Reflection
🙏 23 Principles for 23 Years
A little over a week ago, I turned 23 years old. It’s both exciting and scary to face this fact. It’s also a little uncomfortable to think about how fast time continues to move faster and faster...
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Life
✏️ Learning in Ways That Don’t Scale
Chances are that you’ve come across someone on social media talking about their latest crack at an ambitious challenge, goal, or experiment. It’s pretty common, at least in my little bubble...
Data Science
📊 Practical Psychology for Data Scientists
You aren’t as logical as you think. None of us are. We are susceptible to cognitive biases each and every day. If you have had the pleasure of reading Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, then you are more than familiar with this reality...
Life
🐦 The Twitter Experiment
I’ve never been much of a Twitter user. Despite being on the platform for a few years now, I don’t tweet much. In the past, I’ve played the role of the “lurker” or “curator” instead...
Business
🛌 One Perfect Mattress for Everyone: 6 Lessons from Casper’s Success
Casper Sleep has seemingly pressed all the right buttons over the course of its journey. Founded in 2014, the mattress startup has won over customers with its innovative model...
Writing
📝 Why I Quit the Medium Partner Program
Three months ago, I enrolled in the Medium Partner Program. Since then, I’ve received $670.34 in estimated payments for my writing here. And I won’t receive another dime...
Data Science
🤔 Data Scientists Are Thinkers
Data scientists serve a very technical purpose, but one that is vastly different from other individual contributors. Unlike engineers, designers, and project managers, data scientists are exploration-first, rather than execution-first...
Business
📚 10 Reads for Data Scientists Getting Started with Business Models
If you’re getting started with data science, you’re probably focusing your attention on mostly stats and coding. There’s nothing wrong with this, in fact, this is the right move ...
Life
👤 The Single-Player Mindset
It really isn’t, and neither will any other talks, books, or gurus out there. This is a tough pill to swallow. But the more I think about things, the more I’m learning to like it this way...
Data Science
🚀 What Should Onboarding Look Like for Data Scientists?
Chances are, you’ve been there before. It’s no secret that onboarding is an important part of a company’s recruiting process. It consistently affects both new hires and team members...
Reading
📚 What I’ve Been Reading Lately
Over the past 3 months, I’ve been reading more than ever. Nothing insane like you hear from some others out there, but definitely an increase over my normal frequency...
Data Science
🗣 Compilation of Advice for New and Aspiring Data Scientists
Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve noticed more and more posts on Medium and elsewhere in the data science community centered around offering up advice to newcomers in the field...