Absolute0

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by Absolute0 16y ago
The Article makes so many mistaks! Here is the scenario: You have an intelligent who just passed out of his undergrad degree. He has following options: 1. Work in his country for a Max 10k$ Per Year Job (Extremely rare, most pay just 6k$ P
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by Absolute0 16y ago
no dude. If you are so interested post your email id. I will send you a mail from my account.
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by Absolute0 16y ago
Here is a recent post by someone else on HN http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1467116 To quote that guy """ Thanks for the advice. I'll definitely listen to the Merlin Mann/John Gruber talk. I agree that money doesn't come without prod
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by Absolute0 16y ago
An interesting option is MBA-PhD in OR from Stern NYU. Which is something i am seriously considering. I have looked at a profile of a guy there who did MS CS. Worked for topcoder or did research about it. And now studies in Stern. This coul
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by Absolute0 16y ago
Thats exactly my problem, I cant start studying economics and finance right away due to financial/immigration reasons. Additionally I do believe I have acquired some skills over last few years in specific areas within cs. I am trying to ex
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by Absolute0 16y ago
Again you miss my point. Consider Machine Learning. There is an amazing open source software called as WEKA. however contributing to WEKA isn't as much significant as say presenting a significant work in ICML or NIPS or writing a paper in
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by Absolute0 16y ago
I agree I sound like someone big ego. However all I state in this post are my expectation, probably I will fail or die tomorrow while crossing the road. yet till now setting highest expectations has worked for me. Scared of Doing PhD: The s
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by Absolute0 16y ago
Thanks for the link
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by Absolute0 16y ago
I am actually staying in a Columbia Dorm as part of my internship. Though I am not from Columbia. I am staying in Carlton.
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by Absolute0 16y ago
Thanks a lot for the reply Yup I did not mean that Non - Commercialized research was unimportant. Trying to get a job in a good company seems to be the only option for me. Thanks again for the discussion
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by Absolute0 16y ago
Thanks Regarding laundry list of jobs: I dont think there is anything wrong in determining what I feel is the best suited job for me (based on my current self (mis-)appreciation. Plus never have I stated in my post that I am Good enough to
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by Absolute0 16y ago
NLTK is the best resource if you know python. And nothing beats it!
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by Absolute0 16y ago
Sorry for second reply: When I say Analyst I do not mean I.T. Analyst or Technology Analyst. It is along the line of Management Consultant Analyst. Or Business Analyst.
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by Absolute0 16y ago
no I am in Greater New York City area. Yeah Startup is interesting prospects. Also my poster was mentioned by a VC in UK in one of his blog posts (After I pointed him out that i had similar published ideas with working code) However startup
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by Absolute0 16y ago
No. I am from India, though not from IIT. Yet my undergrad school was very specialized and as good as IIT [in that subject alone though].
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by Absolute0 16y ago
HI, Thanks for your reply 1: Regarding PhD Programs, Getting in a good PhD Program wouldn't be that much difficult for me (I have a decent GRE score 1380) coupled with demonstrated research interest (via publication and paper). However I ha
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