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05-12-2016 , 11:35 PM

#23501

candybar

Pooh-Bah

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Originally Posted by candybar

Or not - I've tried to negotiate and they moved up very slightly and seem to be indicating that there's no room (as in higher ups will not approve it) to go any further. I think I'm accepting this offer though - $$$ is probably not the most important thing for me at this juncture and I have other ways to solve the $$$ problem.

Actually I spoke too soon - I'm in the process of seriously considering the other, much more lucrative offer. And not just the money either - I think this may genuinely be a much better opportunity. A lot to sleep on.

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05-13-2016 , 12:33 AM

#23502

suzzer99

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I had a weekend to decide between 3 offers. It was pretty intense. Not sure I picked the right one.

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05-13-2016 , 01:03 AM

#23503

PJo336

THRILLHOUSE!

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 22,158

I certainly dont know the Bay area, but most programmers I know are lazy, just get the job done and go home types. Seems like as long as youre into what youre doing and trying to always improve, your outlook is fine. Hopefully thats not naive

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05-13-2016 , 02:39 AM

#23504

blackize5

old hand

Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,358

The average programmer is really pretty darn mediocre. They might cut it as pure code monkeys, but as soon as you need to have domain knowledge, problem solving ability, creativity, communication skills, or prioritization skills they're practically useless.

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05-13-2016 , 03:03 AM

#23505

daveT

S.A.G.E. Master

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 23,955

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Originally Posted by candybar

Damn dude, I hate cliff hangers!

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05-13-2016 , 05:08 AM

#23506

adios

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Originally Posted by candybar

Leverage ftw.

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05-13-2016 , 07:08 AM

#23507

Wolfram

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Noodle, don't worry, you'll be fine.

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05-13-2016 , 02:39 PM

#23508

Barrin6

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I need 2p2's input on this. Trying to decide which class to take, Digital Image Processing or Intro to Optimization?

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05-13-2016 , 03:12 PM

#23509

Barrin6

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I guess I should have included course descriptions on this

Digital Image Processing:

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Introduction to the fundamental concepts of digital signal and image processing as applicable in areas such as multimedia, graphics, AI, data mining, databases, vision, or video games. Topics include image representation, space- and frequency-domain transformations, filters, segmentation, and compression.

Intro to Optimization

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A broad introduction to optimization. Unconstrained and constrained optimization. Equality and inequality constraints. Linear and integer programming. Stochastic dynamic programming.

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05-13-2016 , 03:21 PM

#23510

saw7988

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Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 11,463

I mostly lurk here, but what are your career goals? Without knowing much context I'm probably voting for the image processing one though.

Although answer could change after feedback. I never got an opportunity to take a good optimization course and regret it, but I'm in an extremely math-heavy field.

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05-13-2016 , 03:26 PM

#23511

Barrin6

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Career wise, I'm hoping to do something in that doesn't have to do with mobile or web development. I'm more interested in the math and lower level side of things, which I guess would be more towards Intro to Optimization.

But then again, Image Processing does sound interesting. I think I'll try and get the Intro to Optimization course first. It's an graduate course but there are 20 spots open for undergrads so there still is a chance I won't be able to get in though I have high priority.

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05-13-2016 , 03:32 PM

#23512

suzzer99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Barrin6

I guess I should have included course descriptions on this

Digital Image Processing:

Intro to Optimization

Digital image processing will always come in handy.

As far as the other, maybe some of our computer science grads with real world experience can chime in.

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05-13-2016 , 03:37 PM

#23513

d10

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Image processing is likely to have a lot of math FWIW

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05-13-2016 , 03:41 PM

#23514

saw7988

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Originally Posted by Barrin6

"Doesn't" = does? Otherwise that doesn't say much...

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

Digital image processing will always come in handy.

Agreed.

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Originally Posted by d10

Image processing is likely to have a lot of math FWIW

Didn't mean that it doesn't, just that the optimization stuff is probably more useful specifically for the math guys, where image processing is much more common.

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05-13-2016 , 03:42 PM

#23515

suzzer99

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I was thinking it was mostly working with Photoshop, duh. It would be good though to understand the underlying concepts to all the stuff Photoshop does.

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05-13-2016 , 03:45 PM

#23516

Barrin6

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Originally Posted by saw7988

"Doesn't" = does? Otherwise that doesn't say much...

Yea I mean "doesn't", which I guess doesn't say much either. I guess I still can't make up my mind what I want to do. I just don't see myself gluing stuff together and making CRUD apps. But that might be where my career will head afterwards.

And yea both image processing and intro to optimization will be math heavy. I'm not the best at math but I think I do better than average in comparison to my peers.

I thought 2p2 was going to make it a slam dunk choice for intro to optimization, so now I'm at cross roads on which one to take. By the way both professors have terrible reviews on ratemyprofessor. So I'll have to pick my poison.

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05-13-2016 , 03:57 PM

#23517

Larry Legend

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Digital image processing seems like a really cool thing to be exposed to given all the current attempts at AI image recognition, etc.

Seems like it would have a lot of potential application to the real world, vs. optimization seems like something more "school-like"

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05-13-2016 , 04:13 PM

#23518

_dave_

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I'd go for the digital image processing

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05-13-2016 , 04:25 PM

#23519

candybar

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Another vote for digital image processing here - just applied math here alone I think makes it worthwhile. Signal processing in general is one of those things I always wish I had studied because it's not easy to get your head back into that kind of stuff later in life.

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05-13-2016 , 04:58 PM

#23520

Barrin6

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Guess it is image processing then!

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05-13-2016 , 05:33 PM

#23521

KatoKrazy

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They both sounds pretty awesome, tbh. Probably can't go wrong either way.

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05-13-2016 , 05:45 PM

#23522

Mihkel05

banned

Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 4,835

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Originally Posted by Barrin6

Guess it is image processing then!

I would have suggested intro to optimization. They are both good choices. Your goals seem to align more with the latter.

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05-13-2016 , 05:52 PM

#23523

d10

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Originally Posted by saw7988

Didn't mean that it doesn't, just that the optimization stuff is probably more useful specifically for the math guys, where image processing is much more common.

I was referring to Barrin's comment about leaning towards the optimization class because he was more interested in math stuff. Image processing sounds like something for the more artistically inclined but transformations and compression and stuff can quickly turn into some pretty complex math problems which math guys should find interesting.

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05-13-2016 , 06:17 PM

#23524

candybar

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Quote:

Originally Posted by candybar

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

I had a weekend to decide between 3 offers. It was pretty intense. Not sure I picked the right one.

Quote:

Originally Posted by daveT

Damn dude, I hate cliff hangers!

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Originally Posted by adios

Leverage ftw.

So I went with my original choice and left tons of $$$ on the table. I'm sure I made the wrong choice lol. Too many different things to weigh here because they fundamentally take my career in completely different directions so I optimized for optionality.