Resume Advice Thread - March 27, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Resume Advice Thread - March 27, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - March 27, 2018
- Are young teenagers being mislead into CS degrees?
- Anyone else tired of the structure of traditional jobs?
- Is there a better way to answer the question "why are you interested in this position?"
- Spotify is finally responding to Summer Internship application!
- Am I not welcome in the tech industry if I don't code for fun?
- Failed out of a coding bootcamp due to nothing more than me not putting the effort into it. I'm almost 26 and life is miserable. If I can fix myself and self-study, is getting even an entry-level job in 6-9 months a pipe dream?
- How did you overcome your mental illness to succeed in this field?
- Is CS culture in the workforce the same as CS culture in school?
- CS student who wants to specialize in data science and machine learning, but doesn't have the projects /formal education to back it up.
- What are year-end bonuses like for software engineers at big Investment Banks?
- Professionals and Students who used to be poor communicators, how did you improve?
- Internship problem
- Good answers to "What are you looking for in a company?"
- What do you do for self development?
- Interned last summer, asked to come back this summer, good sign for a permanent job?
- As a generic software engineer building products, how much complexity is really involved in work?
- How often is it for an internship offer to be withdrawn?
- Anyone has any experience with LaunchCode?
- Is machine learning a risky area to get into?
- Reddit's opinion on jobs using old tech/unwilling to move forward
- Quit my job, mislead by bootcamp.
- How to handle the situation where you are being blamed by Product team?
- Leaving a job early for a new one
- Silly... but what kind of jobs should I be looking for with my background? (Toronto if it helps)
- Are Remote Machine Learning Engineering Jobs Available?
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| Daily Chat Thread - March 27, 2018 Posted: 27 Mar 2018 12:07 AM PDT Please use this thread to chat, have casual discussions, and ask casual questions. Moderation will be light, but don't be a jerk. This thread is posted every day at midnight PST. Previous Daily Chat Threads can be found here. [link] [comments]  |
| Are young teenagers being mislead into CS degrees? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 08:15 AM PDT So I've been watching some videos about young teenagers who talk about their dream careers: here is an example, funny, I guess. After watching that video, I can't help to just feel a little sorry for the poor guy, being misled into the false realities of being an accountant. However, in my area, computer science is a much more popular field, and I work with many young teenagers who aspire to work in the field of software and seem to have skewed views on this path of career. They like to believe that they are very proficient programmers when they are just able to do simple if and else statements from codecademy.com, and according to the four stages of competence, a lot of the teens I work with seem to be on the unconscious incompetence level. Eventually, when by the time I get to teaching bubble sort, half the class has already dropped out. I can relate to those feelings of delusional competency, where I remember feeling so smart because I understood if statements and for loops, well until I learned algorithms and stuff. I really feel that setting the perceived bar of skill low and benefit expectations high for young future cs majors just churn out naive, young workers who hate their work and are burnt out, who eventually go through the expensive, laborious task of changing careers. And I'm actually experiencing this right now, one of the teenagers I worked with became interested in CS after watching the videos made by code.org and other videos and exercises that make programming seem so easy. Guess what? Programming is not easy, and he's failing out of university. What do you guys have to say about this? [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone else tired of the structure of traditional jobs? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 11:51 AM PDT If Office Space was created today, I believe it would be the same movie, but with even more BS that modern workers have to deal with. Why do I have to commute every day? My direct managers have always loved me, but every job I've had I've never been able to work from home more than one day per week. Even when I offer to take the 1-1.5 hour commute and add it to my work day. You'd think management would be all over a 10-20% productivity boost (actually way more, if you read on). Why is "asses in seats" such a sought-after goal? Upper management (usually the 40+ crowd) has always cared more about being in a seat during certain hours than they care about actually working. I'm just as productive at 10am as 9am, but sometimes I'd rather sleep in. Has anyone ever benefited from a stand-up? I've literally never seen one benefit in five years of doing it. To me it's a bureaucratic twisting of what agile is supposed to be; it's the most visible way to confirm that what you're doing is agile development and since Google does it, it must be the secret to success, right? The job where I got the most actual work done employed a waterfall model. Everyone seems to care more about how work is done than actually getting work done. Did you put the new cover sheet on your TPS report? Why do we have meetings about everything? I had a brief, but glorious period at a company where we had a weekly planning meeting on Mondays and that was it. I've already mentioned the futility of stand-ups, but besides weekly planning, I can count on one hand the number of useful meetings I've had in over ten years of programming. The ratio of "color of the bike shed" meetings to useful meetings is probably in the hundreds to one. Why can't you send me an email or use whatever chat service we employ? One of the reasons former upper managers have given in support of "asses in seats" is so other people can swing by my desk and talk about various issues. I can count on one hand the number of times it was more useful to have that conversation in person and in those cases it would have been even more useful to schedule a meeting instead of doing it on the fly. You want me to take a look at your PR? Ping me on chat instead of interrupting me at my desk! Which leads me to... Why open offices? Google, I hate you. I hate you so, so much. I'll answer my hypothetical question from above "if Google does it, it must be the secret to success, right?" Wrong. Google started this open office trend and ever since then I've had to deal with distractions at my desk that I can't avoid. Sometimes it's the aforementioned "could have easily been solved with an email or chat" issue, but far too often it's people goofing off three feet away from me. And people look at you as they walk by your desk so you look up thinking they're going to ask a question, just to watch as they pass on by. I easily lose at least 30% of my productivity to distractions like this. Why am I on-call? The number of times I've been paged for things I have absolutely zero control over outweighs the number of times I've been paged for a real issue, probably at about 3:1. And most of those real issues could have been caught if we didn't rush prototypes out the door as production code, or if people were more diligent in testing. Forcing me to lose sleep because we have bad practices or worse, over nothing at all, not only makes me cranky, but a sleep-deprived worker isn't useful. I just want to build shit. I want to get shit done, and I want do it well. And be paid for it, of course. Is it a complete fantasy to want a job that I can treat like a job instead of a partnership? Where I don't have to pretend to be "part of the family"? Where I can be passionate about what I'm doing without having to revolve my entire life around it? I guess that's my rant. I've been in the throes of interviewing lately, and it's been hard to admit that what I'm looking for is a unicorn. That the software industry is just this way now. We looked at Office Space and somehow decided to make it worse. I'm off to shamefully apply to Google... [link] [comments]  |
| Is there a better way to answer the question "why are you interested in this position?" Posted: 27 Mar 2018 12:46 PM PDT My go-to answer is usually some generic stuff about how I want to make a difference in an exciting workplace on a talented team (making an effort to emphasize teamwork, technology, and passion). If the company publishes their "corporate values" I try to tailor my personal values to that. That's all a complete fucking lie though, and I feel like it's really obvious that I don't mean it. I sound like a walking parody of a silicon valley character whenever I talk about why I want a particular job. My honest answer is that I want money. I want to do a reasonable amount of work in an office that's tolerable and be given a ton of money and leave at exactly 5pm every day. But I don't think I can ever get away with telling the truth about that. Is there a better way to get past questions like this? I feel like I'm the exact sort of person that companies are trying to screen out when they ask something like this, and I don't know what my solution is. [link] [comments]  |
| Spotify is finally responding to Summer Internship application! Posted: 27 Mar 2018 02:04 PM PDT Well, that's the good news. The bad news is I got rejected from the Front-End Developer position. Still waiting to hear back on the Android Developer position, and on my Jobvite, it shows this: https://i.imgur.com/aDpOYlL.png I'd like to see if anyone else got it too [link] [comments]  |
| Am I not welcome in the tech industry if I don't code for fun? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 03:46 PM PDT I'm a senior in CS graduating in a few weeks, and I'm still searching for a job after I graduate. I'm getting a bit nervous about how the application process is going, because most people I know have already found something and I'm concerned I'm going to have to lower my standards a lot in terms of workplace culture, salary, location, or something else. I've still got it in my head that I want to work at some exciting company with new technology and young coworkers and the stereotypical silicon valley kind of culture (even if not in the Bay Area specifically). In a lot of the applications I've sent to startups that fit that mold, there are mandatory questions asking for experiences on personal projects, links to my Github portfolio, or my personal website. But I don't do any of that stuff. I've never wanted to code in my free time. I don't think I ever will. It's not that I don't find coding interesting, I do, but I get enough of it as is. My classes and interview prep give me well more than my fair share of CS-related stuff, and 40+ hours a week of work during my internships was the same. I have a lot of things I enjoy outside of CS, and it's soul-crushing to imagine giving those up so I had more time to code stuff. Yet so many of these companies expect their applicants to have multiple functioning, implemented projects that they've built for no reason besides the intrinsic joy of building shit. Do people like that just not want to hire people like me? Am I insane for thinking I can work somewhere fun and not do more free work for "fun?" [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Mar 2018 03:29 PM PDT My life's nothing more than a series of half-hearted attempts and failed careers. I have depression, in case that wasn't obvious, and my life is just directionless. I thought about killing myself after my failure at the bootcamp. I'm drowning in debt due to college (which I also failed) and this bootcamp. Plus, I'll be off my parents insurance in a couple months. I'm unemployed. I am the poster child for what not to do. So if my plan isn't feasible, just tell me. The worst part is that I liked what I was doing. I also have anxiety, so I shut down when I thought about asking instructors questions. Abominably stupid I know. But it felt so good to get things when I did try. I just didn't put in the effort because I'm an idiot. So here I am. With some sort of mythical dream like I'm actually going to try this time and just magically overcome my depression and buckle down and work. How laughable. It's almost like I need someone to just tell me it's possible so I can actually do it. But from what I've read on here, the industry is oversaturated and companies look for degrees now more than before, so there's little point unless you're lucky. I don't know why I'm even posting this. It's just an excuse to hear words of encouragement even though I know I'll just fuck up like I always do. [link] [comments]  |
| How did you overcome your mental illness to succeed in this field? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 04:27 PM PDT I'm a grad student and considering leaving the field because I feel like I won't succeed. I've struggled with depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder in my life. I just feel like my fucked up head is going to cause me to fuck up at some point, like I'm a major fuckup from another mental breakdown. I just feel that if I leave the field and don't feel as much pressure to succeed that I won't be as stressed. I know I can't be the only one having these thoughts. I don't actually want to leave the field, but it seems like an attractive option these days when I'm feeling down. It's like I'm so scared of failing that I don't want to try. I already take medication and go to therapy regularly. I'm just asking specifically what you did to overcome these thoughts and how you became successful? [link] [comments]  |
| Is CS culture in the workforce the same as CS culture in school? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 12:55 PM PDT I'm currently in a masters of CS program, and I've noticed a couple things about the culture. This comes from experiences with professors, fellow grad students, and undergraduates: 1) They want to do what THEY want to do - not what needs to be done. 2) They seem disgusted when I mention that my objective is job security and high income. 3) There's a general vibe of wanting to make the world "a better place". 4) Solving complex problems for the sake of solving complex problems is valued more than competence in simple-but-critical tasks. 5) CS in general seems to have a liberal/progressive culture of open-source, sharing, make-the-world-a-better-place, etc. That's all fine and well; I have no gripe with their philosophy if that's what makes them happy. However, my thought processes tend to say: 1) Giving the customers what they need will make the world a better place. Invisible hand and all that. My work doesn't need to champion some cause. 2) Satisfaction comes from taking pride in the quality of my work - not from doing what I, personally, find interesting. 3) Knowing the basics and following process is more important than chasing novelty. At the very least, one should develop competence in the basics before even thinking about creative solutions. 4) I'm here to get a job so I can (eventually) raise a family. It's good that my work can benefit others, but let's not mince words: I'm here for the personal benefit. That's just my opinion, of course, but I need to find a work culture and position I fit into. So here's my question: In your experience, what is CS culture like in the real world? Can I be a down-to-earth, conservative, get-the-work-done-and-go-home kind of person in CS without my coworkers looking at me with disgust? And if so, how do you recommend I find a company with compatible culture? Thanks in advance. I've been following this subreddit for a while and appreciate the advice you guys dispense. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Mar 2018 10:29 AM PDT Just trying to come up with some realistic goals of what to do when I graduate (next year). I hope to do some ML flavored projects my senior year but we'll see. Machine learning is one of the few subjects that I really get excited over, but the opportunities for entry level machine learning/data science positions seem slim. By that I mean the few people I've talked to think that. I don't know if that is accurate. I hope to get a few decent projects under my belt before I graduate - definitely most interested in reinforcement models in the long run. But still, I don't know if I can plan on landing a job in that field right out of the gate. So my question is - are there more available/accessible positions that will help me to get into the machine learning field, even if they're not necessarily working with those kinds of models? I don't have the energy to spend all day coding to come home and work on coding problems that are a totally different paradigm. I can focus on homework best when it's related to something I'm doing on the job. So the idea of getting some crappy web dev job and then come home and work on ML models probably isn't realistic. [link] [comments]  |
| What are year-end bonuses like for software engineers at big Investment Banks? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 06:40 PM PDT I got an offer for a big, top investment bank in NYC (new grad, <1yr exp) and was told there was a year-end bonus based on a combination of individual and company performance. The "target" given by the recruiter was around $40k-$50k, but I'm wondering if that's too optimistic vs. the reality. Does anyone know what these bonuses are really like, or what the general average for these bonuses might really be? I know it will vary from person-to-person and year-to-year, since it is performance-based, but does anyone know what the typical bonuses are really like, or what to generally expect if you are a top-half performer? [link] [comments]  |
| Professionals and Students who used to be poor communicators, how did you improve? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 06:36 PM PDT I'm a terrible communicator. Whenever I try to communicate a specific concept or topic to a fellow classmate I feel like I don't explain it in the best way possible or I over complicate it and cause even more confusion, to both the listener and myself. I'm scared this will hinder me in my job search and in any future jobs I secure. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Mar 2018 05:56 PM PDT Hello all, so far I have applied to 60 ish companies and have interviewed 10 places, and have been rejected or have gotten no response for all. For most of the interviews, I felt very confident about my solutions to technical questions, and I thought I would get offers from some places, but unfortunately nothing... Based on my statistics, I believe my resume is in a somewhat effective shape, so I decided to criticize my interview skill. I had friends to provide me genuine feedback for my interviews (mock interview, phone interview), and they could not catch any major flaw. What I concluded is that I am a qualified candidate, but there are more qualified candidates than I am for all the positions I interviewed for. I am pretty depressed because I dont know what to do to improve my qualification. If I knew what my competition is, I would be preparing to boost my chance, but I am pretty blind. Am I just not destined to find an internship? Some of side info: 2 interns done, made websites in node, python and react. Applied to companies that are looking for candidates comfortable in Javascript mainly, and the role I mostly applied for was web dev position(full stack, back, front). [link] [comments]  |
| Good answers to "What are you looking for in a company?" Posted: 27 Mar 2018 05:44 PM PDT I'm starting to realize that this is a pretty common behavorial question in many companies, and I'm still not sure what's a good answer to it. [link] [comments]  |
| What do you do for self development? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 05:11 PM PDT |
| Interned last summer, asked to come back this summer, good sign for a permanent job? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 04:39 PM PDT Last summer I got an internship with a great, small/mid sized company. I worked nearly full time, learned a lot, contributed to projects, and got along well with everyone. They asked me to come back for a second internship if I was interested. I agreed and will be returning. They upped my pay and have me working full time. I will actually be graduating after this internship, and of course I'm starting to plan for life after school. I was wondering if in general these are positive signs that the company might be interested in hiring me after graduating. Also, how would I go about broaching the subject of possibly staying on? I really love this company and its environment. Thanks for any advice you may have. Edit - I swear I'm not humble bragging. I'm starting to get that imposter syndrome feeling again with the end of college nearing, and I really have no idea what to expect with navigating that transition from student to developer. [link] [comments]  |
| As a generic software engineer building products, how much complexity is really involved in work? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 06:32 PM PDT |
| How often is it for an internship offer to be withdrawn? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 04:06 PM PDT Hi all. I recently accepted an internship offer with a great company. The benefits are great- housing provided, company car, company gas card, company lap top. However, the internship doesn't start until June. I am so worried about having the offer withdrawn and being so late in the summer not having anything else to fall back on. Just how often is it that internship offers are withdrawn? I'd also like to add that the company flew me out of state for the in person interview with all expenses paid. Even with all of this in mind, I just feel like this is too good to be true and once June rolls around, the internship will no longer be there. I know most jobs are at will. Would just like to know how often internships just don't happen. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone has any experience with LaunchCode? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 05:31 PM PDT I'm self taught with no degree, so LaunchCode appeals to me. My biggest concern is the period between starting the apprenticeship and being hired by the company. How much pay can I expect during this time frame? I'm trying to decide if this is something I'm able to do financially. [link] [comments]  |
| Is machine learning a risky area to get into? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 05:15 PM PDT Most people recognize that the current state of the art will never lead to truly intelligent machines. It seems like some major break throughs will need to happen and then machine learning field may look entirely different. Suppose for example if the algorithm behind human intelligence is understood in the next decade. Would that not render many of today's ML techniques as obsolete? I would love to get into machine learning but knowing that the current mainstream ML will never get us to truly intelligent machines makes it seem like a potentially huge waste of time. [link] [comments]  |
| Reddit's opinion on jobs using old tech/unwilling to move forward Posted: 27 Mar 2018 01:27 PM PDT Looking for fellow programmer redditors opinions on this. Apologies in advance if you hate my use of parentheses lol: TLDR: job doesn't really focus on producing optimized code or taking advantage of latest tech and I'm curious as to whether or not this is normal in the industry or not. I work as a computer programmer, specifically in full-stack dev. I do web design, backend (C#, Python, C++, SQL (if we count that), and linux bash scripts/powershell/MS-DOS (again, if we count that)). My personal job mostly focuses on the development of embedded technology (microcontrollers, industrial PCs) and I'm the only one in my department. My work focuses on ASP.NET applications which are written on Web Forms (Not MVC and hardly any web API-type tech just to clarify). Around here, they kind of follow the "if it works, it's good enough" mentality. Rather than focus on optimization, they'd rather focus on getting it out the door. As a result, there is somewhat of a bug/efficiency creep. Basically one feature goes out the door, it's suboptimal but it works, then another feature goes out the door later that uses that (maybe calls it or something) and that feature is suboptimal now both due to using the other feature and in it's own design, etc, etc. My mindset is to try and produce the best code I can within reason and make performance enhancements where necessary. I'm not talking about stuff that is an improvement of one or two cycles (2O(1) type stuff); more like "Hey why did you loop through this list 4x when you could have done it in 1 loop." It's frustrating to me as I'm realizing doing stuff the right way is really not a focus so I don't feel motivated to actually try to solve an issue from different angles. Is this a normal thing in the CS industry? I would like to believe it isn't but I wanted to get the community's opinion. TIA [link] [comments]  |
| Quit my job, mislead by bootcamp. Posted: 27 Mar 2018 05:11 PM PDT Hi everyone. I posted on a couple subreddits recently about the possibility of me going into a coding bootcamp to change careers( I don't really have one now and I've been eyeing the tech industry for that change). Anyway, I found a really attractive coding school in a town I used to live at, and I decided to pursue it. I quit my job yesterday and told my family of my plans, and that I would be moving away within the month to pursue it. I would repay 30k towards the program within two years, since I don't have good credit(or 14k if I don't finish the program). I agreed to it anyway, since I figured the salary outcome would compensate. Everything was fine, until my mom's husband found a govt report of the graduate outcomes from the program. Only about half of the students graduated, and only a chunk of them found a dev job within 90 days. I was really disappointed and figured it wasn't worth the risk. So, I called my office manager at the doctor's office that I had just quit at. She said to call my boss (the doctor). Almost immediately after, she sends me a text saying that she would speak with him after all patients left the next day (today). So, I texted her and haven't heard anything back. Her phone went straight to voice mail, too. Then I saw the posting for my job on indeed. Very shitty, I know. So now I have no job and nothing going on. I wish there were other ways to pursue coding full time, but they all require an arm and a leg for a loan, or housing in crazy expensive places(like New York!). Anywho. I don't have anything going on, and I don't even fucking drive, to top it off(since I mostly lived in cities with good public transportation). I don't know what the hell to do with my life, and I feel like I'm at a point where everything I could accomplish is too late, or just flat-out virtually impossible. Thank you in advance to anyone who can give me any advice or direction! [link] [comments]  |
| How to handle the situation where you are being blamed by Product team? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 09:35 AM PDT Hi reddit, I need your advice
I am a young programmer working as a tech lead for a startup. I've never been this stressed my whole life now that my team has taken over the tech of the whole business. This blaming cycle has happened 3x already. We always get surprises on tasks because legacy and we keep on breaking things. I desperately need advice how to deal with this. My family is suffering as well because the work is eating my time for them. My salary is above average and difficult to find work like this and that is why I don't want to quit. Thank you in advance [link] [comments]  |
| Leaving a job early for a new one Posted: 27 Mar 2018 02:54 PM PDT Early last week, I started my first position since graduating this past December. Initially, this position sounded great. It was listed as "6 month contract with possible extension", which to me sounded like the typical 6 month contract to hire. Soon afterwards, I was caught off guard when they brought in a third party recruitment organization that was never mentioned before. I am now an employee of this recruitment agency and not the company I interviewed with and am listed as a temp. Since starting there last week, I've been I've had minimal contact with any of my supervisors and have been given no assignment or description of the project. Shortly before starting at this current position, I took an interview with another company not expecting anything from it. Soon afterwards I was asked to do a second interview and then, soon after, a third. A day into starting this current position, I received an informal offer from the second company. This position sounds better than the current one and, best of all, I'm an employee of the actual company, not a temp. I plan to accept it, the only problem is they want me to start on Monday. I received the formal offer today but have still not informed my current employer. How best to go about this? Should I email them tonight? Should I email them tomorrow after work? Is it important to tell them in person? I would do this but there is no guarantee my boss will even be in tomorrow since he was just recently gone for half a week and I've only seen him one time since starting. I want to give as much notice as possible with avoiding as much of the awkwardness that comes with quitting. [link] [comments]  |
| Silly... but what kind of jobs should I be looking for with my background? (Toronto if it helps) Posted: 27 Mar 2018 01:08 PM PDT My background is in computational physics (up to the masters level, relatively recent grad). with an undergrad in math&physics. just fyi i'd ideally like to stay in toronto at least for a couple more years. prepare for info dump, gonna try and be as detailed as I can about my skill level my experience covers primarily matlab, python, and C++. when it comes to the former two, its a lot of prototyping/scripting/visualization/analysis experience. With C++, it was primarily for the back-end of a scientific software. It was pretty basic numerical stuff as I was doing mostly finite difference schemes, I/O, and got a bit of parallelization exposure as I was doing a lot of simulations on linux supercomputing clusters. I have some familiarity with the other features of C++, like templates, objects, classes, etc. but I find I am always having to google these things when I go about implementing anything with these other features (not entirely intuitive like the other stuff). Whereas the relatively basic stuff stays with me. (Is this normal or should I focus more on this?) As I never took a formal CS curriculum or courses, my DS&Algo knowledge is probably missing holes ( I picked up random pieces when learning all these languages). Because of my background I am into scientific computing (well, thats basically most of my exposure). I have played around with SQL, java script, C#, etc. Everytime I go through with these things, the basics seem quick enough to pick up, but then I get into a existential crisis like, how many languages/frameworks do i learn? where do i stop? which ones lead to more useful/interesting work? It becomes overwhelming and then I don't go beyond the basics Fortunately I have a job (but i hate it). At the moment I am an 'analyst' in a corporation. The relevant part of my job that I should mention here is that it does involve a bit of matlab/python development/debugging of this in-house software and also doing some basic linux management of our data. But I am not really doing anything using my math skills combined with programming. I am also the only technical person here on the team, so I am not really learning anything from other people or receiving mentor ship (one reason I am making this post). I was promised a machine learning project but I am not seeing any sign of it either as people and priorities keep jumping around. So my problem is that I look at programming/software job around toronto and non are really in my skillset. Most are like backend,frontend,devops,web dev, software dev, etc that use languages and frameworks I have no idea of. Or it may include one of the things I know (i.e. Matlab or python) but also require things years of experience in other stuff like node.js, java script, angular, django, apache, embedded devices (not exhaustive list ofc, i'm just listing things that come to mind right now, but I hope i'm getting my point across). Should I just take time to learn these? Or should I stick it out and look for something more in my skillset? I have tried applying to data sci positions, but I am having trouble convincing hiring teams that with my background, I can pick up the slack and learn things (like, I don't have a formal background in stats or AI or machine learning). Now this could be moreso a problem of my selling myself and being too honest on my resume, but might aswell ask here, with my background would I really like a data sci position? The other suggestion based on my searches was machine learning scientist/engineer type positions. but all I've found want someone with a masters/phd in this field already and I am not having luck here. Another thing is, the ratio of these jobs to the others is pretty low I am finding in this area. (plus work-life balance is important to me, and my impression is that most of these specific positions wouldn't cater to that...) Anyway I am kinda all over the place with this. So again, to reiterate: with my background, am i looking for the wrong jobs? Should I spend time focusing more on what I already know (applied math, matlab, python, C++) or spread myself into these other languages/frameworks to get positions in things like web dev, etc? [link] [comments]  |
| Are Remote Machine Learning Engineering Jobs Available? Posted: 27 Mar 2018 04:53 PM PDT I'm getting a Master's in CS focused on Machine Learning in a couple years, and after I graduate I want to work at a laboratory in Neuroscience or Biochemistry in preparation for a PhD in one of those fields. I also want to take more graduate Mathematics and Physics courses. As a result, my only choice to make extra money is to work remotely at night on my workstation. Are remote jobs in Computer Science where I implement Machine Learning algorithms feasible/unheard of? Would the demand of the job be too much with what I have planned? [link] [comments]  |
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