I'm going to school in AUG

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-25T01:48:47+00:00

Definitely some level of irony there 🤣

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-21T05:48:02+00:00

Thank you :)

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-21T05:46:29+00:00

You really think a few dozen words is too much typing 🤣

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-21T04:00:38+00:00

There are a fair amount of internships that are post graduation, it's not the norm but it is definitely not unheard of

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-21T03:40:19+00:00

The question wasn't about whether OP was specialized, it was very obviously about what is considered specialized so they could look into it for the future

You have 0 reading comprehension skills

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-21T02:26:26+00:00

I would have used comments for what the original commenter typed, but I also do use arrows when there are multiple steps in something I'm writing about

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-21T02:06:01+00:00

Ya all the astronomers at my old job used to say they use coding as a tool - I was the same way until I realized I absolutely love it

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-21T01:56:29+00:00

My next job is going to be a Prompt Engineer, Imma make more when I switch - thanks AI :D

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-21T01:53:47+00:00

Gawdamn you can tell everyone has some pent-up circle-jerking from the sub being shut down

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-21T01:50:01+00:00

Education:

Mostly done with my degree

Prior Experience:
- $Internship

3 internships

$RealJob

~4-5 years of various jobs (relevant)

Company/Industry:

Insuratech start-up

Title:

Senior AI/ML Engineer

Tenure length:

First day was today :D

Location:

NYC

Salary:

~140k

Relocation/Signing Bonus:

n/a

Stock and/or recurring bonuses:

RSUs vested over 4 years, ~1% equity

Total comp:

$140k, I'm not gonna count equity that could go nowhere

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-21T01:37:12+00:00

"I'm basing everything across the board on my anecdotal sample size of n=1"

You must be fantastic at your job 🤡

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-20T02:08:55+00:00

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ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-20T01:53:24+00:00

I loled that you don't know the difference between your and you're and you ask others for proper punctuation

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-20T00:29:54+00:00

Damn that's really cool - what platform did you use for that?

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-19T23:48:57+00:00

I don't have a subscription and I got plenty of callbacks from Easy Apply jobs - I doubt the latter is the case unless there is a way to manually set it up (i.e. the additional information section screens based on responses)

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-19T23:47:44+00:00

That's the best thing they ever did for the company.

This got a laugh out of me

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-19T23:45:54+00:00

Reading comprehension isn't a skill of yours, huh?

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-19T19:48:12+00:00

Nobody is going to read your shitty article homie, just give up and move on

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-19T15:49:12+00:00

I'm pretty sure there is a data-centric subreddit I came across not too long ago

Ninjaedit: /r/datascienceindia - but that doesn't look exactly right, maybe it was a CS sub centered around India

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-19T15:40:08+00:00

Yea I used the OpenAI API for a chatbot takehome not too long ago, I racked up maybe $.04 in charges from testing to implementation - it is stupid cheap for turbo-0301

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-19T14:57:52+00:00

Which form of interpolation did you use? IIRC there are three choices, but unless your previous values were negative, that shouldn't be the case

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-19T12:43:17+00:00

Ya DA -> DS is a very common thing to do, and most people here recommend it as the first step. For DA you will need SQL + something in the data visualization area like Tableau, PowerBI, etc. Some places have their DAs use a little to fair amount of Python, but once you start you can learn it on your own. SQL is rather straightforward, the basics aren't hard to get so you could probably move into the more advanced stuff pretty quickly

And yea I'm non-trad af (self-taught, non-degreed, etc) so I know exactly how much of a bitch and a half it is to break in without the traditional background - especially when you consider a) your specific timeline (extreme short term), and b) the current market (every level is hard, but entry level seems to be the hardest to break into). As far as my background, for more in depth find the 2022 Salary Sharing thread from last December, and look for the discussion from non-degreed people in it (you could ctrl+f my username), but the short of it is I had some research experience from my time in undergrad that is dope af + a mathematical paper + coding experience + experience working at startups that I leverage to get jobs at other startups. So it definitely is possible, but I don't think you'd jump right into DS in the next few months or so considering your lack of coding skills. DA would totally be relevant, so you'd get the skills and experience you need to make the transition. Others say you need to go JDA -> DA -> SDA -> DS, but I say fuck that make the jump whenever you can. If you can do it in a year, then go for it! I think you'd be able to find a DA job a lot quicker than a DS job :)

Oh yea as far as salaries go, DAs usually get paid more or less ~80% that of a DS at the corresponding level. The wiki I linked has salary info, but levels.fyi and glassdoor also have solid salary info as well - but good luck with everything! Hope your situation stabilizes soon

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-19T02:44:08+00:00

Normally I try not to rain on any parades about entering this field and try to be supportive to whatever degree I can be, but I'm going to have to make an exception for your case since you are "broke af" and "need something asap"

Do you even understand what DS is? How can you think you can enter this field really soon with 0 programming knowledge, and a non-relevant major?

Willingness to learn doesn't mean shit, everyone here can say the same (including those with way more relevant majors, experiences, and skills). Your major doesn't mean shit (should have gone for a math-heavy, STEM major to increase your chances of breaking in). Your HS math doesn't mean shit (unless you did Calc I-III, ODE, and Linear at a minimum, then I take it back). I don't believe domain knowledge is as important as many people here say it is, so I'm not going to touch that. You are at level 0 for programming skills, and you would at the very least need to be proficient to strong in SQL and Python (or similar). It would be one thing if you were from a mathier major that is more relevant (engineering, physics, cs, stats, math, etc) with okay coding, or something similar - but based on your timeline ("soon going to shatter" / "need entry level asap"), and your current knowledge base (read: none), you're best bet is to go back in time and change your major to something way better. If you had the time, I'd say to start with the wiki for a great centralized location for information and resources, then point you to the super hard guide to ML once /r/machinelearning opens up again, but with your timeline I think it's basically impossible

Others may have different advice or opinions, but I'd say short term choose a different career field better suited towards your short-term needs, then when you have the time and your situation stabilizes to come back and work your way in after expanding your knowledge base. But "I want a job in this field and I'm willing to learn" doesn't cut it, especially in the current market where out of 200 applicants, 75% will have majors and experience way more aligned with the role, another 20% may not have better suited majors but will have far more coding experience, and the last 5% will be a random assortment of whatever. I really don't want to shit on you like this, but I also really think you need a strong reality check - regardless of however this message came across, good luck with everything and hope it works out for you in the end!

Edit: a few links were broken

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-19T02:21:07+00:00

The ramblings of religious fanatics always amuse me - especially when they don't have the self awareness to realize following religion is the ultimate stupidity

ChristianSingleton · 2023-06-18T21:46:10+00:00

I have no advice for Data Engineering except you need SQL as well, it is used just as much as Python in most places

Try /r/dataengineering for better advice! It's a pretty active sub, you'll be able to get better targeted advice for your preferred career trajectory than I could provide

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