What sage wisdom was once bestowed on you by a senior or manager?

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No one can read your mind.

This is even better advice for your personal life btw.

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"It's not a mistake until the client finds out. Until then, it's an optimization opportunity. " It really changed my outlook on how I viewed owning up to mistakes as a baby consultant and I say this to everyone I manage now.

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"Only a bad data scientist trusts their data."

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“Always over estimate time for deliverables”

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One of the best advices

“You’re not saving lives, take it easy”

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People that deliver 80% get promoted because people that deliver 120% are too valuable to promote. Not really catchy, but you get the idea

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My friend was told that not getting promoted is an opportunity to contribute more at the current level before moving to next level(which people who were promoted won’t get).🫡🤣

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Come with proposed solutions to a problem, not just the problem.

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Haha true. This was from grad school, so you were going to be the one doing regardless. Just better to show that you put some thought into it and have you an opportunity to create a solution that you at least owned.

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The prize for finally reaching platinum on two airlines and two hotel chains is a divorce.

Corollary: It's called a diamond medallion for a reason.

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“Outcome focus not input focus”

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Better to have a brown nose than an empty wallet

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Eww. The imagery that invokes is haunting...

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Never wait for people to notice your work. Build your brand, make your case, always push for promotion and remind everyone thats your goal

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The ferry comes once per year. If you miss it, even by second, you have to wait for the next ferry.

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Oh god that reminds me of “you want to drive a Lamborghini but you just got your license”

Be longterm greedy.

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Don't get hung up on what other people might be thinking of you.

They aren't thinking about you at all. They are thinking about themselves.

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If you want to be the kind of partner you really could be, stop comparing yourself to the people around you at your level today. Everybody is coming from a different place, has overcome different struggles.

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“Don’t be an idiot.”…. Changed my life

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You dont just have to do it, you have to sell it as well (I live by this)

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“Keep it simple”

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While explaining things to someone or a group, speak as if you’re addressing a young kid who doesn’t know much. If you cannot simplify the problem or the narrative, you don’t understand it yourself.

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My Team: Wait 2 weeks then guess-timate that thang

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Just moved. Where did i forget to change my address

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Any thoughts on Anchor Worldwide? (Nyc)

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Reg & Ops

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White girl rose is actually good wine.

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That’s a remote job opportunity

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Hello folks,

I have accepted offer from tcs and just after which i got 1 more offer from another organization with more ctc to it.

Is it possible to ask tcs to revise the offer or anyone have better suggestion.

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Starting first round of IVF tomorrow. Feeling anxious (cont)

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Impact of big 4 consulting in an data engineering career.

I recently started at one of the big 4 as a DE. So far I have seen some pretty poor coding practice, lack of version control and taking short cut everywhere. Every one also highly prefer no code ETL tool. I am a little worried that this environment is bad for a DE career.

Just wondering if this is just my project or is or project like that? I am considering switching after a few more months.

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Go to Tableau or Periscope now. You will be rich.

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I bombed my Data scientist Quanthub test from McKinsey today. NOT A GOOD DAY.

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I have had the honor of having been called a dummy by both Hadley Wickham (Hadley, “I’m surprised your code runs.”) and Dirk Eddelbbuettel on stack overflow. Who is the smartest person that has called you a dummy? They did both reply and answer my question so I win :)

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Anyone here has experience dealing with AWS ProServe? They are hiring heavily...

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Has anyone done the Point72 hackerrank test? What type of questions will be asked?

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