Prety early into Tim's professional career, he opted to change directions. He enrolled in a Master's program and ended up in Data Science.
In this episode we talk about:
- Tim's background as a business major and his first role as a software implementation consultant role
- The epiphany that led to a desire for a more data-specific role
- Misconceptions of what a career in tech would look like
- Accessibility of learning today
- Choosing where to study to make the shift into data science
- MCIT and Georgia Tech programs
- Finding that first role in Data Science
- Gatekeeping in Data Science
- Data Science at Ad Astra
- Career goals
- Tools used for the job
You can follow Tim on LinkedIn
Check out the programs Tim mentioned:
Master of Science in Analytics @ Georgia Tech
MCIT @ UPenn
