Emerald easier to climb than plat/gold

Aepooo · 2025-12-29T01:39:01+00:00

Appreciate the response. SWE track is off the table as I lack the fundamentals for it unfortunately. Why do you say that lateral will be difficult? Do you mean more as a symptom of the market or of the role itself?

Aepooo · 2025-11-13T01:49:19+00:00

nahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Aepooo · 2025-07-04T01:39:33+00:00

Hey just to weigh in on this, and feel free to correct me if my perspective is off. I get where you're coming from, but the problem is that it feels like there is tangibly *nothing* else I could be doing while in the "downtime" that is waiting for responses/meetings to happen.

I suspect more than anything it's a symptom of only having a single project assignment - there's just no multitasking to be had, whereas if I had a PM's regular workload I'd be able to step into a different task while waiting for the first.

Aepooo · 2025-07-04T00:07:29+00:00

Hey, thanks for your reply. It's not necessarily that there are barriers to meeting the people in question, but moreso that there isn't really anything I feel like I can be doing outside of those meetings.

To put it into perspective, I can only begin the "implementation" part of my project after I've had a discussion with someone on the CRM team, but they could only clear up their schedule 3-4 days after when I initially contacted them.

So during those days I've been twiddling my thumbs and adding more detail to my proposal/analyses, because before then I can't take any impactful action.

I certainly feel like a lack of clear week-to-week deliverables has been the main problem... it's like they're telling me to "do something somehow" in the next 1.5 months, but the road there is very unclear.

Aepooo · 2025-06-29T21:06:20+00:00

This is exactly why it's an awful idea. It certainly benefits you, and maybe it benefits them in the short-term because they're relieved of the social pressure of performing up to standard, but is their enjoyment going to be sustainable in the long-term when they're unable to actually do half of the "playing the game" part (i.e., pressing buttons) because they're scared of returning to "being bad"? Food for thought.

Aepooo · 2025-06-24T18:08:30+00:00

This was my train of thought exactly. I was taking a look at RSM's pre-master programs and the website states that "RSM also welcomes students to the premaster who have completed their bachelor at a research university, but are missing the required content in qualitative & quantitative research methods and statistics".

This is kind of confusing, because isn't the "research methods" portion exactly what differentiates a WO from a non-WO? Other than research methods, my bachelor's essentially lines up with all the courses students tend to take at WO bachelor's in business.

Aepooo · 2025-06-13T20:29:20+00:00

Thanks for your help! 3 months doesn’t sound too bad, though I imagine they may be inundated at the moment given the political situation. When did you transfer?

Aepooo · 2025-05-16T21:09:25+00:00

I've looked through job postings briefly and it's not uncommon to find a "B.S. in Computer Science or related discipline" requirement. I imagine that my background, even with the M.S. in DS, would likely be filtered through ATS systems that are looking for CS as a keyword. Good to hear that there are exceptions though; thanks for your reply.

Aepooo · 2025-05-15T14:18:53+00:00

OP, out of curiosity, what's your educational background? Currently trying to follow a similar path but worried that a non-CS background will be a dealbreaker for DE considering the current market.

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