How I became a data scientist at Google (with a low GPA)

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Interested in becoming a data scientist? Here's a story of how Dan (Ex-Google) became a data scientist with a low GPA.
He shares the following experiences and tips👇
📚 Learning stats in school
🎯 Getting started in my data science career
🚀 Moving to Silicon Valley for a data science job at a startup
⭐ Realizing my dream of working at Google
⚡Becoming my own BOSS as a startup owner in data science
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====== ⏱️ Timestamps ======
00:00 - How I became a data scientist at Google (with a low GPA)
00:47 - School
02:53 - Consulting
06:08 - Startup
07:57 - Google
11:30 - DataInterview
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[@DataInterview]

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[@aratisingh5001]

Thank you for sharing! So inspiring!

[@Aidan_Au]

Thanks Dan for sharing your story with us. Hope that your parents in Virginia/DC are doing well. Thank you for making quality resources for interview prep and solving people's problems. I like Daetama very much! I did 51 questions so far

[@DataInterview]

Thanks Aidan! I'm glad you are enjoying Daetama :)

[@Albertelmstreet]

Love your video! Keep them up!

[@DataInterview]

Thanks Ren! -- Dan

[@TheBarinco]

Good stuff, i think to take it a step further, when deciding on threshold for classification if you can estimate the costs of true positive, false positive,etc, you can make a cost matrix, which does a great job of connecting the models predictions to the business impact. Selfish question: do you think you can do a video on how data scientists can describe their impact on resumes? I think this is a tough selling skill to learn because a lot of projects takes months or even years before the operational impact on the business is made.

[@DataInterview]

Great input :) On your question, there’s a video I created about detailing your project on resume. Here’s the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXm1fn18bZyjfpo

[@ManikHussain-]

Thanks a lot for sharing this content.I love your presentation about statistical knowledge for data science. Best wishes. Can you tell me the movie name where used statistical analysis?

[@krishkarpe6286]

Moneyball

[@DataInterview]

Yup, Moneyball indeed. One of my fav movies.

[@randb9378]

What are some of the most important tools in DS in your opinion? Great video !

[@DataInterview]

As startup once told me, “we don’t care what you use as long as you get the job done.” I’d say any tool is fine, as long as you. But if you are looking to get hirable, Python/R/SQL/any DB/Jupiter Notebook should alone cover 80 to 90% of what you will be doing on a day to day basis for the job.

[@giroyu]

Bro I thought you had 0.5 or below 2.5. You have 3 gpa and you say it is low :D, Ithink this summarizes the situaiton. Anyway, congrats on ur new job!

[@DataInterview]

Well I think it depends on the company and person. My GPA 3.09 is actually considered low for grad schools and many entry level pos. I had a grad officer tell me that it’s too low, and Nielsen reject me because it didn’t meet their minimum requirement of 3.2 GPA. Numbers aside, the point of the video is to let people know that GPA regardless of how high or low, is arbitrary. It boils down to your culture fit, willingness to learn, experience you cultivate, and some luck.

[@mrrafhy4606]

Okay I have questions is Google check GPA for the shortlist for interview. Or not. Then how he select for the interview

[@kunalpatel8208]

Can you make a video on your career salaries figure

[@DataInterview]

In my personal KZbin channel which I will be creating soon, yes :)