OT: Career advice Part II

[Chytilmania]

Three different companies? How??? I'm getting no interviews without external recruiters or referrals.

I'm hiring lol.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I'm hiring lol.

Having options is great until you need to tell someone you really liked no. That always sucks.

Still better than the alternative though.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I'm hiring lol.

Oh misread that. In that case in NYC or remote by any chance? LOL

 

[NickyFotiu]

Had three promising interviews so far and a few more scheduled for this week. This is going to be a tough decision!

That is fantastic that you may have 3 good choices. That must feel great!

 

[Chytilmania]

Oh misread that. In that case in NYC or remote by any chance? LOL

Long Island in person lol.

 

[Chytilmania]

I might have to take a big pay cut (initially) and hire two people. But it would be very worth it 6 months from now. Tough decision.

Or I offer two part time positions but I don't think that's a good idea.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I think I mentioned this. I'm doing a Python certificate program. I really like it so far and because I'm not taking other classes and I'm unemployed I have been able to focus on it. If I get to intermediate level what avenues does that open for me, if any? My current experience is in corporate finance.

 

[Kane One]

I think I mentioned this. I'm doing a Python certificate program. I really like it so far and because I'm not taking other classes and I'm unemployed I have been able to focus on it. If I get to intermediate level what avenues does that open for me, if any? My current experience is in corporate finance.

Business analyst?

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Business analyst?

Holy shit that sounds junior.

 

[Kane One]

Holy shit that sounds junior.

I mean, you’re taking a Python certification course so I’m assuming you don’t have extensive software development experience if that’s something you’re looking to do.

Maybe a quant role depending on your finance knowledge? Just spitting some ideas

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I mean, you’re taking a Python certification course so I’m assuming you don’t have extensive software development experience if that’s something you’re looking to do.

Maybe a quant role depending on your finance knowledge? Just spitting some ideas

Nah, you're right it's just that business analyst sounds like something requiring 0-2 years of experience. But I don't have more than that anyway, so why wouldn't it be junior? Maybe I can utilize my python experience in my current career (corporate finance). Or maybe at some point I should do some software development degree. I feel like I'd be better at it than a lot of things. But I do wonder if I'm smart enough, lol.

 

[Kane One]

Nah, you're right it's just that business analyst sounds like something requiring 0-2 years of experience. But I don't have more than that anyway, so why wouldn't it be junior? Maybe I can utilize my python experience in my current career (corporate finance). Or maybe at some point I should do some software development degree. I feel like I'd be better at it than a lot of things. But I do wonder if I'm smart enough, lol.

If you are generally a logical person, you’re smart enough. So with your goalie takes, sorry dude.

Jk, you got this. The best skill is really knowing what to type into Google or ChatGPT. Pretty much knowing what questions to ask.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

If you are generally a logical person, you’re smart enough. So with your goalie takes, sorry dude.

Jk, you got this. The best skill is really knowing what to type into Google or ChatGPT. Pretty much knowing what questions to ask.

ChatGPT is great. I've been using it to help with my homework and then you can ask about any specific questions about the code. It's great.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

ChatGPT is great. I've been using it to help with my homework and then you can ask about any specific questions about the code. It's great.

It’s been a game changer

 

[Kane One]

ChatGPT is great. I've been using it to help with my homework and then you can ask about any specific questions about the code. It's great.

Check out Copilot too. Idk about PyCharm as I hardly work with Python but I know it integrates with VS and VS Code.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Check out Copilot too. Idk about PyCharm as I hardly work with Python but I know it integrates with VS and VS Code.

Thanks!

 

[sbjnyc]

ChatGPT is great. I've been using it to help with my homework and then you can ask about any specific questions about the code. It's great.

Careful with chatgpt and copilot - they are large language models rather than AI. For things you would do an internet search for it is great but it has the same problems since anything you find on the internet can be fake wrong etc and it can't tell the difference. The problem is that these systems don't really self learn.

They also suck at math but are good at generating code. I would thoroughly check any output it gives you, especially if you're going to use it in an interview as people are getting better at determining whether you're output is generated by you or chatgpt.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Careful with chatgpt and copilot - they are large language models rather than AI. For things you would do an internet search for it is great but it has the same problems since anything you find on the internet can be fake wrong etc and it can't tell the difference. The problem is that these systems don't really [self learn](https://community.openai.com/t/incorrect-count-of-r-characters-in-the-word-strawberry/829618).

They also suck at math but are good at generating code. I would thoroughly check any output it gives you, especially if you're going to use it in an interview as people are getting better at determining whether you're output is generated by you or chatgpt.

I've caught a basic math error but so far it has given me the proper code every time.

 

[Kane One]

Careful with chatgpt and copilot - they are large language models rather than AI. For things you would do an internet search for it is great but it has the same problems since anything you find on the internet can be fake wrong etc and it can't tell the difference. The problem is that these systems don't really self learn.

They also suck at math but are good at generating code. I would thoroughly check any output it gives you, especially if you're going to use it in an interview as people are getting better at determining whether you're output is generated by you or chatgpt.

I’m definitely not saying to rely on it. It’s a tool that can help, just like the iOS calculator that finally learned PEMDAS with the new version.

ChatGPT helped me figure out how to convert some xml body I working with into some ridiculous protobuf format. It helps a lot with shit that’s too specific to Google.

Plus, I trust these LLM tools for code far more than I do for its general random questions you’d ask it about news or something.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I’m definitely not saying to rely on it. It’s a tool that can help, just like the iOS calculator that finally learned PEMDAS with the new version.

ChatGPT helped me figure out how to convert some xml body I working with into some ridiculous protobuf format. It helps a lot with shit that’s too specific to Google.

Plus, I trust these LLM tools for code far more than I do for its general random questions you’d ask it about news or something.

Speaking of Google I don't know what it does better than ChatGPT. I only used it for things that have a very definite answer like addresses and phone numbers. I guess Google shows you the source data and like anything manual is a little bit less risky since you can read the links and decide by yourself.

 

[Kane One]

Speaking of Google I don't know what it does better than ChatGPT. I only used it for things that have a very definite answer like addresses and phone numbers. I guess Google shows you the source data and like anything manual is a little bit less risky since you can read the links and decide by yourself.

I pretty much use Google just to take me to websites like stack overflow or some tool’s docs. And ChatGPT for some very specific question about my code.

My company has a corporate subscription for ChatGPT and it allows you to upload source code as a file before you ask it a question.

 

[sbjnyc]

We have a copilot subscription but it is currently turned off because microsoft introduced a bug allowing copilot to provide outsiders access to our internal data.