natalyarostova

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by natalyarostova 4y ago
I think part of the problem is that the upper bound on neural nets, as far as we can tell, might very well be general intelligence, and things like self-driving cars, and other nearly magical use-cases that seem within reach. Whereas tree b
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by natalyarostova 4y ago
Definitely not my experience in big tech data science. 30-50% of data scientists I work with don’t have a PhD, and took the self-taught hacker path, and earn just as much as PhDs. I probably earned a total of a million bucks by time I was a
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by natalyarostova 4y ago
+1 To add to this, I do not have a phd in econ, but did what you recommended and work as a data scientist with PhD economists. If you do this, you will make just as much as they do.
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
Try not to feel this is your one chance and you only have two options. You can get offers again. In addition, you could get work as a machine learning engineer in industry, either now or in a few years. You could spend another year doing de
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
Scientific method is undergoing intense changes in methodology. I suspect in 50 years the way causal inference is done will in many areas be radically different.
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
I suspect the future is just a good browser excel, rather than a Linux custom excel.
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
I assume they are working on it, and in the meantime employees are going out of their way to help where possible in a way that doesn’t scale.
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
After doing 5 years of interviews, I think part of the issue is Amazon doesn’t really do onboarding, so everyone is scared of making an L6 offer, because the new hire is expected to perform equal to an L6 who has already been at Amazon for
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
I quit Amazon a few months ago for the same reason. Holy shit Amazon culture does not work over video. I used to work hard, but I would stay late with my cool team and we’d build things. That stopped happening and I burned out.
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
They stopped being able to hire seniors easily. So I quit, because working with 8 people 1 year out of college, and myself with 7 years exp, was awful.
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
Yes
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
Rofl
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
Not sure what that has to do with anything. Dying in public from drug addiction suicide on the streets of the tenderloin is about as bad as it gets. People aren’t choosing it through rational analysis of alternatives and shelter trauma. The
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
Yeah. The safety and peace of the tenderloin is an attractive alternative.
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
Be super careful that you don’t end up at your 1 year review, and when they ask for your portfolio of work, you show nothing.
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
You would have sold it at all for $1000 anyway and thought if it as a lucky goof lol.
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
Nope!
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
There isn’t enough talented DS management. They end up being managed by people who don’t know what is going on 4/5 times.
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
If you’re bored in a small town, it’s not a bad idea.
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
I cannot believe this works for you, hahaha, but I’m glad it does. Nice!!
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
First “celeb” death that has made me outright cry. It felt more like losing a friend. His show aside, I listened to his weekly twitch show throughout the pandemic, it gave me something to look forward to. With a young child as well, so fuck
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
I promise the people in FAANG are not more rewarded or happy than you on average, at least with respect to their job. I’ve been in them, and people either complain, or are jealous of the people making startup millions. It’s a fact of life t
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by natalyarostova 5y ago
Despite being aware how markets vary, it will never not shock me that 25-27 year old barely non-jr devs on my team make double that. Can’t help but think things are in disequilibrium over the long run.
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by natalyarostova 6y ago
Melatonin has contraindications with many psychiatric drugs, due to it being a serotonin precursor. Hallucinogens can also trigger people with mental health issues into mental breakdowns or crisis. I think sleeping well and biking is great
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by natalyarostova 6y ago
Practice.
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by natalyarostova 6y ago
Half... lol
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by natalyarostova 6y ago
Why is Tokyo able to support density levels several times higher then SF, without worrying about pricing anyone out?
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by natalyarostova 6y ago
Yeah. This is a fun and cute product, and I could see people enjoying it as a novelty. But it’s not even close to the proper way to learn a language.
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by natalyarostova 6y ago
The idea that tulips are similar to the tech behind ethereum is ridiculous. And that’s sort of the implication.
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by natalyarostova 6y ago
> At least in the US, over 95% of fatalities are people over 55 I'll never understand people who say this, thinking it somehow proves their point or something. My parents are nearly 60, and easily have 20 more years of time with me

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