Starting a Career in Data Science

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Connect with Massimiliano Ungheretti:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:00:25 – The habit of taking daily walks

00:02:08 – Smokers at work

00:03:33 – Catching baddies at ING

00:06:26 – Being in over your head

00:09:24 – Finding Comfort as a Data Scientist

00:13:22 – What Massi is doing with GenAI at TomTom

00:15:05 – Finding fulfillment in outcomes

00:18:16 – Asking for feedback

00:19:06 – How Data Science has evolved

00:23:02 – Data Scientist vs. other data roles

00:25:20 – Qualifying as Data Scientist

00:26:18 – From meetups to a first Data Science job

00:29:53 – How to distinguish yourself as Data Scientist

00:33:18 – What to put in your portfolio

00:35:21 – Data Science interviews

00:37:57 – Handling rejection from technical interviews

00:41:17 – How to grow as fast as possible

00:46:08 – Feedback that has stuck with Massi

00:47:49 – Way of working as Data Scientists

00:52:28 – Experimenting and managing expectations