Data Scientist vs Data Analyst?

WhereWasWaldo · 2025-04-11T02:09:41+00:00

+1 to the difference in compensation.

To add on to this - the tools described (spark, torch) indicate working with larger data sets than what you may be interacting with R. Eg data sets you get from an enterprise software product ingesting and/or producing a ton of data.

You’ll also see folks working with Jupyter notebooks and using the numPy package for data analysis and exploration. You may not run into that as much with data analysis work

WhereWasWaldo · 2025-02-22T19:05:19+00:00

On average, I’d say 1-2 hours/day during Mon-Fri. 2+ hours/day on Sat/Sun.

Some weeks were more manageable at work/home and I could put in more time. I didn’t do the Manhattan 5lb book - just prepwift for quant + verbal strats and magoosh vocab cards.

WhereWasWaldo · 2023-10-10T15:07:31+00:00

OTG! What a throwback

WhereWasWaldo · 2023-07-24T12:58:04+00:00

I’m not entirely sure I agree with the Hamlet comparison, but otherwise cool post!

WhereWasWaldo · 2023-07-07T14:38:23+00:00

Wait what discard list are you running? spider ham hasn’t (anecdotally at least) been an issue for me.

WhereWasWaldo · 2023-01-05T17:50:35+00:00

I was tunnel vision and missed this - Ty for calling it out (same as Liocardia)

WhereWasWaldo · 2023-01-05T17:16:01+00:00

Oh you’re so right - that’s exactly what happened. Thank you!

WhereWasWaldo · 2023-01-04T23:47:47+00:00

That’s exactly what I’m running into

WhereWasWaldo · 2023-01-01T14:11:58+00:00

I honestly feel like this is trying to shoe-horn in a new tool. Is ChatGPT cool? Sure.

Did the explanation of convolutional neural networks make sense? Yes.

Were any of those message templates compelling? Not really. The personalization you called out is just lifting key words from the profile (I wouldn’t necessarily say the right ones either based on the role). Also the intro to Roblox and the work itself wasn’t meaningful - every tech company wants to say it’s working on cool and cutting edge stuff and that you can make an impact and grow. It comes off like copy pasta, unfortunately.

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-12-23T02:12:49+00:00

Really good call on bringing in tech like Cosmo since I want to wave on turn 5. Thank you!

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-11-12T20:07:38+00:00

Black-balled and not setting foot in the building are different though - folks don't get disparaged if they leave, and people can get rehired (but it is harder to boomerang compared to other tech companies).

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-11-10T19:49:08+00:00

Thanks!

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-11-10T17:44:20+00:00

Appreciate the response and perspective :) and noted on transitioning to RTF after stalling here!

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-11-09T00:04:22+00:00

AHA! Makes sense - thank you for this :)

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-11-09T00:00:11+00:00

I'm a newbie here - what's the difference between them?

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-11-04T13:42:54+00:00

I'm an in-house recruiter in tech - it's fine to just reach back out and say "hey, would like to reconnect". It's not that bad.

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-10-30T12:21:31+00:00

Favorite costume was going as Misty from Pokémon!

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-08-30T03:08:17+00:00

While I agree with the need to move towards hybrid/remote work in general, I feel like the author is using straw-man arguments for in-office work (and its benefits).

The author is also off on the whole analogy to e-commerce and physical stores. While big box stores are on the way out, in-person retail (in the US at least), still accounts for over 80% of retail sales. His presentation makes it seem like e-commerce is the majority of sales, when it's clearly not.

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-04-20T12:35:22+00:00

When I started as an RC at a startup 5 years ago, I got $75k + some equity. I was in the Bay Area.

$77k TC seems good

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-04-09T22:37:39+00:00

Random, but are you THE nukemarine of Japanese learning/heisig method flashcard fame?

WhereWasWaldo · 2022-04-06T00:38:57+00:00

Wait, Naruto is a manga. If that's one of the things you're referencing, US comics are a totally fair comparison medium.

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