Asking for a friend: how would a one year gap effect applying to jobs?
Worked in consulting for a couple years, then as a research fellow (post bac) to learn coding, data science, and ML. Got into...

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Doesn’t matter. You could always fill in the spot as “independent consultant.” Or sabbatical.

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Did a sabbatical to travel for a year, and then more gaps as I moved cities. Got a job just fine.

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Sure!

As long as you say you did something constructive (including travelling for self introspection) no body cares. Being in Data Science and consulting myself, I have seen tons of senior folks who’ve taken a couple of years out to retrain and come back.

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...med school but thinking about going back to work due to high school costs and to help support the parents.

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I believe in the philosophy of learning from other's experiences, success stories, mistakes and regrets while keeping in mind that similar set of life events may unfold into totally different ways/outcomes for others as there are always too many variables in the equation called LIFE. People may arrive at different destinations at different times while being on the almost similar path.

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