052: Master’s Degrees, Double Binds, and Data Science with Emily Dresner
October 25th, 2017 · 58 mins 35 secs
About this Episode
01:06 – Emily’s Background and Superpower
02:49 – Having a Master’s Degree: Was it worth it?
08:08 – Struggles After Retaining a Master’s
10:31 – Role Model: Emily’s Mom and Her Story
12:11 – “The Double Bind”
14:47 – Experiences Working at a Gaming Company
Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise by David Foster Wallace
18:33 – Transitioning to Upside and Building a Healthy Culture
21:50 – Engineering Vs Management
29:09 – Data Science
32:50 – Self-Selecting for Privilege
36:38 – Data Science and Security/Privacy
46:55 – Having a Background in Actual Science; Conquering Biases
51:35 – The Importance of Mentorship and Internships from the Beginning
Reflections:
Coraline: Having a biases towards hiring people like yourself and other hiring biases.
Sam: Research cognitive biases.
Jamey: Computers aren’t people.
Emily: I really do enjoy teaching.
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