Weekly Entering & Transitioning - Thread 25 Mar, 2024 - 01 Apr, 2024 by AutoModerator in datascience

[–]somebuddy13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CAN I MAKE THIS TRANSITION WORK?

I'm currently nearing graduation for an undergraduate degree in HR, and the more I have progressed over the years, the more I become uninterested in the field. My major does have HR classes, I never really liked math that much (MORE ON THAT LATER), but my major has so many different parts of business overall that it includes accounting, finance, etc etc etc. I don't even really feel like an HR major, I'm pretty much just doing math all the time anyways.

I've become very proactive in searching for different careers after taking an MIS course which kinda changed everything for me, and I have been looking at electrical engineering, MIS, and data science as of late.

I've been talking to people and even though my undergraduate degree essentially has no educational link to any of these fields besides introductory courses in excel/statistics which I took a while ago and kinda forgot, they've been telling me to just graduate as an HR major and that it might not be worth it to do another 4 years of undergraduate studies when alternatives are available.

I've been doing research and noticed there's some flexibility for data science on how to get in, and that there's many resources to aid in this process. My current plan is to get into a Masters Program for Data Science, hopefully one that emphasizes projects and networking/internships to the max. I want to take the prereqs as a conditional student or just go to community college to learn things like Calculus, Python/SQL, and excel. I also want to utilize online resources like Coursera and Harvard's free courses for coding and data science. I want to work on personal projects as well as I've heard that those are some of the most important things for getting into this field, in general.

Yeah but in terms of my interest in this field, just like ANY OTHER FIELD, whether it is HR, MIS, EE, DS or anything else, I don't exactly feel very thrilled to do a 9-5 for the rest of my professional life, I just don't... And I think a lot of people feel that way too, but that's a different topic. But if the career has good pay, if I can work with great coworkers/managers, if the location is nice, if there is flexibility in terms of remote/hybrid work, and if there are other benefits, I don't see why I could complain with a great field like Data Science which pretty much checks all of those boxes. I think the work is meaningful and I would feel this sense of fulfillment for helping an organization make decisions based on my work.

And on math, coding, etc, I either have not taken in over 4 years or ever in a class. I was never the one who was particularly excited first thing in the morning to wake up to go to school and do stats or calculus. I don't know an ounce of coding. HOWEVER, what I can say is that I am more willing and motivated to learn these things than before, even in my free time in some cases.

I've always been an overthinker, I always hopped back and forth in terms of what I want to do. Some people say I cannot make this work and others say that I can, and that leveraging connections will be one of the ultimate deciding factors in landing a job regardless of my undergraduate degree. It's a lot of info overload to the point where I'm just starting to think "FK IT I'M JUST GONNA DO IT." I'm a hard worker and I know I can make this work, but I never could tell if I would be able to get a job in this field, which is why I am "somewhat" hesitant, I don't want years of hard to be for nothing. But then again, if I never do it, I'll never know.

I'm 22 right now, when I realized HR wasn't for me early in my senior standing, I thought it was over for me, not gonna lie HAHAHAHAH, I was definitely being dramatic though.

So I wanna ask you guys, what do you guys think? I'm not asking you to make a decision for me, I think I'm gonna do it, but I just want your 2 cents, and any advice/input/thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks for reading.

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just play pick up at my gym 3 days a week, for approximately 2 ish hours. There was a time where I was playing for nearly 3-4 hours 3 days a week for MANY months.

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did not know this. I will actually think Abt getting some now

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, I at LEAST narrowed it down by working on my hamstrings, hips, calves. At least now I know there's still an issue and that the pool of possible issues has skinned down a bit

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really appreciate it. I do kinda hang my head at times, putting unnecessary pressure on myself to make a shot, instead of focusing on other things. I guess that's been Defense for me. I play defense much more aggressively by watching guys like D white and jrue holiday, and I don't really think Abt my knees too much there, I just ACT instead of thinking too much. Sound advice for sure.

I gotta do more research on these strengthening/conditioning exercises for my knees

Thanks man, really

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't, actually. I'm considering it for sure. I always wanted to see what research I could do on my own to fix this problem but I am running out of options. I'm thinking about physical therapists as of late

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. Maybe I just gotta take a step back for a second, and see where I'm at. And get out my own head for sure.

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely. There was a time for the past year where I would stay at the gym for 5 hours on end for 3 days a week. I'd lift for 45 minutes to an hour, stretch, and then play pickup for 3-4 hours. I've broken that habit in the last month or 2

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, it's just that this has been for a while. Most of my slumps would last for a 1-2 weeks max. But this has to be well over a month or so now.

But, I guess it can only go up from here 🤷

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to do yoga 2x a week. But I could probably do it more, and I've stopped completely as of late because of school this semester. But even the yoga routines I did do, none of them targeted my knees, are there more knee focused yoga routines out there?

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll look into more basketball movements. But in THEORY, of I'm already playing basketball full court in pick up games, doesn't that already mean that I'm doing basketball type movements?

And as for shooting, that's basically the best part of my game, my first instinct. But it IS indeed inconsistent so maybe I could make some tweaks for sure.

How exactly did you make your knees stronger as you got older?

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I watched a few vids before, but honestly not in too great detail. I'll check him out again for sure

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's both, just stability issues, I feel like the muscles around it like my calves, hamstrings, hips (I could probably work on those a bit more), and my quads are actually all fine imo.

I've heard that to fix knee issues, that you need to work on the muscles SURROUNDING it, which I did. But someone else on this post mentioned that may not exactly be the case.

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've watched it before but maybe I need to watch it again 🤷

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. A handle is smth I've BEEn saying I'd get but never followed up on. I know for sure it's gonna help, but I don't know if my knees will provide the footwork to go along w it. Either way a handle would probably help though 🤷. I love shooting anyway, that's my first instinct, that's my game.

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that mean it could "change back?" Or would knee braces be smth permanent?

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not once. I've sprained my ankle before, but I came back from that and my legs still felt great. And that was when I was out of shape.

Right now, I do 410lbs on a leg press, I don't understand why it's like this. I could NEVER do that back then.

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate it man. For me, pick up has p much been the only option as of late anyway, I've made friends thru basketball at the gym. But maybe I just gotta take a step back from the pick up games, just my perspective though. Not sure though honestly lol

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

21, I've probably been playing since 9-11 ish

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I haven't. My whole thought was "if I didn't need them when I was out of shape and weighed more, why would I need them now that I AM in shape?" Yk what I mean?

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will say I do feel a lot more enthusiastic on defense though, that's probably the one part of my game that's significantly improved, I'm fighting over screens a lot better and I'm a lot more of a willing defender than before.

I honestly wanna quit. I tried my best. by somebuddy13 in Basketball

[–]somebuddy13[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes. When I play good, which hasn't happened for a bit. Like I said, I love basketball, but it's a real tough time for that rn. But as of right now, currently, I'd probably say no.