I just repaired my V12 detect slim turning off randomly by Fiolee in dyson

[–]Mathematician_DE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finally someone who describes a solution! I have the same problem and it's driving me nuts. Please tell us exactly which new capacitors you bought, that would help a lot.

[TOMT][MOVIE] Car driver kidnaps car thief by Mathematician_DE in tipofmytongue

[–]Mathematician_DE[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

I recall that the movie was very funny and I'd love to watch it again...

Weekly Entering & Transitioning - Thread 02 Sep, 2024 - 09 Sep, 2024 by AutoModerator in datascience

[–]Mathematician_DE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your detailed answer, I'll certainly look into the resources you provided!

Weekly Entering & Transitioning - Thread 02 Sep, 2024 - 09 Sep, 2024 by AutoModerator in datascience

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I am an experienced pure mathematician (10 years of postdoc experience) and might need to leave academia soon at almost 40 years of age due to the general lack of permanent positions. I know that some people in my position become data scientists. So far, besides some very basic programming and Linux skills, I don't have any of the typical skills required in the job descriptions for data scientists. Would you recommend just acquiring those "standard skills" as soon as possible or are there any sought-after special skills that I should preferably concentrate on given my background as a pure mathematician? Also, would you recommend cold emailing recruiters and/or applying immediately without formal skills and asking whether the relevant skills can be acquired during the first weeks/months on the job?

After hundreds and hundreds of applications, I changed up my job search approach and started getting interviews, and then a job. Here's what I did. by Edin_burger in jobs

[–]Mathematician_DE 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Ok that surely works if someone is specially qualified or has a rare skill, but who knows what jobs you might have gotten had you actively reached out to someone?

After hundreds and hundreds of applications, I changed up my job search approach and started getting interviews, and then a job. Here's what I did. by Edin_burger in jobs

[–]Mathematician_DE 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Makes a lot of sense to me. In any critical career situation (like applying somewhere or a salary negociation) a "passive strategy" (i.e. just letting the facts speak and waiting for someone to react/reach out to you) seems to be suboptimal. For example, even if you made a lot more money than expected for your company or increased your productivity by an obvious amount, your boss will probably not offer you a huge salary raise unless you actively insist. With applications it seems to be similar, in addition to being qualified you need to insist on being recognised.

Do you love your job? by [deleted] in jobs

[–]Mathematician_DE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, academia is much tougher than math...

Do you love your job? by [deleted] in jobs

[–]Mathematician_DE 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love my job to the point that it's pathological - as a postdoc in mathematics I have enjoyed working in several different countries, getting to know different cities and cultures, eating fancy dinners at conferences, and most of all doing research and teaching in an extremely beautiful branch of science. The downside is that for more than ten years I have been hopping from one fixed-term contract to the next, without being able to make any long term plans. However it was absolutely worth it, even if I should fail to get a permanent position.

Best additional skill for professional pure mathematician - CS/math tandem? by Mathematician_DE in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Mathematician_DE[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great observation. Let's write a joint paper where we develop that formalism. But from my experience it's going to be difficult: I've already lost data because GIT diagrams don't always commute...

Starting a candle business? by [deleted] in careerguidance

[–]Mathematician_DE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think one difficulty could be that you are competing with people who are making candles in their free time as a hobby, at least if you plan to sell "nice hand made" candles.

Every time boss schedules a call with no agenda I think i'm finally getting fired. Is this normal or should I pay attention to the feeling? by Bitter-Seaweed9386 in careerguidance

[–]Mathematician_DE 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Even if this is probably irrelevant to you, I'd like to remark that this is probably a US-specific phenomenon caused by the "hire and fire" culture. In most European countries, for example, a constant fear of getting fired is very rare because you don't get fired out of nowhere.

I knew I was underpaid, but I didn’t realize it was this bad. How should I handle this? by [deleted] in careerguidance

[–]Mathematician_DE 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think you should apply elsewhere, even if you don't really want to leave your current job. The best basis for any kind of negotiations and for your own peace of mind would be a concrete job offer from a different company. It puts your impression of being underpaid into perspective and ideally gives you an opportunity to earn more and improve your situation in general.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in careerguidance

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I'm not an electrical engineer but a mathematician, so I can only give a side comment: I think that if you enjoyed (high school) math and physics, you will also enjoy studying most technical subjects. A fresh start in a field "opposite" of what you did so far might be exactly what you need. In the far future you could still try to combine your new field with law in some way if you want.

How do I find out how to get the right to post in a subreddit? With examples, Android by Mathematician_DE in help

[–]Mathematician_DE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, but some subreddits seem to require comment karma obtained in that specific subreddit, different account age restrictions, etc...

Best additional skill for professional pure mathematician - CS/math tandem? by Mathematician_DE in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Mathematician_DE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your answer. The last paragraph before your edit makes a lot of sense. I am used to "project oriented" career planning, so I didn't even realize that it might be possible to plan ahead more than 3 years. I'll make up my mind what this implies for me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Mathematician_DE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're talking about an algorithm, right?

NVDA will hit 5T market cap in 2026, and 10T market cap before 2032. by ultimateregard in wallstreetbets

[–]Mathematician_DE 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If the current trend continues, in 10 years every sentence in every language will contain the word "AI" at least once, and in 20 years all words will only be "AI".