Half Stack Data Science

Mar 03 2025 26 ep. 42 mins 200
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"Half Stack Data Science" is a podcast by David Asboth and Shaun McGirr about the realities of Data Science in the enterprise business world.

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S04E01 - Meaningful uses of AI - with Scott Hanselman

Mar 03 2025 42 mins  
Season 4, all about AI, has launched! In the first episode of the new season we talked to Scott Hanselman.Scott is a programmer, teacher, and speaker. He works out of his home office in Portland, Oregon for Microsoft as the Vice President of Developer Community. He works on .NET, Open Source, and the Azure Cloud Developer Experience, but he also blogs about technology, culture, gad

Season 3 finale - The Well-Grounded Data Analyst - with David Asboth

Feb 17 2025 49 mins  
In this episode, Shaun interviews David about his new book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst.We talk about the data skill gap between the classroom and the real world that made David want to write this book, the importance of tackling real-world projects for further learning, and the underlying methodology of the book that helps you learn to solve any data problem.If you listen to th

S03E10 - Data science needs you! - with Andrea Jones-Rooy

May 22 2024 59 mins  
If you're an aspiring analyst and want to test your existing data skills on real-world problems while learning both new skills and a framework you can apply to any problem, David's book Solve Any Data Analysis Problem is available on the Manning website through the Early Access Program and it's out in print later this year. Find it at https://www.manning.com/books/solv

S03E09 - Statistical rethinking - with Richard McElreath

Apr 21 2024 65 mins  
A reminder that David's book, Solve Any Data Analysis Problem, is out later this year and you can already buy it and read it in its draft form as part of Manning's Early Access Program. If you want to practise your data skills on real world problems and learn a reusable framework to use on any project in the future, this book is for you. Find out more here: ⁠https://www.m

S03E08 - The market view of data education - with Richie Cotton

Mar 11 2024 46 mins  
A reminder that David's book, Solve Any Data Analysis Problem, is out later this year and you can already buy it and read it in its draft form as part of Manning's Early Access Program. If you want to practise your data skills on real world problems and learn a reusable framework to use on any project in the future, this book is for you. Find out more here: https://www.mann

S03E07 - The power of data storytelling - with Kat Greenbrook

Dec 19 2023 47 mins  
A reminder that David's book Solve Any Data Analysis Problem is available in Manning's Early Access Program! You can read more about it here: ⁠https://www.manning.com/books/solve-any-data-analysis-problem⁠ (if it's not on offer when you're there, you can get 35% off with the code au35asb). ----------------------------------------------- In today's episode, w

S03E06 - Reimagining data analytics training - with James Cotton

Dec 06 2023 54 mins  
First of all, David's book Solve Any Data Analysis Problem is available in Manning's Early Access Program! You can read more about it here: https://www.manning.com/books/solve-any-data-analysis-problem (if it's not on offer when you're there, you can get 35% off with the code au35asb). ----------------------------------------------- In this episode, we talked to Jam

S03E05 - Code quality for data science - with Laszlo Sragner

Oct 11 2023 45 mins  
In this episode, we continued our season of talking to data educators and spoke to Laszlo Sragner. Laszlo runs Hypergolic, a boutique consultancy in London specialising in Machine Learning Product Management. Formerly, he was Head of Data Science at Arkera, a fintech startup in London, where he built market intelligence products with Natural Language Processing for Tier 1 investmen

S03E04 - The language of data literacy - with Valerie Logan

Sep 17 2023 50 mins  
Continuing our series of conversations with data educators, in this episode we spoke to Valerie Logan. Founding The Data Lodge in 2019, Valerie is as committed to data literacy as it gets. She believes that in today's digital society, data literacy is not just a work skill- it's a life skill. With advisory services, train-the-trainer bootcamps, an extensive resource library

S03E03 - Effective Python teaching - with Matt Harrison

Aug 31 2023 36 mins  
In this episode of Half Stack Data Science we continue our season 3 all about data science education, with a conversation with Matt Harrison. Matt stands as a prominent figure in the Python and data science community. A Stanford Computer Science alumnus, he's made significant contributions through his best-selling books, which include titles like "Effective Pandas", &