u/megeek95

I want to learn as much about the army as I can. I like the minis but I'm not sure if their pros/cons will be what I could be comfortable with. Right now I play Ogors and the glass-cannon nature of gutbusters is not something I'm feeling too good at (after 10 matches), since I miss having some survivability on them.

What are the strategies, approach to the army and even strenghs weaknesses that you have seen with it after playing against/with it?

Thanks

Currently considering getting into Ironjawz and I want to know what playstyles work for them, as well as the strategies, common pitfalls to avoid and other advices that you have learned by playing them

I built my PC 1 year ago and the motherboard (ASROCK 870 RS PRO WiFi) fried my CPU (AMD Ryzen 7700x) after only 6 months of use. I had warranty so the shop sent me a new CPU and updated the BIOS to avoid possible issues according to other redditors that had a very similar issue.

Unfortunately, it happened again: The motherboard stays on red light again too long, the GPU fans don't start and it's the same issue as 6 months ago (Back then I tried with a friend's CPU same model and it booted normally).

My PC is basically white and I want to maintain the aesthetic. What motherboard for AM5 can you recommend me that is not having these horrible issues every now and then?

30M here from Spain doing a PhD in AI + chips design, with 2 tutors from microelectronics-only background: main tutor (who's also the director) and a 2nd one that joined 5 months ago, being me the only one with knowledge on AI.

So far, they have changed the topic 3 times because they didn't feel comfortable with using "too much AI" and me making advances "too fast" (I used to work as a data engineer). Also, I am the only one that has read the state of the art and knows what is missing in what was supposed to be my main topic and, even with that, they still don't trust me.

In January, I got a "breakthrough" and immediately they got ultra-hyped to send to publish ASAP in March, which we got to do but now I am exhausted mentally, mostly because the work was 95% regex with Python and 5% Ollama calls (Not really AI).... I want to do something actually related to my goals, but they reject it because "I would lose momentum and that's bad".... My mental health is bad!

Finally, I feel like I am not learning about AI nor chip design/architecture, where all the little learning is being done by myself on my free time when I am mentally-stable enough to dedicate energy to it.

I am starting to really miss industry now because at least the goals were clear: I built solutions for real problems and there is a roadmap for a steadier career growth unlike in academia. I got this job because I got laid off in 2024, not because I was looking to get a PhD (call it fate).

Do I like research? Yeah, it's cool!
Do I see myself being underpaid for the next 10 years and dealing with resarch bureauchracy? Fuck no!

So, my question is: Is a PhD worth it to go through all of this for my niche field, or I should start looking for industry roles in AI/Data Engineering again?

Thanks!