Do you think it's like when driving with GPS first became a thing?
Everyone stopped learning the roads & streets of where they were driving, but it was OK to lose that knowledge.
GPS companies revised their products to adapt to driver mistakes, and today driving is generally better with Google Maps, even though sometimes it can be worse (no internet, or when a bug arises).
Agreed! I think all new/aspiring DS should be told that even if we give a technically great argument, the PM/decision-maker might not adopt it. This surprised me & my colleagues when we first learned it.
I've heard of different DS organizational models, whether embedded in a cross-functional team like this DS, or on a DS-only team. The main downside I've heard for a DS-only team is that stakeholders just come to you for requests, and you don't build up domain expertise.
For embedded DS, how could we get them to have more decision-making power? The only solution I can think of for a product team is to have the PM have DS skills, which eliminates the need to have a separate DS on the team in the first place!
I have the theory that if parents push an interest too hard, the kid will actually dislike that interest. So hopefully you can strike that balance / get lucky.
In general observation, the kids are going to like what they're going to like.
While nature has its role, and both of our kids are skilled in math, and comfortable with the geek nature of puzzling over that which is unknown and becoming skilled at it, neither of them are into programming computers, despite both their parents having the background.
Instead, one's a visual artist. The other's a theater geek.
I opened the door to introducing them to programming, but with a light touch, as I knew a hard sell would make them hate it. They weren't interested, though I think one is starting to dabble with MineCraft mods. Fortunately, I half expected it, and they're good at what they like to do, so that will hopefully be a source of contentment for them in the future.
A great deal of that probably comes down to how much you respect/like your parent. I think both my sister and myself resemble our dad far more than our mom, and our mom definitely demonstrated her personal interest onto us. My dad in comparison, while not really engaging with our interests, certainly didn't actively try to get in their way like my mom did.
Also compare https://slatestarcodex.com/Stuff/genius.pdf (by László Polgár, whose three daughters are an International Master, a Grandmaster, and the strongest female chess player in history).
László Polgár has encountered lots of controversy about his view of child-rearing. My understanding is that his daughters have tended to express support for their childhood experiences.
A small startup where my friend worked (~200 employees) ended up locking up their liquor cabinet except for Friday afternoons. Sadly, one of the employees was alcoholic and was going there too often.
I can try to help you pass the SQL round. I’m going through DS/Analytics Eng interviews myself. I’ve passed all of my technical rounds, but failed the final rounds so far. Email me at aok1425 at gmail.
Probability is incredibly non-intuitive! If you're willing to run a marathon to become more conversant in it, spend the ~4-5 hours to run marathon on this course: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/stat110/home
If people want to eat and make rent, they need to afford it somehow, and the employment options are bleak (see: charging scooters).
So maybe you meant they have "the free will to decide if they want to work shitty jobs, or not live". We can't be too surprised that the suicide rate is going up in this country.
That’s a weird definition of a slave and free will. By this definition none of us have free will since most things we do are driven by some motivation. I want to eat and make rent, so I work for the money to do so. Now I’m a slave?
Income inequality, underemployment and lack of employment opportunities are real problems. But words have meaning, and we as a species have had a pretty ugly history with slavery. Let’s not dilute the meaning of that word when there are others that are more accurate.
Experience demonstrates that there may be a slavery of wages only a little less galling and crushing in its effects than chattel slavery, and this slavery of wages must go down with the other.
If you hate your job, which has negative affects on your health, are you really free just because you get to choose what clothes you wear or what you have for lunch?
Everyone stopped learning the roads & streets of where they were driving, but it was OK to lose that knowledge.
GPS companies revised their products to adapt to driver mistakes, and today driving is generally better with Google Maps, even though sometimes it can be worse (no internet, or when a bug arises).