The term “empty nester” refers to a parent or parents who have children that have recently left home. Most children move out when they attend college, get married, or simply decide to head out into the world on their own. This newfound freedom can be exciting for parents, since it provides the chance to start focusing on their own needs, after years of setting them aside in order to put the kids’ needs and requirements first. According to the United States Census Bureau, there were approximately 22.5 million empty-nester couples as of 2014,...
Feeling inspired to write your first TDS post? We’re always open to contributions from new authors.Data science and machine learning professionals are facing uncertainty from multiple directions: the global economy, AI-powered tools and their effects on job security, and an ever-shifting tech stack, to name a few. Is it even possible to talk about recession-proofing or AI-proofing one’s career these days?The most honest answer we can give is “we don’t really know,” because as we’ve seen with the rise of LLMs in the past couple of years, things can and do change very quickly in this field (and in tech more broadly). That, however, doesn’t mean we should just resign ourselves to inaction, let alone...