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I firstly take part in the competitions,and work hard for a month.totally,I make 70 submissions.But I am only in the 365th and I will find job soon,should I come on or give up the domain?
", "messages": [ { "id": 611051, "postDate": "2019-08-29T04:37:15.923Z", "content": "You will definitely learn if you stick. However, important question is that do you like doing it? If yes, then I think you should continue. About the rank now. Here there are several people with loads of experience. So they will perform better. Then there are people who just submit the best public models or blend public models and get a decent score. If you are below any public kernel's score, there will automatically be 100s of people of such type. So when you consider these two things, you can see that you are not that far off.
\n\nBut you should stay only if you are liking the process. If you are not sure about whether you like it or not, give it some more time.
", "rawMarkdown": "You will definitely learn if you stick. However, important question is that do you like doing it? If yes, then I think you should continue. About the rank now. Here there are several people with loads of experience. So they will perform better. Then there are people who just submit the best public models or blend public models and get a decent score. If you are below any public kernel's score, there will automatically be 100s of people of such type. So when you consider these two things, you can see that you are not that far off. \n\nBut you should stay only if you are liking the process. If you are not sure about whether you like it or not, give it some more time. ", "votes": 6, "replies": [ { "id": 611274, "postDate": "2019-08-29T07:40:07.217Z", "content": "Thank you!yes ,I need more time and go on.when I try my best to make the better result ,it is quiet a surprise for me.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you!yes ,I need more time and go on.when I try my best to make the better result ,it is quiet a surprise for me.", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 611037, "postDate": "2019-08-29T04:27:03.953Z", "content": "What really matters is how much you've learned about data processing and analysis..
", "rawMarkdown": "What really matters is how much you've learned about data processing and analysis..", "votes": 3, "replies": [ { "id": 611263, "postDate": "2019-08-29T07:34:27.177Z", "content": "Maybe simply learning is happy
", "rawMarkdown": "Maybe simply learning is happy", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 611511, "postDate": "2019-08-29T09:51:18.570Z", "content": "
(not that you sucked, to 15% ain't bad, as @cpmpml said)
", "rawMarkdown": "\n\n(not that you sucked, to 15% ain't bad, as @cpmpml said)", "votes": 4, "replies": [ { "id": 611545, "postDate": "2019-08-29T10:11:52.913Z", "content": "Love this!
", "rawMarkdown": "Love this!" }, { "id": 613569, "postDate": "2019-08-30T16:15:16.680Z", "content": "@hedingkun Of course, this picture aims at soothing your pain and it does a good job. But if you doubt about how trust-worthy this first-suck-then-excel theory is in this Kaggle context, you can try looking at and scrolling down some of the master/grand master participants' competition history. That is more comforting :)
", "rawMarkdown": "@hedingkun Of course, this picture aims at soothing your pain and it does a good job. But if you doubt about how trust-worthy this first-suck-then-excel theory is in this Kaggle context, you can try looking at and scrolling down some of the master/grand master participants' competition history. That is more comforting :)", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 611287, "postDate": "2019-08-29T07:47:00.867Z", "content": "This was a very tough competition, and ending in top 15% in your first competition is great. For instance, I was not in top 50% in my first competition.
\n\nDon't give up, try to learn from what people share today and during the next few days.
\n\nKaggle attracts the best machine learning competitors from all over the world, no surprise it is that hard.
", "rawMarkdown": "This was a very tough competition, and ending in top 15% in your first competition is great. For instance, I was not in top 50% in my first competition. \n\nDon't give up, try to learn from what people share today and during the next few days.\n\nKaggle attracts the best machine learning competitors from all over the world, no surprise it is that hard. ", "votes": 4, "replies": [ { "id": 611295, "postDate": "2019-08-29T07:50:16.540Z", "content": "@cpmpml Totally agree! My first one was the last Santander and I ended up in top 20% 😁 \nAnother point is not just to focus on competing... I mean, receiving some kind of reward is always great. But, personally, I mainly use Kaggle to practice and to be updated.
", "rawMarkdown": "@cpmpml Totally agree! My first one was the last Santander and I ended up in top 20% 😁 \nAnother point is not just to focus on competing... I mean, receiving some kind of reward is always great. But, personally, I mainly use Kaggle to practice and to be updated.", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 613469, "postDate": "2019-08-30T14:30:53.973Z", "content": "Thank you for your words of encouragement!I will go on!
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for your words of encouragement!I will go on!", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 610795, "postDate": "2019-08-29T01:21:09.230Z", "content": "I firstly take part in the competitions,and work hard for a month.totally,I make 70 submissions.But I am only in the 365th and I will find job soon,should I come on or give up the domain?
", "rawMarkdown": " I firstly take part in the competitions,and work hard for a month.totally,I make 70 submissions.But I am only in the 365th and I will find job soon,should I come on or give up the domain?", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 611132, "postDate": "2019-08-29T05:55:14.880Z", "content": "Hey man, almost no-one does well in the beginning.
\nThis was en especially tough competition for beginners so don't beat yourself up about it. Try to look through the winning solutions, and understand what they did. And then go on and join another Kaggle. \nLearning is a marathon, not a sprint.
Thank you for telling me about the method!Before I just want to know the answer.But now,I think that only I go on ,can I find the answer.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for telling me about the method!Before I just want to know the answer.But now,I think that only I go on ,can I find the answer.", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 611540, "postDate": "2019-08-29T10:07:34.827Z", "content": "\n\n\nI will find job soon
\n
I'm not sure I understand, but as Dan Becker says, if your main objective here is to improve your CV, then competitions might not be the best place to start (it's very hard to stand out). He suggests, instead, to build a good portfolio of original projects, and advises looking at Kaggle Datasets.
", "rawMarkdown": "> I will find job soon\n\nI'm not sure I understand, but as Dan Becker says, if your main objective here is to improve your CV, then competitions might not be the best place to start (it's very hard to stand out). He suggests, instead, to build a good portfolio of original projects, and advises looking at Kaggle Datasets.", "replies": [ { "id": 613472, "postDate": "2019-08-30T14:34:08.363Z", "content": "Can you explain it in detail?what is the portfolio of original projects?
", "rawMarkdown": "Can you explain it in detail?what is the portfolio of original projects?" }, { "id": 613480, "postDate": "2019-08-30T14:43:10.977Z", "content": "Here's the talk he gave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLZ1zIrKE9E
", "rawMarkdown": "Here's the talk he gave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLZ1zIrKE9E" } ] }, { "id": 611497, "postDate": "2019-08-29T09:44:54.280Z", "content": "You did a nice job for your first time to take part in a competition. I don't think the job hunting and competition do conflict, you can take competition as a way to learn more about machine learning and practice your skills. I am looking for a job now, but I think I will go on taking part competitions in the future.\nCheer up!
", "rawMarkdown": "You did a nice job for your first time to take part in a competition. I don't think the job hunting and competition do conflict, you can take competition as a way to learn more about machine learning and practice your skills. I am looking for a job now, but I think I will go on taking part competitions in the future.\nCheer up!", "replies": [ { "id": 613475, "postDate": "2019-08-30T14:37:12.003Z", "content": "Thank you!Now ,I find that we are the same.I am not alone
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you!Now ,I find that we are the same.I am not alone" } ] }, { "id": 612031, "postDate": "2019-08-29T15:13:58.177Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true } ], "comments": [ { "id": 611051, "author_name": "Ashesh.", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T04:37:15.923000", "content": "You will definitely learn if you stick. However, important question is that do you like doing it? If yes, then I think you should continue. About the rank now. Here there are several people with loads of experience. So they will perform better. Then there are people who just submit the best public models or blend public models and get a decent score. If you are below any public kernel's score, there will automatically be 100s of people of such type. So when you consider these two things, you can see that you are not that far off.
\n\nBut you should stay only if you are liking the process. If you are not sure about whether you like it or not, give it some more time.
", "votes": 6, "replies": [ { "id": 611274, "author_name": "hedingkun", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T07:40:07.217000", "content": "Thank you!yes ,I need more time and go on.when I try my best to make the better result ,it is quiet a surprise for me.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 611037, "author_name": "slc", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T04:27:03.953000", "content": "What really matters is how much you've learned about data processing and analysis..
", "votes": 3, "replies": [ { "id": 611263, "author_name": "hedingkun", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T07:34:27.177000", "content": "Maybe simply learning is happy
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 611511, "author_name": "fnands", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T09:51:18.570000", "content": "
(not that you sucked, to 15% ain't bad, as @cpmpml said)
", "votes": 4, "replies": [ { "id": 611545, "author_name": "Federico Raimondi Cominesi", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T10:11:52.913000", "content": "Love this!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 613569, "author_name": "Buffalo Spdwy", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-30T16:15:16.680000", "content": "@hedingkun Of course, this picture aims at soothing your pain and it does a good job. But if you doubt about how trust-worthy this first-suck-then-excel theory is in this Kaggle context, you can try looking at and scrolling down some of the master/grand master participants' competition history. That is more comforting :)
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 611287, "author_name": "CPMP", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T07:47:00.867000", "content": "This was a very tough competition, and ending in top 15% in your first competition is great. For instance, I was not in top 50% in my first competition.
\n\nDon't give up, try to learn from what people share today and during the next few days.
\n\nKaggle attracts the best machine learning competitors from all over the world, no surprise it is that hard.
", "votes": 4, "replies": [ { "id": 611295, "author_name": "Federico Raimondi Cominesi", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T07:50:16.540000", "content": "@cpmpml Totally agree! My first one was the last Santander and I ended up in top 20% 😁 \nAnother point is not just to focus on competing... I mean, receiving some kind of reward is always great. But, personally, I mainly use Kaggle to practice and to be updated.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 613469, "author_name": "hedingkun", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-30T14:30:53.973000", "content": "Thank you for your words of encouragement!I will go on!
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 611132, "author_name": "fnands", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T05:55:14.880000", "content": "Hey man, almost no-one does well in the beginning.
\nThis was en especially tough competition for beginners so don't beat yourself up about it. Try to look through the winning solutions, and understand what they did. And then go on and join another Kaggle. \nLearning is a marathon, not a sprint.
Thank you for telling me about the method!Before I just want to know the answer.But now,I think that only I go on ,can I find the answer.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 611540, "author_name": "Marco Gorelli", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T10:07:34.827000", "content": "\n\n\nI will find job soon
\n
I'm not sure I understand, but as Dan Becker says, if your main objective here is to improve your CV, then competitions might not be the best place to start (it's very hard to stand out). He suggests, instead, to build a good portfolio of original projects, and advises looking at Kaggle Datasets.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 613472, "author_name": "hedingkun", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-30T14:34:08.363000", "content": "Can you explain it in detail?what is the portfolio of original projects?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 613480, "author_name": "Marco Gorelli", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-30T14:43:10.977000", "content": "Here's the talk he gave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLZ1zIrKE9E
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 611497, "author_name": "AssareD", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T09:44:54.280000", "content": "You did a nice job for your first time to take part in a competition. I don't think the job hunting and competition do conflict, you can take competition as a way to learn more about machine learning and practice your skills. I am looking for a job now, but I think I will go on taking part competitions in the future.\nCheer up!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 613475, "author_name": "hedingkun", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-30T14:37:12.003000", "content": "Thank you!Now ,I find that we are the same.I am not alone
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 612031, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-08-29T15:13:58.177000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "611051": "You will definitely learn if you stick. However, important question is that do you like doing it? If yes, then I think you should continue. About the rank now. Here there are several people with loads of experience. So they will perform better. Then there are people who just submit the best public models or blend public models and get a decent score. If you are below any public kernel's score, there will automatically be 100s of people of such type. So when you consider these two things, you can see that you are not that far off. \n\nBut you should stay only if you are liking the process. If you are not sure about whether you like it or not, give it some more time. ", "611037": "What really matters is how much you've learned about data processing and analysis..", "611511": "\n\n(not that you sucked, to 15% ain't bad, as @cpmpml said)", "611287": "This was a very tough competition, and ending in top 15% in your first competition is great. For instance, I was not in top 50% in my first competition. \n\nDon't give up, try to learn from what people share today and during the next few days.\n\nKaggle attracts the best machine learning competitors from all over the world, no surprise it is that hard. ", "610795": " I firstly take part in the competitions,and work hard for a month.totally,I make 70 submissions.But I am only in the 365th and I will find job soon,should I come on or give up the domain?", "611132": "Hey man, almost no-one does well in the beginning. \nThis was en especially tough competition for beginners so don't beat yourself up about it. Try to look through the winning solutions, and understand what they did. And then go on and join another Kaggle. \nLearning is a marathon, not a sprint. ", "611540": "> I will find job soon\n\nI'm not sure I understand, but as Dan Becker says, if your main objective here is to improve your CV, then competitions might not be the best place to start (it's very hard to stand out). He suggests, instead, to build a good portfolio of original projects, and advises looking at Kaggle Datasets.", "611497": "You did a nice job for your first time to take part in a competition. I don't think the job hunting and competition do conflict, you can take competition as a way to learn more about machine learning and practice your skills. I am looking for a job now, but I think I will go on taking part competitions in the future.\nCheer up!", "612031": "" } }