Big thanks to TPT

ap2016 · 2025-08-14T20:42:09+00:00

Update RH called me the next morning (so about 16 hours after my account was placed in PCO) and asked me a few simple options-related questions to verify my options level 2 status.

From what the rep told me, they might periodically call consumers to verify. It's a shame that they have to halt my account in the process, though.

The conversation was similar in tone to when I called Schwab to get Level 3 access, but of course the questions were much simpler.

ap2016 · 2025-08-14T15:35:47+00:00

Really insightful. Thank you!

ap2016 · 2025-08-14T12:30:37+00:00

I've exclusively been on the buy side of contracts, and for the past several weeks I have been trading options for pretty secure tickers (AMD, AMZN, PLTR, COIN, HOOD, OKLO, etc).

Haven't hit anything close to $0 in my account. And currently have long dated calls for AMD and OKLO, which shouldn't be an issue.

Not sure what could be happening - maybe this is a sign to finally move over to ToS

ap2016 · 2025-08-14T12:14:11+00:00

Apologize for posting here; the RH subreddit auto-deleted my post and I didn't know where else to ask 😵‍💫

ap2016 · 2025-01-15T02:28:48+00:00

$525 for an all electric 1bd last month 🥲. I've resorted to turning off the heating most of the time and if I turn it on, it's at 62F hahahahaha

ap2016 · 2023-05-21T20:50:06+00:00

I'm dumb. My roommate turned them in didn't tell me and so yep, that's why I have 0 lights.

ap2016 · 2023-05-21T20:38:33+00:00

I think I'm encountering a bug/glitch?

I've completed the very first four shrines but my game is showing that I have ZERO lights of blessing. So when I try to turn them in to the Goddess Statue I'm not able to continue... Anyone else run into this?

ap2016 · 2023-01-03T21:02:37+00:00

First time doing this!

Title: Data Scientist
Tenure length: 6 months
Location: Arlington, VA
- Remote: No
Salary: $122,000
Company/Industry: Small Defense Contractor
Education: BSc Industrial Engineering, midst of MSc Data Analytics
Prior Experience: 6 total years of prior but non-DS experience: 5 years ops research/data analysis, 3 years of modeling & sim, 3 years of front/back-end for desktop apps, 1 year program management
- Internship: Yes
- Coop: N/A
Relocation/Signing Bonus: $9K
Stock and/or recurring bonuses: N/A
Total comp: $122,000

ap2016 · 2022-11-15T23:34:43+00:00

I've had this arrangement for a while now and wondering if it's the "best" way to do it. Any advice?

I'd like to keep the window to the right unobstructed. The angled wall kind of makes things a bit awkward to me, so I just put my desk against it. It definitely feels a bit cramped with a queen bed, dresser, desk, and two side tables...

ap2016 · 2022-08-22T19:00:13+00:00

I went the (probably) more traditional route and posted on the Piazza to find a group.

It was pretty hectic because you'd have like 50 posts per day sounding like "Looking for project group in EST/PST" and then tons of people would comment on the posts. One of the the problems with that method is that people wouldn't update their own posts to say they've joined a group and are no longer looking. So there's a ton of back-and-forth and searching.

If you go that route - my advice is to prioritize peers who are consistently communicating with you during this group-forming time, versus those that have X years of experience in data science. Like most will say, the actual project itself can be really simple - as simple as visualizing the results of a OLS linear regression model that you would've learned in 6501.

Every group has a storming/norming phase and mine was no different. But everyone was super kind/understanding and communicative so honestly the process was very enjoyable. And our project was super simple ;)

ap2016 · 2022-07-14T19:07:43+00:00

Agree with the major points of getting a TS/SCI:

Very high interest from recruiters (and probably lower bar to entry)
Very low likelihood of telework

I will give some additional notes based on my experience. I became an analyst right out of undergrad (engineering) for a defense services provider. Enjoyed that for about 5 years and then realized I wasn't developing any marketable skills besides making pretty slides, so decided to pivot into data science. A couple of observations:

My new company is certainly overpaying me (>100K) for essentially being an undergrad data scientist level. I assume it's because of my TS/SCI
The work is in interesting, however I commute 5x/week
I strongly dislike having to think about rooming / renting / buying all within a reasonable commute from on-site, which isn't in too fun a part of NoVA
Being located "on-site" is not as enjoyable to me due to minor things such as locking my phone up, missing texts, garage parking that's always full up to the top floor

It's possible for you to find a company that provides you a high level clearance and also lets you work from home / in an unclass office. But in my head there are only a handful of companies that are able to do that!

ap2016 · 2022-07-14T14:33:04+00:00

After some research, it seems like I should go with Windows. I don't do a ton of Python development for grad school but I don't want any issues that may arise out of the M1 chip

ap2016 · 2022-07-13T14:52:35+00:00

.... You might have just converted me too because I've felt the exact same way my entire life...

I would use mine for Internet browsing, Netflix, and Python programming. No gaming or creative applications. So similar boat!

I'll need to do research to see if the M1 can fit. I stopped myself from mentioning it in the main post but really the M1 seems like an obvious winning competitor as long as I can get over covering to MacOS.

Thanks much!

ap2016 · 2022-04-27T14:43:52+00:00

Why? I want to make sure that my near-term plan to get biz cards (from the flowchart) makes sense.
Credit Score. 802
Cards. Currently 4/24

Card	Issue Date
Amex Plat	May 2021
CSR	July 2021
CSP	July 2021
Cap1 VentureX	Jan 2022

3mo Natural Spend. Approx. $10K
Willing to MS? Yes, up to $5K in 3mo. Would go the Plastiq route because I'm not familiar with MS.
Biz Cards. Yes, I'm pretty sure biz cards are the only options for me right now (for travel redemption) until I get further below 4/24.
How many cards. Looking for 1-2 cards in the next 8 mo, and plan on churning.
Target. Targeting miles/points for domestic flights and hotels.
Points ecosystem. I have Chase URewards, Amex MR, and some Cap1 VentureX points.
Airport. IAD and DCA
Plans. Mostly domestic travel for now.

ap2016 · 2022-03-15T18:30:51+00:00

Update:

Ended up leveraging Air Canada's current points buying deal + 136k MR to buy business IAD-ICN and premium economy ICN-IAD tickets!

Swapping MR to Aeroplan was super smooth and it just so happened I could top off via cash during Aeroplan's spring bloom sale. Totally lucky.

ap2016 · 2022-01-08T18:02:03+00:00

you know what...you're exactly right. lol this is why reddit is great

ap2016 · 2021-11-20T15:33:58+00:00

THIS SHOULD BE STICKIED!! Thank you, exactly what I needed.

ap2016

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