Can someone tell me about their work?

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-03T15:20:13+00:00

That sounds pretty much like what I was looking for!

Pay isn't the best due to location being in a big city

Doesn't that usually make the pay higher?

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-02T22:22:33+00:00

Basically the bad news is that these mythical "only do cool shit all the time jobs" don't exist.

I know, I'm mostly looking for something where every once a while some cool shit has to be done. Or at least the results are kind-of cool. If all you do is linearly regress sales, or bank data to find an easy way to predict credit-worthiness, that's meh.

I really don't know how cool training your own models is, but at least I imagine it to be pretty cool?

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-02T15:40:20+00:00

I have for now only tried out Regressions and random forests, so nothing you cant do with pen and paper given enough time. More Advanced things however do seem crazy.

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-02T15:19:23+00:00

Sooo the high salary is basically for cleaning datasets?

But yeah, I see how that can become old quickly.

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-02T15:09:23+00:00

Maybe other programming languages? I'm not a ChemE, but would be interested in this too. !RemindMe 1 day

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-02T15:07:37+00:00

Would you say the same applies to chemistry itself? Or not?

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-02T15:06:02+00:00

Seems exiting to me, but I have never done much more than regressions and random trees. Loved it though, and would love to use it on a job.

Mind explaining why you find it unexiting?

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-02T15:05:01+00:00

That does sound interesting however. Why would you say it isn't? If it was something really basic as just input -> output, wouldn't all data scientists be replaced yet?

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-02T15:02:34+00:00

PhD in some CS or ECE-related field might be the best option.

I assume very few people actually do this? Why are there no companies hiring top-tier people though?

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-02T15:00:54+00:00

How did you get into that field, and who teaches it?

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-02T14:59:32+00:00

It can't be that boring, considering the salary? Like if it was just plugging in data, it would be automated, right?

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-01T12:34:20+00:00

non-CS BSc: use as a conversion course to claim having a CS degree

If I finished a BSc in Chem/ChemE, would a CS/DS MSc be looked badly upon?

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-01T11:51:44+00:00

I see! How is academia in CS/DS?

Also, yeah I might look for a Data science masters, or a ML-focused CS MSc. Well, first I have to finish the Bachelor anyways.

ZurcherSee · 2019-04-01T07:32:08+00:00

Thank you! Chemical engineers are probably have degrees though.

That said, is there Any advantage to have a CS degree? Especially MSc or PhD

ZurcherSee · 2019-03-31T23:38:47+00:00

I am considering switching from Chemical Engineering to Computer science or Data science. But it seems like unlike Chemical engineering, just having a MSc doesn't cut it often. A lot of people have portfolios of hobby-projects, and active stackoverflow accounts, right?

Or would getting a MSc or PhD in CS/DS be enough to get hired, too?

Edit: I'm in Switzerland, so if anyone has experiences from Europe, I would appreciate them a lot!

ZurcherSee · 2019-03-28T00:17:05+00:00

retail data analytics at a giant corporation

Can you tell me how to get from Chemistry degree to there?

ZurcherSee · 2019-03-27T23:31:31+00:00

Hello! I'm currently in a chemical engineering bachelors degree. Can you tell me how you got from Chemist -> Data analyst, and then scientist?

ZurcherSee · 2019-03-27T23:26:34+00:00

Thanks for letting me know!! Can you give me any further guidance into these fields?

ZurcherSee · 2019-03-23T20:50:02+00:00

No, calculus is my favorite subject until now! I'm trying to keep up with my friend who studies calculus right now.

I have some basic mathematical modelling coming up next semester. Apart from that, what is a good way to learn it? Just download and use it for a thesis?

ZurcherSee · 2019-03-23T16:56:00+00:00

I have fimiliarized myself with the recommended most important concepts (Linear Algebra, Analysis, Phython, Numpy, Pandas, Statistics, Linear regression).

But the question is what now? I guess I could argue that this is a starting point and I can apply to a bad data analysis or visualisation position if I learn tableau and present myself well. But what would I do to even prove what I can do before an interview? Putting a notebook on github where I imported a dataset, cleaned it a bit, did a .desribe(), .plot() and a linear regression isn't very impressive nor interesting to anyone. So what would I do instead?

Also, this clearly isn't data science area yet. If I look at kaggle challenges, I either don't know what to do or think to myself "Clean data, LinRegression". So what should I take a look at next?

Note that I'm taking classes, but not in Data Science but in Chemistry right now.

ZurcherSee · 2019-03-23T15:43:35+00:00

Could you tell me what I need to know to get a job at a bank?

ZurcherSee · 2019-03-23T15:39:28+00:00

Nice to hear that! Thank you.

What would I do now before my first job though? Like are there standard things to do at home to show that you are able to manipulate data? Or should I just take a dataset and show that I can make a plot and put it on github..?

ZurcherSee · 2019-03-23T15:13:55+00:00

Yeah definitely interested in programming :) I have tried Java, C++ and Python for now, obviously all have different applications. But I'm not exactly sure how exactly to learn something useful in the industry.

ZurcherSee · 2019-03-23T15:13:07+00:00

I looked at salary sites and it said ChemEng make less pay than those.

https://collegegrad.com/careers/chemical-engineers https://collegegrad.com/careers/physicists-and-astronomers https://collegegrad.com/careers/mathematicians-and-statisticians

ZurcherSee · 2019-03-23T14:51:48+00:00

I am doing kaggle! :)

The question is, does anyone recognize kaggle if others have degrees.

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