https://www.datalorax.com/tags/academia/ Recent content in Academia on Data Science in Education Hugo -- gohugo.io en Daniel Anderson Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.datalorax.com/post/2022-05-19-reflections-on-my-start-in-industry/ Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.datalorax.com/post/2022-05-19-reflections-on-my-start-in-industry/ In mid-February, I made a really big life decision, which was to officially leave academia and, really, everything I’d ever known professionally, and accept a position in industry as a data scientist. It’s now been a bit over six weeks since I officially started, and I felt like it was time for some reflections tl;dr Academia often gets a bad wrap, and I understand that completely. For me personally, it was actually pretty great and I’m very grateful to so many people at the University of Oregon, where I worked.