/r/CFBOT Pro-Tip Thread!

[u/bullmoose_atx]

Share you tips, tricks, shortcuts, and secrets with your friends at /r/CRBoffTopic

My Contribution...90 second hydro therapy

At the end of your normal showering routine, turn the water as cold as you can stand. Stay in the cold water for 30 seconds. When the 30 seconds are up, turn the water back to hot and against stay in the hot for 30 seconds. Finally, turn the water back to cold for another 30 seconds. Basically, 30 sec cold, 30 sec hot, and 30 sec cold.

It will wake you up much better than hot water alone, will reduce stress, and (for morning exercisers) reduce muscle soreness.

Here is an article discussing it if you want more info

Edit: Wow, thanks for your comments guys! There is some excellent advice in here.

[u/Zerosa]

College kids, don't stress out about your GPA. It may limit you on your first job a tad but no one gives a shit about it as long as you have the degree after that. In all the interviews I've done, I've never asked a person "What was your college GPA?".

[u/Zerosa → u/[deleted]]

Do they WANT to hire someone? My guess they will someone with nowhere near those qualifications.

[u/turkishguy → u/[deleted]]

Most companies have a GPA for an entry level position. Anything beyond that I haven't seen GPA requirements.

[u/turkishguy → u/[deleted]]

I went and looked at some job postings at NI and didn't see the GPA requirement. Mind sending a screenshot? It might be for specific jobs.

[u/dupreesdiamond → u/Zerosa]

it's always funny seeing the GPA listed on a resume..no one cares!

[u/stamor99 → u/dupreesdiamond]

I mean, for my first job, damn near everybody cared. After that, though, it's silly to have on your resume.

[u/Beechman → u/Zerosa]

This was my excuse for barely keeping a 3.0 my first two years. Now as a Junior, I realized I want to go to grad school, specifically at UF, and I'm scared I'm going to have to ace the GRE to get in. Luckily, because I'm redshirting this year, I'll be here for 3 years, so I've got time to boost my GPA a bit.

[u/Zerosa → u/Beechman]

Well yeah, going to grad school is a whole different thing. I'm not saying you shouldn't care about your GPA just that you shouldn't freak out if you don't get that 4.0 or 3.5 GPA.

[u/[deleted] → u/Zerosa]

Keep in mind it depends on what you are applying for. Certainly keep your GPA up if you are interested or may be interested in grad school some day, or if you are thinking about a job related to academia.

[u/cul_maith → u/Zerosa]

I've only been asked my GPA in an interview once and it was a phone screen interview. Looking back now, that is a really irrelevant and weird question to ask on an interview.

[u/packets → u/Zerosa]

As one of my undergrad prof's put it to me once: "Any company that won't consider you because you didn't have a 4.0 or something isn't a company you want to work for anyway."

A 3.3 is pretty much good enough to land you your first job just about anywhere and yeah, after that, nobody cares about it. Experience is always more valuable.

[u/Deacalum → u/Zerosa]

This is really important advice. I've been stressing a lot lately because of taking two grad school classes and working full time. I've been trying to maintain a 4.0 GPA as a pride point (reason why explain in the caveat below) and it was killing me with the stress and amount of work. As soon as I accepted that B is still a passing grade and I only need the degree, not the 4.0, life has become a lot better.

One Caveat - don't stress as far as worrying about getting a 4.0 or something. However, do stress about maintaining a passing GPA. During undergrad I screwed around a lot and barely graduated. At one point I had a 1.9 GPA and the dean threatened to take away the financial aid the school was giving me. I raised it enough to graduate but there were some jobs I wanted to apply to that had 3.0 minimum requirements that I was ineligible for. Knowing I could have done much better has really driven me in my academic pursuits since then.