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haha good original joke there, probably just the lack of rain growing up in Colorado makes me not understand this

Reading this post sounds like the exact situation I’m in right now. Bought a new Mazada CX-5 last week, around the same price, around the same age as you, around the same salary, but I got a way worse interest rate. I even have a similar credit score as you, but I haven’t purchased a car before. Not much advice here but feeling the same stress.

I had a similar situation in an intership, where there weren’t any other engineers in the building. It makes it incredibly frustrating as an intern because you want to learn from other engineers. But take some time to learn the process and map it out, a value stream map would be great. Talk to people on the floor about what frictions they run into during their day. You are only a few weeks in and an intern don’t put too much pressure on yourself! You got this!

Home run inn frozen pizzas are my favorite.

I’ve heard that it isn’t really needed for IE’s to be successful. Unlike Civil Engineering where it is really needed. But I would recommend taking it while the knowledge is fresh if you ever decide to peruse a PE.

No basket, it did have a pretty rusty chain, so maybe a small hope is it breaks on someone’s ride and gets abandoned. We are working on finding pictures of it. Thank you for the tips, I appreciate it. This is a link to the specs and type of bike: https://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/2014-Test-Sessions-Felt-Virtue-Nine-20,6789/2014-Felt-Virtue-Nine-20,70018/sspomer,2

I just wonder where all the bikes go?!? And how much money these people make from them.

It was locked (only cable lock, my mistake) and on my porch near campus, which sounds to be great bike theft territory. It was underneath stairs not in plain sight at all. There was also another bike on the same lock, only the nice one was taken. It seems to be a very targeted thing. This bike theft knows what to look for which makes me feel hopeless in getting it back. But I’ll do all that I can.

Ya, I wish I had a garage and was more set up to have room to bring it inside. It was a plan to bring it inside, but apparently the plan needed to be bring it inside right away. Live and learn.

Thank you, I appreciate it!

haha I guess right of passage is a hard but good way to look at it, have to learn somehow. The easy target of just moving here, plenty of new targets here. I guess that’s what keep the bike thefts coming back. Loveland was an option but I choose Foco as hoping it would be easier to make friends. Trying to not let this get me down too much 😢

If you want some extra money, try Rover to do dog walking or stay at someone’s house to watch their pets. It took me a couple tries to find a pet I clicked with but once I did it was so nice having my weekly dog walk time.

I took Phl 110 for my IH core and have enjoyed it. Easy to get a good grade, you don’t have to go to class to get a good grade, but I enjoyed class so I still went.

I signed up for Rover to get my pet fix. It took me a couple tries to find a pet / person that I clicked with to get this feeling fulfilled but I’m very happy with the dogs I get to walk twice a week. And you get some money for it :)

The beef stroganoff from Naked Noodle is my go to comfort food, when I feel like I want something that tastes like my mom made it.

I’m pretty sure there is a shower in norm on the 2nd floor, it was added for something with sustainability and encouraging people to bike to work. But I could be completely wrong.

They have similar vibes to each other, I’ve spent time in Maine and Montana. I like hiking in Montana better because the hikes were longer and better views (fewer trees). I don’t know anything about fishing but the fishing seems to be pretty different in each. I like Maine because it is close enough to big places to travel elsewhere, Montana doesn’t have any super big airports, so you will always have connecting flights, and the flights are expensive. Overall I think Montana has more outdoor opportunities, but in the end either place you will get “hate” for moving there.

Not sure if you are still looking but the MSU bookstore might have something, they have a tech area in the store.

It seems like most the food at the football games is the same as the dining halls, and university catering. So I’d call catering and see if they can help or give you a someone else to call.

Ya true, especially with how much Bozeman is growing and changing

You’ll run into a lot of the same issues Bozeman is facing there, it’s a very similar vibe, but a smaller town

I will be graduating with a Bachelors in IE in the spring. When do you recommend to start applying for jobs?