

The Artists of Data Science
Harpreet Sahota
In his book, "Linchpin", Seth Godin says that "Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done."
Does that sound like you?
If so, welcome to The Artists of Data Science podcast! The ONLY self-development podcast for data scientists.
You're here because you want to develop, grow, and flourish.
How will this podcast help you do that?
Simple.
By sharing advice on how to :
- Develop in your professional life by getting you advice from the best and brightest leaders in tech
- Grow in your personal life by talking to the leading experts on personal development
- Stay informed on the latest happenings in the industry
- Understand how data science affects the world around us, the good and the bad
- Appreciate the implications of ethics in our field by speaking with philosophers and ethicists
The purpose of this podcast is clear: to make you a well-rounded data scientist. To transform you from aspirant to practitioner to leader. A data scientist that thinks beyond the technicalities of data, and understands the impact you play in our modern world.
Are you up for that? Is that what you want to become?
If so, hit play on any episode and let's turn you into an Artist of Data Science!
Does that sound like you?
If so, welcome to The Artists of Data Science podcast! The ONLY self-development podcast for data scientists.
You're here because you want to develop, grow, and flourish.
How will this podcast help you do that?
Simple.
By sharing advice on how to :
- Develop in your professional life by getting you advice from the best and brightest leaders in tech
- Grow in your personal life by talking to the leading experts on personal development
- Stay informed on the latest happenings in the industry
- Understand how data science affects the world around us, the good and the bad
- Appreciate the implications of ethics in our field by speaking with philosophers and ethicists
The purpose of this podcast is clear: to make you a well-rounded data scientist. To transform you from aspirant to practitioner to leader. A data scientist that thinks beyond the technicalities of data, and understands the impact you play in our modern world.
Are you up for that? Is that what you want to become?
If so, hit play on any episode and let's turn you into an Artist of Data Science!
Episodes
Mentioned books

Aug 13, 2021 • 1h 10min
The Fearless Factor | Jacqueline Wales
Memorable Quotes from the Episode:
[00:13:04] "When I was doing martial arts, I came up with a real clear understanding of what it takes to succeed, because if you're in a fight, you better be engaged in that fight. Otherwise you're going to get broken bones or worse, you know. So what I found first and foremost with martial arts, it's a meditation."
[00:21:54] "... Fear is based on what happened in the past, might also be happening in the future when, in fact, we are we're in a position right now to change it. So if you're self-aware and you know that to be true and by the way, fear, if you don't have any empirical evidence, is just a story."
[00:36:57] "A lot of people get caught up in their competency. Can I trust that I'm competent enough to be able to do that? How many people play small when they have a whole lot more to offer because they don't trust themselves and then the trusting of others? If you're in leadership, you want to build trust with your team members. You've got to be able to trust them that, you know, they're going to say what they'll do, what they say they will do. You gotta trust that they're working in your own or your best interest, as well as their own best interests, and of course, that applies to you, too..."
[00:45:08] "By the way, when you hear a lot of negative voices, they're not our voices. They were planted there originally by somebody else who in some way or another told you you weren't good enough. Whether it's a parent or a teacher or a boss doesn't matter. You carry that message with yourself."
Highlights of the Show:
[00:01:18] Guest Introduction
[00:02:34] Where did you grow up and what was it like there?
[00:07:41] What did you think your future would would be?
[00:14:39] Struggling with follow through and consistency, what do we have to do to overcome that?
[00:17:02] What's the first thing you see every morning? Would that constitute a system?
[00:19:42] Systems, they're not like pulleys and levers and crazy things. It's simple. You can make it easy for yourself.
[00:20:24] What self-awareness is and why is that so important as the first step in any change process?
[00:24:09] Knowing your name and social security number doesn't mean you are self aware.
[00:25:31] "...stay open and curious and stay out of judgment."
[00:30:46] Four types of characters of self-awareness.
[00:46:29] How can we wrestle the fear?
[00:53:41] Do we need to prove to ourselves that we're good enough?
[00:57:27] "The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."
[01:01:48] RANDOM ROUND
[01:01:51] What do you want to be remembered for?
[01:02:00] What do most people think within the first few seconds when they meet you for the first time?
[01:03:15] Do you think you have to achieve something in order to be worth something?
[01:03:57] What are you currently reading?
[01:05:17] What song do you have on repeat?
[01:06:03] What is one of the great values that guides your life?
[01:06:30] What story does your family always tell about you?
[01:06:50] What's the best thing you got from one of your parents?
[01:07:04] What's your favorite book?

Aug 12, 2021 • 1h 35min
Comet ML Office Hour 25 | 08AUG2021
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Checkout Jonathan Tesser's episode here: https://theartistsofdatascience.fireside.fm/jonathan-tesser
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtistsofDataScience
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theartistsofdatascience/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheArtistsOfDataScience
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtistsOfData

Aug 8, 2021 • 1h 56min
Data Science Happy Hour 44 | 06AUG2021
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The Artists of Data Science YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtistsofDataScience
https://www.instagram.com/theartistsofdatascience/
https://facebook.com/TheArtistsOfDataScience
https://twitter.com/ArtistsOfData

Aug 6, 2021 • 50min
The Tesstimony | Jonathan Tesser
Memorable Quotes from the episode:
[00:21:08] "...I would give and I would give and I would give and I would help. And those people would just leave my life like they got what they needed from me and they left. And it created this idea that the human experience isn't such a wonderful thing. You have to you have to force people to be. It sounds awful, but you really have to put them on the spot and say, if you want to stick around, I'm going to show you what it means to stick around."
[00:24:37] "...mentorship for me just means how can I grow? How can I grow as a person? How can I become better? How can I how can this personal development hamster wheel continue to turn in a positive direction? And so each person I talked to, I say to them, I'm like, you are my inspiration."
Highlights of the episode:
[00:01:00] Guest Introduction
[00:03:07] Realizing that Jonathan is a data guy!
[00:09:11] Should it be something that we strongly have an opinion about or should we just do it for the audience out there?
[00:11:43] Where in the agreement when you sign up for LinkedIn, does it say don't talk about personal life?
[00:23:32] It's hard to give advice to people when you don't know them.
[00:24:29] What are some good ways find a good mentor?
[00:33:17] Ninety five percent of people don't want to put the work in.
[00:33:27] How do you deal with the notion of not really interacting with more people?
[00:35:22] Can selfishness be a virtue?
[00:37:34] What are some other self skills that highly analytical people are missing?
[00:42:32] RANDOM ROUND.
[00:42:56] It's one hundred years in the future. What do you want to be remembered for?
[00:43:32] When do you think the first video to hit one trillion views on YouTube will happen, and what will that video be about?
[00:44:33] Do you think you have to achieve something in order to be worth something?
[00:45:45] What are you currently reading?
[00:47:09] What song differently have on repeat?
[00:47:45] What dumb accomplishment are you most proud of?
[00:48:19] What makes you cry?
[00:48:35] What's your favorite Candy?

Aug 5, 2021 • 1h 21min
Comet ML Office Hour 24 | 01AUG2021
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Checkout Lillian Pierson's episode here: https://theartistsofdatascience.fireside.fm/lillian-pierson
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
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtistsofDataScience
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theartistsofdatascience/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheArtistsOfDataScience
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtistsOfData

Aug 1, 2021 • 1h 49min
Data Science Happy Hour 43 | 30JUL2021
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https://www.instagram.com/theartistsofdatascience/
https://facebook.com/TheArtistsOfDataScience
https://twitter.com/ArtistsOfData

Jul 30, 2021 • 1h 1min
Do What You Love Doing | Lillian Pierson
MEMORABLE QUOTES FROM EPISODE:
[00:13:05] "If you're an implementation person and you love implementing, that's awesome because you don't have to do you don't have to learn the people skills, you don't have to become a leader, so on and so forth. And you can still land jobs."
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SHOW:
[00:01:29] GUEST INTRODUCTION
[00:39:00] Where'd you grow up and what was it like there?
[00:04:44] So when you're in high school, what did you think your future would look like?
[00:12:08] Everybody wants to break into data science but nobody is willing to appreciate.
[00:18:19] I learned how to do technical strategy.
[00:22:43] Do you have to know what skill sets you're working with?
[00:25:40] How can you get more information from your stakeholders?
[00:27:23] What a day in the life of a Data entrepreneur is like?
[00:32:11] How are you managing your time on a day to day basis?
[00:41:48] How is your experience been working with the coach?
[00:49:50] What do you want to be remembered for 100 years in the future?
[00:50:24] When do you think the first video to hit one trillion views on YouTube will happen?
[00:53:11] What are you currently reading?
[00:57:11] What song are you currently listening to on repeat?
[01:00:01] Who are some of your heroes?
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Jul 25, 2021 • 1h 51min
Data Science Happy Hour 42 | 23JUL2021
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https://facebook.com/TheArtistsOfDataScience
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Jul 23, 2021 • 1h 2min
How to Think Like a Data Science Billionaire | John Sviokla
MEMORABLE QUOTES
[00:06:46] “If you’re right there when people want something, then you are setting up to really want to do something.”
[00:25:22] “Entrepreneurship is like staring the abyss and chewing broken glass broken glass.”
[00:27:09] “It’s the being able to manage your emotions in the context of failure….And that again, the notion of persistence, the ability to fail and keep going, the ability to just reconfigure, to pivot, to go to look for something new, to create not to shut down.”
[00:29:27] “It seems like entrepreneurship it’s almost like a middle-skill. It’s not just a particular skill. It’s you know, it requires a whole bunch of different skills and requires a high level of Activation energy, being able to lead yourself and pursue.”
[00:36:21] “ To think about what someone needs, when it hasn’t been completely expressed, takes a tremendous amount of empathy.”
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SHOW
[00:00:29] Guest Introduction
[00:03:25] How did you first get introduced to Artificial Intelligence?
[00:06:39] Have things progressed along as you thought they would?
[00:11:4] What was the general sentiment about AI back then?
[00:16:19] Is this idea talk about big representation versus big data?
[00:19:11] How does trying to predict our precognition work within that context of big representation and networks?
[00:20:09] How did that lead you down the path of studying billionaires?
[00:21:50] What led you to study habits of mind in particular?
[00:23:31] How would you define the concept of habit of mind?
[00:24:00] What would your definition of an entrepreneur be?
[00:25:05] Is there a key missing skill to entrepreneurship?
[00:32:18] When it comes to producers, builders, and sells, what would you say is the biggest point of similarity between these two?
[00:34:58] In what way would you say these two diverge the most?
[00:36:05] Define empathetic imagination for us.
[00:37:33] What is it that allows producers to see what others can’t?
[00:40:41] What is it that allows them to have their margins of empathetic insights with imagination.
[00:42:35] Is this concept of diet, beverage, and thinking going down?
[00:47:41] Talk to us about this concept of duality of time.
[00:52:06] Would you mind describing what transient hypofrontality is and how we can use it?
[00:55:21] What is inventive execution and why is it that begins with design?
[00:59:21] It’s 100 years in the future. What do you want to be remembered for?
[1:00:07] The Random Round.

Jul 22, 2021 • 54min
Comet ML Office Hour 23 | 18JUL2021
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Checkout James Altucher episode here: https://theartistsofdatascience.fireside.fm/james-altucher
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtistsofDataScience
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtistsOfData