Joining the Data Science Community

Have you heard that you need to “network” if you want to get ahead in your career? Have you wondered if you could get to know data scientists at companies you admire? In this presentation, I’ll start by addressing some of the barriers and misconceptions about building your data science network, share motivation, help you get started, and give you tips on how to network most effectively.

Transcript

1. Emily Robinson Data Scientist at DataCamp Joining the Data Science Community
2. About Me ➔ Data Scientist at DataCamp ➔ Metis Summer 2016 Cohort ➔ Social Sciences Background
3. Barriers & Misconceptions Why Network? Where to Start Networking Effectively Overview
4. Barriers & Misconceptions
5. 1. It’s awkward
6. 2. It’s solely self-serving
7. 3. It’s a numbers game
8. It can be all of these things …
9. But it can also be this:
10. Generating some examples …
11. From real people (not actors)
12. Why Network?
13. People come to you
14. People come to you
15. Gain opportunities Jared Lander (meetup organizer) asked me to speak
16. Snowball effect
17. Give Back
18. Where do you start?
19. Meetups
20. Twitter
21. Ask for help (use hashtags)
22. Live tweet talks
23. Share your work
24. Share other people’s work
25. Networking effectively
26. Build early
27. Follow the Pacman Rule
28. Understand your position Start with them?
29. Meeting your heroes
30. Get specific ➔ Mentions their work ➔ Offers a topic ➔ Suggests a specific time (that’s limited)
31. Real-life example Hi Emily, I'm reaching out because I'd like to apply to Etsy, most likely for the more junior position having finished Metis in XYZ. We haven't chatted much lately, but I've been following your career with interest - I can tell by how active you've been in the community, writing blogs, giving talks, appearing at conferences etc. that Etsy has been a supportive place to learn and grow and build cool things and give back to the open-source community. I'd love to hear more about your experience there over coffee sometime. But in the meantime do let me know if you have a direct application link so I can get the referral credited to you. If I don't hear from you by, say, Monday I'll reach out to you on Twitter or email (I think I have your email?) in case you're not checking your Slack. Thanks!
32. Conclusion
33. Strong networks lift everyone up
34. Resources ➔ Making Peace with Personal Branding by Rachel Thomas ➔ Climbing the Relationship Ladder by Mark Meloon ➔ Do you have time for a Quick Chat? by Trey Causey ➔ Learn to Love Networking in HBR ➔ Overcoming Social Anxiety by Steph Locke
35. Thank you! tiny.cc/metistalk hookedondata.org @robinson_es