What 6 Years as a Data Scientist in Big Tech Taught Me

gonna look at you as a mentor, hearing you speak of your experiences is really helpful as someone who will start their degree in DS. good shit

oh wow.... I remember watching you a bit when I was still in college getting my degree in data science. Right now, I just happened to see this video so randomly recommended to me and I just graduated... Perfect timing! lol

Wow, it's been a while! Looking forward to your next video

Welcome back Priya. Are you thinking about doing a PhD for astrophysics? I have yet to get my bachelor’s in physics and am thinking of going to grad school after I graduate.

Glad you're back from hiatus haha! Here for all of it and your new insights ... I met you at Brandeis a couple years ago btw during parents weekend randomly where we chatted a bit and shared how insightful n great I found your channel to be whilst doing my MS in CS in ML/AI at time, as I have an Astrophysics undegrda background as well

You should definitely feel grateful, a lot of us wish we were in your position rn. I'm also a physics graduate from a top school and I'm about to be 12 months unemployed next month. I've been trying to break into data science since my sophomore year and haven't even been able to land a simple analyst job. I wanna say your videos have helped me in interviews tho I've gotten to the last round of multiple interviews but something always happens at the last minute (hiring freeze, ghosted, etc.)

Yayayayayayay priyas back

Most Data Science work no longer makes sense- predictive models no longer actually predict anything, they just reveal certain information.
That's why we need Business Scientists- people who use Data Science (drawing from multiple scientific disciplines) to determine whether and to what extent a predictive model is actually useful.
However, they're still very useful in laboratory and scientific research- just not in business

Love to have you back, it'll be nice to see more technical videos. Like the 30 day ML videos

I’m looking for a data scientist (associate or senior, been senior title for 5 years as a quant and fin engineer).

AI and LinkedIn say my resume is strong but all I’m getting are rejections. My skillset is there but is this year hard? What can I do to stand out? I have projects on GitHub and a lot of value delivering experience using data science tools.

You are awesome tho!

Although I am in a different line of work, this was good. Thank you for the content

Haha! Hi uchicago! I was down the block at Illinois Tech also for astrophysics 😂 now in data analytics at Wells Fargo for a year, and it's mostly been a confusing year (:

How do you gather your data during the cleaning process? Do you use webscraping and have to be sure you can for each website?

Welcome back! And thank you so much for the video, it helped a lot ❤

Thank you for the video, and nice to see you again!
What trend do you see for a data scientist going forward? Do you see a lot of End-to-end data scientists that can concept, develop and implement in production the whole solution?

As a current uchicago student interested in data science, it's fascinating to hear what life after college is like. Thanks for the videos!

Can't wait to see more helpful videos from you!

I would love to know if you’ve started seeing a large integration of LLMs in the field. Also, thank you for posting again. I’ve been keeping up with your journey for some time

I'm so glad you posted this! I randomly thought of your videos last week and rewatched the timeseries ones, and I was hoping you would post soon. So happy you did! 😊 Can you do a video about building a ML pipeline?

Thank you for sharing! I'm not in data science but am a UChicago alum too which is how I found your channel originally. When I was job hunting last year, I was thinking really hard about a job with good people, good energy, benefits, and a set of values I aligned with. I did take a pay cut, but that stress you talked about in your video has lifted. I think it was worth it for me and where I'm at in my life (now about 12 years into my career in urban planning/ affordable housing development). Good luck on your current role and whatever comes next!

I am a data scientist too and I am currently in the process of moving from a big company to a start-up up. I have worked in a start-up before and I understand your point clearly. The type of work I've done in both types of companies is very different and since I am only a few years in, I want to do lots of things and experiment. Your video is very good and relatable. Keep up the good work!

I work as a data scientist at one of largest bank..... it feels my soul is being sucking away........
I used to do research at H/Y/S...... get paid like shit but feels I'm learning ......

but banking is su high regulated.....I'm thinking about to join a start up as long as I save my first one mill$......

Great to see you making videos again, Priya!

Hey! I just wanted to thank you cuz I started watching you since Covid back in hs and now I just started as Data Scientist at a nearby hospital! I just wanted to thank you because your videos helped me learn a lot about the field and prep for the interviews, so thanks again! Glad you're back!

Good to see another video of yours! I’m hoping you’ll find what works for you with stress management to further your health and career. I’m curious what advise you’d give a Physics major leaving college soon and considering a career in DS (its me 😂)

yeeey she's back

How the hell you have a job in tech without a CS degree? I am majoring in CS with a 4.0 GPA and I can’t even get an internship!!!

Good to see you back!!

Damn, I’ve always wanted to work in tech as a data scientist (experimentation) but now I’m not so sure after this 😂. The job I’ll be starting soon is super chill (culture is great) but now I’m like wondering if I’m willing to ditch culture for higher pay (which is why I want to be in tech). But I don’t know.

Thanks for the video

You really motivate me a looot!! I am graduating this year with undergraduate in Math Physics! Spent a last few months on ML specially Random Forests. Hopefully this year I work hard for the Job Hunt! Thank you very much 😇😇

Do you think this career path will be less and less available with AI eliminating more entry or junior level positions?

Seems like unless you’re already at a senior level getting started is becoming less feasible.

Oh, wow! Glad you're back.

please focus on your personal life before your forehead becomes too long for that