Sho't left to data science

Category: reflections

  • The dissonance between AI and learning

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    Yesterday one of my colleagues showcased a very creative idea she helped her young son implement for the school fête. Instead of selling sweets or cakes or lemonade, she helped him setup a song generator: “step up and we’ll generate a song just for you!” The concept was deceptively simple: give a short prompt about…

  • Studying data science through the University of London

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    I came across the University of London’s MSc Data Science program towards the end of 2020. At the time my Dad was fighting off Covid – and because I had also been exposed, I was quarantined with him and my Mom for three weeks while we waited to see whether we might also have contracted…

  • Dealing with impostor syndrome

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    I’m afraid that I do not write this article from the standpoint of having cracked the problem! But I do have some thoughts, which I’m jotting down here – notes to my future self when impostor syndrome rears its ugly head, as it surely will! Impostor syndrome is a psychological phenomenon where, despite often overwhelming…

  • Can I get there from here?

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    This started out as an experimental journey… I had already transitioned from music to teaching to SAP consulting. Would it be possible for the next leg of the journey to take me into the world of data science? At the outset I was not at all sure, but in the spirit of taking a sho’t left, I made a start, just…