Two weeks ago I made the decision to leave my current job and take an offer for a new job. Yesterday was my last day at Snap Finance. The week after next I'll start my new job at Awardco. It was far from an easy decision to make. I labored over it even before I got the job offer, but was anticipating it since they'd asked for references. I knew that my boss would try to keep me at Snap since that's the impression he's given the 5 years I've been there. He's a great boss and he's been very open about how much he appreciates my work. I have to say, I have learned a lot at Snap. When I started all I knew about machine learning was from the statistics class I took as an undergrad in college and the skills I had learned through the Internet. My first year at Snap I lacked any kind of confidence. I was very unsure of myself and I had very few skills to draw upon. Since then I've learned a lot about Python, SQL, Kubernetes, cloud computing, and a host of rela...
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