Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Avery Smith is a data science consultant and career coach at Data Career Jumpstar, and TA at MIT professional education. Previously, he was working on optimization and predictive analytics at ExxonMobil. We talked about his journey from from chemical engineer to data analytics, optimization problems in energy sector, why he left ExxonMobil, and his best advice for people to get into data science. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on dalianaliu.com for more on data science.

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Topics:
0:00 Intro
00:01:20 his first data science projects
00:04:56 his experience with ExxonMobil
00:23:57 why he left ExxonMobil
00:44:23 his experience as a data science consultant
00:45:33 how LinkedIn helped his career
00:51:19 his advices for people who want to become a data science freelancer
00:55:27 why he built his own career coaching program
00:58:05 how to build a data science portfolio
01:05:27 challenges when working with clients
01:15:00 his TA experience at MIT
01:16:56 MIT's data engineering curriculum