From chemical engineer to data scientist@ExxonMobil, why he left to do data science freelancing, data career jumpstart, Avery Smith - the data scientist show#043

Avery Smith is a data science consultant and career coach at Data Career Jumpstar, and TA at MIT professional education. Previously, he was working on optimization and predictive analytics at ExxonMobil. We talked about his journey from from chemical engineer to data analytics, optimization problems in energy sector, why he left ExxonMobil, and his best advice for people to get into data science. Follow Daliana on Twitter (https://twitter.com/DalianaLiu) for more on data science and this podcast. If you like the show, subscribe and give me a 5-star review :)  Topics: His first data science projects His experience with ExxonMobil Why he left ExxonMobil Data science consulting Challenges when working with clients Why he built his own career coaching program How Linkedin helped his career TA at MIT, MIT's data engineering curriculum how to build a data science portfolio Avery's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/