Mastering the Art of Negotiating

Regardless of your job, being able to negotiate is a critical skill for success. For data scientists, negotiating helps you to: Resolve conflicting views of the effectiveness of a certain model. Request more resources (i.e., $$$) for your data science team. Make a...

Is Business Acumen a Hard Requirement for Data Science?

I recently ran across this post on LinkedIn: A few of the follow-up comments also caught my eye (emphasis mine): You make excellent points! Maybe part of the disconnect is not knowing how to use business acumen. It is useful in all levels, but I suppose it is more...

How to Become a Better Communicator

I was recently on StackExchange and Reddit and came across two interesting posts that really caught my attention. [Highlights mine.] “How can I become better on explaining the code to other developers?” “Communicating Data Science” Both of these posts speak to a...