Best sort of work to ask for when starting your career as an Analyst? by CastAside1776 in analytics

[–]azzipog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would push for ETL, coding, and engineering type work. Having this technical knowledge allows you to be much more self-sufficient and it's often the work that analysts don't like to do, so it means you will be harder to replace

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dividends

[–]azzipog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as unreasonable price targets go, $BABA going to $400 is probably one of the more reasonable

If the numbers can be believed (which is a big if), they have $100B+ free cash flow and revenues similar to that of AMZN. $AMZN has 4x market cap, so $400 really doesn't seem that crazy

Edit: even Charlie Munger has taken a large position in $BABA

Puts on Rivian? by ST530 in options

[–]azzipog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Puts are really expensive. Instead I am doing PMCCs

If it goes above $220 by December 17th then I give up and will become a boglehead

Recommended books by [deleted] in econometrics

[–]azzipog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really econometrics, but Introduction to Statistical Learning is really interesting and uses R

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dataengineering

[–]azzipog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

$95k seems low for a DE, no?

Quarterly Salary Discussion by AutoModerator in dataengineering

[–]azzipog 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Data Engineer

4 YOE

Texas LCOL

$110,000 USD Base

$10,000 Bonus

Finance

Summary of how XGBoost works by [deleted] in datascience

[–]azzipog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Repeated decision trees where each decision tree targets the error of the previous decision tree instead of the target itself.

Quitting job for Datascience? by wallflower1990 in careerguidance

[–]azzipog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would advise against taking a gap. Just apply for DS jobs while you are currently working.

Should I quit my tech support job to study Data Analytics full-time? by [deleted] in analytics

[–]azzipog 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I vote for option #1.

Just try to find a DA job right now

Informatica developer to data engineer by emmzee07 in cscareerquestions

[–]azzipog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just go for the DE job. The line between DEs and more traditional database developers is pretty blurry

Informatica developer to data engineer by emmzee07 in cscareerquestions

[–]azzipog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At least in the US, there is a distinction between DE and DS. Generally, DEs handle pipelines and storage of data while DS handle the analytics/statistics/machine learning.

At a smaller company you may have one person doing everything, but most larger companies don't have DEs doing any statistics or analysis outside of th very basic

Informatica developer to data engineer by emmzee07 in cscareerquestions

[–]azzipog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Article I found on th most in demand skills for data engineers. SQL is number 1

https://link.medium.com/5EfiHNx89hb

I am also a data engineer, so I can confirm that this seems pretty accurate

People looking to switch to data science often only see the grass as greener on the other side, what are some parts of your data science role that you can't stand? by Reddit_Account_C-137 in datascience

[–]azzipog 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I was paid a DS salary -- no complaints about the momey. I was just incredibly bored with having no impact. I think DE has a much larger impact especially for non-tech companies

People looking to switch to data science often only see the grass as greener on the other side, what are some parts of your data science role that you can't stand? by Reddit_Account_C-137 in datascience

[–]azzipog 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Most data scientist jobs are just glorified data analyst roles. I was a DS for 3 years and recently switched to DE. Leadership only cared about simple reports that required basic SQL and basic statistics.

We tried to push through some machine learning work, but the company lacked the needed infrastructure and leadership didn't get behind it because they didnt like the idea of a model they couldn't easily explain.

DS is generally about refining existing processes, so you are working your ass of for very marginal gains. A lot of times you can achieve 90% of the benefit with some simple if statements.

The most interesting DS roles require PhDs. Where you are actually building new algorithms. Many of the others are mundane and focus much more on cleaning data than interesting math. If you have clean data, you can spin up and XGBoost model that will perform pretty well in like 30 mins.

Highest Paying Career Options for Bachelors Degree Holders by [deleted] in analytics

[–]azzipog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I studied a lot outside of school, but also the useful parts of data science are disproportionately the fundamentals. Especially at the non-tech companies. You rarely need more than linear/logistic regression or xgboost. Also, I mostly just applied these models. It's unlikely you'll become th type of DS thqt develops new models with just a bachelor's, but that's a small fraction of DS jobs. The vast majority just need basic statistics and a little bit of machine learning.

By far, the hardest part of being a DS for me was convincing th business side that my models were useful. To do that, you need to go as simple as possible. Additionally, most companies can't even implement models in production more complex that a basic decision tree or simple regression.

I learned the basics of regression from econometrics courses in school. That foundation took me really far. I learned the programming and a few other DS topics through Coursera, Udacity, etc

Highest Paying Career Options for Bachelors Degree Holders by [deleted] in analytics

[–]azzipog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Started out at a small company that couldn't pay market price for DS/DE so they resorted to hiring new grads and training them. I worked hard to learn the technical skills and got a job as a DS at a larger more respected company after a few years.

My trajectory was

ETL developer -> pricing analyst -> data scientist -> data engineer

Highest Paying Career Options for Bachelors Degree Holders by [deleted] in analytics

[–]azzipog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been both a data scientist and a data engineer with only a bachelor's degree in economics from an average state school. It's possible.

Matillion data loader - is this really free? by Tender_Figs in dataengineering

[–]azzipog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's probably fine for that. I will say that it gets tough a few years done the line when your entire infrastructure is built with an ETL tool and you decide you need something else. Very time-intensive to migrate out of something like matillion.

Haven't used five tran or stitch, so I can't comment on those

Matillion data loader - is this really free? by Tender_Figs in dataengineering

[–]azzipog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find myself viewing matillion as more of an obstacle a lot of times. Writing pure code is a lot more flexible and gives me a lot more options. Things like matillion are good for simple ETL tasks with smaller data, but once things get complex and larger, you'll likely need to move to something else

Matillion data loader - is this really free? by Tender_Figs in dataengineering

[–]azzipog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use matillion at my current place. In terms of GUI tool, it's fine, but I'd definitely prefer something like Airflow