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Ask HN: How Search a Mentor Online?

hi, i'll start a PhD in Machine Learning, after 3y in the industry as a backend eng. i know that my decision maybe was not a good idea, looking at the current market, but for the moment i don't have money problem and i got this opportunity , the problem is that i'm still a beginner in machine learning but i'm studying a lot. but i would like to find a mentor, or just someone to text outside my...

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Re:Go's pointers in nutshell (my first small blog post) on Saturday October 05, 2024 @06:27PM (#41753377)
thanks!!!!! really appreciated !
Re:Go's pointers in nutshell (my first small blog post) on Saturday October 05, 2024 @01:31PM (#41751452)
hi, this is my first "post" i know is really small, but could help some beginner in go. let me know if you like it. (i'm a little bit scared xD)
Re:Ask HN: Does it make sense to do research in fine tuning? on Friday October 04, 2024 @08:48AM (#41740847)
thanks for your reply. and sorry for my bad question. i like ai/ml, but is very huge. and i'm not a master in math... but i want to research in this field and i don't know in which domain. or how can i start, i don't have mentors and my uni is not very good, can i ask some question to you?

Ask HN: Does it make sense to do research in fine tuning?

Hi, I'm studying machine learning and I'm interested in starting research in the field of fine-tuning. Do you think it makes sense to pursue this? Or is it a domain where it's difficult to publish papers and conduct research? I like the fact that fine-tuning is something that can be easily applied and used in companies.

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Ask HN: How do you manage this feeling? I was expecting more than this."

I am a software engineer and have friends at Google and others in Zurich or Silicon Valley. I know I'm not at their level, but I find myself at a large consulting firm that I hate every moment of. The only offer I've received is from another consulting firm, much smaller, with about 50 people. When I started university and put in all the effort over these years, I expected to be in a...

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Re:Ask HN: PhD or continue my consulting work on Friday April 12, 2024 @02:42PM (#40016282)
thanks for ur reply, the problem is that also my senior are so stressed, and my company should be one of the best in my country. thats my fear. instead the phd seems more chill, i mean i like the subject of it, i also searching online that google / other fang they take into consideration the pdh in general.
Re:Ask HN: PhD or continue my consulting work on Friday April 12, 2024 @08:05AM (#40011604)
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Ask HN: PhD or continue my consulting work

Hi, I'm a software engineer with three years of experience, including two years in a university's software engineering department (though I'm not sure if that counts as real experience) and one year at a large consulting company, working fully remotely. I don't like the job; it's too stressful and I'm not learning much. Recently, a professor contacted me, suggesting I pursue a PhD in computer...

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Ask HN: Best Approch for Leetcode?

hi, i would like to pass some interview, (also a in a faang could be cool), but i dont know the good approch. should i learn / study algorithms and Ds and meanwhile make leetcode exercise ? or should start grind leetcode, and in the meanwhile learn step by step, also looking the solution? i have a degree in cs, so i already learn basic ds and algo, but not for pass an interview

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I'm hating swe, what could be another career?

hi, i like to code, i like tech in general. but currently i working as a consultant in a corporate, and i'm hating it, there is a lot of stress, many working hours, and im also not very good, A lot to analyze production problems , software with milions of line, and my techlead is an asshole- it's hard to leave this job because its remote and paywell, but im hating CS and i dont have a freetime....

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Re:My consulting company not provide a laptop to me on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @08:44AM (#39990062)
yeah, they provided me a shit with 8gb of ram, i need at least 16 , but i prefer with 32, so i simple said that ill use one of my laptop. and yeah i should install vpn stuff, but no other shit, just the vpn for security reason.