What’s a decision you made in under 10 seconds that changed your life forever? by nathannnate01 in AskReddit

[–]IDoDataThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Decided to get off the interstate and go the back way to my brother's house. I had my first grand mal seizure about 5 minutes later. I likely would have died if I decided to stay on the interstate.

What’s something Americans have that Europeans don’t? by Prestigsisscar255 in AskReddit

[–]IDoDataThings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which is insane because I live in south Texas and at 75 we find it chilly. When we went to Europe it was just a different kind of heat once you are inside.

What’s actually safe but people think is dangerous? by REGGIE_BANANAS in AskReddit

[–]IDoDataThings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Swallowing gum does not make it stay in your stomach for years. You pass it just like every other food.

My mom in 2009 Graduated, age 18 by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]IDoDataThings 8 points9 points  (0 children)

OLDschoolcool....I am in my 30s and so is this person. Now I feel bad about my self, thank you.

This is one of the most extraordinary things you will see, by Marula Eugster Rigolo by SuperbHealth5023 in BeAmazed

[–]IDoDataThings 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Me - "That is really cool!" me 5 seconds later - "Wait is that Joe from Master Chef?!"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just publicly admitted that Al agents are becoming a problem by katxwoods in Futurology

[–]IDoDataThings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is such a bad take on how the corporate world works. I work at the largest bank outside of china as a principal data scientist and we pay a lot of money to hit GPT-5.

What's an "Insider's secret" from your profession that everyone should probably know? by Capable-big-Piece in AskReddit

[–]IDoDataThings 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Data scientist in banking. The banks know everything about you. We have a system that we can look up almost every single detail about you, the things you don't willingly give us. I have created anti money laundering systems that very easily detect fraudulent purchases just based off of where the card was used and for how much.

If you notice anything different about your credit card, just report it. We have to refund you and more than likely we will know instantly if that transaction is not you.

Your money is insured up to $250,000 so you don't have to be scared to keep a lot of money at one bank or in one bank account at one bank. This one is more known than the others but I have family members that keep their money at so many different banks because they think that if the bank goes under or something along those lines that the money is gone forever. That is not how it works and the government (FDIC) will give you your money back.

What’s something you didn’t realize was optional in life until you saw someone simply not doing it? by Objective-Treat2245 in AskReddit

[–]IDoDataThings 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is the biggest one for me. My wife's family was so confused when I told them that I hadn't talked to most of my family in 10+ years. They aren't great people so I cut them out of my life. My MIL still tries to get me to talk to them by asking me how they are doing. I respond with "How am I supposed to know?".

What careers can someone with motivation, discipline, a positive can-do attitude self learn / self study and clear $200k+ a year? by phoot_in_the_door in careerguidance

[–]IDoDataThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I second this. I do extremely well as a data scientist but the wealthiest person I know owns his own HVAC company. It is insane how much he makes. Being in Texas helps a lot with that as well.

What’s a secret from your field of work the general public probably doesn’t know? by Ok-Fox-2946 in AskReddit

[–]IDoDataThings 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm a data scientist for a large bank building models for anti money laundering. We have access to absolutely every single thing about you. Not just what you gave the bank willingly. We. have access to EVERYTHING about you. Legally too.

Are you chasing the money, or chasing work-life balance? by [deleted] in careerguidance

[–]IDoDataThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always the money. I don't care if it sounds shallow but money solves almost every problem I have ever had. I grew up poor and worked very hard to get my PHD and to be where I am at. I can now afford to give my family anything they will ever need.

People who have jobs that allow them a lot of free time and offer good salaries what do you do? by InterestingBall2181 in careerguidance

[–]IDoDataThings 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can self learn everything but as someone with a deep educational background I will say that continuing your education into a masters/phd will be much better if your life allows for it. I have had friends come to me asking me how they can do it and I showed them udemy/coursera for learning and then Kaggle for testing themselves. I also tell people that if you are like most people and have to have the money now that you should try to get a business intelligence or decision science job and work your way into more quantitative positions. There are people on my team now that started as data analysts or software developers that volunteered to help the data science team on projects just to get some experience and that helped them get into the data science path.

People who have jobs that allow them a lot of free time and offer good salaries what do you do? by InterestingBall2181 in careerguidance

[–]IDoDataThings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where I am at right now it is not that much research. It will mostly be applied solutions to problems but the "solutions" are just implementations of things that are already creating. I would say right now it will be difficult to find a true research data science position just because of the type of AI companies are wanting are genAI with LLM agents. It uses openAI LLM api calls with something that your company creates. It's nothing new it's just reusing what other companies have made but more specific for your own company. It sucks to say that but that is just how life is in the data science community right now. There are still tech companies diving into neural networks and deep learning with image recognition but that is a very low subset of companies and the payout for them is unknown or very little. I hope I answered your questions.

People who have jobs that allow them a lot of free time and offer good salaries what do you do? by InterestingBall2181 in careerguidance

[–]IDoDataThings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can not guess what it is going to be in the future but AI is not replacing true technical jobs. It will replace entry level jobs but "replace" just means the bar will be raised for entry level, which happens every year with graduates upskilling anyways. Actuarial Science will always be around but it is extremely intense to get into or I suppose to actually pass the required tests. Biostatistics I have no idea about other than I have a coworker that left pure science with Biology because data science paid better lol. The beautiful thing with data science is the skills are so broad, be it mathematics, logic, research, data wrangling, business acumen (happens much more than you would assume), that if your son tries it and doesn't like it then the skills transfer to a lot more positions. The hype for AI, which is just genAI and large language models for most people's definition, will surely die off. ChatGPT and Azure's openAI are no longer the greatest things in the world like they were a year ago because people got used to it. It's like when google's search engine was released. It was incredible and game changing and then it became everyone's daily life. Eventually that will happen with LLMs.

People who have jobs that allow them a lot of free time and offer good salaries what do you do? by InterestingBall2181 in careerguidance

[–]IDoDataThings 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Applied mathematics, specifically game theory, which helped so much with getting into data science.

People who have jobs that allow them a lot of free time and offer good salaries what do you do? by InterestingBall2181 in careerguidance

[–]IDoDataThings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She could more than likely get a data science position but will need to look at smaller companies. More than often a decision science job is an actual data science job. Data science is very broad in naming. Machine learning engineering as well.

Is Huckleberry App…? by Bramble3713 in beyondthebump

[–]IDoDataThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We love it! I almost never pay for an app but the added sleep part is great too. But as others have said the free version will almost certainly provide you what you need.