Here is a PDF version of my slides that I presented at the Data Science DC event:
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Hiring a Data Scientist, Building a Data Science Team and Getting Hired as Data Scientist
Two great articles came out about science of Data Science employment. The article How to hire data scientists and get hired as one, is written by Derrick Harris from gigaom.com. Harris gives six tips:
1. Know the core competencies
2. Know a little more
3. Embrace online learning
4. Learn to tell a story
5. Prepare to be tested (aka “Your pedigree means nothing”)
6. Exercise creativity
The second piece is a blog post from Hortonworks and is titled How to Build a Hadoop Data Science Team. This post describes how the skill set of a data scientist is a mix between those of a software engineer and a research scientist (see above graphic).
Scaling Big Data Mining Infrastructure at Twitter
“Scaling Big Data Mining Infrastructure at Twitter,” is a nice slide show that Alex Popescu posted on his blog, myNoSQL. The slide show is a broad overview the of the data engineering Twitter is doing to make life easier for their data scientists.
Three Questions That Can Make Data Science “Built to Last”
Data scientists should ask themselves these three questions everyday!
Big data is here to stay. There are too many opportunities to improve our lives, our businesses, and our selves using technology that is declining in cost and rising in value–at least for those who are able to harness it. From individualized medicine, to the Internet of Things, we are generating data with our every breath, and if it’s used in the best way, we are on the brink of a technology revolution that will overshadow the industrial revolution.
The question, then, is: What is the best way?
There’s been a lot of backlash against big data, which Ray Rivera discusses brilliantly in his SAP/Forbes article “Why Big Data is Getting the Bully Treatment.” Like all big changes, the move to data-driven decisions in our offices, in our schools, and in our lives, is frightening. There are hazards (both moral and technical). There’s the problem of what…
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Topology and Data Analysis
In a previous post I highlighted the Silicon Valley startup Ayasdi, a company that designs visualization software for data analysis. I came across this article, which highlights an application of Ayasdi Iris to cancer data.
Start a Blog!
One reason I started this blog was to create a portfolio of my academic work. I found this article via @KirkDBorne on Twitter, which argues why blogging is good for science students.
How to Interview a Data Scientist
Here is a slide show on hiring interviews for Data Scientists. This was presented at Strata 2013 by Daniel Tunkelang, Director of Data Science at LinkedIn.
