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SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

styls trill epic posted:

So do you cool smart cats think it's a total waste of time on the real or what

I think it's cool you're learning more about computers.

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SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

styls trill epic posted:

This is really boring as sin

yeah, you gotta have just the right level of brain damage to enjoy it. I recommend several months of total isolation from the rest of humanity, and a belief that being good at computers is a competition with others.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica
Most people start with game making b/c it's more "fun". Assuming you aren't just a gimmick. If you learn how to do little stuff with unity I think you can make it into an .apk you can attempt to use to get the kind of encouragement to keep going.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

styls trill epic posted:

I have the isolation on lock

It's important it's voluntary isolation. The kind that comes from the sort of neurosis/perfectionism that keeps you from giving up when your code doesn't do what it's supposed to do and you get frustrated.

A lot of people think state mandated covid isolation ticks this box, but I respectfully disagree.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica
It's also harder to get into these days. I had a lot of encouragement as a kid to learn technology from adults that realized they could just ask me to do things for them if they praised me for how good I was with technology.

You just don't get that kind of reinforcement today.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

styls trill epic posted:

I feel like I will be better at the data part? I have done some R and taken stats and poo poo but i can't see anything recognizable yet as a table in this course. :confused: I guess big data uses lists as tables??? da gently caress/

Hope you paid attention to matrices in algebra 2 op.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

MrQueasy posted:

Welcome to Data Science! Focus on the infrastructure part IMO because feature engineering has you competing against people with Masters+ degrees in math. There's still a huge talent gap for engineers who can build Data Science pipelines that automate gathering data, rebuilding models, and then updating the prod code with new models. Very wild west there still.

Holy poo poo, the jobs are real?

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica
If something pays well, it either has a really high bar to entry or most people can't stand doing it.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica
Think about how useful being able to individually massage values and modify methods in getting something like Aduhelm through a fraught approval process, or hide the fact risperdal causes boys to grow boobs.

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SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

echinopsis posted:

gently caress I dream of wearing shorts to work

Do it man. If the dress code allows knee length hems on dresses/skirts get yourself a skort and just do it. They even make cargo skorts

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