u/Over_Opposite_4489

Hi all! I was a swim instructor over a few summers before I got a full time job. The last time I worked, there had been a new Aquatics director who uses swim belts for swim instructors. Previously, our lessons had been where kids stand on platforms in the water and stay there until we take them off to do skills.

The new director has a lot of experience in swim instructing and has her own curriculum where she has kids in swim belts instead of platforms. The littlest students get belts that go all the way around their waist and back, and older kids transition to the belts that only have the floating part on their backs. They ultimately stop having them altogether at a certain level.

My coworkers have been giving mixed reviews on whether they like the swim belts vs platforms. I see benefits to both, but what do you all think? This is out of genuine curiosity. Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone! I graduated with my Bachelor's in December 2025 with an Applied Math degree on the Mathematical Biology track. I'm planning on working for 2-3 years in some related job to 1) make sure I want to do this for a living, and 2) make some income before applying for a masters.

I am currently doing an internship through a friend at my county's water treatment company. Ive been able to do some statistical data analysis including time-series stuff and learning more about tidyverse and such.

Their financial year starts July 1, and there is an IT Technician position open within the company. I talked to the IT director and asked if he'd consider hiring an IT Technician / Data analyst. I've already done a project for him where I did time-series analysis on the relationship between the drought warning/watch/emergency that was in effect in our county and the water usage. He said yes, he'd consider it.

What I'm wondering is should I just take it because of the bad job ​market now or if I should keep applying to more research data analyst jobs (I'm also a Lifeguard so I would have at least some income lol).

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you in advance!