What You Can Learn From Teaching Data Science (Ajay Halthor) - KNN Ep. 89

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Ajay Halthor ( @CodeEmporium ). Ajay is a Data Scientist with an interesting life story. Born in Los Angeles, he spent half his life in the States and the other half India. He dabbles in all that is data during the weekdays. And on weekends, you'll find him on a mountain. Today we’ll talk about his journey from a Computer Science major in India to Data Scientist and YouTube content creator & educator he is today. 

00:00 Introduction
02:36 How did you get interested in data?
09:52 Different experiences between living in India and the United States.
13:26 The importance of getting out of your comfort zone.
19:41 Differences between education in the USA vs India.
24:09 Path to becoming a data science educator.
38:40 How do you make content easy to understand for your audience?
43:51 How do you evaluate your content?
47:02 YouTube Comedy Skits.
50:20 The importance of getting outdoors.
54:49 Final remarks.