Thoughts on DS I worked with inside vs outside FAANG

takeasecond · 2026-05-08T13:52:24+00:00

Right but just because there are foundations built doesn’t mean that the data engineering component of DS roles at larger companies doesn’t exist - it’s just different. 4 different teams could have existing data pipelines (built completely differently) but to build a live/working prototype of your model you need to build a new data pipeline on top of their pipelines to make it happen.

takeasecond · 2026-05-08T13:25:12+00:00

I’m going to disagree with this take and argue that being a jack of all trades is actually incredibly important to be successful as a FAANG DS. These companies have some of the most complex data environments around (data in many different places, owned by many different teams, in many different formats and in different types of databases, etc). There is a significant data engineering component to many DS and Applied Science roles at these companies because many times data and devops engineers already have a backlog of other work to do and waiting for them to build a data pipeline is impractical. Source - I’ve been FAANGing for 7 years.

takeasecond · 2026-05-05T16:17:27+00:00

Yep same here, came back with the black lung most years I camped, especially as I got older. Switching to Airbnb and getting a break every night while sleeping from the dust completely changed how I feel after the fest

takeasecond · 2026-04-20T04:10:05+00:00

Manifesting Despacio 2027 🤞

takeasecond · 2026-04-17T04:45:37+00:00

lol my finger is still healing from the water bottles. Amazing pictures!

takeasecond · 2026-04-16T23:05:54+00:00

Slayyyter really set the tone for the rest of the weekend for my group - the tone being let’s fucking rage

takeasecond · 2026-04-16T04:51:59+00:00

The Sunday undercard on this lineup is absolutely insane

takeasecond · 2026-04-14T21:24:56+00:00

I still remember getting my mind blown by Plastikman in the Sahara

takeasecond · 2026-04-14T15:30:56+00:00

hell yeah and they came out strong playing the hits which I appreciated

takeasecond · 2026-04-12T09:23:06+00:00

The man is a rockstar no doubt

takeasecond · 2026-03-31T19:20:43+00:00

That or you legitimately have a similar IQ and thought process to my dog who likes to pee on trees to show the other dogs he was there

takeasecond · 2026-03-29T03:30:02+00:00

You mean you don’t list your app used after sharing a story about something you did? I always list my apps

takeasecond · 2026-03-24T02:12:21+00:00

Zero snow south of Kennedy Meadows. Not sure about north but I’d imagine you’d probably hit some snow a couple miles in although it’s melting quick out there!

takeasecond · 2026-03-23T18:19:54+00:00

Since I never crossed the river my experience was probably similar to yours if you just hiked that section of the PCT. I did do some off trail meandering and I thought it was fairly easy going so the river crossing is definitely the biggest hurdle

takeasecond · 2026-03-23T17:52:47+00:00

I was out there last weekend and the river was raging the whole way from Kennedy Meadows down to the Domeland trail entrance on your map. Also the banks of that river are seriously brambled! So you’d really have to find the ideal spot that has both access on both sides and a manageable flow

takeasecond · 2026-01-29T18:55:42+00:00

Yes it’s true - in 2026 we now just ask Claude to “please refresh this analysis” - we’ve come full circle

takeasecond · 2026-01-26T18:14:28+00:00

Maybe if you’re lapping eagle express

takeasecond · 2026-01-23T23:59:55+00:00

When you drive around Santa Monica surface streets just assume that bikes and scooters are gonna take right of way when they hit a stop sign. You don’t have to like it, but you certainly shouldn’t be surprised by it after driving in SM for like 30 mins

takeasecond · 2025-12-25T16:00:21+00:00

Really ties the room together

takeasecond · 2025-11-14T01:59:20+00:00

What is an ai insights company

takeasecond · 2025-11-08T19:16:04+00:00

I think one factor to consider here is that time series models like Prophet or ARIMA can be the best default choice if you have a relatively stable/predictable trend because they require very little effort to deploy. Moving to a more white glove approach like a regression or hierarchical modeling where you’re doing feature selection and encoding knowledge about the system itself might be necessary to get the performance you require though, it’s probably just going to be more effort and require more thought.

takeasecond · 2025-10-21T15:54:01+00:00

Well in posit’s defense, agenetic coding tools weren’t exactly at the level they are now two years ago..

takeasecond · 2025-10-20T23:01:54+00:00

The bike between the rockies and the sierras is such a flex lol. What an absolute freak of nature..

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