In this episode, I interview Mark Freeman and talk about how he transitioned from public health to data science! We talk about what worked well in his journey, and what didn't, including a $20,000 investment gone sideways. Mark also gives some amazing LinkedIn job hacks! 

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Check out opening's at Humu (Mark's company): https://boards.greenhouse.io/humu

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In this episode, I talk with Andreas Kretz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-kretz/) who is an amazing resource for the data engineering community. He runs an incredibly affordable data engineering bootcamp called Learn Data Engineering (https://learndataengineering.com) and also has an extensive YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY8mzqqGwl5_bTpBY9qLMAA). 

We talked about how Andreas got started with data engineering, why he like it so much, and how others can get started. I also share my story of interviewing with Facebook for a data engineering position. 

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In this episode, I talk to Matt Blasa (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mblasa/) about how he does data science freelancing. We also talk about online portfolios, data governance, and why he posts on LinkedIn. Enjoy!

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Matt Francsis (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewfrancsis/) joined the show today and talked about his journey from geology to data science. He talked about how a data science bootcamp and a "stepping-stone" job that utilized his geology background, ended up helping him break into the field completely. 

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Flow Immersive is the next generation of data visualization and storytelling. Sign up to be on the waitlist: https://flowimmersive.com/signup

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Here are some of the topics we covered in this episode… warning, we covered quite a bit.

Data books recommendations, an update on my complete data science bootcamp, and what background is best for data science (spoiler: all backgrounds are welcome), is data getting oversaturated, and how to get a job with no experience.

With that being said, we are at 742 downloads. I’m really excited to hit 1,000. If you could just pause for 30 seconds and think of anyone you know that could benefit from this podcast, and share it with them, I would love you forever.

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In this Ask Avery Show, we talk about all things data science careers. We talk about Data Career Jumpstart which is coming out soon, you can sign up for updates at DataCareerJumpstart.com.

We tackle Automation vs Data Science, unpaid internships, how to prepare for data interviews, how to start a data science project, how to make a data project portfolio, and more!

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Check out "Telling Your Data Story" by Scott Taylor | https://amzn.to/3qaNakb

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Super exciting episode today. I got to interview Scott Taylor - The Data Whisperer. What a cool guy. We talked about data governance and data management. What are they? What does that even mean? We talked about Scott’s decades of experience in the data industry and how his use of branding has helped him build his career.

I’m always impressed with Scott’s branding. Let’s start with his name; the data whisperer. Great slogan, catchy, gives you an idea of what he’s about. Then there’s his truth hat, and we talk about that in the episode, and then he has puppets.

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In this episode, I share my quick experience leaving for 17 days to go do service in the Dominican Republic. 

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This is probably my favorite Ask Avery show of all time, at least of the last few months. We had some folks show up live to ask questions. Ricardo and Quincy asked awesome questions and it was so fun to talk to them face to face. We talked about how to stand out in getting a job in data with Ricardo. And Quincy asked about my opinion on bootcamps. We then took two written questions from Robert and Adnan. They asked about a structured plan for data science as well as how to know if you like data science.

I’m going to be ending the giveaway for the podcast rate and review. Please if you have one second and are on apple podcasts, please give us a review as it really helps the show. I’ll be choosing two random people to get shout outs on my linkedin as well as the podcast.

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The first official interview of the data career podcast! It was right after out launch party for the podcast and it was with the awesome. Thom Ives was our guest. Be sure to follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomives/. Total stud. Love the guy. Seriously so nice. We talked about his long career in data and his transition from engineering to data science. 

That is the way to become a data scientist, you do data science before the role is ever assigned you. Don’t forget that.

I do want to also apologize for my tech issues on this episode. I somehow unplugged my nice mic for my audio, and my headphones weren’t working to listen to Thom’s. That being said this audio is NOT the best. I am super sorry.

There's also a giveaway going on for the pod, all you need to do is rate and review on Apple Podcasts. 

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Ask Me Anything (AMA) session from April 20, 2021. In this episode, we talk about running, data in procurement, what NOT to do when starting data science, animal representation of data careers, my 2021 goals, where Excel fits in with data, and much, much more.

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