Becoming a Data Scientist Podcast Episode 04: Sherman Distin

In Episode 4 of the Becoming a Data Scientist Podcast, we meet Sherman Distin, owner of analytics consulting firm QueryBridge. We discuss his primarily self-taught path to learning the data science techniques he uses to find business insights in marketing data, and he also tells us what he thinks is the most important trait he looks for in data scientists.


Podcast Audio Links:
Link to podcast Episode 4 audio
Podcast’s RSS feed for podcast subscription apps
Podcast on Stitcher
Podcast on iTunes

Podcast Video Playlist:
Youtube playlist of interview videos

More about the Data Science Learning Club:
Data Science Learning Club Welcome Message
Learning Club Activity 4: Learn a New Math Concept [to be posted Tuesday]
Data Science Learning Club Meet & Greet

Resources/topics mentioned by Sherman in the interview:

QueryBridge (Sherman’s business)

linear regression

Target Pregnant Customer story

Excel Solver

EBITA

Survival Analysis
Proportional Hazards Model

Analytics Vidhya

@ShermanDistin on Twitter

Six Sigma

Econometrics

Sherman Distin on Facebook and LinkedIN

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