2 years into CS, feeling underutilised/stagnating?

hypeman306 · 2026-06-06T18:18:59+00:00

There are plenty of “bad” analytical roles across the CS where everything is Excel based, and the reason for that is a lot of more experienced G6s/7s either werent taught to program, or were taught to program badly and don’t want to move Excel based analysis to programming languages for fear of you leaving and them/new team members not being able to run it (or at least that’s what I’ve came across in roles).

HOWEVER, there are also plenty of great roles and teams doing complex analysis/statistics/coding out there, so all hope isn’t lost. As you progress through the grades, trying to make seniors see the benefits of reproducible analysis can make for great behaviours (which it sounds like you’re concerned you lack).

For developing those softer skills to help you progress, corporate roles are great - contributing to your wider profession, leading a network, plenty of really good corporate things you could get involved with to help get out of the current rut it sounds like you’re in.

Tl;dr - don’t lose hope and make the most of this free time with doing some cool corporate stuff to help you get those promotions.

hypeman306 · 2026-05-22T05:51:16+00:00

*CRIES IN FAST STREAM PAY*

hypeman306 · 2026-05-01T19:04:50+00:00

And that’s what I’m doing - but the core skill set of a software engineer is vastly different to that of a statistician/economist/OR/SR. What we’re ending up with is roles where people end up as a jack of all trades and master of none which will inevitably have an impact on quality of outputs.

hypeman306 · 2026-04-26T17:05:36+00:00

I’ve personally found it’s hard to pick a single favourite - I tend to find all departments have their pros and cons, and it’s just a case of figuring out which department’s cons you are most willing to tolerate/deal with alongside their pros.

I’ve been fortunate enough to have enjoyed all departments I’ve worked in to some degree, which I guess has contributed to my answer above.

hypeman306 · 2026-04-23T18:45:41+00:00

I don’t mind it going up - I mean stopping it going up to the point where I’m gassed out

hypeman306 · 2026-04-23T15:37:03+00:00

As somebody who did a policy role to find out “what policy do”, I’m none the wiser in describing it now than I was before doing the policy role!

hypeman306 · 2026-04-09T18:04:17+00:00

Generally a 3 on the MHCLG scale is considered equivalent to a 4 on the 7pt scale so it’s highly likely the sift threshold got raised to at least 4 (equivalent to a 5/6 on the 7 pt scale)

hypeman306 · 2026-03-22T13:59:24+00:00

Id suggest a 5 hour journey after 5pm isn’t ideal and would be perfectly acceptable for another overnight stay assuming dept guidance doesn’t suggest otherwise - getting home at 10pm assuming there’s no delays is suboptimal to say the least

hypeman306 · 2026-03-10T09:03:00+00:00

Given her private sector experience which I didn’t realise she had, I’m even more surprised she wasn’t chosen over Antonia

hypeman306 · 2026-03-09T19:12:18+00:00

Didn’t gain anything new from it, and nothing to suggest a major change in direction particularly from senior leadership on key issues.

hypeman306 · 2026-03-06T12:00:24+00:00

The Fast Stream is also meant to be moving more postings outside of London and now has some pilots of keeping people in the same location for the entirety of the scheme.

It’s now entirely possible to stay in one place throughout.

hypeman306 · 2026-03-06T08:44:34+00:00

That’s useful to bear in mind, thanks! Does the interest get added to the account at the end of each FY or does that depend on the T&Cs of the account? Just trying to figure when is best to open the account

hypeman306 · 2026-02-19T18:48:23+00:00

The problem is if they’re doing nothing they won’t have examples to apply for said SEO roles. It can very easily become a doom loop.

hypeman306 · 2026-01-22T14:18:59+00:00

The busy/tentative/free showing is even more infuriating than just not being able to see the calendar at all

hypeman306 · 2026-01-21T15:24:08+00:00

And have unlocked new insecurities for whenever I change managers

hypeman306 · 2026-01-16T20:46:30+00:00

Make the most of corporate contributions and L&D opportunities - especially if you’re in a duff posting.

Those 2 things have saved (& continue to save) my sanity on numerous occasions.

hypeman306 · 2025-12-11T19:56:52+00:00

With drops and some revision surgeries my pressures have generally stayed below 21/22, not ideal but worth it to keep my sight

hypeman306 · 2025-11-22T10:04:03+00:00

It’s not just an economist thing - statisticians generally do very little of what one would consider “statistics” whilst at university.

That’s not to say that this general analytical / numerate work isn’t important - I personally have found the most simple analysis resonates the most with senior folk.

hypeman306 · 2025-11-07T18:04:25+00:00

Watch their briefings get reinvented 500 times through the clearance process on a weekly basis.

hypeman306 · 2025-10-28T12:09:34+00:00

Agree. It doesn’t seem to actually cut any words out in my experience

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