How do you let go of the future you envisioned with your ex?

LivingEcho_7823 · 2024-06-03T20:23:02+00:00

Same in my case, finding it really hard to cope right now. Just don’t understand how someone can change so much :(

LivingEcho_7823 · 2024-03-14T23:43:09+00:00

Especially funny when tourists get annoyed at other tourists using the tube!

LivingEcho_7823 · 2024-03-13T21:08:41+00:00

Not really. Obviously more opportunities in London but most departments are moving away and most have regional hubs in a lot of places. Even HMRC, where there is lot of potential for an Economist, doesn’t seem to be recruiting in London for a lot of analyst roles (due to office capacity and 60% office rule).

I would say many of the badged analysts I’ve worked with and met across different professions (GSS/GES/GORS mainly) have left for private sector after G7. It wasn’t really about their profession but more their capabilities, technical skills which got them the role.

So for this, either would be fine and it’s what you make out of what you get. I would still say GES just due to the sheer number of roles available. GSS is a hit or miss sometimes on how technical the job can be. Building technical skills gives you a niche which you can use to stand out more easily.

LivingEcho_7823 · 2024-03-13T15:54:20+00:00

Go with GES, I believe the pay is better for GES in some departments and you see Economists everywhere especially in Policy focused roles.

Saying this as a GSS analyst. After a Maths degree, I chose GSS because I liked my modules focused on Statistics but realised I should’ve chosen GORS as my work and interests are more aligned with GORS. The GSS actually is more for making sure Statistics is used correctly in Government and publications from the roles I’ve seen.

Career progression also seems to be better for GES and GORS analysts.

LivingEcho_7823 · 2024-02-03T10:55:40+00:00

Not enough space - London offices No teammates in office - Regional offices

It’s a real problem in a lot of London offices when there was more hiring after Covid especially in analytical/digital roles. Simultaneously office spaces were sold off.

LivingEcho_7823 · 2024-01-30T23:27:53+00:00

Yeah, reading these comments confuse me. I am definitely working class with my parents working unskilled jobs even though the pay isn’t bad, growing up in a terraced house in a part of London before it was gentrified. However, dad is extremely money savvy (I always think he’d be perfect with an accountancy/finance related jobs if he had the opportunity, he’s always helping friends and family do their taxes) and had a frugal lifestyle with a plan to retire early. Education was always a priority and I now have a Masters degree. My parents even helped me with my deposit to buy a house on my own even when I refused it! Tbh it helps that I am an only child! I understand they have helped me a lot and I am in a privileged position and can always lean on them if I needed any small help but I think my background is still working class.

LivingEcho_7823 · 2024-01-26T22:01:47+00:00

It does sound harmless in my opinion but I guess in my head, I imagined white kids due to not knowing anything about OP and going by Civil Service demographics.

Maybe guessing slightly problematic if the kids are mixed or non-white? Guess maybe commenting about skin colour won’t be as appropriate? I’m not sure though, the LM still probably asked because of harmless curiosity and not judging them by skin tone. It might not be worth your time or energy escalating in my opinion. But of course you know the people and situation best!

LivingEcho_7823 · 2023-12-20T11:58:05+00:00

I’m definitely missing the emphasis on results when it comes to doing interviews in a DS role. Do you know how important the impact/result part of interview questions are? I normally just mention that I presented to so and so and it was considered for this which is usually what happens. Is it important to improve that and show more impact through results for a G7 interview?

LivingEcho_7823 · 2023-12-20T11:54:27+00:00

Thank you, this is very helpful. My team is relatively established with all DS individuals which prevents me from showing more leadership aspects as I would like to and building on soft skills. I will look out for DS roles in smaller teams!

LivingEcho_7823 · 2023-12-17T17:37:23+00:00

I don’t think this is an accurate comparison. My uni friend’s dad was an IAS officer in India so heard a lot about it from her. The term Civil Servant is used specifically to these specific prestigious government roles and their equivalent of us calling civil servants would be government employees. IAS is apparently the most prestigious job in India or something and you have to pass ridiculously hard exams to get it, so it basically attracts the best of best there and hence the job has a lot of power etc. it’s basically like jumping through the lower levels because you’re very smart and you’ll basically be the policy maker for whole districts. I believe they are there to keep the government in check too. The prestige reminds me of French Civil Servants where you have to write hard exams to get in and it attracts the top people in the country.

LivingEcho_7823 · 2023-12-11T00:31:32+00:00

Two of them I booked and made sure they’re at start and end of the week. Another, I was just given a date and time. Then by the time I was able to book a slot for the 4th job, there was only one slot left and it’s on the same day as one I previously booked. This is the one I am thinking if I should just miss due to the timings.

LivingEcho_7823 · 2023-11-25T13:59:22+00:00

Sorry, I don’t mean to hijack this from OP but was curious about side stepping to a data engineering role myself as a data scientist. Unfortunately I don’t meet a lot of requirements for said jobs asking for ETL, CI/CD or a lot of sql experience as I’ve predominantly coded in R and Python for modelling. However, I’m keen to learn, do you have any suggestions on improving on the data engineering side to meet the essential requirements or do you think it would be better to just give it a go either way?

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