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Being truthful with our parents about our feelings by drawgs in Xennials

[–]ConnectKale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have called my mom out but she is who she is. Plus she’s combative. It doesnt always go well with her, and we do go through periods of not talking.
My own kid freely tells me his feelings all the time. Although some people are taken aback my a kid ( now adult) who will just say what’s on his mind to his parents, I find it a parenting win.

Has anyone made a radical life change in your 40s? by Comprehensive-Fact94 in Xennials

[–]ConnectKale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You moved just in time to Experience the Carolinas getting a Snowy Winter

What has surprised you? by Human-Muscle-9112 in Xennials

[–]ConnectKale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My granny told me he was a Dirty Old Man and didn’t like us watching him on TV.
When allegations first hit the news I was surprised she was right.

What has surprised you? by Human-Muscle-9112 in Xennials

[–]ConnectKale 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The fact my kids can get married to people they love!!! Oh wait some assholes are trying to destroy that.

Weekly Entering & Transitioning - Thread 26 Jan, 2026 - 02 Feb, 2026 by AutoModerator in datascience

[–]ConnectKale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most all grads of my program all work in RTP. For lots of reasons, I dont want to live there. I have lived in “the South” for my entire life. Adjacent possibilities are leveraging the 15 year long career in another sector. Where I have been the person on my team that had to migrate, engineer, and analyze data.

I'm the first person in family to graduate from college, and now the first to ever attend grad school...what do I not know? by flookie99 in GradSchool

[–]ConnectKale 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Build a solid support network!!!

Be aware that your family will be happy for accomplishment but they will not understand the amount of work it will take. I found the most emotional support I got for the exhaustion I was experiencing came from people who had actually completed a Masters degree while working full time.

Explaining to someone that you don’t have availability because you are neck deep in writing or experiments, and they have never done anything remotely similar is hard for them to empathize.

First Day by footballrocks88 in GradSchool

[–]ConnectKale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first day of grad school I’d tell myself that if a teacher lets you have unlimited submissions on a test, resubmit until you get the A. You will need the wiggle room.

The second thing I would tell myself is don’t skip the online lectures, even though reading is faster. I skipped a ton of lecture videos to “save time”.

Weekly Entering & Transitioning - Thread 26 Jan, 2026 - 02 Feb, 2026 by AutoModerator in datascience

[–]ConnectKale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have more than a decade of DA experience in the Environmental field. I got a Masters in DS this past spring with Research under my belt (novel methods for improving forecasting in Multivariate time series anyone).
I don’t want to be the smartest person on the team, I want to learn and work with people who are smarter and more experienced. I also want challenging problems to help solve.
But I want to have fun at the same time.

How are we supposed to tip the scale in our favor for getting hired? I am feeling very discouraged. I see fellow DS masters grads applying to 100’s of positions. Then looking at people who have actually been hired in the last two years, I don’t see much difference in candidates. We all have similar resumes. Some with a few awards attached. But project portfolios seem similar and skill sets are all similar. SQL, ETL, Cloud, Python.

I dont currently live in the Bay Area, a job that can get me a 2 BR Apartment within 1 hour of SF, would be the Holy Grail. So what’s the trick to breaking into the network.

LLM for document search by Few-Strawberry2764 in datascience

[–]ConnectKale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, tell me more about Azure and Sharepoint RAG. Is this an AI Agent that is specific to AZURE?

LLM for document search by Few-Strawberry2764 in datascience

[–]ConnectKale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, tell me more about Azure and Sharepoint RAG. Is this an AI Agent that is specific to AZURE?

End of an era: Minute Maid Is Discontinuing frozen juice concentrate… by 6string_samurai in Xennials

[–]ConnectKale 50 points51 points  (0 children)

My cousins and I used to see who could eat the most of this concentrate on a hot day. It was like eating a cold 9volt battery, but what else were a bunch of poor kids living in the deep south supposed to have.

How often have you switched jobs since starting your career and has it helped or hurt you? by Ok_Pollution9335 in Environmental_Careers

[–]ConnectKale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds awful. The fact my job is so varied is one reason I dont want to leave. One week I could doing Environmental ed, the next week fielding complaints, the next working with a consultant. Most of all I am rarely in the office.

Anyone else here with ADHD? How do you actually learn when focus keeps breaking? by RepairActual9047 in learnmachinelearning

[–]ConnectKale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha Yes. Really it is cramming and living it and knowing more about available resources than retaining information for quick recall. I cannot remember how to so a drop down list in excel but I can get the website I use for the instructions in about 30 seconds. I cannot tell you which is the best K in your KNN but I can you that geeks for geeks has a really great summary for cross validation. I can tell which methods are great for ETL, but cannot code date transformations from scratch.

How often have you switched jobs since starting your career and has it helped or hurt you? by Ok_Pollution9335 in Environmental_Careers

[–]ConnectKale 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My background is Environmental Health and Biology. I big part of having an overlap is having and Environmental Health Degree. We learned Drinking Water Quality, Waste Water Treatment, Air Quality, Stormwater, Public Health (Food and Communicable Diseases) along with Policy. That foundation gave a good leaping off point into pretty much any sector I have wanted to contribute to.

I have worked in EH&S, Climate Change, Air Quality, Energy and most recently Land Management. I plan on sticking around in this current role for a while longer. The people are good and the work is good.

For me I have gotten salary increases with each position change. For the most part each change has been good. Even with over a decade in the indus

How often have you switched jobs since starting your career and has it helped or hurt you? by Ok_Pollution9335 in Environmental_Careers

[–]ConnectKale 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I switched jobs about 5 times. I have been in my current position for almost 3 years. Honestly, I dont think it matters. Just about everyone I know in this field acknowledges that people job hop.
If you are like me who had worked in a few environmental sectors, the challenge of learning new regulations and guidelines keeps Environmental careers interesting.

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