Avery Smith is a data science consultant and career coach at Data Career Jumpstar, and TA at MIT professional education. Previously, he was working on optimization and predictive analytics at ExxonMobil. We talked about his journey from from chemical engineer to data analytics, optimization problems in energy sector, why he left ExxonMobil, and his best advice for people to get into data science. Follow Daliana on Twitter (https://twitter.com/DalianaLiu) for more on data science and this podcast. If you like the show, subscribe and give me a 5-star review :) 

Topics:

His first data science projects

His experience with ExxonMobil

Why he left ExxonMobil

Data science consulting

Challenges when working with clients

Why he built his own career coaching program

How Linkedin helped his career

TA at MIT, MIT's data engineering curriculum

how to build a data science portfolio

Avery's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/