Episode 6
Datinuum Podletter 6: Tackling the Billion Dollar Tech Debt Problem
Welcome to episode 6 of the Datinuum Podletter.
In this week's Podletter, Eric covers three topics.
Data Unfiltered - Tech Debt is a Silent Plague
- Discussion on how hype cycles in Data, AI, and generative AI lead to the rise of so-called "AI experts."
- Analysis of how these individuals create costly training courses and make exaggerated claims about their expertise and success.
- Tips on how to spot a charlatan through probing questions.
- Exploration of the Dunning-Kruger effect: unskilled people in a domain exuding overconfidence.
Data in the World
- A segment covering current trends in technology, such as AI overuse at CES, the ongoing tech industry layoffs, and celebrity influencers teaching mathematics.
Data Career Tips - In the Interview Process, Analyze Where You're At
- Providing insights and advice for navigating and analyzing where you're at in the job interview process in the data field.
The Datinuum number for the week is 65.
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Transcript
Eric Gonzalez: Welcome to this week's titanium pod letter. I'm your host and author, Eric Gonzalez.
th,: fs, layoffs and more layoffs.:What if your favorite celebrity influencer taught you calculus instead of a dry professor? Or if Einstein taught you physics? Kim K and Taylor Swift take their shot at teaching mathematics, which reimagines the way we may learn in the future.
Eric Gonzalez: Data career tips in the interview process. Analyze where you're at. Interviewing and going through the process can sometimes feel like a full time job. You're sending out constant emails, crafting the perfect resume and cover letter, spending 30 minutes to an hour on calls, practicing, negotiating and more. It is easy to get consumed by all these steps and not evaluate your performance where you're stuck and how to improve that specific portion. Traditional steps in the process are one submitting an application to interviewing with a recruiter. Three Interviewing with the hiring manager for interviewing with the divisional lead or executive. And five Receiving an offer and negotiating, accepting or rejecting that offer. If you aren't getting recruiter calls, likely means your resume or cover letter is good enough? You are applying the jobs that aren't a fit. You aren't standing out as an applicant. If you aren't getting to the hiring manager interview, it likely means you aren't selling yourself and how it ties to the role. Well, your experience isn't resonating with the recruiter. You haven't practiced in interviewing enough. If you aren't getting to the divisional lead or executive interview and likely means you aren't connecting the dots between your role and your experience, you don't come across as a good team player, seem coachable. You aren't specific enough about examples from your past. If you aren't getting offers, you fail to see big picture items and how your role helps and you don't seem like a culture fit. Each step in the process allows you to analyze your performance and evaluate what is needed to proceed to the next step. If you're stuck on a particular phase, figure out why and adjust accordingly.
th,:Eric Gonzalez: Thank you. Thank you for subscribing and listening to this week's Podletter If you enjoyed the podletter the best way to help is by sharing it with colleagues and friends. If you prefer to read the newsletter, the Datinuum newsletter will be released weekly on Beehive with a link in the show notes. Feedback is a gift. Please reach out to datinuum@gmail.com with any feedback or questions.
