Data Humans Libby Heeren

Meet Camila Saez, an R & D Scientist at Dow. We talk about how she got to data science from science-science (chemical engineering), the interesting process of interviewing for scientific research roles, what problems she gets to work on day to day in the field of material science, and more.
Find more at datahumans.club
 
Stuff mentioned in the episode -
Camila on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/csaezcab/
Camila's lightning talk at Posit Conf 2023: https://youtu.be/PhNnwfEZRek?si=etqtoRzaWNdN1wee
Custom color palette projects that served as inspiration and learning: 
https://github.com/ciannabp/inauguration
https://github.com/karthik/wesanderson
Society of Women Engineers: https://swe.org/
Latinas in STEM: https://www.latinasinstem.com/ 
Fundamentals of Data Visualization by ClausWilke: https://clauswilke.com/dataviz/ 
R for Data Science byWickham and Grolemund: https://r4ds.had.co.nz/
 
 

Meet Kelly Hopkins, a data consultant. We talk about what consultancy looks like for her, our mutual and totally unnecessary feelings of inadequacy from different sides of the data science aisle, why making data friends is more powerful than whatever extra certification you're looking to get next, and much more.  
Find more at datahumans.club
Stuff mentioned in the episode -
Black Tides: https://blacktidesdata.com/   
Black in Data Week 2023 even (event has passed) by Black Tides: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-in-data-week-2023-tickets-516193347197   
Robotic Process Automation (RPA): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_process_automation  
-- Automation Anywhere: https://www.automationanywhere.com/   
-- UI Path: https://www.uipath.com/   
-- Blue Prism: https://www.blueprism.com/   
-- R-Ladies: https://www.rladies.org/   
-- R-Ladies Philly: https://www.meetup.com/rladies-philly  
-- SLC R-users group: https://www.meetup.com/slc-rug/   
Kelly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyhopkins-data/   
-- Kelly's consulting business, Launchpad Analytics, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/launchpad-analytics/   
Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers -   https://www.silvermansound.com

Meet Sloan Wheeldon, a data scientist. We talk about her journey to data science, our differing experiences in data degree programs, how we feel about certain types of data science interviews, and more.  
Find more at datahumans.club
Stuff mentioned in the episode -  
Sloan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sloan-wheeldon/
Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers -   https://www.silvermansound.com

Meet Richard DeWald, registered nurse, senior system admin, and hospice data analyst. We talk about his journey to data via a combination of nursing and a love of computers through the 70s, 80s, 90s and beyond. His is a story of blending patient care and data work throughout a successful and varied career.   
Find more at datahumans.club  
Stuff mentioned in the episode -   
R for Data Science by Hadley Wickham: https://r4ds.had.co.nz/index.html   
Richard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-dewald-7703904/   
 
Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers -   
https://www.silvermansound.com   

Meet Kaitlin Bustos, a data science consultant. We talk about what her work looks like, her experience doing a data science bootcamp, how data science is not one thing, and more.  
Find more at datahumans.club  
Stuff mentioned in the episode -   
Perms and Combs in Calculus: https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ggbaker/zju/math/perm-comb.html  
Kaitlin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlinbustos/  
 
Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers -   
https://www.silvermansound.com  

Meet Brittany Buggs, a senior data analyst. We talk about what her day-to-day work looks like, why teaching high school statistics shaped the way she's able to communicate and collaborate as an analyst, how getting clear on what she wanted from a job helped her focus her career, and more. 
Find more at datahumans.club 
Stuff mentioned in the episode -  
Teach for America: https://www.teachforamerica.org/ 
Rocket Mortgage: https://www.myrocketcareer.com/  
Kinaxis: https://www.kinaxis.com/en/careers  
Brittany on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanybuggs/  
 
Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers -  
https://www.silvermansound.com