Superdatascience

I sat down with Morgan Mendis whom I met at DSGO this year. He is one of the most advanced data scientists I’ve met and he’s been using his skills and experience to give back to his community. We discuss his career, his dreams, his ideology, and his hunt for a VP of Data Science at his former company. In this episode you will hear: Catch up since DSGO 2019 [8:04] VP of Data Science at Inspire [12:00] Morgan’s career dreams [22:04] Morgan’s experience [30:50] Tools & solutions [1:01:33] How you can get involved [1:12:45] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/321

In this week’s FiveMinuteFriday I sat down with Vitaly and Hadelin to discuss the concept of mentorship and how we work through our professional and personal hurdles with mentors. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/320

I sat down with Jonathan and Ogo, two DataScienceGO attendees, who are experts in the field of data visualization. Their methods and backgrounds differ but ultimately they believe in the same goal: telling a meaningful story. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/319

In this week’s FiveMinuteFriday I discuss the concept of “fake it until you become it” and use of the word “amazing” when thinking about your current state and when people ask how you are. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/318

An incredible young guest is in this episode after he attended DSGO. Edis is a 15-year-old, building his own neural networks. We discussed his background, his process of building neural networks from scratch, Kaggle competitions, and the benefit of online data science education. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/317

In this week’s FiveMinuteFriday I discuss how best to handle disagreements by keeping your focus on yourself and your own actions. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/316

Back by popular demand is Gabriela de Queiroz to discuss various data accessibility issues and how her work, talks, and organizations are working to make data science and AI more available across the board. In this episode you will learn: What’s new with Gabriela [7:14] How does Gabriela find the time? [10:50] Gabriela at DSGO [16:45] IBM’s Data Asset Exchange [27:48] What is Docker? [44:32] Gabriela’s code background & team [46:34] R-Ladies [54:50] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/315

I asked the team what was one wish they had for our students on their data science journey. The answers are inspirational and encouraging for students at all levels. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/314

Marco Caviezel’s journey from research-based psychology into a career as a data analyst is really fascinating. He did his entire data education online and managed to not only teach himself in topics of machine learning and data visualization but got a job as a data analyst through his own work. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/313

Kirill and Mitja share some thoughts about one of the workshops at the SuperDataScience offsite retreat. They explore the practice of contemplation as a way to get a deeper understanding and insights. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/312

This episode with Daniel Obodovski explores smart cities and the importance of problem-solving from city to city by using data correctly. But solutions aren’t always obvious, privacy continues to be a huge issue for citizens, and not every city prioritizes problems the same way. It’s a fascinating topic. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/311

Kirill and Mitja share thoughts on purposeful “trials by fire” in your life and how you can force yourself to grow through intended adversity. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/310

A conversation between rival online educators in the data science community about the challenges of creating a worldwide community with millions of students, the trends in data science, and how education can keep up to date. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/309

A FiveMinuteFriday about the importance of belonging and how a connection to the larger community in the work that you do can be incredibly beneficial and meaningful for both your career and personal happiness. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/308

Kirill and Marc have a conversation that started as a quick FiveMinuteFriday discussion on thoughtfulness that turned into a full podcast worth of content on the power of thought, mindfulness, practice, and how even data scientists need to look past facts and information and follow their intuition. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/307

The Costa Rican phrase "Pura Vida" is something very important to think about because it is incredibly beautiful, filled with emotion and it is so powerful. What meaning would this phrase have for you, in your life? Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/306

Jean-Pierre Labuschagne's career journey started in South Africa and moved to Europe, where he is bringing massive value with the power of data visualization. He is also teaching successful courses online after spending 2 years as a student of online courses himself. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/305

Can you think of examples when the law of attraction worked in your life? If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes, resources, and more at www.superdatascience.com/304

In this episode of the SuperDataScience Podcast, I chat with Astrophysicist and Online Data Science Instructor, Sam Hinton. You will hear about the Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting, where he met Nobel Prize winners and you will also hear about his appearance on the Survivor TV show. You will learn about quantum mechanics. You will also learn about the course he launched in Python for Statistical Analysis, as well as going in-depth on hypothesis testing. You will hear about Python versus R, statistical significance, why p-value of 0.5 is bad, Bayesian statistics, and what is the difference between frequentist and Bayesian approaches. If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes, resources, and more at www.superdatascience.com/303

What is Data Science to you? If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes, resources, and more at www.superdatascience.com/302