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by rocho 3389 days ago
I disagree. From junior people, it shows that they can actually do something in practice, and it's not all theory that they don't know how to apply.

A person just outside of university does not have heaps of past jobs to show. So they should just leave it blank and describe their hobbies?!
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jonathankoren 3387 days ago
No one cares about hobbies, and Kaggle is a hobby.

An NCG should write more about class projects. Everyone has class projects.

If an NCG wants to put it down, fine. But don't color me impressed. Why should I select someone that spends their evenings alone tweaking out an extra 0.001% on a AUC curve, when I could conceivably get a more rounded individual with better team skills?

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