SDS 497: Maximizing the Global Impact of Your Career

Benjamin Todd joins us to discuss his work helping professionals maximize their career capital, the top skills to learn across professions, and more. In this episode you will learn: • How Benjamin helped me become a data scientist [6:56] • How did 80,000 Hours come about? [9:39] • The impact of 80,000 Hours [14:46] • Funding [17:23] • Where does the name come from? [23:32] • What kind of advice does Benjamin give to people? [25:21] • How data scientists can make an impact [42:04] • How can someone strategize about their career? [1:02:53] • Top skills that everyone should learn [1:05:49] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/497

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The latest machine learning, A.I., and data career topics from across both academia and industry are brought to you by host Dr. Jon Krohn on the Super Data Science Podcast. As the quantity of data on our planet doubles every couple of years and with this trend set to continue for decades to come, there's an unprecedented opportunity for you to make a meaningful impact in your lifetime. In conversation with the biggest names in the data science industry, Jon cuts through hype to fuel that professional impact. Whether you're curious about getting started in a data career or you're a deep technical expert, whether you'd like to understand what A.I. is or you'd like to integrate more data-driven processes into your business, we have inspiring guests and lighthearted conversation for you to enjoy. We cover tools, techniques, and implementation tricks across data collection, databases, analytics, predictive modeling, visualization, software engineering, real-world applications, commercialization, and entrepreneurship − everything you need to crush it with data science.