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- Seek career advice for next move My background is in stats. I’ve been working as a DS for more than 2 years. I’ve worked on end to end deployment of ML models in both python and Java, some light NLP problems (which can be solved using tfidf, word2vec, nothing really fancy like BERT), building data or model pipelines, and also A/B t
- Career advise for a data analyst Hi everyone, I am currently working as a data analyst at a small media agency. I Have experience in DB, SQL, ETL in Python with automation in batch, and dashboarding in Tableau. My goal in career is to be a professional in SWE with strong background in ML/AI. Ultimately, I would like to be able to
- vote Quant vs SWE at HFT firms I'm currently enrolled as a 2nd year PhD student at a top but non-ivy school (one of CMU, UIUC, UW Seattle, UMichigan). I'm strongly considering quitting with a Masters after this semester and I'm interviewing with several top HFT firms (including HRT and Cit. Sec.), as well as GE return offer from
- link Corona overhyped - stock rebound?! Drawing from sources: https://www.businessinsider.com/who-confirms-coronavirus-global-death-rate-rises-fatalities-numbers-2020-3 (mortality rate by age from chinese CDC - not sure how trustworthy) https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 (supposedly pull
- DE, MLE, or DS? Hoping some folks here have had to make this decision before and can give some advice. Currently, I’m a senior data scientist with a split focus on data eng and ML (Python). At smaller companies being a “full stack” DS has been fine if not desirable. I’d like to become more focused. If I stay at re
- We finally won! Bought our dream home From Seattle. I saw the months when the price kept rising and so did interest rates. Some homes we really liked, but were outbid on almost every front. One thing we were sure of, never to compromise, if we were going to get a home, it would be the one we loved. With time, we realized it quicker. Few
- Selling startup shares before acquisition Hi The company I work for will very likely be acquired over the next 12 months. I have a significant amount of common shares (from exercised ISOs) that amount to ~3M based on the last valuation of 700M (I originally had 2% of the company, but that’s what dilution does to you!). I was thinking ab
- what skills to prioritize for moving into data science / analytics roles My last role was business analyst. I have 7 yrs. experience with SQL and I’ve taught myself enough Python to be able to read / work through separate books that use it for stuff like NLP, etc. What I’m wondering now is, what will be the most direct way for me to move closer to data science / analytic
- About to be laid off on H1B! Early Christmas present :( **Situation Update - Happy Friday people! I'm happy to share that I've received 4 offers and each of them are at least 50% higher then my current TC! My stats - Referrals offered on Blind - 50+ Actual referrals put through by awesome Blinders - 7 Personal network referrals - 8 First round phone c
- vote Google India L3 take it or leave it? Had all the rounds at Google India and the recruiter reached out telling my packet has been approved by HC. The team matching was done and though the work did not seem great, I went along cuz "Google". My stats: Yoe: 2.2 years Base: 34 LPA Bonus: 2.5 fixed + 6-8 extra (due in January 2022) Total: 4
- Meta DS /ML infra interview Hi guys, I have just received a disappointing news from Meta. I had been interviewing for a role (IC6) in the DS infra team and passed the tech screen. There was one more screening round scheduled with the hiring manager. I just checked with the HR to have it scheduled. They replied that the headco
- What are some backend math heavy career paths? So I got into the SWE world from mechanical engineering, doing computational mechanics. I now build software that’s used in HPC environments simulating various things. I love the work I do, it’s just really slow at DoE labs and the pay isn’t there. The skills I have are a lot of python and C++, plu
- How okay is it to approach Senior SWEs from your school's network and ask for mentorship? Hello blind, Junior SWE here (see stats at the bottom). For a while now, I have thought about finding myself a mentor, to help to guide my learning (outside of work) in a proper direction, to learn from, and to help to set timelines for my career development where it comes to software engineering.
- link Internal Promotion Advice Throughout my 5-year career, I’ve gotten 1 promotion. It was after my first 6 months of working, and after a stagnant 2 years, I decided I didn’t want to wait anymore for raises. So, I have instead been changing companies to get higher pay. I’m very close with the CEO at my current company, and he
- I think I am bad at interviewing... help! My resume/linkedIn must be attractive because many recruiters contact me even from FAANG...but I cannot pass the hiring manager interview and sometimes the recruiter. I was systematically passing the recruiter before Covid. So I am wondering if - recruiters contact me just to increase the number of
- Politics should work like Tech Industry All bills, tax code changes, laws, legislation, & regulations should be handled like we handle any big project in tech: - Clear problem to be solved - Clearly defined success metrics/KPIs - Costs are known - Some analysis done to understand if the expected gain is worth the cost (social issues mig
- Does anyone else find software engineering boring and meaningless? I came from a reputable university. Worked really hard in my computer science program, graduated nearly top among my peers. Was planning to do a PhD but decided to work since I got a job from G. Was really frustrated by politics and the environment and jumped to Apple to join a friend’s team. Team
- How to transition from embedded to MLE Hello! I recently graduated from a state school and began working. I am currently unhappy with both the TC at my company and the work I am doing (mostly embedded). I am interested in transitioning to MLE at a FAANG or big N company. I took an intro machine learning course in undergrad and while I
- Planning to move to India - need feedback Hi I read through a lot of posts about moving to India after working for a few years in US, but I couldn't find what I was looking for, so yet another post. Job stats: Yoe: 10 in US, 2.5 in India Profile: Management in Machine Learning TC: 780k next year, 700 for the next 3 years I did a basic F
- Working Solo vs Collaborating Prior to my current position I got to work with a mentor who was very senior and talented. I felt like I was learning a lot and enjoyed the daily interaction. Now that I'm at a much smaller place, I basically work by myself and while I am doing new things, the skills don't seem to be transferable an
- Wasting My Talents? Hi Blind, Can’t help sometimes but feel like im wasting my talents by being a teacher. I tutor in the wealthy DC suburbs and pull about $200k a year through my small business. Sometimes, I feel trapped in my current positin and like I really don’t I want to do this forever. However, when intervi
- Amazonians who moved from L6 to FB E5 Asking for feedback from Amazonians who have moved from Amazon L6 to FB E5 (I recently got an offer from FB for E5). I know FB TC is awesome but how do you guys feel about 1) quality and scope of work. 2) promotion path to E6. I feel that Amazon at higher levels i.e. L6+ has much larger scope, hig
- Looking for early employees - Part time / Full time. Earlier this year, our team started working on a product to give equal opportunities to everyone. It was sure a huge vision, but it was the only real way to end global unemployment and poverty. Vision - Everyone with a mobile phone should have access to millions of opportunities. I'm an economist a
- Long term prospects of ML/Ops vs Distributed Systems? I am fortunate to be able to choose much of my own destiny between these career paths. For background, I have a bachelors in CS, but also took a fair amount of math/stats courses in my undergrad. Since entering the workforce I’ve been mostly building distributed systems, and recently those systems h
- Are kids really at risk from covid? Our school district has a mask mandate. All of the rhetoric seems to be about "protecting the children" but every time I look at the stats, they all seem to say covid is relatively mild in children. If it's relevant, my wife and I are vaccinated. We don't really feel the risk is that high for us
- Switch from DS to SWE? I switched careers from an unrelated industry, went back to school and got bachelors and masters in stats and math. I knew R, so I Found my first DA role and then a DS role. In my roles I taught myself SQL and Python in the role and am now proficient, and started learning about cloud services (Aws,
- I am sort of lost! Has it ever happened with you? Hi, I am currently based out of India and I am working at a High Frequency trading firm in India. My stats are as follows: YoE: 2.5 years CTC: 35 LPA The above stats look good on paper (not comparable to US, but in India is what I mean), but I don't know, I kind of feel very bored. It appears as
- Microsoft data scientist vs applied scientist Im currently a data scientist intern within a year of graduating with a phd in stats at a top school. From what i can tell it seems like across the industry applied scientist is the higher title and better for career long term. I work wirh both applied scientists, data scientists, and data & appied
- How to enter CS side Hi Blind community, I'm looking to get into SW side. I have business background and 10 yrs of experience. Want to move from operations side to CS. I don't have CS degree so kind of confused where to start. Few things I have googles are SW development, Dev Ops, Data science many more . Not sure what
- Contemplating switching out of MLE I am not sure if MLE is for me. I don’t get excitement and satisfaction from doing any of the data work. It used to be interesting when I was in college and during the first couple of months into my job, but not anymore. I just dread to finish my tasks. I like to design and build neat applications