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SHOW NOTES

[00:02:05] Work-life balance of a data scientist

[00:06:27] “So, to answer your question, data science is just a regular ass job”

[00:08:45] Hello to everyone who joined!

[00:09:58] So many ways to learn, which one should I choose?

[00:12:26] Moving from project management to data science

[00:14:19] Dave share’s his perspective after 20 years in the data industry

[00:16:18] Tips for being more active on LinkedIn

[00:17:16] Susan – The Classification Guru – shares her tips for posting on LinkedIn

[00:18:45] Giovanna shares her tips on being positive on LinkedIn

[00:20:27] Greg Coquillo - LinkedIn Top Voice for Data Science 2020 – shares his tips on creating content and networking on LinkedIn

[00:24:06] What are your tips for debugging code?

[00:24:38] Liuna – Senior Data Scientist at IBM – shares her tips for debugging code

[00:25:28] Srivatsan Srinivasan shares his tips on how to debug code

[00:28:35] Carlos Mercado talks about Debugging in R

[00:30:21] Monica Kay Royal shares her secrets for debugging code

[00:31:15] George Firican shares some tips as well!

[00:32:08] Joe Reis closes out the discussion on debugging

[00:37:32] A big debate on the never end Python vs R question

[00:42:47] What are your expectations from someone in a junior data scientist position?

[00:43:14] Sarah shares what she’s looking for in a junior level candidate

[00:44:42] What Srivatsan looks for in a junior data scientist

[00:45:53] Monica, what do you look for in a junior data scientist?

[00:46:39] What Vin Vashishta looks for in a junior data scientist?

[00:47:51] Liuna what do you look for in a junior data scientist?

[00:49:09] Mikiko what do you look for in a junior data scientist?

[00:51:55] What does Kamrin look for in an junior data scientist?

[00:53:39] How to stay motivated and re-evaluate your hustle when you’re in the job search?

[00:56:24] Sarah shares some tips on turning applications into interviews

[00:58:19] Mikiko shares some words of encouragement as well

[01:01:17] Ben shares some advice on what to so with the crazy job descriptions

[01:05:25] Jean-Sebastian shares some advice as well

[01:08:25] Greg Coquillo adds to the discussion on what to do when you don’t hear back from applying for a job

[01:10:13] Liuna closes out the discussion

[01:11:51] Eric comes in and shares a LinkedIn hack. Also asks a question on scoring clusters

[01:14:06] Dave has an answer to this tough question

[01:17:06] Greg has a question on Federated Learning

[01:27:13] Switching to python from a SAS background

[01:34:04] We congratulate a member of the community on landing a job!

[01:38:39] What’s the difference between a data scientist and a data analyst?

[01:58:41] Why do you do these happy hours?

Special Guests: Carlos Mercado, David Tello, Greg Coquillo, Mikiko Bazeley, Srivatsan Srinivasan, and Vin Vashishta.

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Watch the episode on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx-pFw_ty92wJoWzoO7WlfaM7iYB8_qjm

We were voted one of the top ten data science podcasts by FeedSpot - check it out here: https://blog.feedspot.com/data_science_podcasts/

Checkout Nicole's article shouting out the show: https://towardsdatascience.com/supercharge-data-science-3da3ccf103-13da3ccf103

[00:04:05] “I haven’t gotten a job in months, what should I learn next to get a job?”

[00:05:39] Follow your own obsession

[00:09:44] What to do when you feel like your brain is getting fried from everything you’re learning

[00:11:29] Carlos joins in – “Start from the bottom”

[00:12:53] Don’t worry about your title

[00:15:18] How to get data science experience without having a data science job

[00:18:11] David talks about the hype cycle he’s experienced through his career

[00:19:40] How to balance your learning

[00:22:10] Why you should speak your mind

[00:25:01] Thom says a four letter word

[00:28:50] Eric comes in with a question that has us stumped for a little bit

[00:29:41] Balancing datasets

[00:31:32] Rare events

[00:35:13] Hyperparameter what?

[00:36:15] The issue with random seeds

[00:40:31] Thom compliments Eric on sharing his knowledge

[00:41:55] Where’s everyone joining in from?

[00:46:07] Diversity and representation is important and welcome

[00:47:33] Correlation and causation

[00:53:07] The importance of critical thinking

[00:56:39] David gets into network theory

[00:58:11] Functional vs OOP design principles in production

[01:00:16] “I want production to be beautiful.” – David Knickerbocker

[01:02:04] Network analysis

Special Guest: Carlos Mercado.

We do a portfolio project review, technical feedback for a project, talk about what the difference is between a data science manager and a data science project manager.

The participants turn the tables on me in this one and interview me about my process, routines, and how I find people for the podcast.

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We were voted one of the top ten data science podcasts by FeedSpot - check it out here: https://blog.feedspot.com/data_science_podcasts/

I was on the Human Prosperity podcast, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbD3aV2TfKk

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