Data Science Happy Hour 33 | 21MAY2021
My friend Vivianne takes over for my while I celebrate my wife's birthday - Happy Birthday Romie! Vote in the data community content creators awards! http://bit.ly/data-creators-awards Check it out and don't forget to register for future office hours: http://bit.ly/adsoh Register for Sunday Sessions here: http://bit.ly/comet-ml-oh Watch the episode on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx-pFwty92wJoWzoO7WlfaM7iYB8qjm Checkout the interview I had with the Super Data Science Podcast: https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast/landing-your-data-science-dream-job [00:00:55] Barack Obama believes in UFOs [00:06:06] How do you guys structure your week? [00:08:20] 70% is ready enough [00:13:36] At the start of your career, it’s 80/20…as you move along, it’s 50/50 [00:15:23] What does career growth look like – is moving into a strategic role the only way up? [00:15:48] What career growth looks like at Verizon [00:17:59] What’s the career path look like for people who want to stick to technical work but still move up? [00:19:28] Vin talks about some awesome work experiences he had [00:21:22] Using your hands versus using your brain [00:27:06] Do I have to quit what I love doing to get paid more? [00:28:27] How do we define impact for business and does growth have to be tied to business impact itself? [00:31:33] Vin on why companies need intelligent compensation packages [00:34:09] Greg on prioritization and the decision matrix [00:37:04] Some great dialog on company culture and it’s impact on innovation [00:41:27] What are all these titles about “Staff Data Scientist”, “Principal Data Scientist”, “Distinguished Data Scientist” all about? [00:43:50] The reality of what it's like to be one of these people with an inflated title. [00:45:06] Would you say that companies are sometimes reluctant to give that title to people? [00:46:16] The highest paid data scientist that Vin has seen [00:46:53] Could it be that it is the domain that dictates that kind of range? [00:47:34] Can you pick up the culture of a company from a job description? [00:50:15] People culture vs technical culture [00:56:18] Vacation policies [00:57:38] Inspect the failure culture of an organization Special Guests: Greg Coquillo and Vin Vashishta.
