Allie Cell talks about a career in data science

“Just because you can build a model that predicts something really well, that's definitely not all of what data science is...really thinking through the use cases for any modeling is just as important as the modeling. Actually, it's more important.” - Allie Cell, Data Science B.S.E. ‘18
Allie, a University of Michigan alumna, talks with Celia Osman, a current U-M undergraduate engineering student studying industrial and operations engineering, about the twists of her career and what she thinks now about her time at Michigan.
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Topics covered in this conversation:
0:00 - What career advice did your dad give you?
0:30 - Introductions.
0:57 - How did data science influence your career?
1:35 - What is your company and what role do you have?
2:52 - What are your most and least favorite tasks you have?
3:43 - Do you have advice or pro tips for students?
4:22 - What makes you love data science?
5:22 - If you could change anything would you or would you leave it the way it is?
5:49 - What was your most helpful professional experience at Michigan?
8:12 - What were some experiences that helped inform you either negatively or positively?
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