Data Career Podcast: Helping You Land a Data Analyst Job FAST 113: Operations Research, Prescriptive Analytics, & Decision Science w/ Adam De Jans & Steven Stark
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Jun 5, 2024 Adam De Jans, Decision Science Lead at Toyota North America, and Steven Stark, Senior Data Scientist at American Tire Distributors, dive into operations research and prescriptive analytics. They discuss the evolving landscape of data job titles and the confusion it brings to recruiters. The duo reveals optimization techniques and tools like Cplex and Gurobi vital for real-time decision-making. A lighthearted take on the diet problem showcases how analytics can also impact personal choices. They emphasize networking as crucial in advancing data careers.
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LinkedIn Titles
- Choose LinkedIn titles that best reflect your actual work.
- Don't entirely fabricate experience, but prioritize clarity for recruiters.
Working at NBC
- Stephen Stark enjoyed working at NBC Sports Next.
- He found the entertainment industry interesting due to the NBC brand's wide reach.
Operations Research
- Operations research focuses on making optimal decisions.
- It uses mathematical optimization, unlike predictive analytics in data science.