Tag: skill building
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A week in the Japanese countryside
As part of my career break after leaving academia, I spent a week in the Japanese countryside to experience the slow life. I was hosted by Bitsii in Inaka, who also pivoted from the hustle and bustle of corporate America to intentional living in countryside Japan with her husband Mr. Nakamura.
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A salute to the classroom
On the day I wrote this, I submitted the grades for my last class in the university. Of the many, many things an academic does, I have to say, teaching has been the most fulfilling for me. I have no idea how many are like me, but it definitely brought me joy when students took…
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[Learning Data Science] WQU Applied Data Science Lab Project 3
About Project 3: Air Quality in Nairobi Using data from openAfrica, we looked at air quality data (sensor readings of PM 2.5) in Nairobi, Lagos and Dar es Salaam. We learn how to access data from a MongoDB database, and how to deal with time series data. These are the key learnings for Project 3,…
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I enrolled in a Data Science course!
I enrolled in WorldQuant University’s Applied Data Science Lab (it’s free!). It was recommended to me by a friend who walked away from her PhD program in South Korea, and spent a good part of her break learning Data Science. When I asked her what “Data Science” is like, she said “it’s just like processing…
Jess is on Break 