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. Daliana's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DalianaLiu Daliana’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/ Jay Feng's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-feng-ab66b049/ Jay Feng's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DataScienceJay 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?