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Comment on Is a degree worth it? in ~life
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
log0ymxm LinkIn between job hunting, I've been working with a bioinformatics research team at a University to scale up and refine a machine learning model they're developing. Whatever the outcome, it's been...In between job hunting, I've been working with a bioinformatics research team at a University to scale up and refine a machine learning model they're developing. Whatever the outcome, it's been nice to keep up human collaboration and it's nice to contribute to something that will probably end up being open and public.
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Comment on Phasing out passwords: Apple to automatically assign each user a Passkey in ~tech
log0ymxm Link ParentThey make up one part. Something you know, something you have, and something you are. I agree they don't work if it's the only factor in authentication.They make up one part. Something you know, something you have, and something you are. I agree they don't work if it's the only factor in authentication.
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Comment on Why not tell people to "simply" use pyenv, poetry or anaconda in ~tech
log0ymxm LinkI vibe with this. The lack of real first-party support for tools like poetry, conda, and the other tooling the author mentions leads to many cases where they break down and end up as a time sink....I vibe with this. The lack of real first-party support for tools like poetry, conda, and the other tooling the author mentions leads to many cases where they break down and end up as a time sink. I've moved back to simpler patterns like those suggested in this article. The hassle and inconsistency in Python's packaging ecosystem needs a lot of work. I still prototype things in Python, but I have more often been translating prototypes, once more established, into Rust projects which just don't break in the ways Python projects do. I'm also getting excited for some of the newer languages that are gearing up to replace (or improve on) Python in the ML and DL space, and I hope the communities can evolve. Perhaps the Python ecosystem can improve here over time, but I'm concerned it'll be a low priority and slow going even if it were a priority.
I was a first generation non-traditional student, and now have a Bachelors. If I had known what a PhD was early on out of high school, I would have stuck to it and worked towards that. I have worked and been very lucky and privileged to have ended up in a research role where most of my peers have terminal degrees. I love it and am planning to continue towards at least a Masters. It's been a challenge at every role to get in the door and then prove myself, having an advanced degree could have greatly improved this.
I know it's not for everyone, but if you have some inkling of what you want to do early on, you should seek the right training and accreditation for it, whatever that may be. Even if your field doesn't strictly require it, the process of earning a degree is likely to open up your universe of possible futures significantly and help you arrive at the right destination for yourself.