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Feb 2022
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Nick Singh - Ace the Data Science Interv...

Neil Leiser
About this episode

Our guest today is Nick Singh, ex-Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Author of "Ace the Data Science Interview", an Amazon best seller book which helps you land your dream Data Science job.

In our conversation, we first talk about Nick's career in industry. We explore how he managed to get into some of the best tech companies in the world and how he transitioned from being a Data Engineer to focusing on Growth. We dig further into what being a Growth Engineer actually means and discuss various projects that Nick worked on to increase the retention of new users at Facebook.  We then talk about his book, "Ace the Data Science Interview" where Nick shares various advice including how to write a good CV, how to build portfolio projects as well as the skills required to pass the technical interview.  We finally discuss how to progress in a career and what "getting better" actually means.

If you want to start learning more about AI and Data Science, I also strongly recommend his blog post : https://www.nicksingh.com/posts/break-into-data-science-the-definitive-guide

Ace the Data Science Interview: https://www.acethedatascienceinterview.com/

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