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SearchThe First Rule of Machine Learning: Start without Machine Learning
Why this is the first rule, some baseline heuristics, and when to move on to machine learning.
19 Sep 2021 · 7 min · machinelearning career 🔥
Amazon Science - Eugene Yan and the Art of Writing about Science
Why the Amazon applied scientist takes the time to break down his work for readers.
Influencing without Authority for Data Scientists
Show them the data, the Socratic method, earning trust, and more.
04 Jul 2021 · 8 min · leadership career
Towards Data Science - Author Spotlight with Eugene Yan
My favourite project, how I write weekly and how you can start, and content I would like to see more of.
02 Jun 2021 · 10 min · career writing datascience
My Impostor Syndrome Stories (Guest Post by Susan Shu)
Even high achieving individuals experience impostor syndrome; here's how Susan learned to manage it.
How to Live with Chronic Imposter Syndrome
More education, achievements, and awards don't shoo away imposter syndrome. Here's what might help.
Planning Your Career: Values and Superpowers
What do you deeply care about? What do you excel at? Build a career out of that.
DataTalksClub - The Importance Of Writing In A Tech Career
Why did I start writing? What's my writing process? What's the writing culture at Amazon like?
Mailbag: How to Get Experienced DS Resume Noticed by Recruiters?
How to increase the chances of getting called up by recruiters?
16 Jan 2021 · 4 min · mailbag career datascience
Alexey Grigorev on His Career, Data Science, and Writing
How he switched from engineering to data science, what "senior" means, and how writing helps.
29 Nov 2020 · 21 min · informalmentors career datascience writing
What Machine Learning Can Teach Us About Life - 7 Lessons
Data cleaning, transfer learning, overfitting, ensembling, and more.
22 Nov 2020 · 10 min · machinelearning career life ❤️
How to Prevent or Deal with a Data Science Role or Title Mismatch
Interview questions you should ask and how to evolve your job scope.
15 Nov 2020 · 7 min · datascience career
Applied / Research Scientist, ML Engineer: What’s the Difference?
A personal take on their deliverables and skills, and what it means for the industry and your team.
08 Nov 2020 · 10 min · datascience machinelearning career
Chip Huyen on Her Career, Writing, and Machine Learning
Setbacks she faced, overcoming them, and how writing changed her life.
01 Nov 2020 · 10 min · informalmentors career machinelearning writing
Why Have a Data Science Portfolio and What It Shows
Not 'How to build a data science portfolio', but 'Whys' and 'Whats'.
18 Oct 2020 · 14 min · datascience learning career
Is Writing as Important as Coding?
As careers grow, how does the balance between writing & coding change? Hear from 4 tech leaders.
04 Oct 2020 · 12 min · writing career leadership
CareerFair - Day-to-day as an Applied Scientist at Amazon
What's an average day like? What's great about the role? How's working in Amazon?
21 Sep 2020 · 8 min · datascience career
Routines and Tools to Optimize My Day (Guest Post by Susan Shu)
For years I've refined my routines and found tools to manage my time. Here I share it with readers.
20 Sep 2020 · 15 min · productivity career
How to Accomplish More with Less - Useful Tools & Routines
My tools for organization and creation, autopilot routines, and Maker's schedule
13 Sep 2020 · 10 min · productivity career
Datacast Podcast - Effective Data Science with Eugene Yan
My chat with James Le about my experience, leadership, agile, ML in production, writing, and more.
03 Sep 2020 · 16 min · datascience leadership career lazada
How Reading Papers Helps You Be a More Effective Data Scientist
Why read papers, what papers to read, and how to read them.
Mailbag: I'm Now a Senior DS—How should I Approach this?
Becoming a senior after three years and dealing with imposter syndrome.
27 Aug 2020 · 2 min · mailbag career datascience
Embrace Beginner's Mind; Avoid The Wrong Way To Be An Expert
How not to become an expert beginner and to progress through beginner, intermediate, and so on.
Unpopular Opinion - Data Scientists Should be More End-to-End
Why (and why not) be more end-to-end, how to, and Stitch Fix and Netflix's experience
09 Aug 2020 · 15 min · datascience machinelearning leadership career 🔥
How to Apply Crocker's Law for Feedback and Growth
Crocker's Law, cognitive dissonance, and how to receive (uncomfortable) feedback better.
How to Give a Kick-Ass Data Science Talk
Why you should give a talk and some tips from five years of speaking and hosting meet-ups.
18 Apr 2020 · 6 min · datascience career writing
Commando, Soldier, Police and Your Career Choices
Should I join a start-up? Which offer should I accept? A simple metaphor to guide your decisions.
12 Apr 2020 · 6 min · career
My Journey from Psych Grad to Leading Data Science at Lazada
How hard work, many failures, and a bit of luck got me into the field and up the ladder.
27 Feb 2020 · 11 min · career datascience lazada 🔥
What does a Data Scientist really do?
No, you don't need a PhD or 10+ years of experience.
30 Apr 2019 · 7 min · career datascience
DataScience SG Meetup - Panel On the Different Roles in Data
What's the difference between a data scientist, data engineer, and ML engineer? A panel at Google.
17 Jan 2019 · 3 min · datascience career
SMU - What is Data Analytics and How do I get into it?
What is data science, how to pick it up, and how to enter the field? A discussion with SMU undergrads.
26 Aug 2017 · 1 min · datascience career
Tech in Asia - My Journey in Data Science and Advice for others
Sharing about why data science, data science myths, a typical day, and more with TIA.
26 Jul 2017 · 4 min · datascience career
SMU Masters in IT - How to get started in Data Science
Tools and skills to pick up and how to practice them. An Invited Talk with Masters in IT candidates.
26 Jun 2017 · 1 min · datascience learning career
How to get started in Data Science
Tools and skills to pick up, and how to practice them.
25 Jun 2017 · 8 min · datascience learning career