of the people there that he inherited that he hasn't fired yet. This isn't some sad sack group of personnel. Most of these people are considered elite at what they do and will find themselves in other big time spots when they exit the Bama program. He's already torn out infrastructure that wasn't required to be dismantled. It's not like he's been tasked with cutting costs or killing the culture. 

    He's also been reluctant to meet with $$ and Saban. It's a bold strategy.

    Not sure it's as much a bold strategy as it is shitty senior leadership.  When you inherit a team, you spend a little time figuring out what you have.  Sure, you are going to have "your guys" but you need to make some level of effort to get to understand what's already in place.  In many cases, the org structure does not tell you everything.

    Day 0 on job: get 2 hours to talk to Saban; get a brain dump on the pros/cons, best and worst administrators, best and worst $$$
    Day 1 on the job: talk to team; 1:1 talks with people in roles you'll want to fill with "your guys" to make sure that's what you want to do; 1:1 talks with other senior people
    Days 2-3: 1:1 chats with every football staffer;
    Days 4-5:  1:1 chats with extended org

    It's a pretty basic approach to org transition, esp. when you inherit an intact capable team. 

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  6. 2 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

    He gave lip service to Saban being allowed say in everything and always being welcome so I was wondering if this is ego and his way of trying to show that "when I win here it will be my success not Saban's" or something ridiculous like that. 

    Perhaps he did consult Saban and Saban said, "I don't give a shit.  This is no longer my circus."
     

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  7. On 1/16/2024 at 2:18 PM, Mittens said:

    Quite literally the lowest possible bar to clear.

    This makes the most sense, I suppose.  Still find it hard to believe that if they were going to go against the player's wishes, that they couldn't pick up a G5 HC w/ a better record.  It's not like there aren't several with better numbers out there.

    Silverfield is 31-18 and just won 10 at Memphis.  No losing seasons.
    Helton is 40-26 and just won 9 at WKU. 4/5 winning seasons.
    Albin is 23-16 w/ back-to-back 10 win seasons at Ohio.
     

    I would have leaned toward Helton.  He was a part of the first 2 seasons at WKU when Brohm started that turnaround.  He was then hired by his brother to be QB coach and passing coordinator at USC.  First season at WKU, they improved by 6 wins over the previous year.  Helton's contract pays him $900k per year.

    Brennan was making about $2.3mm at SJSU.  Fwiw, $2.3mm in San Jose goes about as far as $900k in Bowling Green, KY.  :)

    Looks like Brennan will make around $3.1mm next year w/ $200k raises each year.  They could have gotten Helton for a bit less, I presume, but no one asked me.

  8. 27 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

     

    He was the DC at Indiana in 2019 when DeBoer was the OC.  Smells a little like Herman filling out his staff w/ all of his buddies, but he had some success at South Alabama.  Applewhite to get promoted?

  9. On 1/11/2024 at 3:37 PM, Damor said:

    It sounds like a few people on this thread have hired independent college advisors -- would anyone be willing to share either someone you worked with who you liked, a good company, or where/how you looked to find someone?

    Our current sophomore will likely be on the border of getting into Texas, but probably has some interest in out of state programs.  I'd like to get him connected with someone who can help him explore his options, and frankly, the guidance experience he has access to in public school has been unimpressive.

     

    Public school guidance - even at strong public schools - is going to be severely lacking.  My older kids went to a very competitive NW Austin school and the counselors were responsible for a couple hundred kids.  They did their best, but your kid's higher education interests and exploration is low on their list.  They want your kid to graduate and be interested in college.  Youngest kid went to a smaller private school and the guidance counselors - starting junior year - were about 80% focused on your college plan.

    Unsolicited advice - you and/or he should take some initial steps ASAP - even if you decide to hire an advisor.  At least you've narrowed it a bit and you'll have a good enough understanding of the landscape to ask informed questions.  You and he might be able to get about 75% of the value of an advisor by spending a few hours a month searching.  The resources available online, esp. post-COVID, are amazing.

  10. On 1/14/2024 at 1:38 PM, 4th&Five said:

    Oldest is a sophomore and the only thing she knows is she wants to leave Texas for college. Beyond that we can’t get much out of her on where she might want to go and what she wants to study. Her grades are good (one B so far in HS) but she usually struggles on standardized tests (fucking STAAR). Either way we think she’ll have options we just have to get her excited about the process without making her overly anxious. 

    Unsolicited advice - have her take an SAT prep class.  She'll get more comfortable with the test process, etc.  And, it will help to mute any asymmetry between her grades and her standardized test scores.  In Austin, we used More Than a Teacher and were happy with the outcome, fwiw.  

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  11. 15 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

    True.  At least the precip accumulation won’t be significant.  When I hear the first Karen tomorrow morning complain to me that she’s running late for work as I try and get her kids out safely and Into the warm school, I may be punching a bitch.  Our bus drivers and teachers don’t make these choices.
     Fuck though, I gotta remember to pack my gloves.  

    BTW - laughing at the "punch a bitch" comment, not the other stuff.  One of my daughters (no pics) teaches at RR High School.  Another is a student teacher in AISD.  Yes, do not forget the gloves...

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  12. 3 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

      also gets bus traffic on the road after all the dipshits  who can’t drive in cold weather are already at work. 

    Many of those dipshits are now screaming at the clouds that their kids are delayed.  So they'll be part of the cluster...

  13. At 6:30a tomorrow (when the first buses likely get fired up go start picking up elementary kids), it will be 14 degrees in Austin.  At 8:30a tomorrow, it will be 16 degrees.  The main difference: all chaos will be seen in full daylight.  Any and all ice will still be there.  Silly decision.

  14. Regarding attendance and makeup days....

    As of a law change in 2016, Texas schools are required to provide 75600 minutes of instruction per year, where lunch, recess and other "intermissions" are considered part of that.  At a "standard" 7-hour school day, that results in 180 days of class.  Well, RRISD (and I suspect others) have changed their days to 7 hours, 20 minutes.  That way, they have spare minutes set aside in the event of inclement weather.

  15. 2 hours ago, Underdog said:

    Vikings haven’t been to a SB since going indoors. 

    While this is true, a little context is needed.  Vikings last (of 4) SB losses was in 1977.  For reference, the BeeGees were relevant.  Jimmy Carter was president.  1977 is closer to Pearl Harbor attack than it is to today.  The Vikings final game in Met Stadium occurred on Dec 20, 1980.  The high that day was 33.  The low was -3.  And they got 0.5 inches of snow.  That is objectively fucking miserable.

    They moved to the Metrodome in 1981 and have been indoors ever since.

    Their mediocrity since then has nothing to do with venue.  If nothing else, they saved many lives.

  16. 7 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Columbus, OH, is as big or bigger than Austin, TX, from a population perspective. It's the biggest city in the state by far and fucking dwarfs cities with pro teams like Cincinatti and Cleveland. I'm not super familiar with the kind of business and industry in Columbus, but I'm betting it's fairly decent. 

    Just getting around to this thread now.  Work and all got in the way,

    Visited Columbus 2 times for kid college visits (kid #3 and kid #4) of tOSU.  Both times, I reflected the following (in no specific order):

    • Columbus near campus "feels" like Austin 20 years ago.
    • My goodness, all of the folks I have met at tOSU are great people.
    • Where are all of the fucking assholes I met when Texas and/or Purdue played tOSU
    • Their micro-brew scene is pretty solid
    • Easy to get in/out to the airport (not really like Austin 20 years ago)
    • I *could* possibly tolerate living here

    In 2023, their largest employers were tOSU, State of Ohio, JPM Chase, etc.  There are some city, county employers, L Brands, Progressive, and so on. 

    Intel is building 8, yes 8, fabs in New Albany, OH, a suburb of Columbus, investing near $20B.  It's about to boom in tech, too.

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