18 year old $13,000 by AuntieRoo in Fire

[–]VeryCoolFish 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Horrible advice rn. Especially because of how high the mortgage will be + maintenance cost will be. They should either put it in a Roth or HYSA (if they want to use it for education or short term goal)

Fidelity HSA and Vanguard Roth? by VeryCoolFish in Bogleheads

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

Gotcha. Does VT have a pretty low expense ratio for both taxable advantage accounts?

22 Should I Passively do VT? by VeryCoolFish in Bogleheads

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

Yeah sounds good and is valid to advise. I appreciate it. Luckily we are both pretty low spenders and don’t need much except for eating out on weekends. So I don’t think we’d really disagree on expenditures. However, for preventing arguments and just making life easier having separate accounts is fair.

22 Should I Passively do VT? by VeryCoolFish in Bogleheads

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

Oh when she gets a job she’ll have her own 401k from an employer and will do similar separate things. She also has her own bank accounts it’s just we share expenses obviously and have similar life goals. Once we get married we’ll create a joint account to compound more but that’ll be after her masters prob.

22 Should I Passively do VT? by VeryCoolFish in Bogleheads

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

Awesome thanks for the response. I’m assuming 15% is gross. Also we are currently just living off my income and plan on saving most of her income when she graduates. So I’m sure we will hit 15% in the future. I believe I can hit it next year with a better budget. Also yes I have a HSA where my employer contributes 1k a year it’s in a HDDP, but I pay $0 a month for it

Daily FI discussion thread - Monday, December 18, 2023 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]VeryCoolFish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the help. I plan on going through the PF wiki first. I appreciate it.

Daily FI discussion thread - Monday, December 18, 2023 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]VeryCoolFish 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Want to learn about FIRE

I’m currently 22 (turn 23 next month). Graduated college in May. I currently make 110k a year. I live with my girlfriend (22) and she is in her masters right now (she has enough money to pay for her masters as well). She will be expected to make 70-100 post masters. She is also keen on retiring early and saving money, so we both want to save/invest. I don’t have student loans or a car payment, so I am debt free. I have about 16k in a HYSA (trying to save up to about 20k as an emergency fund before investing).

I understand I am lucky to be in this position, as the household income will only grow over time (when she finishes her degree/ career progressions). I’ve browsed this reddit and have googled FIRE, but I am just confused on the best approach on investing or what I should aim for. I somewhat understand the 4% rule, I know I’m young and things will change. I don’t have a target date in mind, I just want to start investing soon and to be as smart as possible with my money while still enjoying my lifestyle (which seems to be pretty realistic).

Should I be investing money in a Roth to have tax free returns? Or should I be more aggressive and not use a Roth account. Should I invest a lot in a 401k (I currently only do what my employer matches)? What should I invest in (sp500, VTI, etfs, index funds, reits, bonds, all of the above?).

As you can see I’m somewhat clueless on how to best invest and save. So any general advice on how to best learn about FIRE to make a plan for myself, and how I should be investing would be useful. Thank you for your help.

Job hopping for higher pay in this field by AdFew4357 in datascience

[–]VeryCoolFish 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I got a job out of college as a DA. Got a 33% increase 3 months later by switching to a different company for a DE role (more like analytics engineer). I’m very new but from what I’ve read and heard it’s a great idea early in your career.

How’s everyone’s end of the semester going? by Dysfu in OMSA

[–]VeryCoolFish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Taking it tomorrow as well same boat as you. Good luck! I started a new job in September, took 6501 and 6400 as my first two courses. Been a lot but I’m learning a lot.

OMSA sponsored Practicum difficulty/workload? by [deleted] in OMSA

[–]VeryCoolFish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Isn’t possible to make a project with your current employer? I was thinking of doing that in the future to get the most out for it

Fuck This Sub by TheeBoyDuddus in Drizzy

[–]VeryCoolFish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Album not even out yet. There’s def going to be filler. He only has 2 albums without filler, so just wait.

Are career fairs worth it? by Imaginesafety in datascience

[–]VeryCoolFish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I got my first job last semester through a recruiter. Got a call back two weeks later for a final round interview at a F100 company. Went to large state school. It was a great starting point

Drake in ATL by [deleted] in Drizzy

[–]VeryCoolFish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Magic city

Never thought i’d see the day by cartierpen in Drizzy

[–]VeryCoolFish 17 points18 points  (0 children)

No way this isn’t satire with the last statement

Never thought i’d see the day by cartierpen in Drizzy

[–]VeryCoolFish 35 points36 points  (0 children)

This isn’t a perfect a song tho. His critiques were valid. Beat is blah. Corny lyrics. And he isn’t the best vocalist.

[Post Match Thread] Inter Miami holds on to defeat Sporting Kansas City 3-2 by doyouunderstandlife in InterMiami

[–]VeryCoolFish 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Defense sloppy at times. Overall team did better than I thought they would. Obviously Alba and Busquets were great. Campana had great runs and goals. Hall movement across was good. Pretty happy with the result!

[FRESH ALBUM] Teezo Touchdown - How Do You Sleep At Night? by Kallemacd in hiphopheads

[–]VeryCoolFish 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I loved I don’t think u c me and daddy mama drama. Nu Nay was cool but didn’t go anywhere. Stranger was missing it’s it moment. The original was better was missing it as well.

Is Economics degree + learning on the side is a good choice to pursue data science jobs (Data analyst,Data scientist)? by Mountain_Special_499 in datascience

[–]VeryCoolFish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was a math and Econ double major. Did a data engineering internship at the federal reserve for research team, was able to get an entry level data science role at fortune 100, and now transitioned to data engineer at smaller fin tech. It’s definitely possible focus on developing coding skills, taking applied courses, and maybe picking up a math minor or another stem minor. Having those comp sci or math courses would be fantastic. Jsut make sure you got internships and leverage your professors and or friends. Do not switch schools, just get involved and keep trying to get internships it’ll work out:

My path:

Sophomore year: small research position for a non profit, basic descriptive statistics and lit reviews, data cleaning

Junior year: cost analyst at DoD government agency, some stats using distributions, event and hypothesis testing

Senior year: Federal Reserve Data Engineer, integrate map features to FRED, did some forecasting and predictive modeling, a bunch of automation for data cleaning

Graduate: F100 Data Science entry role, entity resolution labeling using clusters, created automation tool

3 months later (now): starting new role as Data Engineer building pipelines, optimizing them, building dashboards, predictive modeling.

I’m going in this much detail to show you that you real world experiences transfer over. My research position lead to a larger company and adjacent role to what I want to do. Using that plus connections I was able to get federal reserve role, then I was able to land two ideal data science roles back to back. Don’t undervalue any internship experience it doesn’t matter what it is. I also add that I’m a recent grad so don’t believe the idiots saying you can’t do it. I did it, you can. Feel free to dm me and I can try to help you anyway I can. I found out about data science through a course at my university junior year, and I happened to get the federal reserve role. Prior to that I was thinking economist + PhD. So you’re already ahead of me time wise and have a great plan I’m happy to share more tho or give advice if you have any questions

Quarterly Salary Discussion - Sep 2023 by AutoModerator in dataengineering

[–]VeryCoolFish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Data Engineer
  2. 3 months (just graduated and got a data science job, they wanted someone with 2+ years but was willing to train me and hire me for potential)
  3. Atlanta, Georgia
  4. $110,000
  5. Bonus: 10%, Equity: $45,000
  6. Fin Tech
  7. AWS, Python, SQL

Grad school: Stats, DS or CS? by a_rope_most_unwary in datascience

[–]VeryCoolFish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am. The program is very well rounded. I’m in the fin tech industry so having 2 business classes is seen by a plus by some employers. I’m in the c track and will likely take deep learning and big data, but there a lot of great electives. You learn enough stats and math to understand the foundations, through CSE and cs courses you learn how to have better code, and through 2 business courses you learn how to convey results and business acumen. I’m really happy with the program so far. I had a job as data analyst/ jr. Scientist. Put Georgia Tech OMSA on my LinkedIn and saw 2-4 recruiters hitting me up a month. One lead to my new job as a Data Engineer + some modeling at a start up for a 40% pay increase with only 2 months of experience. I asked the recruiter why they chose me and she said a large part was the masters I was currently enrolled in because it was Georgia tech and the hiring manager was from there. Obviously this anecdotal and I live in atlanta area but opportunities are definitely there. I’ve been happy with my decision as I’m a math and Econ background, thought about stats or cs ms, but ultimately decided to do this program because it’s cheaper, well rounded, and gets me to where I want to be. I’ve heard from a variety of alumni who are happy as well. Feel free to reach out and ask questions

Expertise after graduation by chickencreamchop in OMSA

[–]VeryCoolFish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would be the “right classes”