superbcarrot

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by superbcarrot 6y ago
> with people who have no experience with the “science” part It's interesting that you put it that way because a lot of the other complaints in this thread are that the people who expect their data to be ready for use are exactly th
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
> Data science & engineering should be treated as a single collection of skill-sets. This can be tough because there could be a lot in that skill set. You can't realistically expect someone to have solid knowledge of statistic
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
I think that this is more of a problem with the specific people that you have worked with and it isn't inherent to the role of a data scientist.
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
The overall point that there is demand for data engineering skills seems valid but in reality you don't have to pick between data scientists and data engineers, it's not one or the other. I don't know if the argument is set u
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
At least with machine learning there is some actual substance underneath the hype.
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
I think you are underestimating how many of the services you already use incorporate machine learning somewhere. It's not about GANs or deepfakes (right now those are closer to the art projects you are referring to). Some examples for
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
That's unlikely. There are many machine learning applications that have been shown to be good enough for commercial use and they aren't going anywhere. The worst case for the field is that progress slows down, people realise that
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
> I thought FAANG was originally shorthand for companies that could pay far above median It's not really related to compensation even if those companies pay well. The short history is that FANG was coined by Jim Cramer (he has a TV
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
This was my thought too. I don't know what Dropbox employess are going through but on the surface this looks a lot better than the layoffs that I've witnessed first hand.
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
Hmm can you share more about this? It makes sense on the surface but it would be great to know what the context was.
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
- I think that writing brings along a lot of the same mental health benefits. It helps you lay out your thoughts and makes them easier to process. - I don't think that chatbots teach anyone to socialise, you need real people for this.
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
Voting reform - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNCHVwtpeBY4mybPkHEnR... It strikes a good balance of something that would have profound systemic effects and influence many ongoing issues but at the same time it&#x27
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
> I think you should pursue trade school. Ah, the advice that anyone who wants to work on their startup should hear.
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
I wouldn't do it. - there are ways to expand your communication and presentation skills without moving back to entry-level or taking a huge pay cut - there is no way to know if your current plan will actually help you develop the skill
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
I think the way Harvard's CS50 course approaches this is really good. It used to be entirely in C but in more recent years they start with C for the first few weeks and then move on to Python and expose you to a bunch of other tools as
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
> The threat model I'm concerned about now is the politically motivated insider. This overestimates the impact that a single employee or a single team can have in a company of Google's size.
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by superbcarrot 6y ago
- Toggl for time tracking - https://toggl.com/ - pen and paper for random perishable notes that don't necessarily fit in a calendar, note app or to-do system