Oversimplified: Volume 112
Finding your personal metrics, building a data team, and sample newsletters
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Letâs get to the best links I found on the internet this week. If youâre enjoying the newsletter, share it with a friend. If this was forwarded to you, you can check out some previous issues and subscribe for future updates.
âď¸ Finding Your Personal Metrics
Conor Dewey | Life | 2021-07-07
Do well in high school. Get into college. Do some internships. Graduate college. Apply for jobs. This is a roadmap some of us know well. On the other hand, when you take away the blinders, thereâs ambiguity everywhere.
âď¸ Quantified Conor (Q2 2021)
Conor Dewey | Quantified Self | 2021-07-02
It's time for the sequel to my first quantified self report earlier this year. I do my best to publish some version of this report at the end of each quarter to assess how things have been going.
đ Building a Data Team at a Mid-Stage Startup
Erik Bernhardsson | Data Science | 2021-07-07
As all of you probably have figured out by now, Iâm a big fan of Erik Bernhardssonâs writing. His latest post is entertaining, educational, and very on-brand.
đ Dear Young Designer
Tobias van Schneider | Design | 2021-07-12
âIf you feel like your designs are more like strung-together hacks, youâre on the right path.â Lots of good, concise advice for young designers and knowledge workers in general.
đ The Sample
Jacob OâBryant | Machine Learning | NA
Cool idea in the newsletter discovery space. Input your interests and receive a different newsletter each morning. More interesting ML details here.
Food for Thought
Donât do dumb things. Thereâs too much talk on this site about all the sensational & smart things you can do with your money & time, but so much of success in life is in the mundane: Simply not doing dumb things. â Kevin Dahlstrom
Until next time
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Until next time,
Conor