Managing the Learning Curve

Managing the Learning Curve: Apply Data Science To Your Own Career

You are interviewing for a new position and the interviewer asks you: "What will you accomplish in the first week / month / six months with our company?" How do you respond? The first few weeks and months at a new company can be exciting, overwhelming, and stressful as you navigate a new business, new software tools, new coworkers, and, most importantly, new data. You may be handed an existing code base and legacy reporting systems. Maybe company stakeholders have a wishlist full of numerous vaguely described project ideas. Whether you learn about these aspects of your new job during the interview process or during your first few days on the job, we need a process to manage and digest this onslaught of new information and determine where to start. During this month's meetup, we will talk about how to apply data science project management concepts to your first few weeks on the job so you can climb the learning curve, build trust with stakeholders, and deliver valuable results.

Speaker Bio:
Katrina Drinnon is a Data Scientist at Lexicon. Katrina holds a J.D. and an M.S. in Business Analytics from Michigan State University, and specializes in designing analytics and machine learning solutions for legal process improvement and access to justice. At Lexicon, Katrina and her team are working to build reporting and predictive analytics to help attorneys manage their law practice and liberate law firms to do more of what they do best. When she isn't solving the legal industry's data and process issues, you'll find Katrina in her kitchen or garden making or growing something yummy to share with family and friends.

Our event will start with 30 minutes of networking in zoom breakout rooms. We will then have a 45-60 minute lecture from Katrina followed by 15 minutes of questions. Attendees are welcome to stay after and chat.