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Another week in the books! I donāt wanna jinx it, but March is feeling like itās going to be a good one. Anyways, letās get to the best links I found on the internet. Oh and Iāve added emojis to signify my writing vs. articles vs. links for now. Hope you like it.
āļø The Modern Startup Analytics Stack
Conor Dewey | Data Science | 2021-02-27
Iāve been meaning to write this post for a while about the startup data tooling ecosystem, including what we are using at Hugo. Itās really amazing how much cool stuff you can do with limited resources today.
š Four Early Career Lessons
Chip Huyen | Career | 2019-12-23
I wanted to link to Chipās most recent blog post on her startup experience, but it seems to have gone missing. Keep an eye out for a repost, but regardless thereās plenty more career wisdom to explore throughout her previous posts.
š Creativity Faucet
Julian Shapiro | Thinking | 2021-02
I love how this idea is articulated by Julian Shapiro. It seems simple enough that creativity comes from bad ideas, but when you bring in pattern matching and identification, things get more interesting for me.
š On Effort
Bookbear Express | Thinking | 2021-02-10
āWhat kind of life are we living if weāre not honest with ourselves? My friend once told me that there are two types of people:Ā people who are ashamed of something and choose not to do it, and people who choose to do it anyway and just hide itā
š Causal Design Patterns for Data Analysis
Emily Riederer | Data Science | 2021-01-30
Iāve been slowly working through a causal inference rabbit hole lately. I still have a lot to learn, but this is my favorite thing Iāve read. Emily outlines methods so that āanalysts can add them into their mental index and investigate them further when they encounter a relevant question.ā
š 2021 Gaming Report
Unity | Gaming | 2021-01
My first data science job was at Unity just a few short years ago, and one of the things I remember most vividly was just how insane their dataset was. Few players in the space can put together a report even remotely similar to this.
Food for Thought
Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough. ā Ted Chiang
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