toddm

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by toddm 4y ago
Kids who graduate from Ivy League schools get a lot of job offers at once and get to pick whatever they want.
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by toddm 4y ago
Ironically, he graduated from Brown University, an Ivy League school.
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by toddm 4y ago
Exercise a lot. Don't work too much.
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by toddm 5y ago
https://deepermm.com/ A send-up of the quant/trading world, of which I have been part of on-and-off for years. Also the start-up world/crypto/AI/etc.
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by toddm 5y ago
I have fond memories of the SGI machines - workstation and larger - I worked on in the 1990s and early 2000s. Octanes, O2s, Origins, Indigos, and so on. They were best-in-class for visualization, and when used with Stereographic Crystal Eye
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by toddm 5y ago
So our best and brightest are working for a company whose product is a GUI for an FTP site. Good to know.
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by toddm 5y ago
man -k has been working just fine for me for 30+ years
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by toddm 5y ago
I would happily pay a premium for this device - very nice work!
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by toddm 5y ago
It is absolutely worth it if you can afford to do so. When I have worked at a place that offers a match, I always do the amount for the match. My situation is probably different from most people who began making real money fresh out of coll
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by toddm 5y ago
0. Taking up yoga in 1995 1. Personal trainer and sport-specific coach (recurring) 2. Professional bike fit and really good cycling shoes (infrequent) (a) Periodic lactate threshold and/or FTP testing (few times per year) (b
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by toddm 5y ago
It was initially an extension of a relationship I had while in academia. Several regular employment stints came afterwards, just from talking to people. There are a few contract engagements I don't put on my resume: adding stuff to a f
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by toddm 5y ago
I agree with you about doing a job well. I just don't put the job at the top of my list in terms of where to focus my efforts. Mind you, I'm not FAANG material nor the entrepreneurial sort. The feeling is mutual: I'm not inte
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by toddm 5y ago
For me, I networked via LinkedIn with some old classmates in different fields of study. I truly accepted anything I could do at first. There were bumps in the road. There were mismatches between my skills and what was expected. I believe mo
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by toddm 5y ago
Good for you, and keep it up - just finding a workout group or running buddies is a great investment for encouraging you to stick with it. Plus the ROI - low blood pressure, heart health, and so on - is almost infinite given the low cost of
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by toddm 5y ago
See below - the biggest expense is personal training and coaching. I am not a software engineer, and I have never commanded software engineer salaries. I am what they call a "data scientist" and I have an academic background in th
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by toddm 5y ago
We spend a lot of money on a personal trainer; and a coach specific to my poison (cycling). The personal training and coaching are the greatest expense and I will allow my lights to get turned off before I let that lapse - it's that im
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by toddm 5y ago
For me, the special part is truly viewing any job as just that: a job. I no longer assess my worth as a person as a function of job title, salary, or anything else. I take contracting work primarily and expect absolutely nothing more than a
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by toddm 5y ago
edays (aka E-Days)
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by toddm 5y ago
As a data scientist, I regularly get asked at least a subset of questions that are more suited for real software engineers. Very few interviewers get around to asking relevant things (for me/my job). My day-to-day is messing around wit
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by toddm 7y ago
Agreed: I seeded it with "enem" and it returned, among other suggestions, "enemyslut" and "enemakite."
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by toddm 7y ago
Thank you for providing a very nice tool that is of use for all of us. Much appreciated!
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by toddm 7y ago
Very nice, thank you - bookmarked!
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by toddm 8y ago
I would be a happier and more productive person.
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by toddm 11y ago
Nice work, thanks for taking the time to put this together. Bookmarked.
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by toddm 11y ago
Congratulations! Well-deserved!