Book recommendations for Experimentation (for a noob)

Friendly reminder about our Bowl meetup tomorrow (Thursday) in Wash Sq West. $6 Margaritas and $6 Nachos all night long. Hope to meet many of you there!

Date: November 3rd, 6:00 pm
Where: McGillin’s Olde Ale House

Best NFt play for <5 EtH? Any thoughts?

Anyone else go to Swedish House Mafia tonight? What a show!

What is your favorite VICE documentary?

Agile Program Managers, I am looking to dedicate a few hours a day to growth and skill building. Looking for any great book recommendations around this subject. To be more specific, I manage automotive user interface design programs within software engineering groups.

Welcome to Wine Not..an exchange of wine ideas and tasting notes

First year review: I have to become a better legal writer/ writer in general. Writing was never a strong suit and this has to change.

Please drop book recommendations!!

Thoughts on: 1) the winning brief; 2) point made; 3) legal writing in plain English

Where can I find a heart shaped box with vegan chocolate

I'm looking for a guitar instructor in the Rockville/ Gaithersburg/ Bethesda area, but I'm willing to come into the city. Any recommendations, please?

What book has changed your life? Looking for personal growth/motivational books for summer

In my prime workout days I could down 3 cheesy Gordita crunches, 1 chicken quesadilla, and a chicken soft taco from Taco Bell ....just tried it 10 years later...would not recommend.

Is it a red flag if someone says they don’t believe in self help books like Atomic Habits, Attached, etc?

Hey folks in Pune,

Anyone up for watching “MAJOR” movie either tonight or tomorrow?

More the merrier, so feel free to tag along your other friends🙌🏻

I have not been reading books in a long time due to raising kids, hectic work and just day to day life.
I really really want to get back to reading.
Do you buy all the books ? I used to read only physical books. Audible books are not appealing to me cos I have hearing issues. Please provide me tips / pointers. TIA

Anyone have good alternatives to the integer card game for 7th grade? With Covid I don't think I can use the cards

Hey folks,

Does anyone wants to join us for a 2:30 PM show today of Sita Ramam (Telugu) in Bollywood multiplex - Kharadi?

Any thoughts on how do we deal with an incompetent boss who you dont look up to and have no trust that you would ever get credit for the work you would do for him/her? Given that changing the boss is not an option.

My boss in my creative agency threatened to fire me because I, a male, came into work with my nails painted. HR is having a very complicated day today as I found out I could take legal action if he does fire me since we don't have an established dress code that has any guidelines against male nail polish wearing.

Angel investors : What returns do you expect when investing? Also what’s your range of investment?

Hi all! First post here: my husband and I are thinking of getting solar panels and battery storage but have some sticker shock (would require a sizable loan). Anyone in a similar boat and how has the experience been?

Hello! What are the first steps to leaving agencies and going freelance? Working as a data, insights and strategy specialist in particular.

Freelance is completely new to me so any advice/guidance/links would be greatly appreciated :)

Do you ever find that you talk to people outside of engineering about your job and they have no idea what you're talking about?

My kids were really upset with me when I told them that my job as an engineer did not mean that I drove trains for a living

I am sure it’s been asked 100 times but humor me please. Best office chair to add to the good I’m doing with a stand up desk? Lol.

Would love to stay in a reasonable range if possible (800 max)

How do you evaluate or follow up on a vendor that utilizes cloud providers for data storage but claims to not have an internal network?

I want to make writing articles or writing blog content as my side hustle. I’m unsure where to begin. Can someone point me to the right direction? I need help

For anyone who has a consistent exercise routine can you explain if it has helped you manage your ADHD symptoms and all the different ways it has helped?

Why are people not good at ending zoom calls? I feel like I’m always the person who throws in the closing statement (I.e, ok well sounds good is that all? Have a nice day! This was helpful thanks Karyn..looks like we’re at top of the hour already) 🤦🏻‍♀️

‪Listening to 3 of my most qualified, hardworking coworkers talk about how undervalued they feel and how close to quitting they are. Why do we hemorrhage talent and acquire crap?‬

Thoughts on Power BI vs Tableau for analysis and data visualizations?

Looking to make the move from big4 to law firm. I am a JD/LLM and a new manager. Any suggestions on networking with COVID, recruiters, etc.? Also interested in hearing experiences of others that have made the move.

Hi what should be the CTC for a Director cloud? Any suggestions

I’m entering salary negotiations at a Fortune 500 company and am looking for trustworthy resources for salary data that I can share with the company if they ask where I got my numbers. I know Glassdoor, but what else?

What is the best way to handle group financial consolidation in a multinational company?

If you were to hang your own shingle as a consultant what BI tool would you use to deliver dashboarding to clients?

Assume that you aren’t plugging in to source systems as I primarily work in CDD.

Newish to data analytics. Have some experience in power BI, sql, and R. I wanted to get some exposure to aws and saw the AWS cloud practitioner as an available course at my job. Is this cert worth it? Or should I try one of the more advanced ones ? The data analytics one for example but wasn’t sure if it would be difficult to get through as a beginner. Will it look good on my resume?

Single book recommendation for user research?

Goal is interview prep. Ideally focused on applications in tech.

Fellow data 🐟, plz recommend me something to do tomorrow. Existing weekend plans went up in smoke and I'm feeling like trying something new

I have a Amazon DS interview lined up. Can anyone please suggest some good exercises to revise sql? I’m solving few leetcode problems,but is there a set of problems which covers all SQL functions? TIA

Does your company split data science roles into different practices like data & analytics and software engineering? Does this inhibit collaboration & Where does a data engineer fall?

How does everyone in this bowl feel towards master’s degrees in data science/analytics? I didn’t study this in undergrad so I’m looking to get an analytics degree but I’ve heard mixed reviews.

How good are PwC and EY around advanced analytics compared to K Lighthouse and Deloitte A&C? General feeling at the latter two is they only compete with themselves and PwC and EY are a few yrs behind.

I have a undergrad finance degree and 5 years of big 3 credit rating agency work experience, what will help me more to get into a SFA role or product role at a tech company, a T15 MBA or a Georgia tech masters in analytics degree?

Hi! Does anyone know what kind of knowledge is needed to crack the Data Scientist interview at Google?

I'm currently working in Marketing Analytics (primarily using SQL and a bit of pyspark). Apart from mastering SQL, I wanted to know from people working at Google what does it take to get there as a Data Scientist? (I'm very interested in Strategy Ops)

I plan to another 6-8 months in preparation and upskilling myself before I even apply.
Any help and guidance is appreciated! Thanks :)

Best analytics tools to learn? Know Alteryx but I've heard people say they don't consider it an advanced analytics tool

Coming from ACN, senior analyst, 3yrs total experience so far & wanting to get into the data analytics/BI work. Currently have had experience working with SQL developer, OBIEE/OBIA, Teradata in ERP and Healthcare projects. I also have my AWS Cloud Practitioner Cert, hoping to eventually get the Data Analytics Cert later. What are my chances of finding a role with another company that'll let me work in BI/data analytics and build up my skill at the same time? Been thinking of leaving ACN.

Out of curiosity as a startup owner in the data analytics consulting space, what’s the line where an MBB or similar says no to a project budget wise? At what $$$ point does a company get turned away?

Hi fishes, can you guys share your favorite websites to look for remote job? To look for start up companies? TIA :)

Has anyone else begun to resent data science?

from God import pandemic
From China import coronavirus, mortality_rate

covid_19 = pandemic.coronavirus.set_mortality(mortality = 1.)

My manager continues to ask me to help other teams and do work on other billable projects. I’m sick of it .. and I’m going to explicitly say that no I can’t do it because my hours are taken by the existing project we are doing. Is this appropriate?

Got Amazon career essentials (ACE) assessment to complete for Business Analyst role
To anyone who has experience with it- What kind of work simulation questions should I be expecting?
Is there a way I can prepare for it or any resources one must know of?