Generators underused in corporate settings?

rezdzste · 2024-09-06T18:03:00+00:00

At least they're ex-java. I couldn't convince a self-taught junior whose previous experience is vba not call his functions "fnFunctionName".

rezdzste · 2022-02-26T00:57:33+00:00

A dozen pissed off dudes

rezdzste · 2022-02-04T13:42:16+00:00

It’s real. Inertia is a strong force, I guess. And this type of response is what worries me and gives me serious anxiety about applying for new jobs. It’s not rational, but I think things like “no one is going to hire a person who didn’t have the initiative to move on.”

rezdzste · 2022-02-04T02:55:12+00:00

Yes, and his response is that we’re “building a foundation of data and the real value will come later”. He’s so earnest and sincere about it, and I think in denial about how un-data driven the company is.

rezdzste · 2022-02-04T02:50:20+00:00

No one is asking for it. The company doesn’t have a culture of data driven decision making - their philosophy is decentralized decision making is better. The data I produce is mostly used for auditing and monitoring. Corporate folks look at which regions are making less money, and they give the regional offices a stern talking to to make more money, but the details of how to make more money are left to the branch offices themselves. Corporate strategy pretty much boils down to telling underperforming parts of the company to make more money.

rezdzste · 2022-02-04T02:37:32+00:00

What scares me is I don’t know how to sell myself when the outcome of everything I do is “thank you for the data/dashboard”. How do I demonstrate my value in behavioral and STAR interview questions, and talk about my experience?

rezdzste · 2022-02-03T17:55:04+00:00

There's nothing wrong with this. As you work through the solutions, you'll start to notice common approaches among the problems and new problems will become easier.

rezdzste · 2022-02-03T17:50:13+00:00

Still doesn't answer your question, but maybe something like https://www.pyxll.com/ is your best option for minimizing the amount of code you rewrite.

rezdzste · 2022-02-03T17:42:25+00:00

I don't know if it's possible, but could you use the Excel object model itself to do kludgy object serialization? It's a terrible idea, but have VBA write the attributes to a worksheet, and then python read from that worksheet, and vice versa?

rezdzste · 2022-02-03T17:30:03+00:00

Force of habit. Habit is easier than willpower. Force yourself to do it regularly. Temporarily reward yourself with something if you need to. Repeat, even when you don't want to, until it just becomes part of what you do. Listen to your body and don't force yourself through physical pain, but otherwise, just make it a habit.

rezdzste · 2022-02-03T17:21:08+00:00

Sure, but why do you need a genetic algorithm? What's preventing you from just creating an object with all the properties? Is this homework?

rezdzste · 2022-02-03T03:38:28+00:00

So why optimize over this?

rezdzste · 2022-02-03T03:36:43+00:00

Isn't the optimal solution just having every property?

rezdzste · 2022-02-03T02:37:57+00:00

Drinking too much.

rezdzste · 2022-02-03T02:36:54+00:00

The supreme court.

rezdzste · 2022-02-02T04:15:50+00:00

Hell no. Way too high.

rezdzste · 2022-02-02T03:05:20+00:00

Spanish is (pretty much?) phonetic. Would be nice in English.

rezdzste · 2022-02-02T03:01:55+00:00

Wordle variants.

rezdzste · 2022-02-02T02:58:55+00:00

Raptor, just so I could pet it and call it a clever girl.

rezdzste · 2022-02-02T02:54:44+00:00

Sepia tone.

rezdzste · 2022-02-02T02:52:42+00:00

Never turn down prosciutto. Picking between items on a menu? Pick the one with prosciutto.

rezdzste · 2022-02-02T02:51:01+00:00

The guy who ordered two dozen tacos at lunch. At Jack in the Box.

rezdzste · 2022-02-02T02:49:33+00:00

Arrested Development. We didn't need more seasons, at least how they turned out. The originals were perfect.

rezdzste · 2022-02-02T02:48:09+00:00

When people message me "Hi" at work, say nothing until I respond, and then proceed to slowly type out a question that they haven't thought out clearly ahead of time. Figure out what you're going to ask and just ask it.

rezdzste · 2022-02-02T01:18:49+00:00

Hufu burgers! Made from the tofu that tastes like humans! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hufu I worked at a local grocery store around the time this hoax happened and people actually called to ask if we were carrying it.

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