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Ken's Nearest Neighbors — 197 episodes
How Can Data Teams Get Out of Their Own Way (Alex Gold) - KNN Ep. 196
How She Went From Analytics Executive to Solopreneur (Serena Huang PhD) - KNN Ep. 195
The Journey of a Non-Technical Founder in a Data Company (Jake Schuster) - KNN Ep. 194
Inside New York's Most Exclusive Data Community (Derek Larson) - KNN Ep. 193
4X Kaggle GM Shares His Surprising Secret to Success in Competitions (Chris Deotte) - KNN Ep. 192
The Crappiest Data Company I've Ever Heard Of (Scott Hickle) - KNN Ep. 191
Caribbean Data Scientist Explains How to Go Out and Get Your Career (Mark Moyou) - KNN Ep. 190
Lessons from Teaching in North Korea for 4 Years (Andrew Kemp) - KNN Ep. 189
The Youngest Ever 3x Kaggle GM Explains Why She Switched to Product (Ruchi Bhatia) - KNN Ep. 188
How Fast is AI Innovation Really Happening? (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 187
How AI Changes the Interview Process (Nick Singh) - KNN Ep. 186
The Problem With Developer Advocacy (Daliana Liu) - KNN Ep. 185
Speaking with the Creator of Pandas on the Future of Open Source (Wes McKinney) - KNN Ep. 184
The Story Behind the Analyst Builder (Alex Freberg) - KNN Ep. 183
Should Kids Still Learn to Code? (Hunter Kempf) - KNN Ep. 182
From Auditor to Data Driven Decision Maker (Monica Kay Royal) - KNN Ep. 181
How Fatherhood Changes Career Goals (Antonio Ivanovski) - KNN Ep. 180
Why He Left His PhD to Pursue His AI Podcast (Louis-Francois Bouchard) - KNN Ep. 179
From Divinity Student to Data Scientist (Immanuel Tacky) - KNN Ep. 178
How AI Reshaped This Data Analyst's Job (Luke Barousse) - KNN Ep. 177
The Past and Future of Healthcare and AI? (Eric Doherty) - KNN Ep. 176
Why His Data Tik-Tok is so Addicting (Elijah Butler) - KNN Ep. 175
Why Your Company May Need a Part Time Chief Data Officer (Eric Gonzalez) - KNN Ep. 174
Life / Podcast Update! - KNN Ep. 173
Confronting the Biggest Problem with the Data Science Interview (Jack Blandin) - KNN Ep. 172
The Difference Between Working at Google and Founding a Startup (Mike Dezube) - KNN Ep. 171
The Surprising Importance of Timing on AI Innovation (Marinela Profi) - KNN Ep. 170
How a Book Landed Him His Dream Job (Tyler Richards) - KNN Ep. 169
How He Became the Biggest Podcaster in Data Science (Jon Krohn) - KNN Ep. 168
Why He Quit Being an Analytics Manager ( @AlexTheAnalyst ) - KNN Ep. 167
250,000 Subscriber Q&A!! - KNN Ep. 166
How Companies and Data Scientists Can Capitalize on the AI Boom (Vin Vashishta) - KNN Ep. 165
From Unemployed Subscriber to Director in 3 Years (Ray Ojel) - KNN Ep. 164
Why Data Scientists Should Break Things (Daniel Parris) - KNN Ep. 163
Leaving Google and BCG to Start Their Own Data Firm (Gleb Drobkov & Mike Dezube) - KNN Ep. 162
How AI is Altering Music Forever (Ale Koretzky) - KNN Ep. 161
What is Langchain and Why Will it Change the World? (Greg Kamradt) - KNN Ep. 160
What Separates High Output Data Scientists from the Rest? (Jeff Li) - KNN Ep. 159
Why RStudio is now Posit (J.J. Allaire | Posit CEO) - KNN Ep. 158
How He Became a Data Strangler (Abe Diaz) - KNN Ep. 157
Why He Left Google DeepMind at the Peak of AI Hype (Aleksa Gordić) - KNN Ep. 156
Q&A: Job Market, LLMs, Future of Data Science - KNN Ep. 155
What You Can Learn from a "Normal Guy" Pursuing Data Science (Nash Mundondo) - KNN Ep. 154
Understanding Data Privacy in the Age of AI (Katharine Jarmul) - KNN Ep. 153
Finding Your Tribe in the Tech World (Rabie Zahri and Zaheer Ali) - KNN Ep. 152
Finding Your Perfect Career in the Age of AI (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 151
Risking it all to Join a Stealth Startup (Mark Freeman) - KNN Ep. 150
What Makes Someone Stay in Data Science (Richad Nieves-Becker) - KNN Ep. 149
Why the Best Teachers Learn Alongside You (Kevin Markham) - KNN Ep. 148
I Interview ChatGPT (GPT-4) - KNN Ep. 147
How to Craft a Fulfilling Career by Embracing Your Authentic Self (Jess Ramos) - KNN Ep. 146
What Does ChatGPT Mean for Students, Teachers, and Kagglers? (Ruchi Bhatia) - KNN Ep. 145
Seeds of Innovation: Data Science's Role in Agribusiness (Serg Masís) - KNN Ep. 144
The Myth of Job Security in Big Tech (Michael Galarnyk) - KNN Ep. 143
The Best Way for Universities to Prepare Data Science Students? (Greg Hogg) - KNN Ep. 142
Inside the Kaggle Grandmaster Team at NVIDIA (Theo Viel) - KNN Ep. 141
Rage Quitting SF (Tina Huang and Zach Wilson) - KNN Ep. 140
The Modern Data Stack: Everything You Need to Know (Chris Tabb) - KNN Ep. 139
Where AI Meets Religion and Psychedelics (David Gonzalez) - KNN Ep. 138
The Data Project too Risky to Share in an Interview (Zach Quinn) - KNN Ep. 137
Creating Career Insurance in the Age of Tech Layoffs (Matt Harrison) - KNN Ep. 136
Why are Data Science Jobs Disappearing? (Jay Feng) - KNN Ep. 135
From Highschool Teacher to Data Science Leader (Ben Doremus) - KNN Ep. 134
The Future of Data Engineering (Joe Reis and Matt Housley) - KNN Ep. 133
The TRUTH About Landing Your First Data Job (Avery Smith) - KNN Ep. 132
How To Prioritize Work and School For a Data Career - KNN Ep. 131 (Devansh)
When Comedy Collides with the Tech Scene (Socially Inept) - KNN Ep. 130
The TRUTH About Working in Gaming as a Data Scientist (Carly Taylor) - KNN Ep. 129
How She Built Her Own Role at Google (Stephanie Wong) - KNN Ep. 128
Leaving His Data Analyst Job for Good (Stefan Masnikovic) - KNN Ep. 127
Podcast Update, Feedback, and Future Plans - KNN Ep. 126
The Secret Analytics War Behind International Team Golf (Dylan Beirne) - KNN Ep. 125
The Woman Behind the Kaggle Days World Championship (Maria Parysz) - KNN Ep. 124
Working at Kaggle as a Kaggle Grandmaster (Walter Reade) - KNN Ep.123
Why She Left a Big Tech City to Advance Her Career (Christina Stathopoulos) - KNN Ep. 122
Multiplying His Income 6X in 4 Years With Data Jobs (Shashank Kalanithi) - KNN Ep. 121
Cowboys vs. Scientists (DJ Rich) - KNN Ep. 120
An Inside Perspective on Baseball Analytics (Jeremy Frank) - KNN Ep. 119
Why You SHOULD Take Risks Early in Your Career (Patrick Akil) - KNN Ep. 118
Quantifying "Soft Skills" to Get the Most Out of Your Career (Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic) - KNN Ep. 117
Using GPT-3 To Automate Dating and Work (Dmitri Mirakyan) - KNN Ep.116
Why He Left His Startup To Pursue Data Science Tutorials on YouTube (Keith Galli) - KNN Ep 115
What You're Getting Wrong about Data Vis - According to a UX Designer (Thomas Watkins) - KNN Ep 114
Why He Shared His Tech Salary on LinkedIn (Zach Wilson R2) - KNN Ep. 113
The Man Behind the Bam! (Josh Starmer Round 2) - KNN Ep. 112
Data Analytics YouTuber Faceoff! (Luke Barousse & Alex Freberg) - KNN Ep. 111
Everything You Need to Know About ML Ops (Miki Bazeley) - KNN Ep. 110
Recession Planning for Data Scientists(Shailvi Wakhlu) - KNN Ep. 109
Answering Your Anonymous Questions (Data Science Masters, Learning, Salary) KNN Ep. 108
Navigating The Maker vs Manager Tradeoff (Jared Dean) - KNN Ep. 107
How Analytics Fits into a Competitive Jiu Jitsu Career (Breylor Grout) - KNN Ep. 106
Can Data Science Be Beautiful? (Thu Vu) - KNN Ep. 105
How a Sports Agent Uses Data Science (Ian Greengross) - KNN Ep. 104
What Comes After Landing Your Dream Data Science Job? (Jeff Li Round 2) - KNN Ep. 103
Lost After College to Top Data Scientist (Kristen Kehrer) - KNN Ep. 102
How He Made Learning to Code Completely Free (Quincy Larson) - KNN Ep. 101
[Special] A Parent's Perspective on Our Work (Art Jee) - KNN Ep. 100
The Power of Bringing People Together (Tina Huang & Luke Barousse ) - KNN Ep. 99
Behind the Scenes of a Data Science Movie (Hunter Kempf) - KNN Ep. 98
What Is A Tech Lead REALLY? (Zach Wilson) - KNN Ep. 97
How "Bridges" Bring You Data Science Career Clarity (Sadie St. Lawrence) - KNN Ep. 96
How He Breaks Down Complex Machine Learning Research for YouTube (Yannic Kilcher ) - KNN Ep. 95
Are Your Goals Holding You Back in Data Science? (Ben Sullins) - KNN Ep. 94
Is It Worth Getting a Masters Degree in the United States? (Naveed Ahmed Janvekar) - KNN Ep. 93
Why Attend Data Science Conferences? (Sheamus McGovern) - KNN Ep. 92
Transitioning from Data Engineering to Data Science in Big Tech (Sundas Khalid) - KNN Ep. 91
From Data Analyst to Director in 3 Years: How He Did It (Richad Nieves-Becker) - KNN Ep. 90
What You Can Learn From Teaching Data Science (Ajay Halthor) - KNN Ep. 89
Growing the Biggest ML Ops Community From Abroad (Demetrios Brinkmann) - KNN Ep. 88
Using Data to Land on the Front Page of Reddit (Andres Slaughter) - KNN Ep. 87
From Warehouse Worker to Data Analyst (Sergio Ramos) - KNN Ep. 86
Art and Data Science: Her Kaggle Grandmaster Story (Andrada Olteanu) - KNN Ep. 85
Where Marketing and Data Meet (Christopher Willis) - KNN Ep. 84
Why He Left His Data Engineering Job at Facebook (Meta) (Benjamin Rogojan) - KNN Ep. 83
How YouTube Literally Helped Save @Codebasics Life (Dhaval Patel) - KNN Ep. 82
He Ate Hundreds of Burritos In the Name of (Data) Science (Scott Cole) - KNN Ep. 81
(Almost) Everything You Need to Know About the Data Science Interview (Nick Singh) - KNN Ep. 80
Defining People Skills For Data Scientists (Gilbert Eijkelenboom) - KNN Ep. 79
From Living in the Woods to AI Startup Founder (Ben Taylor) - KNN Ep. 78
Why He's Completed over 25 Online Certificates (Jack Raifer Baruch) - KNN Ep. 77
Why She Switched from Data Scientist to Machine Learning Engineer (Mikiko Bazeley) - KNN Ep. 76
Escaping a Cult to Pursue AI (Kurtis Pykes) - KNN Ep. 75
Olympic Level Athlete to Sports Analytics Researcher (Liz Wanless) - KNN Ep. 74
Can You Learn Data Science From a Book? (Tyler Richards) - KNN Ep. 73
Finding Your Voice in Data as an Introvert (Karen Jean-Francois) - KNN Ep. 72
Are Buzzwords Ruining Your Ability to Communicate? (Scott Taylor) - KNN Ep. 71
Retired Military Officer to Google Analytics Intern! (Al Bellamy) - KNN Ep. 70
Why It Is OK to not be OK as a Data Scientist. (Mark Freeman) - KNN Ep. 69
Is There a Right Time to Leave Your Data Science Job? (Jacqueline Nolis) - KNN EP. 68
Bored Accountant to Passionate Data Scientist (Nicholas Renotte) - KNN Ep. 67
No Code Data Analyst to Python Lover (Shashank Kalanithi) - KNN Ep. 66
How To Create Data Science Opportunities for Yourself (Vin Vashishta) - KNN Ep. 65
Why He Left His Stable Data Science Job (Avery Smith) - KNN Ep. 64
How has Data Science Changed in 20 Years? (Joe Reis) - KNN Ep. 63
The First Data Science Philosopher? (Harpreet Sahota) - KNN Ep. 62
Insights from a Tech Industry Analyst (Hyoun Park) - KNN Ep. 61
Navy Submariner to Data Analytics YouTuber! (Luke Barousse) - KNN Ep. 60
How this High Schooler's Data Helped Break Twitch Streaming Records (Will St. Hilare) - KNN Ep. 59
Writing the Book on Pandas (Stefanie Molin) - KNN Ep. 58
From C Student to Data Scientist (Greg Watson) - KNN Ep. 57
Deep in the Mind of the Deepnote CEO (Jakub Jurovych) - KNN Ep. 56
Bayesian or Frequentist: What does it mean? (Chelsea Parlett) - KNN Ep. 55
Is Finance Ready for Machine Learning? (Vivek Viswanathan) - KNN Ep. 54
From Rocker to Data Talker (Ale Koretzky) - KNN Ep. 53
Who is the @Data Professor ? (Chanin Nantasenamat) - KNN Ep. 52
What Makes a Great Data Story? (Joseph Perez) - KNN Ep. 51
What is Ken's Story? | 50th episode special with Christina Stathopolous
Landing a Data Science Job at LinkedIn - After 5 Tries... (Aash Viswanathan) - KNN Ep. 49
What are The Skillsets Needed to be an Effective Data Scientist (Eugene Yan) - KNN Ep. 48
Can Machine Learning Keep Your Computer Safe? (Edward Raff) - KNN Ep. 47
Is Design the Future of Data Science? (Ovetta Sampson) - KNN Ep.46
From Photographer to Landing his Dream Analyst Job at PlayStation! (Christian Bourdeau) - KNN Ep.45
Answering Questions About REAL Data Science Job Application Data (Jeremie Harris x2) - KNN Ep. 44
How Project Management Can Empower AI (Greg Coquillo) - KNN Ep. 43
Have You Heard of Cardboard Calculus? (Brennan Ruby) - KNN Ep. 42
How She Built a Data Empire Working Abroad! (Lillian Pierson) - KNN Ep. 41
Coding In Python with Microsoft Excel (Jake and Aaron) - KNN Ep. 40
Is His Company Creating a Safe Skynet? (Josh Odmark) - KNN Ep. 39
SPSS, Open Source, and Why Data Science Tools May not Matter Much (Keith McCormick) - KNN Ep. 38
How are College Sports Teams Leveraging Analytics? (Matthew Edwards) - KNN Ep. 37
How this Data Analyst Divided LinkedIn with a Single Post (Alex the Analyst) - KNN Ep. 36
How His Project is Simplifying Data Science (Adrien Treuille) - KNN Ep.35
Can You Make a Living as a Data Science Contractor? (Andrew Jones) - KNN Ep.34
Learning Deeply with NVIDIA’s Head of Developer Programs (Will Ramey) - KNN Ep. 33
Doing Data Abroad! (Christina Stathopoulos) - KNN Ep. 32
A Data Science Instructor's Insight into Learning the Field (Michael Galarnyk) - KNN Ep. 31
What is Algorithmic Trading Really? (Jacob Amaral) - KNN Ep. 30
Data Science VS. Software Engineering: Which is better for you? (Forrest Knight) - KNN Ep. 29
The Man Who Makes Statistics Fun! (Joshua Starmer AKA StatQuest) - KNN Ep.28
The Man Behind the Data Science Tutorials (Keith Galli) - KNN Ep. 27
From Lawyer to Data Scientist! (Greg Jacobs) - KNN Ep. 26
How Do Companies Teach Data Science? (Mike Kelly) - KNN Ep. 25
This Spotify Data Scientist Can Learn Anything! (Jeff Li) - KNN Ep. 24
Everything You Need to Know about Data Science Consulting (Gleb Drobkov) - KNN Ep. 23
His Machine Learning Models Can See (Richmond Alake) - KNN Ep. 22
Data Science Without All the BS (Richard Bryant) - KNN Ep. 21
She Uses Machine Learning to Control Your Brain (Jordan Harrod) - KNN Ep. 20
Spilling the Tea on Data Science (Sanyam Bhutani) - KNN Ep. 19
Half Man, Half Machine Learning Engineer (Jeff Charbeneau) - KNN Ep. 18
Advice From a Data Analytics CEO (@How to Get an Analytics Job) - KNN Ep. 17
Why Data-Viz is so Darn Important (Kate Strachnyi) - KNN Ep. 16
His Startup Will Land You a Data Science Job (Jeremie Harris) - KNN Ep. 15
Hedge Funds, Startups, and Data Science Oh my! (Andrew) - KNN Ep. 14
Land a Data Science Job in a Different Country (Vijay Pravin Maharajan) - KNN Ep. 13
From IndyCar Racing to Data Literacy (Alex Castrounis) - KNN Ep. 12
How She Dominated the FAANG Data Science Interview (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 11
Inside the Mind of the ULTIMATE Kaggle Grandmaster (Abhishek Thakur) - KNN Ep. 10
How a Subscriber Landed a Data Analyst Job in Less Than a Year (Ray Ojel) - KNN Ep. 09
The Data Science Twitch Streamer + Sports Analytics (Nick Wan) - KNN Ep. 08
What is the Future of AI at NVIDIA? (Anima Anandkumar) - KNN Ep. 07
Should You Have a Data Science Mentor? (Danny Ma) - KNN Ep. 06
Uber Driver to Machine Learning Engineer in 9 Months (Daniel Bourke) - KNN Ep. 05
Should You Major in Data Science? (Jaemin Lee) - KNN Ep. 04
How to Land a Data Science Job at FAANG (Jay Feng) - KNN Ep. 03
NASA Physicist Turned Data Scientist (Tim Bowling) - KNN Ep. 02
Notorious KNN - KNN Ep. 1.5
Hello World. Who am I? - KNN Ep. 01