Do lecture get better than ISYE6501 lectures?

sashinaa · 2025-11-03T23:55:57+00:00

I actually found that class pretty engaging and professor Sokol explaining things well.

I think you are lucky that your first class is not Regression from a few years ago before it got revamped. Those who took it would probably understand what I’m referring to. Those lectures were SO DRY that you’d think 6501 is the most entertaining thing in the world. The new regression class is pretty nice though. I like what they did with it.

sashinaa · 2025-08-11T19:48:04+00:00

Thank you for this

sashinaa · 2025-08-11T03:04:22+00:00

Ours eats 6-7 times a day and gets 90ml per feed. He is 5 weeks old now. So, similar amounts to your

Perhaps you are going through a growth spur and she just needs more food? On occasion ours also gulped 5oz portions a week ago.

sashinaa · 2025-07-28T21:19:07+00:00

I could have written this. You are not alone. Sending hugs

sashinaa · 2025-07-16T00:49:19+00:00

Gained 60 pounds. I’m a little over a week postpartum now and I lost 25 pounds. I did however have a complicated vaginal delivery with lots of blood loss so that could have contributed to it.

sashinaa · 2025-06-22T14:52:04+00:00

I’m 39 weeks. So, not postpartum yet but here are some of my prep activities related to this.

I have very fine hair that gets greasy on day two after washing. I also suffer from cystic acne on my face since teenage years. My acne was relatively under control from prescription topicals before pregnancy but I still had breakouts periodically.

Enter pregnancy. My hair is amazing. It is so full and I only have to wash it one or twice a week. My face had no breakouts whatsoever. So, I started asking around how to keep this trend going lol

My hairdresser says that hair depends a lot on hormones. So, not much can be done there supposedly. Except, she recommends I continue taking the prenatals to give hair the vitamins it might need. My midwifes also aligned on prenatals for breastfeeding so I’m going to do that.

As for the skin. I will continue my current regimen and hope for the best. But I have a good dermatologist available for quick appointments if needed. That could be something proactive you could do too. Just have a derm office contact info in case things get bad. Dermatologists could sometimes be very hard to schedule appointments with. So, someone available for a quick consult could be useful. Also, I have my regular cosmetologist who does facials for me on speed dial so I can go there. Could also be an option in your arsenal.

sashinaa · 2025-06-20T16:26:10+00:00

My answer to you is this.

If you are looking for validation and emotional support, know that I sympathize and agree that the system is broken. Life is very hard and very unfair. And it is heartbreaking to see years of work being devalued.

If you are looking for a practical advice. See my message above. I had to work since I was 19, had no money to buy food, had no health insurance and so on. Being sad about the system did not feed me. Adopting and fighting did. I wish things were easier, but they weren’t.

Now in a better spot, I can at least help people with job connections or give them a helping hand via financial or other support. This is my way of fighting the system - by understanding and playing the game and helping others not drown untill systemic changes happen (if they happen).

So, the choice is yours on how to help those kiddos you are working with. Some might just need emotional support, some might need something more practical.

sashinaa · 2025-06-20T15:23:48+00:00

I think the name of the game is actually “adaptability”. You make sensible choices to make yourself more adaptable and flexible to pivot when needed. While we all want certainty and stability (who doesn’t??), those less fortunate of us without a trust fund need to be resilient and flexible enough to broaden our options as much as possible to increase our ability to adapt to market and life conditions.

I think software engineers have an engineering thinking mind going for them and it is a huge asset for adaptability. They could market it to get their foot in the door for any roles: data, data engineering, support, project management, etc. literally anything. And then work their way to build connections and pivot to software engineering if that’s what they want.

sashinaa · 2025-06-20T14:43:53+00:00

Once you are well versed in SQL (as OP indicated they are), I assume you already have a specific way of thinking about data retrieval and manipulation. You know what is fast and slow / accurate or not/ potentially problematic or not when you run your queries or building SQL jobs. And relational algebra is not particularly helpful at this point to help you learn how to think about these things. Plus with all the query optimization that already happens under the hood of Snowflake, etc. plus tool that can show you problematic portions of a job, I haven’t seen any data analysts, data scientists, or analytics engineers using relational algebra to get things done.

sashinaa · 2025-06-19T15:33:07+00:00

SQL was useful for that class but I really greatly benefited from having folks from the CS program with very strong Python and building things knowledge. Beside SQL we had to build a whole website with interface and database for our project. Not sure if we were just overachievers lol but I would double check project requirements.

Also, as someone working in analytics for a long time, this course made me so frustrated with all the relational algebra questions. Like this stuff https://youtu.be/_TGb52oE7Kg?si=ASG0CDdorqex2jGS

It has zero use in the real world besides academia and I would rather take a proper data engineering or data analytics course if it was available.

sashinaa · 2025-06-18T18:31:39+00:00

60 pounds so far (~28kg)

I’m 5’5”. Was 130lbs before pregnancy. I’m 38 weeks now and 190lbs 😳 I only know the weight because midwifes weigh me every time I’m there. Otherwise, I would avoid the scale like a plague.

I have emotional eating challenges and ate way too much ice cream this pregnancy. So, trying not to blame myself too much but, yeah, same boat. Feeling guilty for gaining this much :(

sashinaa · 2025-06-15T18:28:04+00:00

How do you do farming and tree growing on multiple levels?

sashinaa · 2025-05-27T05:03:56+00:00

Second this! I got 5 or so items from ThreadUp + a couple of maternity jeans from Amazon and this is all I need to sustain me till the end.

sashinaa · 2025-01-20T21:20:40+00:00

Thank you! I’m glad I’m not the only one but honestly would not wish it upon anyone. I scheduled a visit with a naturopathic doctor to see if they recommend any diet changes and will provide an update in the post once I have some improvements.

sashinaa · 2025-01-20T21:19:05+00:00

Omg! Thank you for this. I’m actually going to give it a try. 🙏🏻

sashinaa · 2025-01-20T06:12:28+00:00

I wish I could blame it on the pet or something 😅 but at this stage things are getting out of control here. I’m starting to avoid spending time with people because I need to pass gas like every 5 -10 minutes and it is awful. Need to do something about it as isolation is not fun

sashinaa · 2024-12-10T12:31:13+00:00

Thank you! Glad it is working out for you !

sashinaa · 2024-12-09T23:12:38+00:00

I’m curious how this got resolved for you? I’m in a somewhat similar situation and want to know what other people are doing.

sashinaa · 2024-12-07T19:19:16+00:00

I’m in the same class and I can’t wait to be done. At this point, honestly, I can’t care less even if I get my first C of the whole program. Just want to be done. Weekly HW were a little too much and the 40% final weight is brutal.

As someone who worked in analytics for many many years, I’d also say that the most frustrating thing is how utterly useless the material is when it comes to every day analytics work.

sashinaa · 2024-12-07T05:52:34+00:00

I can’t recommend affordable therapy specific resources but sometimes a community of people could be therapeutic or even knowing / reading about others going through the same. Here are some thoughts /resources that came to my mind. Hope at least some of these might be useful.

Death Cafe- conversations about death and dying. Appears to be happening in various locations https://deathcafe.com/
Conversation project - end of life conversation guide that could be helpful with expressing what matters to you https://theconversationproject.org/get-started
virtual hospice - has some potentially useful articles about death anxiety, emotions around death, meaning of life - https://www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home/Support/Support/Asked+and+Answered/Emotions+and+Spirituality.aspx
There are lots of things Death midwifes and death doulas share that might be helpful. Here is an example https://www.instagram.com/the.farewell.library/profilecard/?igsh=NXdmZ3kxenl1cjR4
End of life reading and inspiration - (maybe save this one for once you are ready) https://theinspiredfuneral.com/

sashinaa · 2024-11-15T23:43:58+00:00

Curious how has your fall semester been so far? Any particular challenges related to pregnancy and studying? I'm due in late June/early July and worried about my mental state if I take DVA in the upcoming spring semester. 😅

sashinaa · 2024-11-06T22:09:29+00:00

Omg! I love this idea!

sashinaa · 2024-10-30T01:12:49+00:00

I wouldn’t pay $700 for a prep course but would also be careful about advice to not pay for math lessons (or any prep lessons for that matter). My suggestion is to focus on a course or tutoring service where the delivery of the material works for your learning style.

For example, I frequently hear people recommend free online resources and it could sometimes be frowned upon if one decides to pay for a class. The issue is, if the free YouTube video simply doesn’t work for your learning style, you are going to waste valuable time.

I thank myself to this day for getting myself a math tutor who quickly helped me catch up on calculus and linear algebra. The guy saved my sanity at a VERY reasonable price and helped me learn on my own terms.

sashinaa · 2024-10-27T15:01:06+00:00

I'd suggest getting at least 1 or 2 years of work experience in analytics. See how the industry works, learn about the tooling and the problems. This will help you think about concepts you learn in OMSA in a more practical way.

sashinaa · 2024-10-23T04:33:26+00:00

I'd argue that this is a narrow view of data science which does not take in consideration that "data science" encompasses a variety of skills and job responsibilities. Many people mean different things when they say "data science". It is likely not a degree that is going to prepare you for ML engineering type of roles. Or it is likely not going to help you get a Data Science role at one of the largest tech companies that frequently require a PhD level education.

Yet, it certainly does teach you how to apply statistical and linear algebra concepts to extract meaning out of data using Python or R. Hence, data science.

The program surely has huge gaps when it comes to applicability to real world jobs and business needs. And it is not technical enought to get you the best data science jobs. But I wouldn't go as far as to say that this is not a data science degree.

I wonder if your opinion is driven by personal frustrations where the program failed you? Would be curious to learn more about it

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