From data engineer to data scientist at Google, transition into DS from non-tech degree, salary negotiation, how to manage up with Sundas Khalid - The Data Scientist Show #014

Sundas Khalid is a senior analytics lead at Google. She started her career as a data engineer and transitioned into data science through self-learning. I met Sundas when we worked together at Amazon. She helped women of color negotiate a $1.4M in incremental salaries. She talks about careers in data science, personal finance, and salary negotiation on YouTube and Instagram. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com/ for more on data science. Daliana's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/ Daliana's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DalianaLiu Sundas' website: https://sundaskhalid.com/about-me Sundas' YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/sundaskhalidInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/sundaskhalidd/?hl=en • We talked about how she transitioned from data engineer to data scientist  • Data engineer vs data scientist pros and cons  • How to grow to a senior data scientist  • How to build a data science tool that has impact for the business • 3 mistakes people make when negotiating salary   • How to build wealth using your salary   (00:00:00) Introduction  (00:01:23) Overview of her career journey  (00:04:52) High-impact projects she worked on  (00:06:59) Tools she uses  (00:07:42) To be successful in DE  (00:09:16) Transitioning into data science  (00:12:06) DE skills that give an edge as a data scientist  (00:13:11) Her expectations of data science  (00:15:49) Data engineering vs data science  (00:17:33) Her day-to-day as a data scientist  (00:19:42) The struggles in her day-to-day work  (00:21:31) Is data science going away?  (00:22:45) Automation tools and reports  (00:25:53) Growing her career as a data scientist  (00:27:53) Communicating better with people   (00:30:06) mistakes she made in her career  (00:34:16) Daliana joining the team Weblab (00:37:16) Tips for negotiating salary  (00:41:57) Tools to use for researching salaries  (00:43:19) Mistakes when negotiating a salary  (00:44:03) Importance of investing early in a career  (00:49:09) Tips about investing and building wealth  (00:51:15) Things that people should know more  (00:52:51) Tips for increasing productivity  (00:54:46) Future of data science and analytics  (00:56:08) How to keep updated on new information  (00:57:52) What is she excited about now