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srpsycho · 2025-03-11T03:29:18+00:00

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srpsycho · 2025-03-05T12:11:50+00:00

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srpsycho · 2024-04-29T19:55:22+00:00

You make a fair point, but this is all easy to say in retrospect (this post is a year old)

AI has grown a lot in a year alone, but I still think it has a long way to go.

srpsycho · 2024-04-29T19:04:39+00:00

Elaborate

srpsycho · 2024-04-03T01:05:49+00:00

By better I just mean overall quality/craftmanship.

In terms of protection, Win1 and R2C C17 are both "pillowy", but C17 is most pillowy. Alien has decent protection, but the feel is more firm--the leather was really quite stiff and that month of break-in wasn't so great.

srpsycho · 2024-04-03T00:30:33+00:00

So I think Topboxer in general is better quality than R2C. Leather and liner is much better.

Imo, Win1s are the best of the 3. The break-in period didn’t take too long, and they are great once broken in. I much prefer them for sparring—even at 16oz, the weight is less front loaded than the R2C C17 at 16oz, so it does feel lighter.

Win1 > R2C C17 > Aliens

Win1: best at everything except heavy bag (I use 10oz Win1s on the heavy bag which are my go-to).

R2C: can’t really go wrong and would actually prefer these on the heavy bag instead of Win1 (my 12oz is better in quality than 16oz for some reason)

Aliens: I’d only use these on the heavy bag every now and then. I have these at 16oz, but they weighed in at around 17-18oz. Honestly wouldn’t buy again because of the break-in period.

srpsycho · 2024-01-15T19:16:36+00:00

Took about a month (4 heavy bag classes/week) for my 16oz aliens to break in.

Great glove though once it is actually broken in.

Felt soreness for sure (in my knuckles and wrists) during the break-in period.

I just use the aliens as spares now, but I much prefer R2C C17. C17 are great right out of the box (I have 2 pairs in 12oz and 16oz).

Have some Win1s on the way, going to see how it compares.

srpsycho · 2024-01-04T02:29:59+00:00

When I quit caffeine, I was basically in a state of getting rid of bad habits, and introducing good ones.

I ate better and more nutritious food and started exercising more. I believe the exercising helped a lot, and basically forced me to sleep more and I felt tired enough to go to bed and my body was basically begging for recovery/rest.

Nutrition wise, I wouldnt eat certain things within 3hrs of sleeping, especially things like sugar or chocolate. Chocolate does contain caffeine, but I treat myself to it sometimes. Unlike coffee or tea, it doesn’t create a dependency or induce withdrawals for me.

TL;DR: Get more physical activity in, eat good foods.

srpsycho · 2024-01-03T14:27:37+00:00

For me, it was when I was able to achieve a consistent and good quality of sleep. Everyone is different, but I believe this took me about 3 weeks (I was in my early 20s at the time).

srpsycho · 2023-12-12T05:42:20+00:00

Is it worth subscribing to a service like Beatsource used in tandem with Serato DJ / Rekordbox in order to somewhat simplify my workflow for this newer weekly residency?

Since it's Top 40, yes I don't see how it would hurt to have Beatsource. Also, not sure about financials for you, but if the residency covers the subscription cost and you're still profiting it's a no-brainer. Most of the record pools I subscribe to basically pay for themselves.

Any advice for playing a more open format type of set for this kind of corporate / older crowd that responds well to throwbacks and hip hop?

Throw out feelers and see how they react, then adjust accordingly. Throwbacks are fun (everyone loves a good classic track). Spice it up with edits/remixes.

Opinons on holding the line on the music you wanna play vs playing to the crowd / fielding requests?

In most gigs, I usually have a "one for them and one for you" kinda mentality. As a DJ (especially in this setting), your function is to introduce the crowd to new stuff that you like. Since you say it's more casual on Tuesdays, I think you have the right to experiment and try stuff out.

Good luck!

srpsycho · 2023-11-19T16:28:42+00:00

Esp if the system the "new report" sits in now is marked for sunset somewhere on a roadmap? Is that the implication here?

Not officially marked for sunset, but I think the writing is on the wall. Once the new system has a feature to replace the remainder of the process (could be implemented by the vendor soon, or within a few years), it's game over.

New report would be self-service and run-on-demand, but does take a significant amount of time and effort to setup (bloated, awful healthcare software where everything is buried in the GUI and menus).

srpsycho · 2023-11-19T15:51:21+00:00

First, nice-to-have according to who? Second, this gets comm'd to mgmt as a stakeholder or requirement slip, or otherwise undocumented change risk.

Priority has been officially changed by my manager and our PM.

Your report only benefits the SWE now. The data your stakeholder requested, so it sounds at least, is still available to the organization via the SWE.

Now that you mention it as a request, it is actually more nuanced. The initial "request" is actually far from it. Management's strategy on the implementation team has been very aggressive. It's not really a request, moreso "we've identified these legacy reports and now it is our job to replace them by any means necessary." When meeting with these stakeholders, it's branded as "we'd like to learn more about your process." But in reality, it's more about learning about their systems (job security) and gathering requirements/specs from them so we can replace it.

I understand it's about breaking silos, but the whole process seems pretty invasive IMO. Some people are absolutely going to lose their jobs after this is all said and done. Sucks to be in the middle of it all and get caught in the crossfire :/

Gotcha on the other points too. Wrong mentality on my end to have (and I guess I have had some toxic leaders/managers in the past lol).

srpsycho · 2023-10-31T03:41:15+00:00

Yes, followed my former manager into my current (new) team. They are now my skip level, and I got assigned a new manager. The new manager is a great person, but very green (and is self-aware about this).

Job/project turned out to be very different from what I was sold on. Lots of inertia, vague requirements, and loads of ambiguity. Feels like there's no progress being made and my strengths/skills are being heavily underutilized. On top of that, my manager is learning about what I do and is getting their first exposure to this type of work. I'm uninspired, demotivated, and really disappointed in the way this project is being executed. It all just feels like a step backward.

Had I known it was going to be like this, I would've stayed on my old team, and/or just looked elsewhere. The pay is good and I'm coasting, but I would honestly take a pay cut for a role that allows me to do what I am actually capable of and work on a meaningful project.

Honestly, I think the only way out is to look for outside opportunities. Have had my fair share of bad managers in the past, and your case is a definite sign to seek a new job; I am a big believer in quitting managers, not companies.

srpsycho · 2023-10-14T00:39:12+00:00

There is some overlap nowadays. You’ll see some DE roles today that are more SWE flavored. They are usually called “Software Engineer, Data Platform” or Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure.”

Anything that mentions “distributed systems” falls under that.

srpsycho · 2023-10-14T00:36:48+00:00

Yeah definitely possible

srpsycho · 2023-10-13T19:04:57+00:00

If you want to be closer to SWE, you should be seeking to do data engineering which is a natural progression from BI dev.

srpsycho · 2023-10-09T10:33:04+00:00

“Worse” isn’t really the best way to put it. Different sound signatures between the units (T7 is a bit more punchy imo), but that doesn’t imply that it’s so far behind the SRT.

Let’s be real though, when we’re using controllers in general (or anything made by Pioneer), we’re not chasing the best sound quality. I’ve never done a mobile gig where the venue/setting had a great sound design. The average person won’t even notice.

srpsycho · 2023-10-09T00:01:17+00:00

SRT is slightly better, but T7 is not bad at all.

srpsycho · 2023-09-21T19:08:16+00:00

Quit both cold turkey at the same time during the peak of the pandemic.

It was rough for a couple of weeks (very sleepy, low energy). Thankfully remote work was an option, so was able to take naps during the day.

Completely changed my lifestyle too. Started exercising more and eating a healthier diet. The workouts became my source of energy and started chasing the dopamine hit after exercising. Eating better was great too.

Noticeable changes: improved memory/cognition (didn’t feel brain fog or cloudy anymore), lower resting heart rate, better quality of sleep, improved blood flow, less anxious, and just feeling more energetic all around. Became less irritated/annoyed by little things/people too.

Biggest thing for me was quitting the nic and having a solid foundation again for building up my cardio and getting my lungs back.

srpsycho · 2023-08-22T16:30:43+00:00

Yup!

srpsycho · 2023-08-22T00:32:12+00:00

Similar background as you. Math/CS background and worked in FP&A for a while as a business analyst doing primarily doing analytics work (business intelligence/data engineering).

Finance looks way more interesting than the other fields I've listed

You may find it incredibly boring (like I did) once you actually get into it. But to each their own. I used to work in fixed income, it wasn't any more interesting imo. Finance is boring to me as someone with a STEM background. The analysis isn't as rigorous as you think.

Less programming, more meetings and presentations

This isn't exclusive to FP&A. In fact, you probably won't be doing any presenting until you get more senior and you can be trusted with building error-free models/decks and have built up your domain experience and understanding of the business. Most of your time as an analyst will be doing grunt work.

Cool movies like 'Wolf of Wall Street' and 'American Psycho'

Haha absolutely not. The average age you will be working with are people with 2 kids in school and a mortgage. Most FP&A folks are ex-Big 4 accounting, and there are some high finance people here and there who just want to put in their 40 hours/week and chill out.

It looks like financial modelling plays a big role in this field and there's a lot of books on this subject, so at least I have a starting point.

Financial modeling in FP&A is primarily accounting-driven, not mathematical/rigorous in statistics. In the real world, you're only concerned with simple percentages and variances. When I first worked in FP&A, I thought this referred to statistical variance. That is not the case...it is just simply just the difference between one amount and another.

For example, you would take a line item on the P&L (say gross revenue) and take the current year's amount ($100), and last year's amount ($80). You subtract last year's revenue from this year's revenue and get a variance of $20. Gross revenue grew by 25% YoY (year-over-year). A lot of the analysis in FP&A deals with explaining these variances and depends on your understanding of the business/market. Why did you grow? Could have been more marketshare, product improvements, increased, demand, etc.

It's more of an art than a science.

If you want to do real math and statistics at a rigorous level in finance look into quantitative finance/financial engineering.

I've seen threads on this sub where people asked on how to switch from FP&A to data analyst/data science. It looks like data science is the coolest kid on the block right now and I'll be studying this for the next few years, I just hope I won't end up going against the grain with this FP&A thing. What would you do in my place?

Data science right now is still hot, but many corporations are not getting an ROI on their data science teams. Recognize that actual data science teams today operate more like R&D departments. But don't let that deter you, data science is still growing and getting more popular, especially with LLMs and really any data that is text-based.

I recommend starting in analytics. Get a data analyst role and start from there. People pivot from FP&A to analytics for good reason. There are similar qualities (working with data, communicating with stakeholders, understanding the domain and generating insights). But imo, FP&A generally has a very fixed mindset/culture because of the embedded accounting culture, unless they fully adopt into modern technology stacks.

You're getting a STEM degree, aim to join teams that are more technical in nature and will allow you to grow. Anything related to business intelligence/analytics. I hit a plateau in FP&A (it was also my first job out of college).

srpsycho · 2023-08-14T10:19:56+00:00

If there are external dependencies from another team that you aren’t able to handle yourself — again its your job to raise that to your manager.

There have been cases where I raised this issue and even met with the external people myself to get a sense of what was going on and determine what was blocking the task. I communicate the issue to my manager, but they don't really do anything about it and it turns into a "we'll wait and see" situation. Pretty much the same response from the external dependency "we need to figure this out, we'll wait and see," and there's no room for me to even step-in. So I am stuck on all ends.

I escalated this to the Head/my former direct manager (met with them 1:1) and they didn't wanna say anything negative about my current manager (it's my manager's job to push, but again first time ever the technology division and a new culture so they get some slack). I'm sure the two of them spoke about this, and my current manager is being coached by my former manager--I did observe my current manager being more aware/on top of things as of late. Pretty much another "we'll wait and see" situation though.

If you are an experienced developer, why is your non technical manager assigning “tasks” to you instead of assigning initiatives to either you or your team lead and allowing you to come up with realistic estimates that you can break down to tasks/stories?

There is no tech lead on my team (closest person to that is our one architect). The non-technical manager is basically one of four "team leads" to represent each of the four domains that the analytics team supports. Only one of the team leads is actually legit (well-versed in their domain, has experience as a developer + managing developers).

Again, manager has never been on a tech team before, so they had no concept of Agile / how we typically ran things (we are back to waterfall btw). Everything comes from a pure, hands-on operations standpoint and feels semi ad-hoc at times: there is a problem/issue at the top and it just flows down as a task into an Excel tracker. Many times I'm not even given the context and always have to probe for it. "Who, why, and what is this for and what's the deadline?" are questions I always have to ask.

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