1. Reflections on
the data science
profession in NYC
(A series of anecdotes, and options,
based on one person’s biased
experience and observations
— mostly in New York City)
Plot by Eric Fischer
10K geo-located tweets on a map
https://flic.kr/p/bhfC8P
15. Data Engineering
Database design
Backend architecture
Security & auditing
Machine Learning
Production quality
Scaling and deploying
Internal tooling
Research &
Development
Social science Natural science
Experimentation
Data exploration
Model building
16. Data Engineering
Database design
Backend architecture
Security & auditing
Machine Learning
Production quality
Scaling and deploying
Internal tooling
Research &
Development
Social science Natural science
Experimentation
Data exploration
Model building
Marketing &
Communication
Visualization
Stakeholder MGMT
Data feedback
28. The best data scientist can write backward on glass.
29. 📞
⌨
“Live code a function that
groups this arbitrary data in
this arbitrary way…keeping
track of the timestamps.”
30. 📞
⌨
“Live code a function that
groups this arbitrary data in
this arbitrary way…keeping
track of the timestamps.”
📝
🗓
“Do this random take home
that we made from public
data, and from which we may
never give you feedback.”
31. 📞
⌨
“Live code a function that
groups this arbitrary data in
this arbitrary way…keeping
track of the timestamps.”
🕵
📊
“Go to the whiteboard and
specify a model that solves this
problem I have been thinking
about for six months.”
📝
🗓
“Do this random take home
that we made from public
data, and from which we may
never give you feedback.”