Data. Science. Hustle.
Michael Conover
Senior Data Scientist, LinkedIn
@vagabondjack
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Data
Thursday, August 22, 2013
You’re only as good as
your knowledge of the data.
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Investigate Hack Assume Nothing
Thursday, August 22, 2013
If you can’t regenerate your work,
it never really existed.
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
T+18 Months Bit Rot Fail Happens
Thursday, August 22, 2013
All Shapes, Sizes
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Unstructured UnpredictablePoorly Documented
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Write bullet proof code.
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
It’s Going to Break You’re on the Hook
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Standardize Early, Often
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Integers are Powerful Take a Guess
Don’t Make
Me Think
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Big Column Space
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Internet of
Everything
Combinatorial
Explosion
Impact & Ease
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Science
Thursday, August 22, 2013
It’s not as hard as you think.
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Netflix Challenge Simple Elegance Low Hanging Fruit
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Measure Creatively
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Instrumentation Similarity Normalization
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Think in Memory
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Downsample Explore Visualize
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Fail Fast Machine Learning
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Minimum
Viable
Algorithm
Effort vs. Progress
Hidden
Structure
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Understand Your Model
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Analyzability Robustness Credibility
Thursday, August 22, 2013
It’s harder than you think.
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
All Singing
All Dancing
Carnival of the Bizarre Last Mile
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Hustle
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Move, Faster.
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Somebody Already
Had Your Idea
Hofstadter’s Law
Compound
Interest
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Come Correct
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Lock it Down Know the Angles They Will Ask
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Make it Magic
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Refine Simplify Persist
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Evangelism counts.
@vagabondjackData. Science. Hustle.
Clear Vision Strong Partners Real Talk
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Data. Science. Hustle.
Michael Conover
Senior Data Scientist, LinkedIn
@vagabondjack
Thursday, August 22, 2013

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