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 learnfromsearch

Learn from the search results from your peers

Leonardo Collado-Torres

February 12, 2020
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  1. 11
    JAFFE LAB
    Learn from our search history
    Leonardo Collado-Torres
    Staff Scientist II
    @fellgernon
    Data Science I with Andrew Jaffe

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  2. LAB MANTRA
    2
    “YOU MUST TRY, AND THEN YOU MUST ASK”
    • Search independently for 15 minutes
    • Don’t dig too deep. Ask someone for help!
    https://blogs.akamai.com/2013/10/you-must-try-and-then-you-must-ask.html

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  3. LAB MANTRA
    3
    “YOU MUST TRY, AND THEN YOU MUST ASK”
    • Search independently for 15 minutes
    • You have to be semi-independent
    • Resources: Google, Bioconductor Support, Bit-Help
    (JHPCE), Rstudio Community, Stack Overflow
    • Don’t dig too deep. Ask someone for help!
    • It’s easy to keep digging in a rabbit hole
    • YOU are part of the team, rely on them! Slack, Twitter, etc
    • Make it easy for others to help you
    • Reproducible examples (reprex), software versions, code on
    GitHub, commands used
    https://blogs.akamai.com/2013/10/you-must-try-and-then-you-must-ask.html

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  4. ASKING FOR HELP
    4
    ASKING FOR HELP IS CHALLENGING
    • It’s scary
    • You show what you don’t know to others
    • Sadly, many have historically flamed down
    questions
    http://lcolladotor.github.io/2018/11/12/asking-for-help-is-challenging-but-is-typically-worth-it/

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  5. ASKING FOR HELP
    5
    ASKING FOR HELP IS CHALLENGING… BUT IT’S TYPICALLY WORTH IT
    • You will be able to move on with your work
    • You might learn something in the process
    • If you try to make it easy for others to help you,
    then you might figure out the answer yourself in
    the process
    http://lcolladotor.github.io/2018/11/12/asking-for-help-is-challenging-but-is-typically-worth-it/

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  6. WE ALL DO IT
    6
    EVERYONE ASKS FOR HELP
    https://twitter.com/lyzidiamond/status/1085227527587561472?s=20

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  7. WE ALL DO IT
    7
    EVERYONE ASKS FOR HELP: HELP THEM HELP YOU
    https://resources.rstudio.com/webinars/help-me-help-you-creating-reproducible-examples-jenny-bryan

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  8. JAFFE LAB
    8
    WE ARE DIVERSE
    • Backgrounds
    • Skills
    • Career stages
    • Interests
    • Operating systems
    • Tools we like
    • Ways we seek help
    • Ways we learn
    Jaffe Lab back in May 2018

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  9. LEARN FROM OUR SEARCH HISTORY
    9
    WE ARE DIVERSE: LET’S LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
    Rules of engagement
    1. Follow our code of conduct
    http://research.libd.org/rstatsclub/#coc
    2. Think about making it easier for others to share their
    questions: practice being emphathetic
    3. If a topic becomes long, schedule a meeting to discuss it
    further with whoever else is interested.
    http://bit.ly/learnfromsearch

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  10. LEARN FROM OUR SEARCH HISTORY
    10
    WE ARE DIVERSE: LET’S LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
    Rules of engagement
    1. Follow our code of conduct
    http://research.libd.org/rstatsclub/#coc
    2. Think about making it easier for others to share their
    questions: practice being emphathetic
    3. If a topic becomes long, schedule a meeting to discuss it
    further with whoever else is interested.
    Be welcoming ^^
    Respect everyone’s time
    Language matters!
    http://bit.ly/learnfromsearch

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  11. LEARN FROM OUR SEARCH HISTORY
    11
    WE ARE DIVERSE: LET’S LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
    Dynamic
    1. Share the URL to a search you performed recently through this
    Google sheet before or during the lab meeting (Google Search,
    Bioconductor Support Website, Github, etc). You can do this
    anonymously if you prefer to do so.
    2. At lab meeting, explain what you were looking to solve, whether
    the link(s) you found helped and what solution you used (or if you
    still need help)
    3. Look over everyone else's links, if you have something to add value,
    share it too. Like an alternative solution, a blog post you like on the
    subject, a useful tweet, etc. You can do this anonymously if you
    prefer to do so.
    http://bit.ly/learnfromsearch

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  12. LEARN FROM OUR SEARCH HISTORY
    12
    WE ARE DIVERSE: LET’S LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
    Goals
    1. Empower ourselves with the knowledge gained by our lab
    members
    2. Learn from how we all find help
    3. Build further an environment where we feel comfortable
    asking for help
    Think about it as an complement to https://blogs.akamai.com/2013/10/you-must-try-
    and-then-you-must-ask.html shared by Andrew
    http://bit.ly/learnfromsearch

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  13. INSPIRATION DRAWN FROM
    Alison Hill
    RStudio Professional Educator
    https://twitter.com/apreshill
    13

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