E19|Data Science Unlocked with Sundas Khalid

Tech Unlocked

English - September 04, 2020 22:46 - 31 minutes - 30.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
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Did you know that data is considered the oil of the digital world?

What do we do with all this data that is being generated daily and how do we make sense of it? In today’s episode, I chat with the incredible Sundas Khalid who is a Senior Analytical Lead at Google. She Demystifies the world of data science and shares how you can start a career in this booming tech career field.

Sundas Khalid is a Senior Analytical Lead at Google and previously a data scientist at Amazon. Sundas’ story and work is exemplary. She has won awards for her work as a data scientist at Amazon and Google, and as a women empowerment community leader in Seattle.

She is a university of Washington valedictorian, and first-female in her family to graduate university and pursue a career. As an advocate of women’s education, she serves on the board of two non-profits, Pakistani Women in Computing and North Seattle College. To further serve her mission of helping and lifting others, Sundas also provides career counseling to students and industry professionals to help them land their dream jobs.

Sundas is also a writer and public speaker. In 2019, she keynoted a fundraiser that raised over a million dollars to support education of 5,000 underprivileged kids in Pakistan rural areas. And very recently, she delivered a talk at Google that received standing ovations from over 200 Googlers.

Key Takeaways:

What is data science?

What is the difference between AI and ML?

Examples of ML/AL in our everyday lives

How does data affect the world we live in

What does it mean to "clean" data?

3 ways to get into Data Science

Connect with Sundas:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sundaskhalidd / @sundaskhalidd

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundaskhalid / @sundaskhalid

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sundaskhalid6 / @sundaskhalid6

Website: https://sundaskhalid.com/bio