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by atrettel 2y ago
I don't think I'll make a blog post about this, but since you asked I will describe what you have to do briefly. 10 to 15 hours includes everything: - Downloading all forms and instructions. - Downloading all 1099s and W-2 statem
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by atrettel 2y ago
This is one of the big reasons I keep doing it manually. Only the IRS and my state gets my info.
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by atrettel 2y ago
Regardless of what happens to Direct File, I recommend people learn how to do their tax returns by hand. I do it by hand every year. Yes, it is tedious, but I am not beholden to anyone and I don't need a "product" (paid or
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by atrettel 2y ago
I second networking as the thing to do in this job market. The vast majority of the recent interviews that I have gotten have been through networking. Sometimes just asking the right people works, but obviously you have to know who to ask,
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by atrettel 2y ago
And even if you receive two or more offers at once, many organizations don't bother negotiating. One time I received two offers at once, and neither organization was willing to change anything substantive about their offers. In this c
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by atrettel 2y ago
I was about to post largely the same thing. There is a saying in design: "Good, fast, cheap --- pick two." The default choice always seems to be fast and cheap nowadays. I find myself telling other people to take their time, bu
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by atrettel 2y ago
Location: Los Alamos, NM, US Remote: Open to remote, hybrid, and in person Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: C, C++, Fortran, Java, Message Passing Interface (MPI), Python (Matplotlib, Numpy, Pandas, Scipy), SQL (especially SQLite) Rés
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by atrettel 2y ago
That is a great example of what I was talking about. Another example is the changing nature of the contracts people are hired under. I'm a scientist, and a lot of positions are inherently term-limited. You end up with a lot of organi
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by atrettel 2y ago
This is an interesting question to ask, though I personally would not attribute it to "culture" as much as it may be a product of the environment people are put in. From my experience, there are a lot of jobs that make it difficu
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by atrettel 2y ago
Based on my own experience as a peer reviewer and scientist, the issue is not necessarily in detecting plagiarism or fraud. It is in getting editors to care after a paper is already published. During peer review, this could be great. It c
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by atrettel 2y ago
What services have you not been able to change your email address for? I have done the exact same process over the last few years --- moving from Gmail to a my own domain --- and I have found only around 10 services that did not let me chan
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by atrettel 2y ago
Location: Los Alamos, NM, US Remote: Open to remote, hybrid, and in person Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: C, C++, Fortran, Java, Message Passing Interface (MPI), Python (Matplotlib, Numpy, Pandas, Scipy), SQL (especially SQLite) Rés
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by atrettel 2y ago
Vim mastery is not just regex. Regex is basically the same as using sed or grep in Vim. The key to Vim mastery is realizing that every key you press is a command in the language of Vim. Once you realize this, you can construct complicated
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by atrettel 2y ago
> My experience with modality is that almost every time I want to do something I'm in the wrong mode. The key is to almost always be in command mode. I am only in insert mode briefly to add or change text. The power of Vim comes f
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by atrettel 2y ago
I have been telling people for years that using an editor like Vim or Emacs makes you more efficient, but I have found that most people either do not particularly care, or worse still, think that the efficiency gains are surely marginal at
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by atrettel 2y ago
Almost nobody pays for a PhD. I didn't pay for mine. This isn't like student debt for undergraduate degrees, though I think the argument about the "opportunity cost" of getting a PhD has merit.
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by atrettel 2y ago
This is also a bit of a pet peeve of mine too. I surely learned a lot of "knowledge" during my PhD, but really what makes me an expert in my subject is less my ability to rattle off facts but 1. my ability to reason and understan
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by atrettel 2y ago
Location: Los Alamos, NM, US Remote: Open to remote, hybrid, and in person Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: C, C++, Fortran, Java, Message Passing Interface (MPI), Python (Matplotlib, Numpy, Pandas, Scipy), SQL (especially SQLite) Rés
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by atrettel 2y ago
If you read enough literature and try to implement enough stuff yourself, you will eventually run into a question that you cannot immediately answer. Often when I read a paper in a subject new to me, I realize that I do not understand somet
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by atrettel 2y ago
I actually agree with you completely. That is why I emphasized that I was just giving their perspective. I don't think most information is available online, let alone available online immediately. I've even had the same experien
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by atrettel 2y ago
I have often heard this described as a change in how people of different generations access information. Younger people today are used to using search bars to find what they need immediately [1], but older people like myself grew up used t
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by atrettel 2y ago
That's an interesting point that I had not considered. In that case, your handle itself is the unique identifier. That said, if I recall correctly some sites do not recycle handles, but this is still an interesting point nonetheless.
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by atrettel 2y ago
There isn't anything unique about your account on most social media platforms. This isn't a "plant your flag" situation like when trying to prevent identity theft. You don't need to register your account before a
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by atrettel 2y ago
Location: Los Alamos, NM, US Remote: Open to remote, hybrid, and in person Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: C, C++, Fortran, Java, Message Passing Interface (MPI), Python (Matplotlib, Numpy, Pandas, Scipy), SQL (especially SQLite) Rés
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by atrettel 2y ago
I agree with your first part but not your second. Most authors do not make outrageous claims, and I surely would reject their manuscript if they did. I've done it before and will do it again without any issue. To me, the point of pee
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by atrettel 2y ago
I agree with the discussion that rejection is normal and researchers should discuss it more often. That said, I do think that "publish or perish" plays an unspoken role here. I see a lot of colleagues trying to push out "lea
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by atrettel 2y ago
I do know that ML and AI are at least changing hiring in my own field (scientific research). Where I work, there is little hiring of subject-matter experts and a lot of hiring of data scientists and ML experts. I have talked to many manag
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by atrettel 2y ago
I have to second the general notion that this is a numbers game. My own statistics right now show that for every 100 applications, I get 12 applications with at least one interview, and 3.5 applications with an offer. Those numbers are no
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by atrettel 2y ago
I suppose this is like a lot of tools in general: you just get used to doing it yourself. People wrote code before tools like that existed, and you can too if you put your mind to it. I typically just use plain Vim without much customizati
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by atrettel 2y ago
I don't disagree, but I just prefer compact cars. If I had to buy a new vehicle and there were no compacts available, I'd go for a crossover, but I won't like it.

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