006 Timothy Dobbins - Principal Data Scientist at Trilliant Health

In today's interview, I am joined by Timothy Dobbins, who is a Principal Data Scientist at Trilliant Health. Before joining Trilliant Health, Timothy worked in several companies in various data science and engineering roles. As a result, Timothy has amassed a wealth of experience in the field. This interview explores his data science journey and his advice for budding data scientists.

Thank you, Timothy, for taking the time to talk to us today. Let’s start with your journey. How did you get into data science?

I studied economics and statistics in college and wanted to work at a think tank or be a writer. I was interested in economics and how that impacts decision making. I then read Nate Silver’s The Signal and The Noise while taking an econometrics class and got hooked on statistics for the same reasons I was hooked on economics! I picked up programming the following semester from a friend who was doing machine learning. Once I started programming, I never looked back. I didn’t think computer programming was possible for me since I had never got exposed to it before then, but shortly after learning it, I realized anyone could learn it.

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