FD4280
1yr ago
What should I include in a CV for a software engineering internship? I'm a PhD student in pure math with little relevant work experience. Some highlights:
-Teaching (including some CS-relevant classes like linear algebra and discrete math).
-Coauthorship on several publications.
-A little programming work towards one of said publications in C and Sage, some more in C for master's thesis, a bit in Python for the current dissertation.
-Project Euler, mainly in Python with occasional pen-and-paper (285 solved currently. Almost caught up to our nybbler. Not much low-hanging fruit left.)
-Grades: mediocre undergrad in an irrelevant subject. Graduate coursework is all math and much cleaner.
-Teaching and academic awards.
FD4280
1yr ago
There are no such libraries. I've rarely used libraries besides math and itertools for Project Euler; it's more fun to write things from scratch. This is why I'm applying for internships rather than full-time positions.
I'm completely fine with the math background being wasted. If I were healthier, I'd have probably dropped out in favor of some kind of physical work when Covid first hit. I'd prefer not to relocate or work remotely, and there are only a few plausible employers other than the university within driving distance.
FD4280
1yr ago
I have a heap of Project Euler solutions, many of which are reasonably complicated. I haven't used version control, and collaboration on past projects was mainly in meatspace.
FD4280
1yr ago
No offense taken. I took up Project Euler two years ago, when grad school felt unbearable between some personal issues, Covid fanaticism, Zoom-based teaching, and figuring out that I wasn't good enough for number theory. (The last was always a possibility, it was just an extra layer of suck on top of the others). So I optimized for enjoyment. In fairness, the PhD program was for enjoyment to begin with - I'd gone into the master's with the goal of teaching community college and ended up liking pure math way too much. Now it's time to grow up.
Screwed lower back and pretty much all arm/hand joints. Chronic pain, now mostly manageable with NSAIDs and very light barbell squats.
Tedious work toward (hopefully) a useful goal for a non-woke employer will be a massive quality of life improvement.
FD4280
1yr ago
Seems more like “I never thought leopards would eat my face, says a face-eating leopard.”
FD4280
1yr ago
Wild guess: a hunter-gatherer’s life expectancy is severely constrained by dental health and a shortage of food that doesn’t require chewing, so the issue never arises.
FD4280
1yr ago
The non-STEM calculus is usually horribly watered down, and in a weaker school may never deal with anything more complicated than polynomials. Life science calc, where it exists, cuts out trig in favor of early work with exponentials and logs, and is much more computational, but at least it doesn’t purge limits from the curriculum.
FD4280
1yr ago
https://www.amazon.com/Story-Little-Mole-Search-Whodunit/dp/081094457X
One of the best children’s books I’ve encountered. Warning: lots of poop.
FD4280
1yr ago
Why give a conversion to won, of all things? Do we even have regular posters/readers residing in South Korea?
FD4280
1yr ago
Does Iron Maiden make it in somewhere, and if not: wrong category or insufficient quality?
FD4280
1yr ago
Is your circle of acquaintances familiar with Lee Kuan Yew? He’s easily among the best national leaders in the modern era.
FD4280
1yr ago
The Hollywood->Union Station chunk of the Red Line was operational (though probably with fewer stations) at least by the late 90s.
FD4280
1yr ago
According to Wiki, HK is 92% Chinese. This doesn’t read as particularly diverse from an outside perspective. Moreover, the source link said that ~89% of the population spoke Cantonese at home.
FD4280
1yr ago
That’s an argument for not discriminating against groups that have a reasonable chance of producing 100x people. As stated, it requires a heavy dose of blank slatism on top.
FD4280
1yr ago
Can you name ten black scientists whose discoveries are used with some frequency? Say roughly at the level of David Blackwell or higher.
This is not a gotcha. I’m open to learning something.
FD4280
1yr ago
I’d discount Fryer (economics is not really a science in my book) and maybe McWhorter. For the others, I will need to spend some time on mathsci.net and arxiv to be sure. Let’s take a few days’ pause on the discussion if you don’t mind.
FD4280
1yr ago
How much value do you stand to gain from work experience? And what field of study, if you do not mind sharing?
FD4280
1yr ago
Not very recent, and the production values are poor, but the Geneforge series might be up your alley.
FD4280
1yr ago
I’m in agreement with much of the thread below, with two things to add:
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Premature baldness is much less of an issue once you get out of the college environment. Shave your head if you don’t already.
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Your insecurities are not merited. If you can deal with patients/families thereof, you can surely learn to deal with the opposite sex. (Maybe disregard this if you’re set on becoming a pathologist.)
Cetirizine hydrochloride works wonders for me, but must be taken daily and takes several days to kick in.
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