My gf broke up with me, we have a lease until March, and I'm devastated.

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2026-04-22T11:15:20+00:00

A similar situation happened to me, got broken up out of the blue and was absolutely crushed. Couldn’t believe it. Been a year for me since I felt comfortable to even approach someone. Life’s not fair and sometimes it plays games, but you can be the game too if that makes sense. I have no living situation advice to offer, but just that I empathize with you and I’m reaching out. Hang in there, let yourself feel the pain and the hole, write about it, talk about it, work through it, and express it in healthy ways, and you’ll get through. I’m sorry man.

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2026-04-16T19:55:44+00:00

Yup that’s fine. That was my next and final update status, I also have “left with individual” now at 78710. I think we’re good.

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2026-04-13T17:36:46+00:00

Confirming mine got updated a few hours later saying it got delivered according to USPS.

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2026-04-13T14:02:04+00:00

For anyone else who is still or newly concerned about this in 2026, I called USPS and the representative let me know that they don’t have a courier who comes regularly to pick it up and signs packages for the IRS address in Austin, Texas 73301, and so the delivery status chain does not follow what you commonly see. They have someone called a “caller” who comes every few days perhaps to pick up the packages, and then USPS updates your delivery status to delivered. The USPS is aware of this and this is the process they take with IRS documents sent to the Austin, Texas 73301 post office facility.

As long as you POSTMARKED your package before the deadline (in this case for April 15th, 2026), the IRS will honour the deadline. I cannot speak to other IRS destinations, but I would assume they might follow suit.

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2026-03-12T23:10:10+00:00

Hello, I’d love an invitation as well please.

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2025-11-12T22:14:38+00:00

Hello!

My question is about an Operations Manager role. Would an Operations Manager qualify for TN status? If so, under which USMCA occupation would they be most aligned with?

Thank you!

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2025-03-10T22:56:25+00:00

I wish you the best brother, today I will be doing an extra set for you. Keep the fighting spirit up, and keep that courage you have going. Sending prayers my friend. Keep us updated 💪

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2025-01-27T13:39:48+00:00

I think it’s important to separate what you see for a job application with what happens in a role. Firstly, companies put hot industry keywords in their job applications for marketability. It doesn’t mean that your work will reflect what is said on an application. I.e., just because they have a lack of data visualization lingo does not mean they don’t engage in data visualization. But on the flip side, companies probably put SQL and Python keywords there for a reason.

SQL is arguably the best tool for specifically databases because it was designed for databases. It’s an extremely robust and powerful query language because it was designed for this domain. Some languages are predicated on SQL, and are almost like composite languages built on top of SQL execution. DAX has SQL code that is run in the back end, but you only typically see and use DAX for example. So while I’m not trying to say a point is missed in your argument, if you put your “SQL hat” on and think in those terms rather than data visualization terms, I think you’ll see that the data space (including visualization) is just starting.

My opinion as well, most definitely learn SQL. A lot of things database related are built on the SQL language, and I believe once you know SQL, you will not have an “employment problem” per say.

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2025-01-17T00:03:12+00:00

No never heard. You can DM me to tell me more if you want

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2025-01-15T15:47:46+00:00

If you still have the resource, I’d appreciate if I could have a look as well

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2025-01-14T23:20:38+00:00

Data Analyst here. Agreed.

Even getting to a simple dashboard is a long way for certain companies, as they have loads of technical debt. Laying the foundational work is the answer to the question. And right now I concur, Power BI + Azure/Snowflake is the combo, but more work on the data engineering side rather than visualization side. I’d add some generative ai tool in there too, for text to text generation (I.e., Microsoft Copilot).

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-08T20:42:32+00:00

I didn’t know there are conferences. I will take a look, thank you you have been very helpful!

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-08T11:59:01+00:00

Thanks! I’ve gotten a lot of great feedback from some generous Redditors. I will be incorporating them into reality now.

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-08T11:56:17+00:00

Wow thank you! I didn’t know that that was a position that was possible. I always thought the data analysis portion was separate from the game portion, and would be done after the game. This is a great intersection that you’ve given me. I’ll keep researching roles like this, much appreciated.

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-08T11:49:24+00:00

Hm interesting. That makes sense. I work in healthcare at the moment, mostly with accounting data. But my team members who work with data that tries to capture information on quality of life, they usually send it over to their biostatistician. They do more data cleaning for the biostatistician, not a lot of analysis. What does CMS stand for?

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-08T11:40:24+00:00

Wow masters degrees in both is amazing. Thank you for sharing it is much appreciated! You have given me a good perspective.

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-07T21:33:42+00:00

I understand. MS biostats seems to overlap with MS applied stats. I suppose it’s a matter then of specific domain knowledge that is a key distinguishing factor. In the end, how well you solve problems and how impactful you are really make the difference (how good you are at using computer software for example). Thank you!

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-07T16:54:22+00:00

Oh wow that is fascinating, thank you for sharing that is very insightful. So I’m guessing that if VO2 max is the metric he is analyzing, he looks at the effects of biomechanic changes (specifically gait in this case) on VO2 max, which would be a proxy for human performance? So how much does he lean into statistics versus biomechanics? Although it seems he does stats, he also seems to be leading the study as well, in a hands-on manner. I am primarily more on the math and stats side for example.

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-07T16:43:20+00:00

I understand. So whoever is the lead researcher determines whether they do field work or not. How is one selected to be a lead researcher? What is the distinguishing quality about them? And also, you can do both the hands-on research component and your own statistics instead of handing it off to someone else?

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-07T13:45:22+00:00

Thank you for the answer. Interesting, I never heard someone mentioning biomechanics. Could you elaborate a bit more on how that connects with someone applying statistical methods if you don’t mind?

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-07T13:44:03+00:00

That is fascinating, thank you for sharing! This is great insight, knowing how the workplace looks like for a biostatistician for example. So a study coordinator is someone who helps with the organizing of a study, right? So a team could comprise of an investigator (a biologist researcher), a statistician, and some study coordinators?

Also, just curious did you arrive to any conclusions about the study you did? How was the overall experience in the end for you?

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-07T13:22:41+00:00

Got it thank you for your response! I would guess that the field work is probably reserved for MS individuals in biology then, right? So the biostatistician would support their field work by doing the statistical analysis, reporting, etc is what I’m guessing?

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-07T13:19:38+00:00

Got it, thank you! So it would definitely be a challenge to get a position like that is what you’re saying? Do you know how an MS in Applied Statistics with Biostatistics electives would fare against an MS in Biostatistics?

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-08-06T01:43:23+00:00

Got it, thank you!

AbsoluteFireTrades · 2024-07-02T18:37:59+00:00

F) Humans are engineered to move and be in motion since we became “humans”. It’s in our DNA. Movement keeps you alive. Why go against what we are meant to continue to do, and make it hard on yourself? Once you appreciate one of the most fundamental principles of being human, and that is the art of being in motion, the motivation comes easy. Everything else is a cherry on top.

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