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What are the most successful avenues? I'm located in Toronto so not finding the in-person meetings to be too useful.

Being a SWE or MLE in my case, it seems like we're highly valued as executors on well understood problems. I'm wondering if there is a way to become a part of something ground breaking like neurobiological research…

I appreciate the hype, I get it, productivity booster yada yada. I just don't have the energy to keep up with it. I got a Masters and got into ML thinking we had time. My domains were mostly about NLP, even though I…

The modern 'tech' industry (i.e. companies that primarily sell software based services), has grown and thrived in a sub 7% fed fund rate environment (which we are fast approaching and will likely need to surpass to…

I'll start. For me, I think the most impactful thing I've ever built was an internal application for a FX trading desk that eventually went on to handle billions in daily trades. It didn't use any fancy frameworks, just…

My definition here is something that has reached global scale. The only things so far seem to target digital assets (cryptocurrency, music, movies, art etc.) I think the primary issue always tends to be two fold: -…

I've tried now and failed multiple times to make this move over my career. Primarily been interviewing with Tier 1 companies and not getting through, so I figure might make sense to try to get the attention of the Tier…

I have been at a few places now that seem to want to have a flat org when it's convenient and a hierarchy when it's convenient. I've found that hierarchical structures with established roles and responsibilities work…

I'm an early 30s SWE with a MSc Data Science recently completed. Have about a decade of diversified experience, but mostly app dev in financial contexts. Currently working as a Senior at a financial institution, but…

I've been actively struggling with FAANG interviews. Came to a few realizations I wanted to share: - As much as they tell you it's about showing how you "think", that's only true if you get to the solution with very…

I finished a 2 year MSc from an Ontario university in Data science. I have about 10 years of experience as a software engineer. I'm wondering if anyone with a similar profile has successfully transitioned to a Data…

The curriculum is one of basic undergrad/grad level ML, big data tools and distributed systems. Wondering if this is a valuable stepping stone into getting into a Data Science role? Especially if one has a software…

Wondering what the best strategies are to working in a fairly large bureaucratic organization without any real long term vision and incredibly disorganized and hostile to change. Leaving at this time is not an option.…

I think we are reaching a maturity stage where we are hitting the limitations of the current wave of "AI". The hype is dying down and reality is setting in that we aren't anywhere near building the singularity.…

Fiat currencies have tremendous issues but they also serve a general purpose of allowing governments unrestricted control of their economic growth (or at the very least, money supply which has tremendous impacts or…

Question for the HN community. I am relentless when it comes to practicing algorithm based questions for your typical tech interviews at the big names, but I always flub these exam like interviews. As a student it was…