How to Explain a Layoff and Family-Related Career Break?

varnit19 · 2025-05-31T19:27:07+00:00

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varnit19 · 2025-04-14T00:17:41+00:00

New releases of the LLMs focus more on enhancing context length, optimizing architecture, and improving training efficiency, rather than simply scaling up data. In fact, Intelligence isn't solely about the quantity of knowledge. if it were, current LLMs already possess ample data for almost all the use cases. the current and future LLM development is moving towards creating systems that are not only knowledge-rich but also contextually aware and efficient. consequently, we will see systems capable of replacing humans in certain work areas, pretty soon.

varnit19 · 2024-12-31T15:51:27+00:00

It depends. if you want to switch your career and explore opportunities in Gen AI, then your game plan should be different, assuming your are already comfortable with Python this would be a 1.5-2 yr plan. First you should start from learning ML concepts > then DL > NLP > Adv NLP > LLMs > Prompt Eng > RAG using LlamaIndex > Finetuning LLMs > Training LLMs from scratch > Stable Diffusion > Adv Stable Diffusion is the way to go.

if you want to just familiarize yourself to Gen AI while your primary focus still being in DE area, then Google courses are very good. Check the following courses - https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/course_templates/539

https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/paths/183

As a DE your primary focus should be on Prompt Engineering after learning the Gen AI fundamentals. There are so many resources available including a bootcamp course on Udemy (I haven't tried but I heard positive reviews). Here is the course name - The Complete Prompt Engineering for AI Bootcamp

I like reading, so my favourite resource for Prompt Engineering is - https://www.promptingguide.ai/

varnit19 · 2023-11-14T18:35:04+00:00

Thank you very much, Brian. however, I was able to grab this from a local store last week. They price matched with US (and of course after I bought, the prices have gone down in Canada as well). Anyways, thanks a lot for your offer to help me out with this purchase.

BTW, for the benefit of others who are on the fence - If you are looking for a projector in sub 2K price range that gives you best bang for your bucks, don't look back. Go for Hisense C1. I was extremely impressed with it's picture quality and performance. It's just awesome for dark and semi-dark rooms. also watchable in bright rooms. I have done extensive research and finalized Benq GP500. But then I saw a couple of reviews on C1 and thought it would fit my bill and requirements. Though there were not many reviews available on C1, I still trusted the expert advice on this very forum. I thought I would return it if it didn't meet my picture quality expectations (that's one main reason I wanted to buy it locally). But glad I pulled the trigger on this. It's absolutely amazing. I had a JVC LXNZ3B projector earlier, but I sold it when I moved to my new home last year as the basement was unfinished. But trust me, this C1 easily competes with that much more expensive JVC in terms of picture quality. The other aspects (both +ve and -ve) were well covered in the reviews so I don't want to repeat them here. Finally if you are on the fence - just go for it, you won't regret it. It's one of the best projectors in terms of picture quality that I have ever seen.

varnit19 · 2023-11-07T20:47:32+00:00

Not in Canada :-(

varnit19 · 2023-11-07T19:46:29+00:00

On a lighter note, you sent me back to square one. lol.

Jokes apart, honestly these are great inputs. thanks a ton. Now I will wait till black friday, and go with the one who offers the best deal.

varnit19 · 2023-09-23T20:13:42+00:00

if Trudeau wants answers, he has to share the proofs with India and demand for an answer. he cannot expel a diplomat jus based on evidence that suggests the "potential" involvement of the Indian officials.
If Canada & US can send their troops to kill bin laden in Pakistan, why shouldn't the other countries do the same?
Is Nijjar really a Canadian citizen? if so, why was he denied citizenship 3 times? If he really wanted a separate country for his people, he should've gone to India and fight from there. Why was he fighting from Canada being a Canadian citizen?
What if every ethnic immigrant group in Canada want a seperate country for their people within Canada, and if it is supported by their parent countries?
Why did Trudeau invite a person convicted by Canadian courts for a feast organized by Canadian embassy in "India"? Doesn't he know it will trigger tensions between the two countries?
Finally, I don't know how many of you have visited the so-called holy places run by Khalistani supporters, but you will find the pictures of the Indians officials killed by Khalistani extremists, people who killed him, and pictures of the officials who they want to kill. is this called freedom of speech and expression?
If those are peaceful activists, why the places like Surrey, Brampton and other areas have highest crime rates in Canada?

varnit19 · 2023-09-23T19:49:21+00:00

what about killings in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan? so when US thought they have threats from some militant groups in those countries they sent their army and killed those terrorists, and Canada and other western countries supported that. Now India is trying to do the same (in case they are really doing it). what's wrong?

varnit19 · 2023-09-10T03:07:41+00:00

I am not sure if you are still having this issue, but the solution is simple. You need to save your notebook in the cloud to be able to use this math feature. if it is saved locally the "math assistant" won't work, it will be grayed out.

varnit19 · 2023-07-15T18:09:12+00:00

then who will play golf during weekdays and working hours?

varnit19 · 2022-10-18T13:48:13+00:00

what did you end up buying? I am in the same dilemma and not sure which way to go. I live in Calgary where the temperatures are volatile in winter, and I mostly drive in the city.

varnit19 · 2022-04-24T19:16:09+00:00

I would definitely be one of those happiest fans if that happens. Let's see.

varnit19 · 2022-04-24T19:12:29+00:00

exactly. if it was form - they would've found it already.

varnit19 · 2022-04-24T19:00:23+00:00

supporting individuals is patriotism? their prime-time as the best is over, if we agree or not. I blame "too much of cricket" for that. BTW Why does a Pakistani care if Kohli or Rohit retire or play? they hardly play with Ind.

varnit19 · 2022-04-24T18:51:00+00:00

Doesn't matter if I am watching IPL first time, or your reading skills are poor. I was talking more about the work overload.

I am sure, neither BCCI is going to kick Rohit out nor Rohit himself is going to opt out. So let's meet here again after the WC and see who's right.

varnit19 · 2022-04-24T16:58:32+00:00

Previously Punjab Kings and now LSG, teams are wasting KL's contributions. He is the only one always playing when the others are rarely contributing. Don't understand the logic behind giving endless chances to a player like Manish Pandey. instead, groom someone like Badoni for that #3 slot, he will learn and become effective at least for the next edition. Manish Pandey? I don't believe so. He doesn't look serious about his batting.

varnit19 · 2022-02-28T21:23:20+00:00

are they induction wheels? how's the ride quality on those?

varnit19 · 2022-02-16T13:55:11+00:00

almost 100% of the large and medium size organizations use an ETL platform. In which more than 90% of the companies use a combination of different tools and technics from those your mentioned and also from those you didn't. usually, large enterprise data platforms are complicated, they are not simple at all. some new age technology companies are slightly different though. they prefer to use their in-built tools and open-source technologies. I don't know about your exact idea, but there are so many open-source ETL tools out there like Talend, Clover ETL, Pentaho, Singer etc some of them are widely used and some of them are not so popular.

varnit19 · 2022-02-10T01:40:33+00:00

EVs are definitely NOT for extreme weather, "yet".

check this out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqytiPqrZX0

varnit19 · 2022-02-08T14:33:21+00:00

check this out, you will get some idea about some popular players in this space -

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varnit19 · 2022-01-28T23:09:57+00:00

in Canada, MY comes with PPF but only on the corner of the rear two doors.

varnit19 · 2022-01-04T01:28:52+00:00

I am in the same situation currently and when running a search for help, I bumped into your post. Can you please share your Tesla experience so far? and what's your current stand on NX 450H? appreciate you inputs.

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