u/liminaltigerr

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Hi everyone,

I could really use some honest advice or direction right now. I’m finishing my Master’s in Data Science next month and I feel like I’ve been doing everything I’m supposed to but nothing is landing.

For context, my background is originally pre med with a bachelor’s in psychology and neuroscience. I transitioned into data science for my master’s. I’ve built projects and worked with Python SQL Tableau and similar tools and I’ve been actively trying to break into the field.

I’ve gone to career fairs networked applied through LinkedIn Indeed company websites pretty much everywhere. At this point I’ve applied to well over 1000 roles internships and entry level and I’m barely getting responses back.

I’m open to data analyst data science or even data intern roles. I’m honestly just trying to get my foot in the door at this point.

Does anyone have advice on other ways to break into the field that I might be missing
better strategies for getting interviews
companies that are actually hiring entry level or interns right now
or even referrals if your company is hiring

I’m based in NYC but open to remote as well.

I’d really appreciate anything advice leads or even just hearing how others broke in

Thank you 🙏

I am 27F and have been with my boyfriend 30M for almost two years. Back in October, his grandfather passed away. They were not very close since his grandfather lived in another country, but I still felt a lot of empathy for him and his family, especially his mom.

I asked if I could send food, but he said no because a lot of people were already doing that and he did not want anything to go to waste. I respected that.

I still wanted to do something, so I ordered a small sympathy flower arrangement with overnight delivery. It ended up arriving earlier than expected around 9am, and the delivery person called him and woke him up.

He reacted very negatively. He sent me a long message about how annoyed he was, said the flowers were unnecessary, questioned what his mom would even do with them, and mentioned not having space for them.

I did not respond that day because I felt hurt and confused. He later apologized after he calmed down, and we moved on.

But later on, he brought it up again and said that his father actually threw the flowers away, and he said it proudly, like it was justified and not a big deal at all. That part stuck with me.

Since then, I have started questioning things more. He has told me he thinks flowers are a waste and has never gotten me any, even after I suggested alternatives like preserved ones.

I understand grief can make people react differently, and maybe the timing was not ideal. But the way he reacted and then later spoke about the flowers being thrown away so casually and proudly did not sit right with me.

Am I overthinking this, or is this something I should be paying more attention to in the relationship?

TLDR: I sent my boyfriend sympathy flowers after his grandfather passed, he reacted angrily, and later proudly told me his father threw them away. He apologized, but the whole situation still feels off and I am questioning if this says something bigger about him.

**Post:**
I’m trying to figure out if I’m overthinking this or if something is actually off.
There have been multiple times where men have hit on me *right in front of my boyfriend* and he just… doesn’t do anything. Not even a reaction. Sometimes he’ll acknowledge it *to me* after, but he never says anything in the moment.
What confuses me more is that he often acts like it’s about him instead of me.
For example, today he walked me to the train. We were going down the stairs, he was in front of me and I was behind him. A guy walking up was clearly looking at me and saying something inappropriate. My boyfriend turns around and goes something like “why is he staring at me like that?” …and I’m just thinking, he wasn’t even looking at you, he was talking to me.
Another time we were in the park and a guy on a scooter literally turned around to check me out. My boyfriend’s reaction was “I thought he was going to rob us.”
It’s like he either doesn’t register that I’m being hit on, or he reframes it into something else.
I don’t need him to start fights or be aggressive, but I also feel weird that he never acknowledges it in the moment or says anything to the guy. It makes me question things like:
does he not realize what’s happening?
does he not care?
is he avoiding confrontation?
or does he just not see me that way?