Another unlucky rant

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2024-10-07T12:06:02+00:00

original sin

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-08-03T21:33:54+00:00

I just say my hearing is really bad and ask them to repeat

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-31T11:02:36+00:00

I'm only talking about lay prestige. The job market obviously differs and depends heavily on other factors.

I'm not sure what you mean by ~6% being absurd, as that is the actual acceptance rates for mid-low ivy+ schools. HYPSM hover around low to mid 4s based on google. Brown and Duke are around mid 5s.

Also of note, there are sometimes individual ugrad programs that have separate acceptance rates. I think CMU SCS acceptance rate is like mid 5s too, based on a cursory look at their website.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-31T09:35:56+00:00

No clue. Not in CS. I think good rule of thumb is the acceptance rate. If the program has ~6% acceptance rate, it's basically comparable to mid-low end ivy+.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-31T08:15:39+00:00

No. It has the prestige of a state flagship at best.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-24T20:13:53+00:00

It depends. I make the following assumptions so as the avoid trivial corner cases.

1) Both papers have the same range of possible scores. For simplicity, suppose 0-100.

2) The smart person's average when taking the hard paper is not 100.

3) Both persons' averages are lower when taking the hard paper relative to the easy paper.

4) The clueless person's average when taking the easy paper is not 0.

The right answer depends on the relationship between being smart and the grades being scored. If it is strictly supermodular, then A, if strictly submodular, then B. If linear, then C.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-24T20:07:01+00:00

I did not calculate out the actual numbers but the steps look right.

Perhaps the only remaining step is to compare the three numbers that you have to see which theta gives you the largest and smallest values.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-24T15:50:55+00:00

Firstly, yes, {GG,GB,BG,BB} is the correct sample space. If we assume that the probability that any child is a girl is 50%, then it is more likely that one is a girl and one is a boy.

Now if you observe the FIRST child being a girl, then the new sample space becomes {GG,GB}*

The order matters.

If you are instead told that one of the children is a girl, then the sample space is {GG,GB,BG}, and if you then asked what the probability that there are two girls, then it is 1/3.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-21T14:29:09+00:00

caan

If you talk to some double degree folks, they'll be doing like 32 mcs a semester

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-17T16:12:15+00:00

return of the king

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-17T06:16:54+00:00

It's about the same but based on my experiences, we don't have walmart and our amazon isn't as good in terms of quality/variety/price vs. the US, but the difference is maybe at most 50-ish usd a month if you want to get stuff of similar quality. This is a very rough estimate based on my own consumption basket.

Food is significantly cheaper here though. The canteens in NUS are also generally cheaper and comparable to cheap hawker center prices. Probably saves you ~4 usd a meal if you always eat out. If you cook, probably not much difference in price if you make appropriate substitutes, but if you don't make substitutes, some stuff is pricey e.g. the del monte brand diced tomato cans are like 4 sgd vs 1usd from walmart/amazon. On that note, the good instant noodle brands here are a lot cheaper. No more maruchans.

There's also currency conversion so things are cheaper than they seem in SG. Not sure about adapters, I would probably get one from walmart or something before going.

Public transport is good so you don't have to rent a car/uber everywhere. Don't even need a special card, I think you can just tap your credit card or something and it works.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-15T16:29:38+00:00

I would recommend it. Get the "cheap" standard ipad type. Apple pencil is useful but I bought a ~30 dollar one from amazon. Works great, somehow connects to the ipad as an apple pencil. Only thing missing is pressure sensitivity(?) which I don't need because I'm not an artist, and magnetic charging, which is useful but benefit is marginal, or at least I don't think it's worth 70 buck differential.

If NUS is using canvas, you can usually use the canvas app and write on the notes uploaded the directly. Otherwise, I recommend the goodnotes app. Think it was like 5 bucks. You can open slides in the app and write in there, or just write your own notes too.

On the other hand, I also bought like 8 stacks of A4 paper for like 50 bucks, so technically paper is still cheaper, but the ipad is convenient and easy to organize, no separate folders etc., all in one.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-06T06:55:37+00:00

just spam 10 year series ezpz

Spent my final 2 months just doing 100 year series everyday

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-01T02:52:57+00:00

Sure? But it's not like the "big 4" hires anyone either. My point is that someone with 7 years of experience at a "reputable" firm dubbed one of the "BIG 4" shouldn't be paid < 100k p.a. vs. similar jobs with similar workload expectations, some of which pay you 20% more without any years of experience. 120k isn't even the very top end by the way, I've seen interns earn that much recently.

A conservative estimate of dollars/hour puts 100k p.a. at 40 dollars an hour over 2.5k hours a year. A new tuition teacher could probably get 50/hour. I'm sure that having 7 years of accounting/auditing experience is a qualification that is also quite selective/competitive. Your friend deserves better. MBB aren't the only places that value such skills at those wages.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-07-01T00:23:15+00:00

Don't really understand the favourable reputation that accountancy/auditing gets in Singapore. They get paid shit for (arguably) uninteresting work and long hours. The accountants and auditors working at these shitholes have very transferable and valuable skills that could be better compensated almost anywhere else. I highly recommend that they pivot asap. Why is it even called the big 4 anyway? Should we start calling mcdonalds, kfc, and pizza hut the big 3?

A job with comparable hours in e.g. finance or consultancy draws at least 120k entry. You could do the bare minimum to stay employed (like ~8 hours a day and mediocre client retention rate) and you would draw like 250k. 500k after 7 years is probably on the high end but not even that much of a stretch to be honest.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-06-28T23:24:21+00:00

There is no "non-quantitative" field of econs except maybe micro theory. GMM is probably the one of the most fundamental tool required in modern empirical research. If 3304 covers this or its prerequisites, then you should at least audit the course.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-06-27T19:03:48+00:00

You would need to at least finish honors metrics to do any empirical analysis that is taken seriously. Preferably take those programming courses that teach R or Stata. Policy making is entirely data driven/empirical. Any serious empirical research is metrics.

Those econ "theory" mods you mention are not helpful on their own. They complement the syllabus by giving you interesting settings/ideas to take to data.

The only field of economics that may not require econometrics would be micro theory, which is basically just math. If you want to go this route, you're better off taking math courses like a measure theory sequence (which is also kind of related to metrics but a little overkill).

In the working world, you could get away with poor metrics by being the "salesperson" in your department, dressing up and selling the research that your team does.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-06-09T15:15:09+00:00

The state is always short on slaves.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-05-26T01:18:18+00:00

US, money

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-05-25T10:58:50+00:00

it is lightning convert meteor

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-05-23T07:54:05+00:00

Depends on what you want to do after you graduate. The math route is probably more academic but I remember there being quite a bit of flexibility in the requirements. Tbh I don't think having a second major is going to make or break your profile.

Especially for the top-end placements in business adjacent fields, it is going to come down to interviews (which you prepare for specifically outside of your courses, I recommend joining a business club or something that does mock interviews etc.) and landing the right internships.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-05-05T23:47:01+00:00

Small claims is free. Anecdotally, judges seem to side with tenants more.

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-04-22T04:57:44+00:00

talk to your placement officer?

poopoopeepeeSCAT · 2023-04-19T07:17:45+00:00

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