{
  "id": 344592,
  "title": "How much time are serious contenders spending on this competition?  ",
  "url": "/competitions/amex-default-prediction/discussion/344592",
  "author_name": "EightyEightMPH",
  "post_date": "2022-08-15T20:05:10.608000",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 8,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hello Kaggle Friends,</p>\n<p>I just started looking at this competition yesterday and it appears I am very late to the game.<br>\nFor those of you who are new or experienced, how much time have you spent on this competition?</p>\n<p>Thank you!</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 1900280,
      "postDate": "2022-08-15T21:39:20.103Z",
      "content": "<p>Too much 👀</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Too much 👀",
      "votes": 7,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1900294,
          "postDate": "2022-08-15T21:56:33.520Z",
          "content": "<p>Hi Fritz, How about a slightly more quantitative reply?  🤓  </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Hi Fritz, How about a slightly more quantitative reply?  🤓  "
        },
        {
          "id": 1900297,
          "postDate": "2022-08-15T22:02:48.050Z",
          "content": "<p>Way too much to be exact)))</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Way too much to be exact)))",
          "votes": 7
        },
        {
          "id": 1900346,
          "postDate": "2022-08-15T23:54:43.517Z",
          "content": "<p>About 12 hours into getting started, I have at least a few weeks to go before I'd be ready to make my first submission.  This is literally the first work day off I have had since December 2021.  My laptop HDD died this month, so I bought a new desktop and I'm eager to give my new system a little workout.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "About 12 hours into getting started, I have at least a few weeks to go before I'd be ready to make my first submission.  This is literally the first work day off I have had since December 2021.  My laptop HDD died this month, so I bought a new desktop and I'm eager to give my new system a little workout.",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 1900466,
          "postDate": "2022-08-16T04:07:13.563Z",
          "content": "<p>Dear <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/eightyeightmph\" target=\"_blank\">@eightyeightmph</a> </p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>\"<em>…a slightly more quantitative reply?</em>\"</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>If one takes a look at the leaderboard one can see the number of entries that people have made. In this competition we are permitted 5 submissions per day, so a team with say 250 entries has spent at least 50 days on the competition, without accounting for time spent on offlline tests <em>etc</em>. <br>\nI hope this helps to paint a ball-park figure of how much time a major kaggle competition can consume. </p>\n<p>All the best and good luck,<br>\ncarl</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Dear @eightyeightmph \n\n> \"*...a slightly more quantitative reply?*\"\n\nIf one takes a look at the leaderboard one can see the number of entries that people have made. In this competition we are permitted 5 submissions per day, so a team with say 250 entries has spent at least 50 days on the competition, without accounting for time spent on offlline tests *etc*. \nI hope this helps to paint a ball-park figure of how much time a major kaggle competition can consume. \n\nAll the best and good luck,\ncarl",
          "votes": 7
        },
        {
          "id": 1903104,
          "postDate": "2022-08-17T05:41:03.950Z",
          "content": "<p>Awesome quantitative response <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/carlmcbrideellis\" target=\"_blank\">@carlmcbrideellis</a>!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Awesome quantitative response @carlmcbrideellis!",
          "votes": 3
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1900525,
      "postDate": "2022-08-16T05:02:06.453Z",
      "content": "<p>2 months. This competition made me feel like I was so close and so far away from the gold medal.😭😭😭</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "2 months. This competition made me feel like I was so close and so far away from the gold medal.😭😭😭",
      "votes": 4
    },
    {
      "id": 1900231,
      "postDate": "2022-08-15T20:05:10.610Z",
      "content": "<p>Hello Kaggle Friends,</p>\n<p>I just started looking at this competition yesterday and it appears I am very late to the game.<br>\nFor those of you who are new or experienced, how much time have you spent on this competition?</p>\n<p>Thank you!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello Kaggle Friends,\n\nI just started looking at this competition yesterday and it appears I am very late to the game.\nFor those of you who are new or experienced, how much time have you spent on this competition?\n\nThank you!",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 1900233,
      "postDate": "2022-08-15T20:09:49.800Z",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "votes": -1,
      "isDeleted": true
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1900280,
      "author_name": "Fritz Cremer",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-15T21:39:20.103000",
      "content": "<p>Too much 👀</p>",
      "votes": 7,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1900294,
          "author_name": "EightyEightMPH",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-15T21:56:33.520000",
          "content": "<p>Hi Fritz, How about a slightly more quantitative reply?  🤓  </p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1900297,
          "author_name": "Konstantin Yakovlev",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-15T22:02:48.050000",
          "content": "<p>Way too much to be exact)))</p>",
          "votes": 7,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1900346,
          "author_name": "EightyEightMPH",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-15T23:54:43.517000",
          "content": "<p>About 12 hours into getting started, I have at least a few weeks to go before I'd be ready to make my first submission.  This is literally the first work day off I have had since December 2021.  My laptop HDD died this month, so I bought a new desktop and I'm eager to give my new system a little workout.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1900466,
          "author_name": "Carl McBride Ellis",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-16T04:07:13.563000",
          "content": "<p>Dear <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/eightyeightmph\" target=\"_blank\">@eightyeightmph</a> </p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>\"<em>…a slightly more quantitative reply?</em>\"</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>If one takes a look at the leaderboard one can see the number of entries that people have made. In this competition we are permitted 5 submissions per day, so a team with say 250 entries has spent at least 50 days on the competition, without accounting for time spent on offlline tests <em>etc</em>. <br>\nI hope this helps to paint a ball-park figure of how much time a major kaggle competition can consume. </p>\n<p>All the best and good luck,<br>\ncarl</p>",
          "votes": 7,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1903104,
          "author_name": "Old Monk",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-17T05:41:03.950000",
          "content": "<p>Awesome quantitative response <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/carlmcbrideellis\" target=\"_blank\">@carlmcbrideellis</a>!</p>",
          "votes": 3,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1900525,
      "author_name": "Mingjie Wang",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-16T05:02:06.453000",
      "content": "<p>2 months. This competition made me feel like I was so close and so far away from the gold medal.😭😭😭</p>",
      "votes": 4,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1900233,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-15T20:09:49.800000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": -1,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "1900280": "Too much 👀",
    "1900525": "2 months. This competition made me feel like I was so close and so far away from the gold medal.😭😭😭",
    "1900231": "Hello Kaggle Friends,\n\nI just started looking at this competition yesterday and it appears I am very late to the game.\nFor those of you who are new or experienced, how much time have you spent on this competition?\n\nThank you!",
    "1900233": ""
  }
}