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How do you prepare for Data Science interviews in Tech? What are the components of the interview and what resources should you use? What do Hiring Managers look for in a candidate? And what's the point of behavioral questions in a data science interview?

Find out answers to all of the above and more in this discussion with Nick Singh, Author of Ace the Data Science interview and former data scientist and engineer at Google and Facebook, and Roy Keyes, Author of Hiring Data Scientists and ML Engineers.

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Nick's book Ace the Data Science interview: https://www.acethedatascienceinterview.com/

Roy's book Hiring Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers: https://dshiring.com/

How should you negotiate your job offer? How do you evaluate whether your offer is good enough? How should you frame that negotiation conversation?

This discussion features Ed Chang, founder of zerosum.net and former FAANG manager, on how you should approach your job offer negotiation. Get super actionable tips and insights on how you can increase your comp!

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Ed's website: https://www.zerosum.net/

What is it like to transition from Product Management in Tech to being the Founder of your own company? What skills are transferrable and what skills do you need to learn afresh? How do you hone these skills on the job?

​Learn about all this and more in this discussion with Israel Shalom, former Product Leader at Google and Dropbox, who has now started his own company (currently in Stealth mode).

Israel is also taking applications for those interested in joining a startup! You can reach out to him at [email protected] if you have questions!

Here are the Product Management resources curated by the LED team: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/shop

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Shereen Kassam has built two careers in parallel - She works as a Marketing Manager at Disney, and has also built up a career as a standup comedian. As a comedian, she performs in the US and internationally, has worked with comedians such as Arsenio Hall and Myq Kaplan, and was named as one of Orlando Business Journal's 40 under 40 in 2021.

Most recently, Shereen gave her own TEDx talk titled "Chicken Wings Made Me Unstoppable". You can check out Shereen's talk here: https://www.ted.com/talks/shereen_kassam_chicken_wings_made_me_unstoppable

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"How to live a fruitful life" was a speech given by Frank Oppenheimer to the graduating class of Pagosa Springs High School in 1960. Frank was an American particle physicist, who is perhaps the most known for founding the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

Frank talks about the 4 things you need in order to live a fruitful life. A great listen!

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Speech transcript: http://pagosasprings.com/frank-oppenheimer-in-pagosa-springs-the-1960-graduation-speech/

Sean Taylor, former Data Science Manager at Facebook and Lyft, talks about a career in Data Science, examples of projects you work on, and shares tips on how to evaluate a potential opportunity with a team/company.

He also describes how he built up a following on Twitter, his openness to sharing his work, and how that has helped him.

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We often hear about the role of “Chief of Staff”. It’s present in many different industries - Tech, Government, Healthcare, Retail, but the role is perhaps not as well understood. In this edition, we connect with Luke Leonhard, Chief of Staff on the Speech team at Google, and learn about what this role entails.

You can also read the discussion on our website: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/chief-of-staff-in-tech

We have added two new resources to the LED website, for those who are interested in Product Management in Tech and are preparing for interviews:

1. Interview Guide for PM interviews: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/product-page/framework-and-resources-for-preparing-for-pm-interviews

2. Question bank for preparing for behavioral questions for PM interviews: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/product-page/behavioral-questions-bank-for-product-manager-interviews-30-questions

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A Product Manager works with people across many different functions, to bring a product to life. A key role that Product Managers end up collaborating with is UX Research. In this discussion, we talk to Chloe Doan, a Senior UX Researcher at Google, about what makes for a great PM <> UXR relationship.

Link to transcript: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/product-manager-user-research-relationship

If you're curious about Product Management, check out our discussions here: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/product-management

If you're curious about UX Research, check out our discussion with a researcher at Airbnb here: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/user-experience-research

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Excerpts from letters by F. Scott Fitzgerald and N.C. Wyeth, written to their children, on focusing on doing good work rather than the outcomes.

"Nobody ever became a writer by wanting to be one" - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"A great painter is a great man painting" - N.C. Wyeth

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In this discussion, we catch up with Angel Steger, Director of Design at Facebook, on how she has built a career in Growth Design, what this function is and how it might differ from other disciplines in Design. She also shares numerous insights around how she has taken various steps in her career, and her tips for successfully navigating a long and rewarding career.

Link to the full discussion including resources mentioned by Angel: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/growth-design-in-tech

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