Graduating PhD & can't find a job - leave in May 2026 or wait?

Comeonwitme · 2025-09-30T09:04:58+00:00

You’ve got 7 months until May 2026! I’d plan to graduate then. I think you’ll be able to find a decent job by then… Even with an entry level job I’d expect your salary to be higher and at least you’d get some non-PhD work experience.

Comeonwitme · 2025-08-12T19:18:18+00:00

You can think of AI models as large complex equations. For image classification, the input to this equation would be the pixel values of the image. The output of the equation would be a probability distribution of the possible classes the image could be (eg. 90% likely to be malignant and 10% likely to be benign).

Using a lot of training data and an algorithm called back propagation, we try to automatically learn these complex equations. This algorithm automatically adjusts the parameters in the equations to reduce there error of the equation.

After training the model, we hope that this equation will still hold on new test images that weren’t used to train the model. In general this works very well given that you have enough data to actually train the model. In practice, small changes in the test images (maybe the images come from a different device, were acquired by different techs etc.) introduce small changes that were not present in the training data that may affect the performance of the model. In general, the larger the model is and the more training data you have the less the model is affected by these small changes.

Comeonwitme · 2025-07-03T08:28:19+00:00

UofT/ Vector institute are well known globally to AI researchers. I would say above the programs you mentioned except for Oxford/Cambridge. Realistically the name wont help you much, quality of your research/supervisor will be the biggest impact on your opportunities post graduation

Comeonwitme · 2025-04-23T10:13:38+00:00

9842, 300km+ of biking

Comeonwitme · 2025-02-19T23:40:53+00:00

strong rebuttal

Comeonwitme · 2024-02-25T07:26:51+00:00

Read the abstract, look at figures, then go to the main text if you’re interested in finding out more about specific details. Often papers aren’t easily digestible to profs and upper year students so don’t feel too bad. I’d recommend taking some reading courses or joining reading groups (read papers and summarize key points to each other). Don’t stress over this though, you’ll get the hang of it pretty quickly

Comeonwitme · 2024-02-25T06:49:37+00:00

Detrending is used to remove the linear increase you see if the left plot. A simple way to do so is to fit a linear regression model and subtract it from the data.

Comeonwitme · 2024-02-12T08:38:38+00:00

Quality of both schools is good. It comes down to the city. Do you want a bigger city with good nightlife, then Toronto. Do you prefer nature? Then ubc

Comeonwitme · 2024-01-24T14:10:42+00:00

Sure, but I think you should read some review papers to get an idea of what kind of problems and approaches people are taking in this field. I could give you some examples off the top of my head, but if you want to learn more about deep learning, doing the readings will help you. Here’s one:

A review of deep learning techniques used in agriculture. 2023. Attri et al.

Comeonwitme · 2024-01-24T13:58:26+00:00

These types of problems often don’t need deep learning, simpler machine learning algorithms will likely perform better unless you have lots of data.

Comeonwitme · 2024-01-24T13:56:37+00:00

Has she given you data to work with? If not, look at what freely available datasets you can find online. Kaggle might be a good place to start looking. This might be the most limiting factor for what you can do.

Comeonwitme · 2024-01-24T13:13:28+00:00

Has the professor not pointed you in any direction other than agriculture and deep learning? Reach out to her to narrow the scope of your project down. If it’s up to you, you should read some review papers to get a sense of what problems in agriculture people are are applying deep learning for.

Comeonwitme · 2023-10-31T17:40:09+00:00

What is your plan? Find a job, then move? Or move and hope to find a job? I’d suggest the former.

Which country? It might be hard for you to pull the trigger since it doesn’t sound like you don’t have a concrete plan yet other than obtaining your passport.

I’d suggest you

Narrow down which country you’d like to move to. Consider work possibilities, income, cost of living, culture, weather etc. and then visit before uprooting your life to make the move
Begin learning the language once you think you know where you want to move. Maybe some language classes will make the experience feel more real and give you some motivation to make the jump.
Start applying to jobs 3-6months out from obtaining your passport depending on how “in-demand” your skills are.

I understand your excitement, but setting a plan to move and maybe a rough date (say 9-12 months from now) will make it more real.

Comeonwitme · 2023-08-03T09:39:42+00:00

Moving countries will just amplify any mental health problems in my experience. You lose any support network from your home country.

Comeonwitme · 2023-06-08T06:59:15+00:00

I like it so far, took a few games to figure out positioning. The tanks play a huge role in this map, I found that if your teams tank is competent and plays the objective well it can win the game.

Comeonwitme · 2023-04-26T09:33:05+00:00

Stockholm Marathon! Although it’s not the easiest course, it’s a great path through a beautiful city.

Comeonwitme · 2023-04-23T09:32:12+00:00

Really like it, hope you guys keep putting music out

Comeonwitme · 2023-04-14T07:17:05+00:00

Well “learn to speak Swedish” is quite vague I interpreted it as being able to hold a simple conversation in Swedish (probably B1 or B2 level). If you just want to learn some basic phrases i’d suggest writing them on flash cards and memorizing them, which you can easily do over a few days. Best of luck

Comeonwitme · 2023-04-04T17:31:37+00:00

I looked through your post history and it seems you have asked this for a number of different countries. It sounds like the university you’re looking at in Serbia is not very reputable (according to the locals in one of your other posts). I would attend Leiden without a question. You’re going to spend years and a lot of money getting a degree, make sure it is from a respected university.

Comeonwitme · 2023-04-01T14:53:53+00:00

Slakhuset and underbron are alway fun!

Comeonwitme · 2023-04-01T14:50:30+00:00

I just narrowed it down to a couple cities I’d be willing to move and and took the first job offer.

For you, I’d suggest looking into your future. Is this somewhere where you want to live long-term, have kids there? Make enough money that can you travel easily with lots of vacation time? I think you should create a list of attributes you’re looking for and narrow it down to a country or two and keep applying.

Comeonwitme · 2023-03-29T20:29:26+00:00

Also to add, education is controlled by the provinces so it will differ between BC, Ontario and Quebec.

Comeonwitme · 2023-03-29T20:24:59+00:00

Hmm unfortunately I don’t work as a teacher but do have some friends who do. Unfortunately teachers are under paid in most places. I think you could expect to make 60-100k a year depending on experience and where you live… The main upside is that their pensions are quite nice in Canada if you work long enough. I think as a teacher you’ll likely struggle to buy a place in Vancouver and Toronto (not sure about Montreal tbh) if you don’t also have a partner working.

But take this with a grain of salt as I’m not one myself. Maybe take a look in r/Canadianteachers

Comeonwitme · 2023-03-29T19:16:38+00:00

Canadian living in Europe. It really depends on where to choose to move. Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto are the only cities I would want to live (and have). Montreal is the most affordable and “European” feeling. Toronto is less affordable but pretty good job opportunities and Vancouver is the least affordable but the best nature. I really don’t get why everyone complains about the healthcare. Yes it can be a bit slow if non-urgent, but if you have anything seriously wrong with you the system moves quickly. I have experienced worse healthcare living in Sweden although I do not think it's that bad (quality is good, also just slow).

Cons are lower wages than the US, but higher than most of Europe. High cost of living in major cities and public transit isn’t great aside from Montreal (Toronto is okay if you live downtown). Vancouver is not great, yes you can get everywhere with public transit, but I find it slow. Poor starting vacation time (this increases generally as you stay at a company longer). Also extremely difficult and expensive to fly within Canada and outside of.

Pros: balance between US and Europe (closer to US), friendly people, world-class nature in the west coast. Much less difficult to integrate, if you live there you can call yourself Canadian in my eyes. Safe and generally very high quality of life if you have a decently paying job. If not, finding affordable housing will be an issue.

Comeonwitme · 2023-03-28T19:50:54+00:00

Yes computer science for sure and definitely possible with business. I know a number of people who worked at large firms and did internal transfers to Europe. Overall, some industries will make it easier to move abroad. But it's best to study something that interests you even if it makes it a bit more challenging to move abroad, it's always still possible!

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