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- How to get a meaningful data scientist role I have held plenty fancy titles in my ~5 years of data science career - Data Scientist, Senior Data Scientist, product analyst, manager etc. these have all been with big companies. However, my work has mostly been pretty adhoc / monotonous in nature - ETL / Adhoc models etc. In most roles, I have be
- Interview Experience with Amazon - Applied Scientist interview (seeking advise) To start with, I have a PhD in math, bachelors and masters in stats. I was also a post-doc researcher for about 4 years. Though my plublication record is very good, my PhD and Post-doc work doesn't have anything to do with ML. My exposure to coding is minimal, though I can code in Python, usually th
- Switching to CS should I go the talent or the desires route? Basically I’m tired of lab work. So I’m learning to code and so on. One of the dilemmas I run into is this. 1. I can go the web dev route. Make less but also be happier since I like visually appealing things and designing. However, who knows how long before I get my portfolio done with and get good
- Title to use? So I am trying to transition to pure SWE or SRE roles (don't worry already doing LC). At my place of work my official title is Systems Administrator, however, the job itself requires writing a lot code in Java and Python (for systems automation), creating internal apps running on Spring Boot (lots
- I'm so scared and worried about future, because the rate at which it is spreading #covid19, for all the right reasons I'm worried because the rate at which it is spreading #covid19. This is unbelievable pandemic. Heartbreaking situation in Italy. In US, people are still not so serious at least in bay area I can see that. People are travelling here and there, meeting gf bf in different city over every weekend which
- Looking for Sr. SDET/Automation Eng Referrals Hey Blinders, I’m beginning my search for new employment. I’m currently in a Principal Automation Engineer role for a company in the midwest. I had high hopes for the gig but unfortunately the company culture and daily operation has turned out to be too corporate for my blood. I’m looking for refe
- My TC journey: 120K to 450K in 3 years (+PhD) Thank you Blind. I could never have done this without you. Sharing to help others. Job 1: Fresh out of a good ML PhD program. $120K job at a no-name tech company, Office Space incarnate. Wouldn't recommend even though WLB was amazing. I tried to maximize exposure to a variety of industrial situatio
- vote Is it worth it to go back to school after starting to work? I started working as a Data Scientist for less than one year and I truly love my job and the people I work with. There are lots of opportunity to learn and I feel my work is meaningful. However, my educational background is not very technical (bachelor's in Business and master's in IS). In fact, I
- Series C offer evaluation (Healthcare Pre IPO) Hi Folks, I just got an offer from a series C startup and need help with evaluation of the offer. I am completely new to ISO world so would really appreciate what all things I need to know/ask to evaluate/understand the offer. Offer : - $170k with 30k stock option ($10k Joining bonus - Thanks lo
- Have I ruined my TC by setting the starting point too low? For various reasons, I think I am done with big G. I want work I can feel more connected to. I have gone out and interviewed in the Seattle area and procured some offers. In opening talks with the recruiter-types, I offhandedly mentioned that $125k base salary might be ok, since it was a little hig
- vote Career path as less-technical DS A little bit worried as I found myself growing increasingly passionate about the non-technical work in my job as a data scientist. Things that excite me the most at work - • Learning about problems, brainstorming solutions and formulating that into a feasible experiment. • Thinking about the why &
- How do I get better at distributed systems for machine learning? I want to be able to work in machine learning at FAANG or other companies, but I'm not sure how to get better at ML-related distributed systems for interviews. I currently have 1+ YOE (M.S from top 5 program in Eng w/ ML emphsis) and I generally work in a very small team for small scale AI/ML relat
- Difference between two Stanford Graduate Certificates on Data Training Hello, I am currently a web developer and planning to invest some time to picking up relevant data skills and looking at below two certifications. I wonder what are the career outcomes between the two of them (they probably tailor toward different career goals rather then all funnel into DS/ ML eng
- Microsoft vs Affirm vs Unknown Bored in current role (non-transferrable tech/not interested in domain) and stagnating TC, but very good WLB. Current stats: Role: SWE LOC: L-MCOL remote YOE: 3 TC: 150k, probably looking at raise soon but wouldn't expect > 165 WLB: 25-40 hrs/wk, fully remote, 'unlimited vaca' == 4 wks max. No o
- Get your referral bonus! Hello Blind Fam, Hope you all are doing splendidly well! I have always been amazed by how this community has helped people out in the past to land their dream roles and dream companies, especially in these tough times, and I too have been fortunate to contribute in such endeavors as well! Now, I
- link We should try a different strategy for confinement to reach herd immunity faster and safer Hear me out. So CA predicts almost 60% infected in 2 months, which is what is needed to reach herd immunity. At that point whether we like it or not, we will reach herd immunity before a vaccine waaaayy before a vaccine is out. But how we reach said herd immunity is up to us. Right now we seem to
- Breaking into Data Analytics Hey! Looking for some useful advice on breaking into data from teaching. Background and education is fully in Sports Science, K-12 Education, and high level coaching. Completely understand the challenges that are ahead of me. However, I have plenty of spare time to learn and willing to do boot ca
- Referrals or not, I can't seem to get into Google (sales)..? I've been applying to Google over the past few years with frequency probably increased since the last 8 or so months. Sending in at the limit of 3 max applications every 30 days. Almost all applications prior to 2020 were via their careers section online. I've reached out to my network during the l
- Algo&DS for Data Science roles in FAANG Hi All First post here. So, excuse (or call out) any transgressions :) To address the 'TC or GTFO' queries - I'm currently in management consultancy... so, not sure how relevant would it be. YoE = 8 years. Question: There is a glut of information and guidance about the nature of Algo&DS questions
- Breaking into PM Hi Blind, I am a recent grad of a Top 10 school with a degree in Econ. I have experience with stat/data analysis (Econometrics, Descriptive Statistics, Probability) and some programming experience (Intermediate Python and C, beginner SQL/JavaScript). I am self learning CS right now and want to fini
- vote Better future?: Detection Engineering/Threat Hunting or Malware Reverse Engineering? I'm currently interviewing for a good amount of detection engineering/threat hunt and malware RE roles and I already have two companies that said they are currently getting approvals to make an offer (I expect another 1-2 offers outside of these two)...so now I really need to decide which area I wan
- Google Non SWE Offer Eval L5 I received an offer for a Stat Ops Manager in Google Cloud that came in at: Base: 146k Bonus: 15% RSU: 229k/4 years Y1 TC: 250k (36% vests in Y1) I have 4.5 YOE and am located in TX, so the recruiter said that factored in to the comp teams decision and it would be higher in the Bay Area (naturally
- How do you prepare for system design? I graduated with PhD in computational physics + ML 1.5 years ago. Currently I work as a sort of MLE lead in a startup (I was put in a position of ownership of part of the product). My job is split like 40/60 between model experimentation (I read recent papers and decide what to try) and then impleme
- Nurse Practitioner seeking medical affairs role Hello, This is my first first post on any "public" forum...EVER. I am currently a Nurse Practitioner (NP) working in home care/transition of care for a start-up now being wholly acquired by our primary capital venture (UHG). I am seeking to move into medical affairs with any industry- pharma or med
- Preparing for data science roles I found the following material very useful in my own journey. I thought I should share with the community to help others. 1. Basic combinatorics, probability, stats - Don’t Memorise channel on YouTube - jbstatistics channel on YouTube 2. Statistical/Machine Learning - lectures by Trevor Hastie a
- Those in telecom, what do you actually do? TC breakdown? Sometimes titles can be ambiguous at best, inflated at worst. I’ll go first - I’m a switch engineer on the repair side of the house. On the surface, we mostly work call completion, audio, and IPTF/IPIVR issues that occur outside of a customer’s CPE. We check stats on LD trunk groups and if we see er
- A note to Amazon leadership Hi, I started as a fresh grad with zero experience at Amazon. I was able to perform exceptionally well and delivered a lot of projects in time and with no issues. I was so excited about my career prospects, the very feeling of being part of Amazon. I even got amazing Forte responses and went along
- Hoping to transition to PM internally at Meta or accept concrete offer externally? Hi everyone, I am currently a PMM at Meta (US) aiming to transition to a PM role, and while I could try once again (as I failed to do so last year) to do the PMM -> PM transition internally, I also got external offers that seem pretty tempting and I would love to get your thoughts on the best op
- US Navy to SWE or Applied scientist I am trying to figure out what to expect as I get out of the navy and any information would be extremely helpful. My information below B.S astrophysics UCSC(3.89 GPA) M.S Computer Science Georgia Tech (in progress will be complete by the time I get out)current gpa 4.0 Rank: 0-3 Time in at end of
- Can someone with perspective evaluate my situation? Join startup 8 months ago, cant find anything on glassdoor or valuation stats, but start at 80k + benefits remote After 6 months performance review, receive 20k shares equity and cut in finders fee Startup is 7 years old Originally had in house tech but moved to designer consulting firm (high reputa