080 – S3 E17 – “If you're immersed in the real world and everything is done in a way to satisfy your curiosity, you will eventually learn about all the stuff that you need to learn about.” - David

homeroom is an international podcast bridging the education gap between the classroom and the living room by starting conversations impacting the next generation. In this episode, I speak with David, a data scientist, podcaster, and educator—about his education journey from Hungary to the UK, and software developer to what he calls a “data generalist”. We talk about the subjects he excelled in at school, why the words “Industrial Revolution” brings back nightmares for him, and why he compares his brain to a Hoover—as in, the vacuum. We also discuss why it’s important to define the purpose of education, and how setting it up to prepare us for real world relevancy is a better direction for its future. Check out our conversation, join our ongoing discourse on social media, and subscribe for more. https://www.instagram.com/homeroomed You can also find a computer-generated transcript of our episode at https://www.homeroomed.com — David is a "data generalist"; currently a freelance data consultant and educator with an MSc. in Data Science and a background in software and web development. He is most interested in the skills that people actually need in the real world. To that end, he co-hosts the Half Stack Data Science podcast about data science in the real world, and is the author of The Well-Grounded Data Analyst, a book about the data skills that aspiring analysts actually need in their jobs, which will be published by Manning in 2024. You can find him online here: https://davidasboth.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-asboth https://twitter.com/davidasboth — Rée is a visual storyteller and educator exploring the consequences that mass education has on creativity, identity, and interpersonal connection. https://www.instagram.com/theinterdisciplinarian