Nicole CarlsonDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion SignalsAs an outspoken, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) advocate, I often get asked what signals I look for in a company that indicate to…6 min read·Feb 24, 2022----
Nicole CarlsonWhat I’m Looking For in my Next JobThis post describes what I’m looking for in my next data science leadership position. I wrote this both to help me prepare for interviews…3 min read·Feb 24, 2022----
Nicole CarlsonWhat’s in a Name: SR Data Science Python Libraries 2.0When I first started at ShopRunner three years ago, my coworker Hanna and I excitedly chose Harry Potter as the theme for our repo names…6 min read·Aug 7, 2020--2--2
Nicole CarlsonSolving D414: Section has no contentToday I went down a long rabbit hole trying to solve a linting error for a coworker. Our team at ShopRunner uses numpy docstrings, and we…2 min read·May 7, 2019--2--2
Nicole CarlsonHow to Spend ¾ of Your Yearly Budget in 3 Weeks: A PySpark Cautionary TaleThis is a cautionary tale of how I spent a large amount of money running PySpark clusters and what I discovered about deploying a…1 min read·Mar 4, 2019----
Nicole CarlsonPyData NYC 2018: How to spend 3/4 of your budget in 3 weeksThis past October, I traveled to NYC to give a talk about spending a lot of ShopRunner’s money.1 min read·Feb 14, 2019----