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The TRUTH About Landing Your First Data Job (Avery Smith) - KNN Ep. 132
Today, I had Avery Smith back for his second appearance on the KNN podcast! We talked about fatherhood, growing your own business, and...

Ken Jee
Jan 10, 20231 min read
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How To Prioritize Work and School For a Data Career - KNN Ep. 131 (Devansh)
Devansh is a nomad working in AI Research and Machine Learning. While he is still a college student, Devansh has been able to start a...

Ken Jee
Jan 3, 20231 min read
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When Comedy Collides with the Tech Scene (Socially Inept) - KNN Ep. 130
Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing the team at Socially Inept, a gang of techie comedians. I interviewed Austin, Jesse, Nikita,...

Ken Jee
Dec 27, 20221 min read
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The TRUTH About Working in Gaming as a Data Scientist (Carly Taylor) - KNN Ep. 129
Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Carly Taylor. Carly is a technology strategist, video game enthusiast, and founder of Rebel...

Ken Jee
Dec 20, 20221 min read
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How She Built Her Own Role at Google (Stephanie Wong) - KNN Ep. 128
Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Stephanie Wong. Stephanie is a 3x Webby award-winning Head of Developer Engagement. She is a...

Ken Jee
Dec 6, 20221 min read
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Leaving His Data Analyst Job for Good (Stefan Masnikovic) - KNN Ep. 127
Stefan Masnikovic held a stable job as a data analyst for 7 years. Right at his "career peak" when he was working as a freelancer earning...

Ken Jee
Nov 29, 20221 min read
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Podcast Update, Feedback, and Future Plans - KNN Ep. 126
In this episode, I give a short update on the podcast, ask for feedback on ways to improve, and talk about the future of KNN and my...

Ken Jee
Nov 22, 20221 min read
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The Secret Analytics War Behind International Team Golf (Dylan Beirne) - KNN Ep. 125
Dylan Beirne is a quant trader and data scientist, most focused on golf. Currently, he works with Nellie Analytics, part of SIG, modeling...

Ken Jee
Nov 15, 20221 min read
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The Woman Behind the Kaggle Days World Championship (Maria Parysz) - KNN Ep. 124
This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Maria Parysz. Maria is the CEO of LogicAI, the founder of ElephantAI, and the mastermind...

Ken Jee
Nov 8, 20221 min read
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Working at Kaggle as a Kaggle Grandmaster (Walter Reade) - KNN Ep.123
Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Walter Reade. Walter is a data scientist at Kaggle where he helps to prepare competitions. He...

Ken Jee
Nov 1, 20221 min read
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Why She Left a Big Tech City to Advance Her Career (Christina Stathopoulos) - KNN Ep. 122
Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Christina Sathopolous. Christina is an Analytical Lead at Google where she works with Waze. She...

Ken Jee
Oct 25, 20221 min read
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Multiplying His Income 6X in 4 Years With Data Jobs (Shashank Kalanithi) - KNN Ep. 121
Today, I had the pleasure of welcoming back Shashank Kalanithi. Shashank is the reigning iron analyst, a data analyst turned senior data...

Ken Jee
Oct 18, 20221 min read
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Cowboys vs. Scientists (DJ Rich) - KNN Ep. 120
DJ Rich is an educational content creator on YouTube who covers Machine Learning relating topics, from Reinforcement Learning to...

Ken Jee
Oct 11, 20221 min read
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An Inside Perspective on Baseball Analytics (Jeremy Frank) - KNN Ep. 119
Jeremy Frank is the creator of the Twitter account @MLBRandomStats which has amassed nearly 100,000 followers. He's currently studying...

Ken Jee
Oct 5, 20221 min read
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Why You SHOULD Take Risks Early in Your Career (Patrick Akil) - KNN Ep. 118
Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Patrick Akil. Patrick is a software engineer, consultant, and host of the Beyond Coding...

Ken Jee
Sep 28, 202240 min read
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Quantifying "Soft Skills" to Get the Most Out of Your Career (Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic) - KNN Ep. 117
Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic who was introduced to me via my good friend and podcast guest Luke...

Ken Jee
Sep 21, 202238 min read
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Using GPT-3 To Automate Dating and Work (Dmitri Mirakyan) - KNN Ep. 116
Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dmitri Mirakyan. Dmitri Dmitri runs the consumer product analytics team at Opendoor. Prior to...

Ken Jee
Sep 13, 202246 min read
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Why He Left His Startup To Pursue Data Science Tutorials on YouTube (Keith Galli) - KNN Ep. 115
Today, I had Keith Galli back on the KNN podcast for round 2! Since our last talk, he left his startup to pursue YouTube and data science...

Ken Jee
Sep 6, 202232 min read
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What You're Getting Wrong About Data Vis - According to a UX Designer (Thomas Watkins) - KNN Ep. 114
Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Thomas Watkins. Thomass is a thought leader in the User Experience space, a speaker, and an...

Ken Jee
Aug 30, 202240 min read
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Why He Shared His Tech Salary on Linkedin (Zach Wilson R2) - KNN Ep. 113
Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with Zach Wilson, a Staff Data Engineer at Airbnb. Zach is best known for his radical transparency...

Ken Jee
Aug 23, 202245 min read
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