No more syllabi: how do questions define work tasks?
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by Samantha from SocialMath
1y ago
Once we recycle our school notebooks and leave our classroom behind, there are no more rubrics. There is rarely a syllabus or a well-written assignment. Instead we are met with vague requests and requirements which grow over time. Scope-creep it is often called. But, sometimes it isn’t scope creep. Sometimes there are questions that no one thought to ask until they saw the next set of data. Or, perhaps, there are opportunities to grow an analysis into a different direction because new information or new strategy is available. As a younger data scientist or analyst, there are many skills you ca ..read more
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Transitioning from Academia: A Recommendation
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by Samantha from SocialMath
3y ago
I just read a fabulous article put together by Kshiti Mishra and Neha Bora based on a webinar by Dr. Karoline Pershell. I agree with 100% of the things Karoline recommends in this article. In particular, I feel incredibly strongly about the need to create alignment between your preferred reward system and the reward system of your job. If your job rewards you for doing something that you don’t enjoy doing, then you should find a different position. For my experience, I have moved teams and changed job titles in order to create better alignment between my values and the values of the leaders. G ..read more
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Police Transparency
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by Samantha from SocialMath
3y ago
There is surprisingly little published information on police activities or data analysis on their actions by outside sources. At the time of this writing, fivethirtyeight has only published 2 articles in all of 2020 with analysis police actions. Almost nothing comes up on my google searches of mathematical analysis of police data. There is no way to ground ourselves in facts if data scientist community members cannot get their hands on data to analyze and validate the stories we tell ourselves.  In a world that is becoming more and more divisive in terms of the political narratives being ..read more
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Your resume is your cover photo
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by Samantha from SocialMath
4y ago
During your transition from academics to Data Analytics and Data Science you will need to craft a resume. This is a relatively daunting task! And how you present yourself really matters. First off, what is the goal of your resume? The goal is to generate interest in you. That is to say, your resume is an advertisement. A cover photo of you for potential employers. Its job is to convey the right information in the right way to get you to the next step in the interview process. It’s unlikely that your resume will land you a job on its own. In order to get a job, you will eventually have to show ..read more
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