No, definitely do NOT like to see him there. I am sure he is a sweet kid but… the poor thing is dumb as a rock. He inspects and asks questions about everything you buy, and don’t even get me started on him counting the change.
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This emoji has a certain implication to it haha.
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How can you tell what someone is doing unless you’re sitting next to them and seeing what they’re doing the entire time?
I agree that a lot of people don’t actually work as much as they claim and spend time doing other stuff (like me looking at T-Nation right this instant after eating lunch!), but I also have several programs running on my workstation that I’m to see finish. This particular run takes ~15 minutes to run and they eat up a lot of processing power on my workstation, so I can’t multi-task unless I want to see things slow down to a crawl and feel angry that my cursor moves at a snail-pace. So what I’m doing at this moment may not reflect what’s actually going on.
Or you may always walk past someone at the very moment when they’re taking a break. I’ve actually done this a lot back when I worked at a office because I followed a schedule. Therefore I see my officemates doing what they’re normally do at that time. Therefore I don’t actually know what they do at other times because I’m busy with whatever I’m doing.
Besides, I feel whether someone is actually doing work or not will ultimately be determined by how productive the organization they’re a part of is and how their manager and coworkers view them. If everything is peachy then it doesn’t matter whether you see that fellow napping or doing other stuff when you happen to walk by their cubicle/workplace. They can be the most inefficient part of an efficient organization and it doesn’t matter imo.
When you feel this way you just think of all that sweet, sweet money you’re making and mind-control yourself into thinking that what you’re doing is valuable!
At least that’s how I get through 60+hr workweeks.
I get what you’re saying though dude. Work feels utterly soul-sucking sometimes.
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Bingo. It’s all good until they need the problem solved fast by the guy with the right knowledge and experience.
It is weird to be in a place where I could single-handedly put a stop to a tens of millions of dollars project if I chose not to work on one of those shit-hits-the-fan days
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They would have to triple my salary for me to tolerate this.
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I will need to try to find a way to make debugging less soul sucking…
turns out I will need a lot of CS in my future work. CS (logic, writing code) is somewhat interesting, but debugging sucks
On a somewhat related note, I got reassigned to a different project with tasks that are MUCH more in my wheelhouse. No more tedious data work for me!!!
These are mutually exclusive
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ahh, I figured
I confess i just impressed myself in the gym, and I don’t think that has ever happened.
Haven’t deadlifted since 2019 (possibly verrrry early 2020) and decided today I wanted to start again. Told my girlfriend I was just gonna work on being able to get back into “the groove” and stay around 225 for a while. Did a few pull ups for my warm up and everything felt fine.
Ended up pulling 455 mixed grip in flip flops 
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I know this is a humble brag but I really can’t believe I pulled that after not picking up anything off the floor in so long.
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I mean, if that isn’t validation that all the stuff you’ve been doing thus far is working then I dunno what is.
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I found it worthwhile because it got me a salary that I should have at like 10 years into my career when I only had 3. Now I’m pretty much capped unless I go into some bigass company that gives hefty stock bonuses…
I agree though; not worth it if you’re not getting paid for that kind of stuff.
Some CS knowledge is pretty much required everywhere now. Take a lot of classes in college while you can!
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I confess that, since I’m home alone tonight and cooking for myself, I’ve reverted back to eating like a complete child in the scenarios. I made myself three cheeseburgers with sauerkraut and I’ll probably wash it down with some Fairlife chocolate milk/whole milk blend.
I remember a time in my early 20s when I would teach myself how to make pretty solid fancy meals. No longer.
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I confess that today’s “easy cardio” was a 50 mile round trip bike ride, for the sake of going on a date - which was, itself, a hike.
I confess that I almost passed out on the side of the road, with a 97 degree heat index on the way out (and a severe thunderstorm on the way back).
I confess that I made it home past midnight, with a carton of eggs I bought at ~23:00, to down the 1.5 Lbs of meat that I still owe Mr. Wendler (and sushi, and chocolate milk).
I confess that there’s about eight hours between the end of the biking and the start of my next BTM lifting session.
I confess that getting told my chest makes a good pillow is a strong endorsement of the 100-200 dips in said program.
I confess that I have absolutely no regrets, and that being a teenager with zero real-world responsibilities is fucking awesome.
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Agreed. At least learn R and a little bit of python since you’re probably going to do lots of analytics. Standard SQL may also be useful. The basic stuff for SQL needed for analysts is easy as fuck so don’t worry about it. I picked it up in 2 weeks.
If you face problems, LEARN TO USE GOOGLE FOR SOLUTIONS especially debugging. Unlike so called experts when it comes to lifting, developers aren’t full of shit. You can easily check out their github repositories to verify their qualifications.
The only thing is they turn into whiny kids when stuff like comparisons for their favorite tech stacks and platforms etc are being debated. (PHP is “dead”? HAHAHAHA)
With regards to code, I saw an interesting quote that I really loved on Twitter of all places:
There are only 2 types of programmers:
- Those that google and copy lots of pre-written code.
- Liars.
PS: I confess that till today I still don’t know how to use excel and I know balls about R but from what I’ve heard it’s required for data analytics even if you’re not a programmer.
And my on and off hiatuses(is this a real word?) from this forum was mostly because I had to do 60+ weeks because of studies and work.
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I am pretty proficient in R
The direction I hope my research will go will require ML so I’ll need to learn python.
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Not sure why I’m reading Junji Ito manga in the dark right now
Uzumaki?
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I cannot tell you how jealous this makes me. It’s brilliant that you recognise and appreciate what a sweet spot you’re in. Make the most of it - it sounds like you are!
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Oh, it will. There’s no doubt about it. Predictive analytics are now the norm in bigger SMEs and enterprises.
You should also pick up some SQL.
However, knowing the types of models would be more important for an analyst. The standard Linear Regression, Classification, etc. The stuff that quants use for forecasting and stuff like anomaly detection for fraud, customer sentiments and all.
ML has reached the level where you can use a UI based console without knowing a word of code and use pre-built models for your projects. Put your focus on what will be required in your potential professions.
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