Is this really so? Would you hire someone who only knew matlab?https://twitter.com/o_guest/status/905437018045517824 …
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Replying to @hisotalus
Although I have a CS background I live in MATLAB - I agree with
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to you I feel the time investment isn't justified given my goals of for example writing grants and teaching. BTW this never came up during >
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any of my interviews. I can think about high-level concepts and publish, how I get there seems not important. I agree I'd probably be more >
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efficient with a better setup (+code would be more useful to others!). In retrospect should have made the switch during PhD
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This does come up in interviews both for me and for others I have spoken to, but yes, we are all three (?) in slightly diff areas.
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The saddest part about reading the above is how you want to switch but don't have time (?) — or is it something else?
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Replying to @o_guest @hisotalus
I have time for anything, but not for everything. Now prioritizing paper revisions (ie Matlab), teaching, grants
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re interviews, I think since I have CS degree people assume I can adapt if needed - which is true, but it's hasn't been NEEDED so far
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Fair. I respect that but it does make me sad a little when you say "In retrospect should have made the switch during PhD"
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Replying to @o_guest @hisotalus
In retrospect I should have joined Twitter much earlier :) But during PhD the Matlab/Python thing wasn't really on my radar
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Oh, so much yes on the Twitter thing.
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