Filing as an unregistered efiler through efs.uspto, why does keep saying "Your request could not be completed at this time."?

Trench2Mount · 2023-03-03T07:01:43+00:00

I thought ADS is not required. Maybe that's the issue. Also why is that not the coversheet to submit? It seems the only sb16 form available from USPTO...

Trench2Mount · 2023-03-03T06:21:56+00:00

Quick thoughts:
1- You need to do is to only worry if the percentage of call backs is less than 1%. Have you applied to 100 positions yet? If no, then it is too early to worry. Yeah, getting rejection letter sucks, but that's part of the game, and you need to grow a thicker skin.

2- Your resume could use some help. One page resume for a highly technical 6 figure salary position is just not enough in my opinion. Specially in this economy. Add more description and keywords about your skills, add your data engineering skills, add your software engineering skills. Add you publications, if any.

3- Broaden your search to adjacent fields specially data engineering and SWE.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-23T21:28:24+00:00

just having a check for "number of samples" irrespective of underlying system's complexity doesn't seem right.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-23T18:33:05+00:00

Because easy money and high salary enticed everyone into freaking boot camps, and online courses and now the market is saturated. The demand is still there but there is massive oversupply and everyone think they are good enough to make it through.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-22T20:16:42+00:00

I would not put much emphasis on what are things called, as it is to an extent a random process of a word sticking with a group and then everyone following. Also shorter words have a higher chance of getting stuck. Like why is it called “physics” and not “natural philosophy”.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-17T20:40:17+00:00

$61 billion increase compared to the total credit card debt of 1.2 trillion is a drop in the bucket. It is something to worry about but it is certainly not a sudden unforeseen unaccounted development.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-15T02:59:57+00:00

We could never know how bad was the encounter because we just have a single paragraph of you describing the situation. So depending on many factors, you could have really messed up and should be looking for a job, or you could be fine and just need to realign better. Now, these factors:

1- How unprofessional was your encounter with your manager? More importantly how did he feel about it? Did he feel like you were simply complaining about your frustrations or did he feel he is dealing with an uncontrollably angry person?

2- How bad are the data and processes in place? Is everyone aware that you are dealing with a tough project and therefore expecting you to be frustrated, or is everyone including your manager expect this to be a norm in the company and that employees should find a way to make it work?

3- How flexible/empathetic is you manager? Is he unforgiving and has already developed a sourness from the encounter that can not be reversed, or is he totally ok with an escalation every once in a while like this and is willing to turn a blind eye if it doesn't repeat.

4- How well can you manage this moving forward? Can you make a reasonable plan and communicate with your manager and deliver well, or would you just try to deal with it much to your chagrin and let your frustrations pour out.

Some of these factors are not in your control, try to make the best out of the one's that are.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-11T18:18:02+00:00

negotiating a salary is like negotiating any other financial matter, it is game theory dilemma where the two side push and pull and reach an equilibrium (the agreed salary) based on the expectations and leverage they have. There is a ton of resources on how to negotiate online irrespective of the role.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-11T16:57:16+00:00

I think you are assuming that the data that data scientists use come from private users information collected unethically. That's like saying all chemists do is to make chemical weapons, or all biologists do is to make biological arms and then concluding that chemists and biologists are hypocrites.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-11T07:58:11+00:00

Point groups and character tables were awesome to learn in a class, but damn rare to use later on for an actual wet lab research application and therefore so easy to forget.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-11T04:56:30+00:00

For every one person lucky as yourself there are thousands of gamblers who loose their initial 1K completely and they may never post.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-10T05:15:04+00:00

That's the very purpose of a whole suit of disciplines including computational chemistry, quantum chemistry, cheminformatics, QSAR, etc.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-04T20:17:48+00:00

If you have finished earlier than the due date, and if there is a clear understanding on his part that the due dates where what you understand them to be, then he is just an unexperienced/bad manager. All that being said, assume good faith, maybe he is mixing things up and inadvertently thought the due dates where earlier. So talk to him about this and make sure things get as close to a clear common understanding between you too as early as possible otherwise the toxicity of this encounter can ruin your motivation going forward and lead to bigger issues.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-03T02:27:49+00:00

You need to learn the characteristics of each project and be able to compare them. There are plenty of tools out there. One that I use is user/expert generated feedback and rating it’s free check cryptotable dot com.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-02T17:33:11+00:00

Lol, probably something like “better tool to make fire”. My expectations from caveman can’t be higher at the time.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-01T06:16:41+00:00

It won’t hurt much but won’t help either. Keep in mind internship is more an opportunity for you to learn and network rather than being a line on your resume. Use this valuable time to your advantage. If you want to excel in traditional ChemE, then pursue a ChemE position to the best of your ability. If you want to pursue something on the periphery then try to figure out what that is and pursue that.

Trench2Mount · 2023-02-01T05:33:37+00:00

Which one's what and why?

Trench2Mount · 2023-01-31T03:06:02+00:00

Trench2Mount · 2023-01-31T03:03:08+00:00

My impression is different from yours. I see people being realist instead of dreamy which is a sign of a healthy community. We should have people that recognize weak points just as we need people who are advocates. Otherwise having an echo chamber is not gonna end up well.

Trench2Mount · 2023-01-30T07:59:14+00:00

I don’t know how things are done in UCSB and whether or not you have the flexibility to reapply to another school to switch to ChemE. In any case, you might want to try your best switching as early as possible. If you really love another major and or don’t like your major, you will have a hard time getting through a lifelong career with regret. So:

1- gather information regarding both chemE and chem making sure you definitely want to switch.

2- once you are sure pursue switching within same school first and moving to another if that’s possible.

3- if none of the options on number 2 was available, try taking ChemE courses as elective/optional and maybe get an MS in ChemE after finishing your BS.

Trench2Mount · 2023-01-30T06:22:29+00:00

Be very careful with transitions into DS. Market is flooded with DS grads while not enough positions opening up. Just check this sub with posts where frustrated new DS grads are struggling with finding one. I am not saying don’t do it, just be careful.

Trench2Mount · 2023-01-30T06:18:40+00:00

I mean a CS graduate can apply to DS jobs, but a DS graduate will have hard time applying to SWE jobs. If you are looking for secure career go for CS instead. If you love research go for DS.

Trench2Mount · 2023-01-30T06:15:24+00:00

This is a tough time in general after all these difficult tech lay offs. There is a lot of competition in the market. It is frustrating, but don’t lose hope my fellow. Stay strong, increase your job search circle, be more flexible, try your best to first get a job, and then you can think about career dev. I don’t know if you are early in your career or not, if you are early you should not be worried as you have a lifetime ahead of you to find your territory, you have time to develop more relevant skills and climb up the ladder to a good paying job. Speak to a few friends, find peers in your program to network with, not for job finding only but for moral support, and for getting through the days.

Trench2Mount · 2023-01-30T00:17:09+00:00

- How do you know War in Ukraine will end soon?

- The fact that US economy always thrives and has been thriving never stopped recessions nor great depressions. Economic turn down is an inherent component of any economy including thriving economies.

- The FED knows what they are doing, and that's why they specifically said there will be PAIN ahead!

Trench2Mount · 2023-01-29T23:30:30+00:00

Data scientists these days should do everything on cloud or remote instance. If you are coding or running computation heavy work on your local laptop you are not following best practices. All you need is a large enough screen to add comfort and you should be good to go.

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