Changing the Script: We Are Not Alone
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Describes a concrete path for telecom graduates into data roles using community support from Data Science FEM and Datacam study tracks, with group study and mentorship replacing formal credentials. Names Python tools—NumPy and visualization libraries—as daily technologies, highlights soft skills and client-facing English as major hurdles, and emphasizes the transition from junior to semisenior responsibility and practical, non-hype learning advice; notes team gender ratios around 20/80 women to men.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:28Episode origin
- 3:13Career impact
- 4:58Professional impact
- 7:01Job search challenges
- 9:07Fear of no experience
- 12:40Soft skills in data
- 14:46Fear of failure
- 15:50Surviving tech pace
- 17:36Learning versus focus
- 18:38Closing thoughts
- 19:41Q&A on gender diversity
- 22:13Transitioning to data
- 24:40Job readiness gap
- 25:01Event closing
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