Tag: data science careers
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Career advise. Upgrading data science career
From time to time, people send me emails asking for career advice. Here’s one recent exchange. Hi Boris, I am currently trying to decide on a career move and would...
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Five things I wish people knew about real-life machine learning
Deena Gergis is a data science lead at Bayer. I recently discovered Deena’s article on LinkedIn titled “Five Things I Wish I Knew About Real-Life AI.” I think that this...
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Bioinformatics career advice and a story about a Soviet shoemaker
When I was in elementary school (back in the USSR of the mid 80’s), I had a friend whose father was a shoemaker. Due to the crazy stupid way the...
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Another piece of career advice
Here’s another email that I got with the question about switching to the data science career Hello, my name is X. I saw your blog, and to be honest, I...
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Career advice. A clinical pharmacist, epidemiologist, and a Ph.D. student wants to become a data scientist.
From time to time, I get emails from people who seek advice in their career paths. If I have time, I write them an extended reply and if they agree,...
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Software commodities are eating interesting data science work — Yanir Seroussi
If you read my shortish post about staying employable as a data scientist, you might like a longer post by a colleague, Yanir Seroussi. In his post, Yanir lists four...
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Career advice. A research pharmacist wants to become a data scientist.
Recently, I received an email from a pharmacist who considers becoming a data scientist. Since this is not a first (or last) similar email that I receive, I think others...
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Staying employable and relevant as a data scientist
One common wisdom is that creative jobs are immune to becoming irrelevant. This is what Brian Solis, the author of “Lifescale” says on this matter On the positive side, historically,...