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I went through a 4 hour "technical interview" where it was line by line questioning of my CV.
Then to be told I do not have the technical skills.
They may even ask borderline illegal questions to see if you push back.
I had one interviewer ask me how many kids I would be bringing into the country. Is against EU law?
I learned it does not matter what citizenship you have to participate.
Neil Sainsbury posted their own list of books [1]
Alan Kennington provides a 10 steps learning mathematics[2]
Another source to get an overview of a topic [3]
[0] https://github.com/ossu/math
[1] https://www.neilwithdata.com/mathematics-self-learner
See helmets[0] or for hip guards [1]
The author walks through the basics (Linear regression, Naïve Bayes, etc) using Julia. The parameters and output are better explained than what I have found with python equivalents.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhQ2JMBcfAsi76O13sJzk...
[1] https://github.com/fabfabi/julia4ta_tutorials/tree/master/Se...
The responses have been: not a cultural fit, wasn’t the perfect match (German speaking responses), overqualified (mostly from western countries), under qualified (from countries like Czechia, Poland, Romania,etc.) for junior positions.
Getting interviews has been difficult and sparse. Contributed to FOSS, and keep learning programming/higher maths. Hope is low.
This site could help https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/programming-lang...
It is significantly harder than Rosetta Zoo [0] or similar projects.
[0] https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ellenjj/rosetta-zoo/clas...
"I’m here questioning my life, and reduced to worthlessness." -treyfitty
[0] https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/sketches-soviet-police-ethn...
Note the cost of electricity Germany is the most in the world [0] compared with US prices [1].
https://www.electricrate.com/data-center/electricity-prices-... [0]
https://www.electricchoice.com/electricity-prices-by-state/ [1]
How long have you been applying? Python is nebulous.
Does this mean data science: pandas, matplotlib, numpy, etc.
Or machine learning: tensorflow, scikit-learn, etc.
Others: openCV, sympy, etc.
Knowing this I think would help others provide better feedback.
When I receive a rejection email (which is nice), I ask what I should work on. Last 4 companies said they did an in hire instead, and they would like to retain my information. I would like to get to the interview process.
A lot of other positions I applied to close on the last Friday of the month and then reopen on the first Monday of the next month. So it appears (as an outside observer) as though there no human in that loop.
@jstx asked "What companies and positions are you applying to?" I need to reflect and reconsider where I have been submitting my CV.
A nice python package is handcalcs. https://github.com/connorferster/handcalcs This can be used with jupyter notebooks see this as examples https://medium.com/@zumaia/python-calculations-in-jupyter-li...
I opened one tab for the group which had 10 people some sharing video I then opened 3 more tabs for specific languages (English, German, and Russian)
The quality was still good. It was the same as being in a crowded area a train station, but it worked.
I have had interviews with zoom and teams, these were not as good. With less people.
Used my life savings to get a degree from a Nordic country (one in a lifetime opportunity)
Although closer to data science than CS.
Last year I had 3 EU hiring managers heavily hint it was the school that cost me the position. One from Sweden stating that it was a death knell to my career. On the plus side I was getting interviews.
No networks were lasting, just people asking for answers on the assignments. Maybe it works better in the US? I cannot speak to this.
For me, nothing would be considered an upgrade. It was a major loss in nearly every aspect.