The Data Scientist Show

Apr 17 2024 464
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A deep dive into data scientists' day-to-day work, tools and models they use, how they tackle problems, and their career journeys. This podcast helps you grow a successful career in data science. Listening to an episode is like having lunch with an experienced mentor. Guests are data science practitioners from various industries, AI researchers, economists, and CTOs of AI companies. Host: Daliana Liu, an ex-Amazon senior data scientist with 180k followers on Linkedin. Join 20k subscribers at www.dalianaliu.com to learn more about data science, career, and this show. Twitter @DalianaLiu.

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Why data scientists are tired, six real data scientists' frustrations - The Data Scientist Show #089

Apr 17 2024 42 mins  
Daliana interviewed 6 data scientists from her meetup in New York City. It's a unique episode where you get to hear the real frustrations of data scientists. We talked about struggles working in healthcare, finance, data quality and AI, how to advocate for yourself, and align with your managers. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on ⁠www.dalianaliu.com⁠ for more on data

Why 80% of A/B tests fail, how to 10X your experimentation velocity - Kristi Angel - The Data Scientist Show #088

Apr 08 2024 43 mins  
Most experimentations fail, Kristi Angel shares her expertise on scaling experimentation and avoiding common A/B testing pitfalls. Learn five things that can help boost test velocity, designing impactful experiments, and leveraging knowledge repos. (Chapters below) Kristi Angel’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristiangel/ Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on ⁠ww

From physics PhD to data science leader, unexpected challenges in survey data, Python vs R, EDA best practices, building MLOps toolkit - Julia Silge - The Data Scientist Show #087

Mar 30 2024 46 mins  
Julia Silge is an engineering manager at Posit PBC, formerly know as R-studio, where she leads a team of developers building open source software MLOps. Before Posit, she finished a PhD in astrophysics, worked for several years in the nonprofit space, and was a data scientist at Stack Overflow where some of her most public work involved the annual developer survey. We talked about

Why he created Pandas, the future of data systems, why he left his CTO role to become a chief architect - Wes McKinney - The Data Scientist Show #086

Mar 22 2024 52 mins  
Wes McKinney is the co-creator of pandas library and he is the cofounder of Voltron data. Currently he is a principal Architect at Posit and an investor in data systems. Daliana's Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/DalianaLiu⁠ Daliana’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/⁠ Wes' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesmckinn/ (00:00:00) Introduction (00

From financial analyst to director of analytics, how to get promoted quickly, 7 elements of influence - Christopher Fricker - The Data Scientist Show #085

Mar 15 2024 73 mins  
Christopher Fricker is a senior director in analytics and BI at Renaissance Learning. He started his career in finance and later became a data science consultant working with Meta, Netflix, and pre-IPO tech companies doing analytics. We talked about the mental models that helped him grow from a finance analyst to an analytics leader. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on ⁠www.

Adapters: the game changer for fine-tuning - Geoffrey Angus - The Data Scientist Show #084

Mar 07 2024 52 mins  
I interviewed Geoffery Angus, ML team lead @Predibase to talk about why adapter-based training is a game changer. We started with an overview of fine-tuning and then discussed five reasons why adapters are the future of LLMs. Later we also shared a demo and answered questions from the live audience. Try fine-tuning for free: https://pbase.ai/GetStarted Geoffrey’s LinkedIn:https:/

Landing a job by analyzing Seattle's crime data, from data scientist to founder of interview query, building a lifestyle business - Jay Feng - The Data Scientist Show #083

Feb 28 2024 35 mins  
Jay Feng created a viral project using Seattle crime data and later got into data science. He later founded "Interview Query" helping data scientists get jobs. We'll talk about how he landed his data science job through his blog, and his journey from data scientist to founder. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on ⁠www.dalianaliu.com⁠ for more on data science a

Case studies from the GenAI frontier, scaling ML teams, from biologist to machine learning consultant- Erik Gafni - The Data Scientist Show #082

Feb 24 2024 63 mins  
Erik Gafni builds AI systems and teams. He founded Eventum AI (https://bit.ly/eventum-ai), an ML consulting company working with high-growth startups. We talked about GenAI projects he worked on, how he built production ML systems, how to scale ML teams, and his journey from biologist to ML researcher. Interested in working with Erik: https://bit.ly/erik-consulting Erik's L

Data science job market in 2024, softskills for interviews, AI engineering - Jay Feng - The Data Scientist Show #081

Feb 16 2024 66 mins  
Jay Feng is the CEO of interview query, a service that help data scientists get jobs. Previously he worked as a data scientist at Nextdoor, Monster. We talked about data science job market, the rise of AI engineering, and the softskills people overlook during interviews. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com for more on data science and career. Daliana's

How to handle being laid off (as data scientists), severance negotiation, full-time employment vs independent consultant - The Data Scientist Show #080

Feb 08 2024 66 mins  
We are joined by two data scientists who have firsthand experience with layoffs. We’ll talk about how to negotiate severance packages, how to handle stress, strategies for job hunting post-layoff, and how to reduce risks in full-time employment. Working with Daliana on personal branding: https://forms.gle/heNuZzaHjaAMQwLu6 Her email: [email protected] Guests: Susan Shu Cha