Data science job market in 2024, softskills for interviews, AI engineering - Jay Feng - The Data Scientist Show #081

Jay Feng is the CEO of interview query, a service that help data scientists get jobs. Previously he worked as a data scientist at Nextdoor, Monster. We talked about data science job market, the rise of AI engineering, and the softskills people overlook during interviews. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com for more on data science and career.

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00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:11 Data science job market in 2024

00:09:13 Build projects with AI

00:16:19 Softskills in interviews

00:23:18 Daliana's story on "socializing ideas"

00:28:38 Common mistakes in interviews

00:35:30 Product DS vs ML interviews

00:36:27 Product analytics interview questions

00:39:18 Career transition in DS

00:43:04 Jay's career journey

00:45:38 Is there a principal data analyst?

00:51:52 AI engineer

00:54:28 New roles vs obsolete roles in DS

01:04:46 Is data science dead?