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by bearmf 14y ago
If it is that hard the bar is probably set too high. Most of the skills are learned on the job after all. Most smart PhDs who can program well and have sound knowledge of statistics can learn to do this stuff.
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by bearmf 14y ago
But you never tried training them. Sure, no one can do it right off the bat, without prior experience.
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7 programming myths — busted(blog.jelastic.com)
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by bearmf 14y ago
You must be joking. Bullying in Russian and Ukrainian schools is probably much more severe than in US. It is common for people to get beaten.
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by bearmf 14y ago
What made you think it is the hardest one? It is not easier to emigrate to UK, Canada or Australia, the systems are just different.
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by bearmf 14y ago
There are no public preschools in New York for middle class. The private ones are very expensive and competitive to get into. AFAIK, there are good public elementary schools. Middle and high schools are much worse if you don't get into a Gi
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by bearmf 14y ago
You do not need roommates at $100k in Manhattan. You might get one if you feel lonely though.
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by bearmf 14y ago
It is possible to live with a baby in 1br apartment, a lot of people do it in Manhattan. The real problems start later, with preschools, kindergartens etc.
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by bearmf 14y ago
Well, that is what ends up in the news: guys making billions. What articles are you referring to? There are also plenty of people making not so much money in HFT and plenty of people losing money. This is a competitive market and it has bec
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by bearmf 14y ago
The average work week in US is 43 hours. To be precise, it is on average 8.6 hours per day worked. Working 11-12 hours is definitely not common. Of the few people I know who do it, all do it voluntarily.
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by bearmf 15y ago
You are probably referring to a New York Times article on teacher pay around the world. Korea is a clear outlier according to their data which makes one doubt the methodology used. Teachers in US are paid a decent salary. For example, in Ne
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by bearmf 15y ago
They would be a negative for some quantitative finance jobs. Not because they make you a bad quant. There is a perception among practitioners (who are mostly math/physics PhDs themselves) and headhunters that web development people do not k
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by bearmf 15y ago
Yeah, sorry, these hits were some other scientists. So what is the pay like in NYC?
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by bearmf 15y ago
You do not need to be a web developer to write a blog. R, MatPlotLib and Matlab make pretty pictures.
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by bearmf 15y ago
Where are all this high paying jobs? Average data scientist salary at glassdoor is probably less than 100k.
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by bearmf 15y ago
1. Wrong 2. Start with 2 passengers instead of 100 3. Rigorous proof would take a bit longer, say 15 minutes
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by bearmf 15y ago
Seriously? Learn web development? No one hires PhDs for web development skills. It is only useful if you want to be a pure software developer, not a quant or a data scientist. It might even be a negative when applying for some jobs.