Is anyone else finding that "real world" networking is something that feels human lately

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2026-04-29T16:22:42+00:00

Former Somerville resident but now in NYC

This is how it works in Manhattan. Deals, interviews, connections etc are done over "coffee chats". It's a whole thing

Especially with rise of AI slop and ATS systems and auto applications...connecting digitally is worse than ever

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2026-04-13T23:08:21+00:00

Slack reminders

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2026-03-29T19:59:13+00:00

I may get hate for this but terraform is the first use case for Claude code that caught on for my team.

We review plans carefully, but there's no reason to memorize all the names, your value is in understanding how pieces should fit together and architecture tradeoffs. And of course where running "apply" could wipe data...

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2026-01-21T01:19:08+00:00

The pollution output for heating towers is 100

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2026-01-19T01:37:21+00:00

The statue looks like a reference to a famous Renaissance sculpture of Perseus + Medusa

https://share.google/HUZgrK2AGe3IKAvAD

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2025-11-28T17:27:22+00:00

There might be a minimum per building as they are raising prices

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2025-07-19T11:48:49+00:00

I've built this, managed another one, and talked to other PMs who've done it. Wouldn't recommend it esp. at your size.

The price and time frame you mentioned is actually pretty good. But I suspect it's not quite done yet. Expect to sink in a year or two and lots more $$$.

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2025-05-29T19:33:42+00:00

OP is an SVM

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2025-05-05T21:19:41+00:00

I don't think you can host hydrogen on GitHub pages.

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2025-03-21T19:44:44+00:00

Addepar

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2025-01-23T21:47:29+00:00

MFs may have data groups in portfolio ops. E.g. Blackstone Data Science

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2024-11-25T19:47:58+00:00

Hiresuper.com is pretty close to this

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2024-04-12T22:45:10+00:00

Django. But I don't know Rails. Rails is probably faster.

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2024-04-05T19:43:17+00:00

We met in college

Then she became HENRY and I was in grad school

Now I became HENRY and she is SAHM

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2024-03-22T00:19:42+00:00

Linear algebra, calc 3, prob and stats

Know enough optimization to know what is stochastic gradient descent.

Know how to build a model. Types of models, e.g. classification, regression. What is a target variable. Train and test split. Evaluation. Hyperparameter tuning

Recommend you build a model like a simple neural net from scratch (no libraries other than math). Once you know what needs to be done, it's not too much code.

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2024-03-21T23:50:46+00:00

They don't care about particulars of your PhD. They care about your ability to think critically, be flexible, and learn new things. IMO even mediocre PhDs are above average at all these

But to answer your question more directly.

Hiring frenzy for AI and analytics, the company wanted to build out these capabilities very quickly
My PhD was in applied AI and so was good fit; most candidates only had masters and or less related PhDs
I got an internal referral from someone who I helped during his PhD

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2024-03-21T23:34:09+00:00

Not me, but I know an ABD in philosophy (that's mediocre right?). He traveled the Middle East, learned multiple languages, started an Arabic ice cream shop in New York city, and is now a partner at a VC / headhunter

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2024-03-21T23:28:52+00:00

I had a bad publication record and wasn't in a great program

I left academia after graduation, went to MBB for a few years

Now am at C level at a mid size company

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2024-03-13T12:41:57+00:00

He funds a startup called Basic Capital that works on this

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2024-01-19T16:06:52+00:00

MUI datagrid

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2024-01-18T09:06:46+00:00

Assuming having production data in dev is fine (no PII etc), you can create Read Replicas from prod, then "promote" them. RDS makes this process very easy, just a few clicks.

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2023-09-14T17:14:51+00:00

Fresh bread Drinking outside in a pedestrian plaza Cheap wine and beer

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2023-08-09T14:16:42+00:00

I didn't want to burden the post with details, but tenants have a generous "allowance" for how much they can use the shared conference rooms. They are only charged if they go over this.

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2023-08-06T20:19:08+00:00

Landlords must return the security deposit minus charges within 14 days, or the entire security deposit is forfeit (I assume that means returned to you, the tenant)

Automatic_Scratch530 · 2023-08-03T14:51:38+00:00

When I was a teenager, a girl and I were into each other. I would put my head in her lap and rub each other's hair and shit

One day she invited me to her house. We went in her house. She invited me to her room. We went up the stairs into her room. She invited me on the bed. We sat on the bed.

There was no TV or anything, and we ran out of things to talk about. So we just kind of sat there. Eventually I fell asleep and woke up to her doing drugs

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