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Re:Everyday Soviet Nostalgia on Sunday January 14, 2018 @11:16AM (#16144837)

I would recommend reading Second-hand Time by Svetlana Alexievich, the recollections she collected helps to understand the emotions of the time. The problem is that a lot of literature on the subject has not been translated to English yet.

Ask HN: How to continue improving as a self-taught data scientist?

Posted by snikis on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @04:38AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey HN!I am a medschool student but I have been doing data analyses for other students in my spare time with R. In fact, I even hosted a one day workshop on stats and I am planning on doing a second one!So far I haven't participated in Kaggle competitions and I am currently learning multilevel modelling and Bayesian analysis. I would like to continue improving my skills and attract more work,...

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Re:Ask HN: Non technical HN users, what do you do for a living? on Saturday July 22, 2017 @09:38AM (#14827138)

Still studying medicine, but working part-time as a lab assistant, teaching high school students biology twice a week and freelancing with R on small data analysis projects. Three cheers for multitasking!

Ask HN: Studying medicine, would like to move out of the field

Posted by snikis on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @02:50PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am currently a fifth year medical student in Europe, working part time at a lab on cell morphology, teaching biology to high school students and freelancing doing data science in my spare time. My study record so far is great and my supervisors and I have published two papers. Doing research is enjoyable and my current supervisor is willing to strongly recommend me as a candidate for a PhD...

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