Thanks for the feedback. As someone just getting started in this area, I was having trouble finding clear examples. Using the R interface probably isn't the best way to get started with custom loss functions, because the error messages you get from nested python calls are usually not too descriptive.
Exactly. This is the typical business drivel. "Here's a problem A, which you have. We have a solution: let B solve it for you. blah blah. Approach. Example. Anecdote.".
Problem needs to be a convincing and preferably very common problem of some kind. In this article it's "forecasting". And, of course, standard HR/Management practice (surveys + "impartial" statistical analysis in this case) is the way to solve the problem, but of course nobody does it right.
How to solve it ? Buy book X or, if you've got at least 100kg of money to thrown down a hole, hire consultant Y. Only 10kg of money to burn ? Visit website Z, subscribe, buy video, whatever, and get colorful pictures stating the obvious, often with audio.
For this one it's :
A = "forecasting" (really deciding future direction)
Now, don't get me wrong. Hiring organizational consultants CAN work, of course. Getting ideas from within an organization and being frank and fair about them can bring incredible results. Having someone else come in, see the organization and tell you what's wrong can at the very least give you an idea of what's happening from other people's perspective. Maybe it can help you improve things. If you can afford it, I would advise to do it.
I'm sure this person is a capable organizational consultant, but ...
Windfall Data | Data Scientist (Governance) | SF (Onsite) | $100k - $130k | 0.05% - 0.2%
At Windfall, we're trying to determine the net worth of every person in the world. Data governance is key to this mission, ensuring that we have high-quality data throughout our pipeline.
I commend them for openly disclosing instead of hiding it and forcing applicants to go through an interview process only to be told at the end. I hope we don't discourage more companies from posting salary/equity ranges by having these "shaming" comments.
Windfall Data | Data Scientist (Governance) | SF (Onsite) | $100k - $130k | 0.05% - 0.2%
At Windfall, we're trying to determine the net worth of every person in the world. Data governance is key to this mission, ensuring that we have high-quality data throughout our pipeline.
There are different tournaments for participants that want to focus on only a subset of the game. For example, you could hard code all locations for the tournament 3 contest and focus on macro.
The Mario competition was held at the CIG 2009 conference. There has been talk of holding a StarCraft competition at CIG 2010. http://www.ieee-cig.org/
