Productivity Isn’t Your Problem, Lack of Clarity Is — I have been trying to build a startup, become a writer, apply to grad school, learn marketing and run a marathon for almost two years now. In two years, my progress in each has been marginal at best (except the marathon — I’ve managed three). I used to think that…

The Data Science Interview Series to Break into FAANG — The Motivation As a Data Scientist, you are both the mastermind and the gatekeeper of your company’s metrics. Every decision your company makes is in service of these metrics. That is why it is vital to have the right metrics in place. It is also why metric definition questions come up so…

Four lessons I learned from making $80K overnight — and being very lucky — I wanted two things from my first job out of college: (1) work that somewhat aligned with my major and (2) a salary that hit the six-figure mark. To be clear, I didn’t think I deserved six figures. Six figures just seemed to be the right mix of: justifying an…

The Data Science Interview Preparation Series to Break into FAANG — Last time, we were in the process of solving the following Data Science interview question asked at Facebook: You notice that the percent of users that clicked on a search result about a Facebook Event increased 10% week-over-week. How would you investigate? [Source: Glassdoor] We concluded that the ranking algorithm for search results had changed to down-rank Groups in favor of Events. …

The Data Science Interview Preparation Series to Break into FAANG — Last week, I introduced a guide to Answering the Data Science Metric Change Interview Question. But this guide wasn’t just a framework for a hypothetical interview. It’s the exact framework I used to ace the first round of my Data Science interview at Facebook. So this week, I want to…

Data Science Interview Series to Break into FAANG — Table of Contents The Motivation An Easier Way to Think About This Question So How Do You Actually Answer This Question What Does That Mean? I. Ask Clarifying Questions II. Give a Few High-Level Hypothesis III. Dig Deeper to Diagnose the Problem — TROPICS IV. Propose Solutions V. Summarize Applying the Framework Introducing…

Delta Analytics is reimagining data for good. We have been since 2013 and we invite you to join us. This year is the second year of our Global Teaching Fellows program. In 2020, we focused the program on building distributed technical capacity around the world. …