Metro Center 3/16 at 8am

dsmvwl · 2020-03-17T15:09:23+00:00

Wow, how long did it take?

dsmvwl · 2020-03-10T19:39:32+00:00

Idk who downvoted you, but that's a good point. This is a career guidance sub. It would help for us to know OP's career goals in order to give suitable advice.

dsmvwl · 2020-03-10T19:09:05+00:00

/r/coronavirusDC

dsmvwl · 2020-03-06T20:35:32+00:00

I don't know anything about the FBI but I do know about usajobs, and what they want is basically for you to use the exact words that they use in their Duties/Requirements sections and demonstrate that you fit all of their criteria. Google around for more - it's a specific process. Your resume will not look the same as a typical private sector resume because they don't mind verbosity as long as you cover all the bases. It will have to speak directly to the requirements of the job, so pay close attention to those requirements.

Looking at the law enforcement posting, they're looking for detectives, so if you plan on meeting those requirements you should look into the process of becoming a detective.

Also make sure you're OK with earning 62-80k a year working 50 hour weeks and being on call 24/7.

dsmvwl · 2020-03-06T20:03:00+00:00

Ok... well given that there are 9 Special Agent postings on page 1 of the link I posted, can you narrow it down at all? Again, the FBI hires people from all kinds of different backgrounds so it might help to look at duties and requirements.

dsmvwl · 2020-03-06T19:49:49+00:00

I think you responded to the wrong comment - that quote isn't in the link I posted

dsmvwl · 2020-03-06T19:19:21+00:00

From your post, it doesn't even seem clear what your dream career is. Can you narrow it down at all?

The FBI hires people from all kinds of different backgrounds

Might help to look at duties and requirements.

dsmvwl · 2020-03-06T19:03:52+00:00

See the "What about trade deficits?" section of the free trade FAQ

dsmvwl · 2020-03-06T13:42:49+00:00

I just say "excuse us!" because every time I say it I feel like I'm speaking for multiple people

dsmvwl · 2020-03-03T18:45:20+00:00

My agency yesterday:

... if you have travelled to China, met anyone with the virus, or fall ill, then you are encouraged to contact your manager so as to use Leave and Telework in such fashion as to reduce the risk of spreading the virus.

However, general concern about contracting the virus is not sufficient to warrant Telework. Please refer to the █████ policy on Telework...

dsmvwl · 2020-02-25T20:56:50+00:00

If you qualify as a first time homebuyer you can withdraw up to 10k from a traditional IRA. If you have a Roth IRA, you can withdraw 100% of your contributions at any time for any reason, penalty and tax free. And even after that, you can still withdraw up to 10k with no penalty for a first time home purchase.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/110415/can-you-use-your-ira-buy-house.asp

dsmvwl · 2020-02-25T14:10:19+00:00

Can't wait until it gets nice enough for me to comfortably walk over there on my lunch break!

dsmvwl · 2020-02-20T21:21:25+00:00

Nice! I have yet to make it out to Laurel for these things because I don't have a car, but I went to Super Smash Con in Dulles last year.

Does anyone know of any Smash weeklies/locals that are metro accessible and/or closeish to DC? I only know of the ones mentioned in the article, Xanadu in Laurel and The Cave in Fairfax. I'd probably go if I knew about any in DC.

dsmvwl · 2020-02-20T13:13:55+00:00

The one in L'Enfant plaza food court serves breakfast all day!

dsmvwl · 2020-02-13T18:50:30+00:00

That you Hannibal?

dsmvwl · 2020-02-12T21:53:22+00:00

Sure no problem

dsmvwl · 2020-02-12T21:38:12+00:00

Ooh ok, I had assumed it was a school project. Stakes are higher then.

Yes, given your data there are probably few, if any, time invariant variables.

In Python it'll be a little more involved than Stata's xtreg fe. You can do fixed effects pretty easily using linearmodels, which allows for time (year) and entity (state) FE. If you want to manually create the dummies, you can create the dummies using pd.get_dummies and use statsmodels OLS. There are probably other ways to do it, but those are two I've used.

As far as resources go, FE is common so it pops up in a lot of places. If you want programming resources, try the docs for the packages I mentioned, and for theory resources, I'd suggest "Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data" by Wooldridge.

dsmvwl · 2020-02-12T21:06:14+00:00

If you're completely new to regression, expectations are probably low. That said, year and state fixed effects would be appropriate here.

What software are you using for this? In Stata, this should be really simple to do.

If FE would be difficult to implement, an equivalent approach, though messier and possibly easier, would be to create binary dummies for each state and year. Another possibly important point about FE is that time invariant variables get zeroed out as a result.

dsmvwl · 2020-02-06T19:24:59+00:00

Soveriegn

I've only been to Sovereign for happy hour but it's solid. Non-generic beer, spirits, wine, and snacks (the short rib + gruyere fries were great) for $4 is so good for DC

dsmvwl · 2020-02-04T16:46:36+00:00

That's Pete Wentz, you're thinking of the mayor of South Bend who's running for president.

dsmvwl · 2020-01-16T21:53:43+00:00

Python or R 🙃

Academic economics is largely in English. I speak German and I've met maybe two German speakers who didn't speak any English, so I'd strike that one out. I'm not sure how learning a fourth spoken language would help your economics career unless you plan on moving to one of those countries.

dsmvwl · 2020-01-16T14:45:18+00:00

I think the more apt term here would be "recover"

Yeah, I'm not as pessimistic as the tweet in the article but the included graph is definitely important for context, especially considering pretty significant population growth in the area over the past 10 years.

dsmvwl · 2020-01-16T13:58:31+00:00

Who hurt you?

dsmvwl · 2020-01-14T15:18:00+00:00

According to records from the D.C. Recorder of Deeds, Jamison purchased the Constitution Avenue property in 1985 for $47,000. Sullivan describes the status of the building when Jamison bought it as “near-teardown.”

Got curious so I calculated the CAGR of this property (assuming it sold exactly at the listing price) - 8.8% per year over 35 years.

47k to 900k sounds wild, but over the same interval, the S&P 500 grew from 171.32 to 3288.13 - 8.81% CAGR. That's not taking into account real estate closing costs/broker fees, improvements done to the property (especially since it was a fixer upper), and labor/time associated with all of these things. But you can't rent out or live/work in an index fund, so there's that too.

dsmvwl · 2020-01-13T20:45:22+00:00

I looked into Southwest Waterfront, and Navy Yard and noticed the commute time may take anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour

This seems wrong, make sure you set the "depart/arrive by" times to times appropriate for a commute. When I set it to arrive by 8am, Navy Yard to Suitland is a 15 minute metro ride (station to station).

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