Omoju Miller talks about her career switch into data science, and she gives advice on how to make the jump. "Like most data scientists, I didn't get my doctorate in computer science or data science."
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Omoju Miller talks about her career switch into data science, and she gives advice on how to make the jump. "Like most data scientists, I didn't get my doctorate in computer science or data science."
It's easy to imagine that "everyone" in the Bay Area is rich and white, but some of us grew up in working-class homes. Some are immigrants; some are children of immigrants; and others experienced homegrown American poverty.
We founded startups, earned PhDs from Berkeley and Stanford, and hacked on products with billions of users. Now—ten years later —we’re leaving.
Given the composition of program committees, most researchers can expect their work to be reviewed primarily or only by men.