From Teaching
to Tech
Closing the classroom door and taking the leap into a new opportunity
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Until I begin a data science bootcamp
You Can’t Have One Without the Other: The Importance of Considering Both Quantitative and Qualitative Data
“Data is a tool for enhancing intuition.” –Hilary Mason, Data Scientist Learning to interpret data effectively was one of my first lessons as a teacher. I came into an established classroom in December when the existing teacher took a new role. As such, I inherited a gradebook already filled with scores for the 120 students…
From the Math Classroom to the Boardroom: Keys to Presenting Technical Information Effectively
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Albert Einstein Break Down the Goal In my first year teaching, I wasn’t sure if I should laugh or cry at the entirely vague state standard of “Use linear functions.” I ended up doing neither and instead spent several hours brainstorming all of the…
The Data Don’t Always Say What You Want to Hear: The Role of Cognitive Bias in Data Analysis
“If there’s something you really want to believe, that’s what you should question the most.” Penn Jillette It was 6th grade. I was sitting in the back of a (boring) language arts class when the boy seated next to me – a boy that I’d had a crush on for the entire semester – turned…
From Teaching to Tech 