052: Master’s Degrees, Double Binds, and Data Science with Emily Dresner




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Summary: <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Panelists: </b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/geeksam"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Livingston-Gray</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="http://twitter.com/jameybash"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jamey Hampton</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/CoralineAda"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coraline Ada Ehmke</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Guest Starring:</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emily Dresner: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/multiplexer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@multiplexer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://about.me/multiplexer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">about.me</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://web.upside.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Upside Travel</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Show Notes:</b></p> <p><b>01:06</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Emily’s Background and Superpower</span></p> <p><b>02:49 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Having a Master’s Degree: Was it worth it?</span></p> <p><b>08:08 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Struggles After Retaining a Master’s</span></p> <p><b>10:31 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Role Model: Emily’s Mom and Her Story</span></p> <p><b>12:11 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– “The Double Bind” </span></p> <p><b>14:47 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Experiences Working at a Gaming Company</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise by David Foster Wallace</span></a></p> <p><b>18:33 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Transitioning to Upside and Building a Healthy Culture</span></p> <p><b>21:50 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Engineering Vs Management</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Want to help make us a weekly show,<br> buy and ship you swag,<br> </b><b style="font-size: 1.8rem;">and bring us to conferences near you?<br> </b><b>Support us via </b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode"><b>Patreon</b></a><b>!</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Thank you </b><a href="https://twitter.com/risuikari"><b>Risse Rigdon</b></a><b> for your support!</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Or tell your organization to send sponsorship inquiries to </b><a href="mailto:mandy@greaterthancode.com"><b>mandy@greaterthancode.com</b></a><b>.</b></p> <p><b>29:09 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Data Science</span></p> <p><b>32:50 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Self-Selecting for Privilege </span></p> <p><b>36:38 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Data Science and Security/Privacy</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553418831/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=therubyrep-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0553418831&amp;linkId=c1f1ddfeccb618a067410f6a11670af3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil</span></a></p> <p><b>46:55 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Having a Background in Actual Science; Conquering Biases</span></p> <p><b>51:35 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– The Importance of Mentorship and Internships from the Beginning</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Reflections:</b></p> <p><b>Coraline:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Having a biases towards hiring people like yourself and other hiring biases.</span></p> <p><b>Sam:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Research cognitive biases.</span></p> <p><b>Jamey:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Computers aren’t people.</span></p> <p></p>