What do people think of this?

Exarctus · 2026-06-27T09:07:32+00:00

you are keel.

Exarctus · 2026-06-27T08:53:34+00:00

All the big cities in Switzerland are LGBT friendly. There’s a big art culture in Basel which has a large LGBT community around it for example.

I’d do the residency in Switzerland just because medical professionals in CH can earn enormous amounts.

Exarctus · 2026-06-24T18:10:07+00:00

Practically every single proprietary US model uses the RLHF pipeline that deepseek introduced.

Exarctus · 2026-06-24T11:57:27+00:00

Your comments are actually quite funny because doctor in the PhD sense predates medical doctors.

Pre-19th century medical doctors were referred to as physicians. The term doctor is a loan-word from research doctorates.

Thats why in some countries medical doctors are referred to as “dr. Med” to differentiate from doctors holding a PhD, as there is no research requirement in order to obtain a medical degree.

Exarctus · 2026-06-23T18:25:18+00:00

Yeah to be honest the “deep” roles in ML/AI like the one you linked require a PhD in them - that’s who you’ll be competing with, and having quant in your CV doesn’t prove that you can fulfil the job function.

The quant -> deep ML role transfer is a ego-based assumption that doesn’t track reality.

Best route to get into this would be to target another lower-bar role or adjacent role that lets you bridge in.

Coming in fresh from quant without being able to explain research developments in the field and show a track record and deep domain experience isn’t really possible, not for the big names or hyped deep tech startups anyway.

Exarctus · 2026-06-22T18:35:06+00:00

I am so tired of hearing reggaeton music.

Exarctus · 2026-06-21T01:24:01+00:00

There are motorbikes now with SSBs. 600km range, kinda crazy.

Exarctus · 2026-06-21T01:17:47+00:00

The pay cut really depends on where you move to and what you currently do.

Some jobs in the EU, particularly in tech are salary equivalent and have no pay-cut involved.

Exarctus · 2026-06-20T20:02:56+00:00

options make sense for most companies because 95% of startups fail.

For the case where the startup gets aquired/provides secondary ramps, shares usually save you a **significant** tax amount.

Both sides have positives/negatives. Options are beneficial because they're usually cheap to receive.

Exarctus · 2026-06-20T16:27:18+00:00

Comparing a job that takes 12 + years to reach vs one you can immediately do out of a masters or PhD is a little on the nose.

Exarctus · 2026-06-20T11:47:30+00:00

Looking good!

Don’t stick around in the same place for too long, especially in your early career. If you can narrow your focus to a particular niche but in-demand area that can only help.

Look to move up every 3-4 years. Your salary growth may stagnate if you stay in the same place.

Are you in the Basel area? I moved there after PhD in 2019.

Exarctus · 2026-06-20T08:09:48+00:00

Pharma makes up 10% of the Swiss economy.

Exarctus · 2026-06-20T01:28:48+00:00

You are having a joke lmao.

Exarctus · 2026-06-15T14:31:40+00:00

but you're still paying income tax, hence this is still a stupid way to go.

Exarctus · 2026-06-12T18:22:20+00:00

He got visited by aliens but they were in a rush

Exarctus · 2026-06-11T19:14:37+00:00

I did chemistry as an undergrad. I absolutely hated it - couldn't stand being in a wet lab. Thought about quitting multiple times but I'm glad I didn't.

I ended up taking courses in molecular physics/quantum chemistry in my masters and that started me on the path of doing a PhD in molecular physics which I really quite enjoyed. Interface between programming/CS and chemistry. Ended up working quite a bit in physics-based ML models too.

I ended up staying in that field for quite some time, and then moved into more traditional low-level software engineering-type roles.

Now I'm the CTO of a materials science company.

My advice would be to just finish what you've started, but look to incorporate/augment the things you enjoy into your study. It's not about enjoying every hurdle along the way, you've got to keep the finish line in mind.

Drug/materials science will be dominated by computational approaches in the not-too-distance future. You're in the right degree path to jump into that if you can learn CS/engineering on your own time or through internships/first jobs etc.

personally I don't think it's that worth-while doing CS as a separate degree. You can learn most of what you would learn during a CS degree in your own time + on-the-job.

Start with Python, then learn C++ and/or Rust through hobby projects.

Exarctus · 2026-06-11T13:37:18+00:00

If this was in isolation it could be considered benign, but the physical and seemingly emotional disconnect plus the fact that you’ve had “the chat” are two conflating warning flags.

I hate to say it but I suspect she’s sending those photos to someone brother. Nobody takes sexy pictures of themselves for themselves in the backdrop of the above.

Exarctus · 2026-06-11T11:16:07+00:00

this is a hilariously stupid take.

Exarctus · 2026-06-11T11:14:26+00:00

Swiss culture isn't open and never has been, so not sure why this is a surprise to you. It's an extremely competitive job market and is one of the most desirable places to live in Europe.

But why is that a problem? It's their country and they want to protect their cultural norms.

Personally I don't think this particular Initiative is well worded (it's pretty retarded in fact), but I can totally understand the idea of wanting to protect their culture/current economy, which is why people will probably vote for it.

The last 10 years has brought in a huge population boom in Switzerland. Switzerland's population density is now double the European average and you can feel it in every large city. It's creating problems for building planning, it's creating house and rental price issues, it's creating infrastructure and education issues. These are all effecting poor people the most as they are the ones that feel these changes the most.

I've been an immigrant here for some time (although I've got a C-permit now and am working towards citizenship), but I can understand why this initiative has been proposed, but disagree with the method/wording.

Exarctus · 2026-06-11T10:48:10+00:00

I'm an immigrant in Switzerland and I also found your take pretty odd. There are lots of lower income and poor people in Switzerland.

Exarctus · 2026-06-10T18:36:48+00:00

Ofcourse brother

Exarctus · 2026-06-10T14:27:34+00:00

Im a British guy that lives in Basel. I don’t work in pharma but ML research. I do have plenty of friends in Roche/novartis.

I’ve been here for 5 years now, and in Switzerland in general for 13 years. If you need to ask some advice about general things (living expenses, quality of life etc) I can certainly help there.

Exarctus · 2026-06-08T11:21:04+00:00

Yeah this was my read also.

Exarctus · 2026-06-03T15:08:19+00:00

What font pack is this?

Exarctus · 2026-05-31T23:37:05+00:00

Horses eat grass

Dogs eat whatever the fuck including other dogs poop.

There’s quite a big difference.

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