Landing a job by analyzing Seattle's crime data, from data scientist to founder of interview query, building a lifestyle business - Jay Feng - The Data Scientist Show #083
Description
Jay Feng created a viral project using Seattle crime data and later got into data science. He later founded "Interview Query" helping data scientists get jobs. We'll talk about how he landed his data science job through his blog, and his journey from data scientist to founder. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com for more on data science and career.
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Jay Feng's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-feng-ab66b049/
Jay Feng's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DataScienceJay
(00:00:00 ) Introduction
(00:01:11 ) From engineer to data scientist
(00:03:10 ) Got a job through a project
(00:05:35 ) Daliana's portfolio project with Zillow
(00:09:13 ) From data scientist to entreprenuer
(00:13:19 ) "Tinder" for job
(00:15:01 ) How he chose companies to work for
(00:15:56 ) Why he became an entreprenuer
(00:17:37 ) How many hours does he work
(00:18:54 ) Challenges when building "interview query"
(00:20:18 ) Speed vs scale
(00:22:11 ) Growth hacks he used
(00:24:22 ) YouTube vs newsletter
(00:27:21 ) Lessons he learned as a CEO
(00:29:16 ) How to grow from tech employee to founder
(00:31:59 ) How he defines success
(00:34:38 ) If you have a business idea for Jay
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