If you are employed as a data scientist and have survived (or strived!) in your position for more than a year, chances are you are at least a good data scientist. This is...
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The Los Angeles Times recently reported on a growing problem not just for California School Districts, but across much of the Northern Hemisphere: The number of children ...
The success and growth of AI is undeniable. Yet there are still basic tasks performing poorly, despite or because of automation. In some cases, you can blame reliance on ...
For nine years, my family and I have lived in a house in Issaquah, a little community about twenty minutes east of Seattle. The town still retains its charms — a do...
I tested the job market in the last two weeks, both as an applicant, and as a hiring manager. I share my experience here. It is radically different from what you read in ...
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I blew it last week. I’ll readily admit it. Blame it on the flu or Covid or whatever the nasty bug was that confined me to bed for a day and fuzzy for a few. ItR...
Many of us dream of starting a side business selling our knowledge, in one way or another. Though the market is highly competitive, selling eBooks or technical reports is...
Projects fail. There are many reasons why they do, but a surprising number of them come down to one or more variations of the “Wishful Thinking” theme. From a...