What does a head of data science look for in a junior? | Interview with Ken Jee
Ken Jee is the head of data science at Scouts Consulting, a data science team which helps sports teams and athletes improve their performance based on data. He also makes YouTube videos answering many of the questions junior data scientists have.
Links:
Ken's channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiT9RITQ9PW6BhXK0y2jaeg
Ken interviewing me - https://youtu.be/hO_YKK_0Qck
Article version of Ken interviewing me - https://www.mrdbourke.com/how-did-you-get-started-with-machine-learning-and-data-science/
Timestamps:
0:00 - A data scientists most important job
0:20 - Intro (Daniel introducing Ken)
2:40 - Conversation start
3:11 - Ken's life motto
3:52 - How did you get started with data science?
7:33 - Masters degree vs. studying online
14:52 - How did Ken get his first internship?
17:15 - The project Ken remembers the most from
21:54 - What's it like working as the head of data science?
24:42 - Mock interview phone screen (what Ken looks for in a junior data scientist)
33:06 - The 2 things businesses are looking to solve
34:35 - What Ken's learned reviewing the projects of others
41:03 - How Ken got started with YouTube
47:36 - How does making YouTube videos compare to working on your own data science projects?
52:58 - How would Ken start learning data science again today?
59:31 - Outro
Connect elsewhere:
My machine learning course - https://dbourke.link/mlcourse
Get email updates on my work - https://dbourke.link/newsletter
Support on Patreon - https://bit.ly/mrdbourkepatreon
Web - https://dbourke.link/web
Quora - https://dbourke.link/quora
Medium - https://dbourke.link/medium
Twitter - https://dbourke.link/twitter
LinkedIn - https://dbourke.link/linkedin
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Chapters (16)
A data scientists most important job
0:20
Intro (Daniel introducing Ken)
2:40
Conversation start
3:11
Ken's life motto
3:52
How did you get started with data science?
7:33
Masters degree vs. studying online
14:52
How did Ken get his first internship?
17:15
The project Ken remembers the most from
21:54
What's it like working as the head of data science?
24:42
Mock interview phone screen (what Ken looks for in a junior data scientist)
33:06
The 2 things businesses are looking to solve
34:35
What Ken's learned reviewing the projects of others
41:03
How Ken got started with YouTube
47:36
How does making YouTube videos compare to working on your own data science pro
52:58
How would Ken start learning data science again today?
59:31
Outro
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