In the first episode, Joel and Andrew cover who they are, how they met, how they got into data science, why they have a podcast, and chat about topics they have in mind, including but not limited to: Politics Technical tool development Whether to get a PhD How to get into data science How to hire data scientists Ethical questions in data science Jake van der Plas Type A vs Type B Thinkpiece about why Scala is the future of data science Dave Shing, AOL’s Digital Prophet, a.k.a. http://twitter.com/shingy Why is Silicon Valley considered a place you need to set up shop
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