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28 votes
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Everyone is cheating their way through college
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State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions, triggering new furor
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I have no idea to advance in my career toward data science
I did a masters in data analytics, and then the niche I fell into in the working world was building dashboards, reports and spreadsheets of financial data for non-technical bureaucrats. Instead of...
I did a masters in data analytics, and then the niche I fell into in the working world was building dashboards, reports and spreadsheets of financial data for non-technical bureaucrats. Instead of ensuring data quality by technical means, my current company often just has me manually reviewing and checking financial data. This is pretty frustrating to me because I have no education in finance, and the things I miss or get wrong are so second nature to my boss that he doesn't even see them as something I should have been trained on. The only technologies I use are SQL server and excel. Any proactive steps I've made to automate processes has been discouraged as not worth the time.
I'm aware that most people spend years on tedious stuff before ever getting to work with more engaging technology, but honestly I'm starting to wonder if they've forgotten I'm not a finance guy. I want to move up in my career especially to escape my current role, but I'm feeling completely lost as to how. There's no obvious role in my company that could be a 'next rung of the ladder' to advance into, so there's nobody I can emulate to help chart a course. My boss had an unconventional path to his current role, and isn't really into manager stuff like career mentoring, so he's no help in that regard.
To anyone with experience in data science, what is the advancement supposed to look like? What are the key skills I should be developing? Am I being too averse to learning the subject matter of the data I'm working on? Any insight is appreciated!
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I used to teach students. Now I catch ChatGPT cheats.
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How harmful are AI’s biases on diverse student populations?
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University suspends students for AI homework tool it gave them $10,000 prize to make
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A university librarian asks: How do we rescue the past?
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MIT PhD student hacks Apple Vision Pro days after release, reveals potential jailbreaks and malware threats
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Why we’re dropping Basecamp
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Why AI detectors think the US Constitution was written by AI
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Any college CS majors here? Any tips for one?
Hey everyone. I’m a Computer Science major who feels very behind. I don’t have any substantial projects to put on my resume. I look at basic open source stuff and can’t understand it. I’m...
Hey everyone. I’m a Computer Science major who feels very behind. I don’t have any substantial projects to put on my resume. I look at basic open source stuff and can’t understand it.
I’m currently attending WGU online, but also work full time so I don’t have a ton of free time to learn or work on side projects.
Anyone have advice for a guy in my scenario? I ended up dropping out of college a couple times during COVID and now I’m just trying to get back on the right path.
The language I know best is Java, but I’ve been trying to learn C++ and web development as well. Applied for internships but no luck so far, I think I need to make some better projects.
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Students rebel against heat-sensing crotch monitor surveillance devices
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University loses 77TB of research data due to backup error
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WeChat deletes Chinese university LGBT accounts in fresh crackdown
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Scientific publishers consider installing spyware in university libraries to protect copyrights
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California police used military surveillance tech at grad student strike
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Flawed algorithms are grading millions of students’ essays
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Instagram is testing virtual communities for college students
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Chinese hackers breach Australian National University, putting national security at risk
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