Life

Thoughts on Inflation

As a consumer, I’d like to know how much more I need to spend over the same period of time for the same type of goods. So, if I’m needing to buy my basket of goods more frequently, that adds to the money I need to set aside for spending.

Reflections of a New Manager

One year in as a data science leader and first time official manager

About a year ago, I interviewed for a fairly important sounding role. Since this was an internal position, I did my due diligence and…

Women at Work

Issues in the hiring and promotion process

A problem of perceived ambition.

Entry level hiring

Homo Deus

Thoughts on Yuval Harari’s book

A few weeks ago, my partner and I embarked on our annual summer vacation trip. This time to Utah, to visit all five of their national parks. While putting 1500+ miles on our rented Prius, we had time to finish two audiobooks.

The Chickenshit Club

After a hiatus to study for a UK actuarial exam (for questionable career prospects) and handle some odds and ends around the house, I’m about back to my normal timeline of quarterly existential crises.

Dear Blog

Sorry I neglected you. I needed to do some soul searching.

I wish that I would just be happy to have a job, but I’m constantly inundated with feelings of pointlessness.

What’s my problem?

Commitment issues.

I have this perception that I don’t follow through on commitments to myself.

• Exhibit A: In high school, I played a lot of Age of Conquerors. I was decently good. I was the best in our group for a short period of…

Data “is” or Data “are”

Is data singular or plural? An argument for data “is”.

I decided as part of my New Year’s resolutions to write a blog post here once a week, with one bye week per month to work on other projects. To get myself writing again…

Weapons of Math Destruction

Thoughts on Cathy O’Neil’s book