Data Podcast for Nerds!

Learn all about how a Data Marketing Professional uses data to solve the world's problems, one craft beer story at a time.

From advocating data literacy to writing blog posts, Micheal makes it very clear that storytelling is a critical skill for data professionals.

This was a really fun chat and very timely with spooky season coming up 🦇🎃

Learn all about how a Former Music Educator uses data to solve the world's problems, one instrument at a time.

In this episode, Mayra goes deep into the parallels of data, music, and life.

My favorite quote: "Paying an instrument is a hoot, but practicing sucks"

Practicing is tedious, meticulous, intentional, and not instant... BUT once you finally get it the dopamine and satisfaction you get from it is so much more because you worked for it.

Where to find Mayra

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayra-pena33/

Listening to the Spanish / Portuguese Podcast: Tá Falado

Learn all about how an Excel MVP uses data to solve the world's problems, one improv skit at a time.

It was such an honor to have Oz on the show, he is a true raconteur. We talked about a whole lot of things including how to clean data, what fun tools you can build, and why you should be suspicious of data.

It was also really fun to talk about Oz's experience with improv, standup comedy, and how they relate to being a data professional because you have to be prepared to fail and quickly learn how to learn from those failures.

Where to find Oz

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OzduSoleilDATA

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozdata/

Several LinkedIn Learning courses

Learn all about how a Data Architect uses data to solve the world's problems, one electric guitar at a time.

Steven talked about how learning about building a guitar is very much like learning about the tech industry.

If you are like me, you start out with the knowledge of what you can see as an outsider and then when you jump into the details then you find out there is hardware on the inside! I have only ever dealt with acoustic guitars, so this message really resonated with me.

We transitioned into talking about other types of guitars and I brought up a keytar, which I thought was as nerdy as it could get, but then Steve one upped me with Guitar Hero... what's nerdier than that?

Learn all about how a PowerBI Consultant uses data to solve the world's problems, one free resource at a time.

This is an empowering episode as Becca tells us how she transitioned from being a teacher into data, while also becoming a new mom.

She has always considered herself to be independent with learning and thinks solving things on your own is the best feeling.

One motto she learned as a teacher that helped her with her transition was to 'use data to drive instruction'.

You will not want to miss out on this episode as she shares the mindshift you have to make when talking with clients after being used to talking with 9 year olds and also how kids shows like Bluey share very powerful messages for adults.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-goodman-o322/

Email: [email protected]

Resources

- Datacamp: https://www.datacamp.com/

- Microsoft Trainings: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/browse/?products=power-bi&levels=beginner

- SQLBI: https://www.youtube.com/@SQLBI

- WiseOwl: https://www.wiseowl.co.uk/power-bi/exercises/power-bi-desktop/

- Measureup (PL-300 prep): https://www.measureup.com/microsoft-practice-test-pl-300-microsoft-power-bi-data-analyst.html

Learn all about how a LLM Engineer uses data to solve the world's problems, one ChatGPT prompt at a time.

We had a fun and chil chat about LLMs, ChatGPT, and how you can take what your learn from courses and apply the skills to real projects.

If you create content and want to learn about how you can leverage LLMs for your workflows, check out Kris' work!

Where to find Kris

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kris-ograbek/

Favorite YouTube Channels

Prompt Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/@engineerprompt

1littlecoder: https://www.youtube.com/@1littlecoder

James Briggs: https://www.youtube.com/@jamesbriggs

Learn all about how a Professional Data Comedian uses data to solve the world's problems, one corny data nerd joke at a time.

If you enjoy corny jokes, you definitely will not want to miss out on this one!

Evan shares 2, count them ✌🏻, origin stories!! One as a data professional and one as a professional data comedian.

Evan loves to share his knowledge with others in fun ways and gives us a representative sample of jokes from his journey (I even help him with some tips for his second edition 🤣).

Where to find Evan:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-wimpey/

Website: https://predictablejokes.com/

Book Recommendations:

Predictable Jokes: 101 Data-Driven Laughs for those in Analytics, Machine Learning, and AI : https://www.amazon.com/Predictable-Jokes-Data-Driven-Analytics-Learning/dp/B0C6NZFRDP

Learn all about how a Data Science Consultant uses data to solve the world's problems, one statistical movie analysis at a time.

This one hits the top of my list of favorite episodes, Daniel had to bring us back to the conversation a few times because we could have gone down various rabbit holes.

We really geeked out on Daniel's Stat Significant articles, two of my favorites: Why Do People Hate Nickelback So Much and The Fall and Rise of Nicholas Cage.

Where to find Daniel:

Email: [email protected]

Stat Significant: https://www.statsignificant.com/

Data People Newsletter: https://www.askdatapeople.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-parris-8324b274/

Learn all about how a Project Analyst uses data to solve the world's problems, one sci-fi novel at a time.

Mike shares with us his journey into trying to enter the data field, first thinking that he had to start from ground zero but then realizing that he has had data experience this whole time!

He also explains how writing and math goes hand in hand. While the creativity between the two is different, the foundations follow the same roadmap as each have patterns, require building logic, and with a purpose of getting from point a to point b in the most efficient way possible.

Where to find Mike:

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemckeewrites/

Website: https://www.dorkydata.com/

Book:

The Doors of Life by Mike McKee

Learn all about how a Data Science Consultant uses data to solve the world's problems, one passion project at a time.

Neema shares about her approach to working on side projects, carefully selecting from both professional and passion domains in order to best practice and showcase your skills.

She is passionate about keeping up to date with the current data trends and is also a book nerd.

Don't miss out on this episode to hear which books Neema is currently reading 📖

Where to find Neema:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neema-madayi-veetil/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mvneema

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mvneema10/

Book Recommendations:

The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime! by M. J. DeMarco

The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson

Data Science in Business by Foster Provost & Tom Fawcett

People Skills for Analytical Thinkers by Gilbert Eijkelenboom

Ace the Data Science Interview by Nick Singh & Kevin Huo

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