It's pretty common that I get asked if a data science bootcamp (or a part-time Master's program, which for the most part I put in the same category) is worth it. Just to get my credentials out of the way as I weigh in: I have taught for a couple …
With the start of Star Trek: Picard recently, I've been thinking about one of the big impacts Captain Picard has had on my life (as a lifelong geek). There is an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called "Attached", where Doctor Crusher and Captain Picard become mind-linked while trapped …
A lot has changed since I started this website and blog.
When I started, I was just starting my career as a data scientist. I was looking for an outlet for posting projects so I could build up a bit of a portfolio and online presence. This was a career-building …
About a year ago I wrote a review of The Data Incubator (updated review is here). I always know when the Data Incubator application season is here because I always get a few people who have found my blog reaching out with questions about the process. I decided to put …
A while ago, I wrote a review of The Data Incubator based on my experience in the program. Since then, it’s been the most common reason people reach out to me. I’ve had people reach out to tell me how the program went for them, to ask me …
I recently wrote a blogpost for datascience.com, which you can find here. It’s about some of the lessons I’ve learned on actually implementing data science projects in healthcare for clinicians. It isn’t about the technical side of things, but the challenges of actually making sure your …
Recently, I’ve been seeing a lot of services and products advertising automation of machine learning. Data Robot and H2O.ai offer platforms that allow the creation of machine learning algorithms in point-and-click interfaces. They’ll even do the feature engineering for you! This functionality, or something like it, is …
Being a data scientist has been hyped a lot in the past few years. Glassdoor has listed it as the #1 Best Job in America 3 years in a row, and it isn’t hard to find blog posts talking about how great …
Lately I’ve been getting pretty annoyed with an obsession with performance metrics. It’s like someone let the word out about what area under the ROC curve is and suddenly everyone thinks that’s the only measure of whether a data science project is ‘good’ or not.