Blog Tech Layoff 2023 - My Thoughts I am writing this on the back of announcements of tech worker layoffs, such as Salesforce, Amazon, Meta, Shopee (SEA Singapore) and my reader may worry that the technology sector
Blog Programming for Learning Project vs Commercial Want to know the difference between programming for boot camp project vs programming for commercial projects? Here are a few BIG difference: 1 - Data Collection & Transformation In view
Blog Let's Talk About Data Collection “What is commonly neglected in data science?” Well there are many, but something “uncommon” came to my mind at the moment of discussion. What is it? Data Collection! Ok so
Blog Quick Win For Business With Data I’ve been asked,”What is the quickest win from data?” My answer,” Please take another look at your team/department reports, visuals and reporting process.” How many reports are
Blog Data Scientists Should Focus On This Question What is the KEY question that any data scientist should ALWAYS FOCUS ON? It is “How can I solve Challenge X with data?” Because any data scientist, in my opinion,
Blog Learning Skills for Data Scientists What are the learning skills that are needed by Data Scientist? They are the following: 1 - Research Often times we are exposed to new tools and algorithms. It is
Blog How Much Maths Do I need for Data Science or AI? I get asked this question a lot and will like to answer this in a post here. :) There are a lot of "rumors" swirling around that machine learning is very
Blog Completed Bootcamp! What's Next? Are you fresh out of a bootcamp? Then in my opinion, these are a few things you need to learn and apply, to score the data science career you are
Blog How to Know If One is a Good Data Scientist? Someone asked me this question,”How do I know if I’ve hired someone who is a good and experienced data scientist.” My answer is “It takes one to know
Blog Critical Skills To be a Great Data Scientist I got an interesting career question related to data scientists today, and I thought of sharing with the LinkedIn community and seek some feedback too. “What is the ONE single
Blog How Should One Learn Data Science or Artificial Intelligence? “How should one learn data analytics, data science or artificial intelligence?” That was the common question I get a few weeks ago when I was having a chat with ‘green’
Getting Started Symbolic Connection Podcast - Guest: Low Yi Xiang This episode's guest is Low Yi Xiang, a previous data scientist at Traveloka. He is also a member of the DataScience SG Working Committee. He showed his unique perspectives on
Blog After Data Project Portfolio, What Is Next? After you have finished your data science or artificial intelligence project portfolio, what is next? Yes, looking for a job is definitely important but the most important next step is
Blog Project Scoping: What are its challenges? Often I am asked by my clients and training participants, what are the common challenges in scoping data projects so I thought of putting some of my thoughts on it.
Blog Essential Success Factors of Data-Related Career What are the essential ingredients to be successful in a data career? If I were to really distill it to the bare minimum, it will be passion and having a
Blog Data & AI in 2022 and beyond Three points made a trend, before the end of each year, I have started to write an opinion piece on what are the trends to lookout for in AI. To
Blog First Step to Gaining Value from Data I was asked "What is the first step to gain value from data?" My answer is," Asking the right questions." Why is asking the right question important? It is important
Blog Looking at Dataset Structure The dataset structure is often overlooked for folks who are beginning their data science journey, especially those that have gone for bootcamps/courses. The reason is due to time constraint,
Podcast Symbolic Connection Podcast - Michael Ng, Data Analytics Manager @ Agilent Technologies This week we invited Michael Ng from Agilent Technologies to share his background and career journey. :) What got him interested in the field? What are the key skills in dealing
Blog Selecting the "Best" Model Selecting the final machine learning model is not ONLY about selecting the best performing model against the chosen model performance metrics. The ML model also has to meet the business
Podcast Symbolic Connection Podcast - Debunking Data Myths (Part 2) We continue our Data Myths busting in this second episode given the raving reviews and feedback from the audience. Yes, we are back with myth-busting! Here are the myths we
Blog Can Extracting Data for Request be Faster? One common scenario I hear a lot is, "You are an expert in data right? Can you give me X broken down by Y for the past N years? Can
Blog Documentation and Why It is Important! As a learning data scientist, machine learning engineer, or data engineer there is one important task that you must always keep in mind when you code. What task is that?
Blog Managing Impostor Syndrome At times, we will feel that we are inadequately skilled for a job/project. It is called the impostor syndrome. Not sure what is "Impostor Syndrome"? Check out this YouTube
