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My Career in Data Season 3 Episode 12: S...

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Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.

This episode we speak with Stacy Bein, Principle Business Data Steward, Discover, from a six-year-old's dream of becoming a dental hygienist to mastering complex data challenges is a testament to following your strengths. After discovering biology wasn't her calling in college, she took a bold detour into business collections, where everything clicked. Thriving on multi-team problem-solving, she became a self-taught data analyst, using insights to crack tough cases. This passion drove her back to school and completed an accounting degree and pursued an MBA then focused on data management and business intelligence. Tune in to hear how all this took place.

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