Author Archives: Samantha from SocialMath
Your resume is your cover photo
What is the goal of a resume? The goal is to generate interest in you. That is to say, your resume is an advertisement. A cover photo of you for potential employers! Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Math, data science
Tagged Data Analytics, data science, Job Search, Presentation, Resume
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Leaving Academics
For academics, mid-winter is a reflective time of year. It was about this time, 3 years ago that I wrote an article reflecting on my own move to industry. Perhaps it’s because this is the time when academic jobs are … Continue reading
Posted in Business, data science, Family
Tagged Academics, Babies, Baby, Industry, Leaving, mathematics, Mental Health, PhD, Quitting
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Raising a Neural Net
I’ve been a little busy over the past year or so. You see, I have been creating the most advanced neural net known to mankind. It took me 9 months to code it and get it just right… Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Math, data science
Tagged Babies, data science, Data Scientist, neural net, Neural Network, training data
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Are you masculine enough to be a trusted leader?
I’ve been a woman mathematician in Industry for almost 5 years. I have Malcolm Gladwell’s requisite 10,000 hours to be an expert. Throughout my experience, I have struggled to gain the trust of my more technical colleagues. It’s not a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, data science
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Oreo Preferences
Everyone loves Oreos! They are delicious and sugary and chocolatey and have excellent filling! For your pleasure, I have done extensive research on the preferences of several different kinds of Oreos. Well, maybe not extensive research. But a bunch of … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Math
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PhDs with Personality
Everyone has a personality. At the risk of over-simplifying, I’m going to argue that there are two types of PhDs in Industry. Front-Room PhDs and Back-Room PhDs*. The distinction is that some technicians and developers enjoy talking to business clients and … Continue reading
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Marketing Academic Strengths in Industry
So you wanna get an Industry job? Great! But how do you begin to translate your CV into something non-academics want to read? How do you market your strengths? First, we have to acknowledge that your CV took years to … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Math, data science
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