Half Stack Data Science

In the first episode of season 2, "The Orthogonals", Shaun and David speak to Andrea Jones-Rooy. Andrea is a social scientist specializing in complexity.  She has written a book and several research papers on complex systems, and regularly contributes articles to media outlets on (you guessed it!) complexity — plus data science, international relations, diversity, and uncertainty. She is also a standup comedian and circus performer. The whole thing is confusing, but basically she’ll do whatever it takes to get people to pay attention to social science & complexity. Andrea earned her Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. We discussed why you shouldn't do a political science PhD to become a data scientist, how a political science PhD will benefit you in data science if you happen to have one, finishing a PhD thesis in a Thai restaurant, and what skills are missing from most data science courses and what to do about it.

In this teaser episode of the Half Stack Data Science podcast, the hosts David Asboth and dr Shaun McGirr recap the first six episodes of the podcast and introduce the upcoming season 2: The Orthogonals

In episode 6, we bring you our interview with Allison Nau, an experienced data leader previously MD of Cox Automotive Data Solutions, and prior to that Product Director at LexisNexis. We would love your feedback on the show so far! Get in touch with us via Twitter (@davidasboth and @shaunmcgirr) or email hello@halfstackdatascience.com

In this episode, David and Shaun answer the question on every stakeholder's lips: how long will this Data Science project take? Their answer may surprise you! We would love your feedback on the show so far! Get in touch with us via Twitter (@davidasboth and @shaunmcgirr) or email hello@halfstackdatascience.com

In this episode, Shaun and David talk some more about the rationale behind this podcast, and about how hard it is to get your hands on data in the first place.

In episode 3 of the Half Stack Data Science podcast, Shaun and David talk about how to identify the value of a Data Science project. Assuming you are free from some constraints that historically hold back the progress of Data Science teams, how do you decide what to work on?

In the second episode of the Half Stack Data Science podcast, David and Shaun talk about the strategy companies can employ to become more data-driven, using what they call "the Insight Journey".

In the first episode of the Half Stack Data Science, David Asboth and Dr. Shaun McGirr answer the question "what is Half Stack Data Science"?