Ask A Data Mentor Ep. 3 - Daunting Task of Finding Mentorship
Sarah Floris, MS
Senior Data & ML Engineer | dutchengineer.substack.com | Host of Ask A Data Mentor Podcast
It is time for another episode, or should I say episodes(!) on the Ask A Data Mentor podcast!
This afternoon, I had an insightful conversation with one of my mentors about mentorship, and the lack thereof in the data field. I have recently found myself in the position of becoming a mentor and it is a difficult task. How far is too far help? How much is not enough? Those are the type of questions that throttle my mind.
As the data world continues to evolve, finding the right mentor can be a daunting task, especially when data teams are often small and resources are limited. We can however find them in more ways than one, and that is what I want to address today.
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Data Scientist | Data Analyst, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, 數據分析與人工智能, NLP, Risk Assessment, Forecasting Analytics,
1 年It's not only daunting, it's impossible, to this day, I have never had a mentor. LIke Li Yin, my mentor are books, stackoverflow, google, towardsdatascience, medium....etc. I even got rejected by Kaggle because they don't have enough resources to mentor everyone. Don't get me wrong, it's still a good medium to participate. As of now, I'd like to have a mentor on Databricks but I know it's not possible, so guess what I'll do? I will mentor myself lol.
Sr. Data Analyst @ Crunchbase | Founder @ Big Data Energy?? | LinkedIn [in]structor | Empowering career growth in data | Remote Work, Productivity, Entrepreneurship
1 年Mentorship is so important but it can be hard to find. I recommend letting it happen organically. Listen to the pod to learn how I did it ??
Sales Associate at American Airlines
1 年Thank you for posting