Data Career Podcast: Helping You Land a Data Analyst Job FAST 66: The Naked Truth about Data Careers w/ Data Manager Marijn Markus
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Jul 13, 2023 AI Snips
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From Social Scientist to Data Manager
- Marijn transitioned from social science to data science by applying his quantitative background to crime analysis in Rotterdam.
- He became a senior data scientist and managing data scientist despite starting in a non-technical field.
Diverse Backgrounds Strengthen Teams
- Data science teams benefit from diverse backgrounds including math, psychology, and domain expertise.
- No single data scientist masters programming, stats, and domain knowledge perfectly from the start.
Scaling Social Science Methods in Python
- Marijn used regression analysis to assess gender pay gaps using techniques learned from social science papers.
- He scaled scientific methods in Python to automate pay gap analysis annually for companies.