Ken's Nearest Neighbors
The Ken's Nearest Neighbors Podcast is about telling the unique stories of the people in the data and AI space. In highly technical fields, we often lose sight of the individuals who are making the positive change. The podcast focuses on who these people are and how they have approached the big decisions in their life that shaped their world view and career. While the podcast is centered on a technical domain, the conversations often touch on personal philosophy, the pursuit of meaning, and how...
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Episodes (197)
How "Bridges" Bring You Data Science Career Clarity (Sadie St. Lawrence) - KNN E...
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How He Breaks Down Complex Machine Learning Research for YouTube (Yannic Kilcher...
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Are Your Goals Holding You Back in Data Science? (Ben Sullins) - KNN Ep. 94
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Is It Worth Getting a Masters Degree in the United States? (Naveed Ahmed Janveka...
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Why Attend Data Science Conferences? (Sheamus McGovern) - KNN Ep. 92
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Transitioning from Data Engineering to Data Science in Big Tech (Sundas Khalid)...
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From Data Analyst to Director in 3 Years: How He Did It (Richad Nieves-Becker) -...
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What You Can Learn From Teaching Data Science (Ajay Halthor) - KNN Ep. 89
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Growing the Biggest ML Ops Community From Abroad (Demetrios Brinkmann) - KNN Ep....
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Using Data to Land on the Front Page of Reddit (Andres Slaughter) - KNN Ep. 87
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From Warehouse Worker to Data Analyst (Sergio Ramos) - KNN Ep. 86
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Art and Data Science: Her Kaggle Grandmaster Story (Andrada Olteanu) - KNN Ep. 8...
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Where Marketing and Data Meet (Christopher Willis) - KNN Ep. 84
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Why He Left His Data Engineering Job at Facebook (Meta) (Benjamin Rogojan) - KNN...
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How YouTube Literally Helped Save @Codebasics Life (Dhaval Patel) - KNN Ep. 82
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He Ate Hundreds of Burritos In the Name of (Data) Science (Scott Cole) - KNN Ep....
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(Almost) Everything You Need to Know About the Data Science Interview (Nick Sing...
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Defining People Skills For Data Scientists (Gilbert Eijkelenboom) - KNN Ep. 79
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From Living in the Woods to AI Startup Founder (Ben Taylor) - KNN Ep. 78
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Why He's Completed over 25 Online Certificates (Jack Raifer Baruch) - KNN Ep. 77
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Why She Switched from Data Scientist to Machine Learning Engineer (Mikiko Bazele...
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Escaping a Cult to Pursue AI (Kurtis Pykes) - KNN Ep. 75
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Olympic Level Athlete to Sports Analytics Researcher (Liz Wanless) - KNN Ep. 74
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Can You Learn Data Science From a Book? (Tyler Richards) - KNN Ep. 73
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Finding Your Voice in Data as an Introvert (Karen Jean-Francois) - KNN Ep. 72
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Are Buzzwords Ruining Your Ability to Communicate? (Scott Taylor) - KNN Ep. 71
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Retired Military Officer to Google Analytics Intern! (Al Bellamy) - KNN Ep. 70
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Why It Is OK to not be OK as a Data Scientist. (Mark Freeman) - KNN Ep. 69
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Is There a Right Time to Leave Your Data Science Job? (Jacqueline Nolis) - KNN E...
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Bored Accountant to Passionate Data Scientist (Nicholas Renotte) - KNN Ep. 67
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No Code Data Analyst to Python Lover (Shashank Kalanithi) - KNN Ep. 66
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How To Create Data Science Opportunities for Yourself (Vin Vashishta) - KNN Ep....
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Why He Left His Stable Data Science Job (Avery Smith) - KNN Ep. 64
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How has Data Science Changed in 20 Years? (Joe Reis) - KNN Ep. 63
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The First Data Science Philosopher? (Harpreet Sahota) - KNN Ep. 62
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Insights from a Tech Industry Analyst (Hyoun Park) - KNN Ep. 61
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Navy Submariner to Data Analytics YouTuber! (Luke Barousse) - KNN Ep. 60
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How this High Schooler's Data Helped Break Twitch Streaming Records (Will St. Hi...
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Writing the Book on Pandas (Stefanie Molin) - KNN Ep. 58
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From C Student to Data Scientist (Greg Watson) - KNN Ep. 57
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Deep in the Mind of the Deepnote CEO (Jakub Jurovych) - KNN Ep. 56
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Bayesian or Frequentist: What does it mean? (Chelsea Parlett) - KNN Ep. 55
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Is Finance Ready for Machine Learning? (Vivek Viswanathan) - KNN Ep. 54
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From Rocker to Data Talker (Ale Koretzky) - KNN Ep. 53
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Who is the @Data Professor ? (Chanin Nantasenamat) - KNN Ep. 52
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What Makes a Great Data Story? (Joseph Perez) - KNN Ep. 51
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What is Ken's Story? | 50th episode special with Christina Stathopolous
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Landing a Data Science Job at LinkedIn - After 5 Tries... (Aash Viswanathan) - K...
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What are The Skillsets Needed to be an Effective Data Scientist (Eugene Yan) - K...
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Can Machine Learning Keep Your Computer Safe? (Edward Raff) - KNN Ep. 47
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