Edit: Not that anyone cares, but I guess I'll say a bit more: I don't know what brand of kombucha OP drinks, or how much of it, and how many grams of alcohol that sums up to, and what the current body of research says (or doesn't) regarding the precise amount of risk incurred or not from that amount of alcohol ... but the fact is, there's extensive research on the association between alcohol and cancer and I stand by the suggestions that someone dealing with recurrent colon cancer should be cautious about alcohol consumption, and that it could be worth reviewing existing research on the matter.

Kombucha often contains some alcohol. I'd suggest being cautious about alcohol consumption - frankly, eliminating it altogether from your diet would be my personal suggestion; there is evidence of increased risk of colon cancer from alcohol.

Just grabbing the first thing I found: "Moderate to heavy alcohol consumption is associated with 1.2- to 1.5-fold increased risks of cancers of the colon and rectum compared with no alcohol consumption". From here: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/a...

They give several references there to back up that statement, those could be worth reading.

Best wishes for your recovery and health and longterm success.

Edit: wow, i'm getting downvoted? if i'm saying something inaccurate or inappropriate here, i'd be grateful for some specific feedback. thanks.

nonetheless, what would you say are the distinctions between these roles now -- especially now in 2023?

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What sort of cardio activity would you recommend for these short intervals?

fta: "The national average salary for this role is $144,752 and job listings for these roles have grown 278% over the past year."

degrees are for getting the HR recruiter person to like your resume enough that they pass it on to the hiring manager. period. that's it. 1 bachelors, 1 masters, you're done.

the only possible argument for another masters is if you plan to do it at at a place like MIT or Stanford, which is a strong signal on a resume.

edit: and/or, you likely plan to remove your first master's from your resume upon completion of the second (in which case you really value the education the second master's would give you). that said, i cannot speak to visa-related issues so my comments might not apply in such cases.

Has anyone else noticed a trend nowadays where companies now start with a recruiter screen instead of a technical screen?

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for banks/hedge funds/etc roles, look at the book "Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals" to get up to speed on background knowledge.

would be interesting to hear about what career you transitioned to, if you're willing to share.

also, i did not realize what a shitshow Capital One's engineering culture is ("scrum masters" at a bank? really? jesus.). good to know - obviously a potential employer to avoid.

Can someone provide an alternative link?

But in a profession that revolves around getting jira tickets into the Done column while my boss hovers over me with a stopwatch (so to speak), and then cramming leetcode for interviews when it's time to hop from one shitshow for the next ... I've come to the sad conclusion that, in this season of in my life, I just can't justify spending the additional time on such books.

These books might make me "a better programmer" for some amorphous, platonic definition thereof, but in the year 2020 will these actually help me to materially progress career-wise?