ecophyseis

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by ecophyseis 9mo ago
I went through something similar. Ended up under-emphasizing my science background because I noticed that it turned people off.
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by ecophyseis 9mo ago
Not sure about seriousness but I did some simulation work regarding seismic wave propagation. Would that apply?
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by ecophyseis 9mo ago
Interesting. Where would one look for these kinds of jobs? I am not really familiar with hedge funds.
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by ecophyseis 9mo ago
I would very much be interested in this but there's nothing in my CV that suggests that I'd be good at it, except for some basic electronics I did for fun.
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by ecophyseis 9mo ago
Thank! I actually worked with people in that article :) Now I'm based in Europe so my grad school friends work at companies in a different continent, so so far, no luck there.
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by ecophyseis 9mo ago
This is a good suggestion and probably the most realistic path. The only trouble is that I'm in a small-ish city in Europe and have to work remotely, which makes networking hard. I worked at a company where I sort of tried to do this b
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by ecophyseis 9mo ago
Good suggestion, my skills overlap a lot with what ESRI does actually. Thanks!
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by ecophyseis 9mo ago
> As a hiring manager, if someone shared a profile of a person with a PHD in earth sciences and 8 years of “full stack” experience I’d immediately assume they were a generalist with surface level familiarity and no mastery or depth in an
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by ecophyseis 9mo ago
That's amazing! Thank you!
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Ask HN: How do I bridge the gap between PhD and SWE experiences?
87 points by ecophyseis 10mo ago|68 comments