Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="https://rickpackblog.wordpress.com/">Rick Pack</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/rick_pack2">@rick_pack2</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Rick Pack talks with Dave Rael about using data to inform decisions, learning from mistakes, broad interests, and applying lessons </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Rick Pack is a data scientist who enjoys running in master's track meets and volunteering through chess mentorship. He programs primarily in R and SQL although he has dabbled in F# and Excel VBA, and primarily used SAS for 7 years, primarily in the pharmaceutical industry as a statistical programmer. His energetic home includes an energetic wife and dog (goldendoodle). His data science work is currently focused on a value-based healthcare initiative. He also continues to work on an R package called fbadstats to assist with analyzing one's Facebook advertising efforts.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Rick Pack</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Rick became a data scientist</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rick's interest in health and healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rick on being a programmer rather than a developer</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The nature of data science</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Rick up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Limitation of the conclusions you can draw from data and the virtue of statistical analysis</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rick's interest in being both cool and scholarly</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rick's story of failure - overworking and letting go of taking care of himself</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The lessons from Rick's background in political science applicable to data science and programming</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rick's success story - Navigating the competing interests of different stakeholders to deliver something useful with a nice user interface while learning new tools</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Rick stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rick's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Rick most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rick's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Rick</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://rickpackblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Rick's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.usatfmasters.org/" target="_blank">Masters Track Meets</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAS_language" target="_blank">SAS</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/mthielbar" target="_blank">Melinda Thielbar</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-090-jamie-dixon-consistently-virtuous" target="_blank">Jamie Dixon on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/feaselkl" target="_blank">Kevin Feasel</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-278-thomas-henson" target="_blank">Thomas Henson on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-022-aslak-hellesoy-testing-your-understanding" target="_blank">Aslak Hellesøy on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-259-terence-mcghee-visible-leadership" target="_blank">Terence McGhee on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/ScottNimrod" target="_blank">Scott Nimrod on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://tim.blog/2014/06/24/neil-strauss/" target="_blank">Neil Strauss on the Tim Ferriss Show</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/JohnSonmez" target="_blank">John Sonmez on Developer On Fire</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Rick's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1491910593/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">R Packages: Organize, Test, Document, and Share Your Code - Hadley Wickham</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1491910399/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data - Hadley Wickham</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/178211095X/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships - NEIL STRAUSS</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679740708/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America - Nathan McCall</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Rick's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Understand requirements</li> <li>Have the courage to offer ideas, even if they differ from the given requirements - also know that unrealistic timelines are not final</li> <li>Take care of your mental health</li> </ol> </div> </div>
