{"id":12,"date":"2023-11-27T15:55:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/david-tang\/?p=12"},"modified":"2023-11-29T11:07:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T11:07:28","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/david-tang\/2023\/11\/27\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello World!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" class=\"wp-image-18 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/david-tang\/files\/2023\/11\/hello_world.png\" alt=\"introduction with a person typing code\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Welcome to this blog and stay for the code!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Preface &amp; Intro<\/h1>\n<p>If you are reading this, this is the opening post to this Imperial Blog! ?<\/p>\n<p>I have just got it approved, and what better way to celebrate than to post something.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just a <strong>2-minute introduction<\/strong> here:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m a research assistant in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Before this, I was a clinician in a third-world setting for a good many years and transitioned on to do the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/study\/courses\/postgraduate-taught\/health-data-analytics\/\">MSc Health Data Analytics and Machine Learning<\/a> at Imperial College.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Aspiration<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, I have been feeling a bit of a &#8216;rut&#8217;. I am starting this blog just to share general posts around, but not exclusive to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">experiences with learning programming<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">programming or coding in academia<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">testing out packages or libraries in R or Python<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hopefully, this will help me process or reflect better on my journey. I&#8217;m thinking about it as moving sideways for a while. I don&#8217;t intend to come across as self-serving. 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