Ken's Nearest Neighbors
The Ken's Nearest Neighbors Podcast is about telling the unique stories of the people in the data and AI space. In highly technical fields, we often lose sight of the individuals who are making the positive change. The podcast focuses on who these people are and how they have approached the big decisions in their life that shaped their world view and career. While the podcast is centered on a technical domain, the conversations often touch on personal philosophy, the pursuit of meaning, and how...
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Episodes (197)
How Can Data Teams Get Out of Their Own Way (Alex Gold) - KNN Ep. 196
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How She Went From Analytics Executive to Solopreneur (Serena Huang PhD) - KNN E...
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The Journey of a Non-Technical Founder in a Data Company (Jake Schuster) - KNN E...
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Inside New York's Most Exclusive Data Community (Derek Larson) - KNN Ep. 193
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4X Kaggle GM Shares His Surprising Secret to Success in Competitions (Chris Deot...
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The Crappiest Data Company I've Ever Heard Of (Scott Hickle) - KNN Ep. 191
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Caribbean Data Scientist Explains How to Go Out and Get Your Career (Mark Moyou)...
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Lessons from Teaching in North Korea for 4 Years (Andrew Kemp) - KNN Ep. 189
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The Youngest Ever 3x Kaggle GM Explains Why She Switched to Product (Ruchi Bhati...
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How Fast is AI Innovation Really Happening? (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 187
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How AI Changes the Interview Process (Nick Singh) - KNN Ep. 186
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The Problem With Developer Advocacy (Daliana Liu) - KNN Ep. 185
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Speaking with the Creator of Pandas on the Future of Open Source (Wes McKinney)...
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The Story Behind the Analyst Builder (Alex Freberg) - KNN Ep. 183
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Should Kids Still Learn to Code? (Hunter Kempf) - KNN Ep. 182
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From Auditor to Data Driven Decision Maker (Monica Kay Royal) - KNN Ep. 181
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How Fatherhood Changes Career Goals (Antonio Ivanovski) - KNN Ep. 180
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Why He Left His PhD to Pursue His AI Podcast (Louis-Francois Bouchard) - KNN Ep....
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From Divinity Student to Data Scientist (Immanuel Tacky) - KNN Ep. 178
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How AI Reshaped This Data Analyst's Job (Luke Barousse) - KNN Ep. 177
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The Past and Future of Healthcare and AI? (Eric Doherty) - KNN Ep. 176
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Why His Data Tik-Tok is so Addicting (Elijah Butler) - KNN Ep. 175
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Why Your Company May Need a Part Time Chief Data Officer (Eric Gonzalez) - KNN E...
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Life / Podcast Update! - KNN Ep. 173
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Confronting the Biggest Problem with the Data Science Interview (Jack Blandin) -...
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The Difference Between Working at Google and Founding a Startup (Mike Dezube) -...
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The Surprising Importance of Timing on AI Innovation (Marinela Profi) - KNN Ep....
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How a Book Landed Him His Dream Job (Tyler Richards) - KNN Ep. 169
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How He Became the Biggest Podcaster in Data Science (Jon Krohn) - KNN Ep. 168
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Why He Quit Being an Analytics Manager ( @AlexTheAnalyst ) - KNN Ep. 167
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250,000 Subscriber Q&A!! - KNN Ep. 166
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How Companies and Data Scientists Can Capitalize on the AI Boom (Vin Vashishta)...
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From Unemployed Subscriber to Director in 3 Years (Ray Ojel) - KNN Ep. 164
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Why Data Scientists Should Break Things (Daniel Parris) - KNN Ep. 163
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Leaving Google and BCG to Start Their Own Data Firm (Gleb Drobkov & Mike Dezube)...
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How AI is Altering Music Forever (Ale Koretzky) - KNN Ep. 161
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What is Langchain and Why Will it Change the World? (Greg Kamradt) - KNN Ep. 160
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What Separates High Output Data Scientists from the Rest? (Jeff Li) - KNN Ep. 15...
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Why RStudio is now Posit (J.J. Allaire | Posit CEO) - KNN Ep. 158
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How He Became a Data Strangler (Abe Diaz) - KNN Ep. 157
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Why He Left Google DeepMind at the Peak of AI Hype (Aleksa Gordić) - KNN Ep. 156
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Q&A: Job Market, LLMs, Future of Data Science - KNN Ep. 155
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What You Can Learn from a "Normal Guy" Pursuing Data Science (Nash Mundondo) - K...
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Understanding Data Privacy in the Age of AI (Katharine Jarmul) - KNN Ep. 153
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Finding Your Tribe in the Tech World (Rabie Zahri and Zaheer Ali) - KNN Ep. 152
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Finding Your Perfect Career in the Age of AI (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 151
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Risking it all to Join a Stealth Startup (Mark Freeman) - KNN Ep. 150
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What Makes Someone Stay in Data Science (Richad Nieves-Becker) - KNN Ep. 149
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Why the Best Teachers Learn Alongside You (Kevin Markham) - KNN Ep. 148
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I Interview ChatGPT (GPT-4) - KNN Ep. 147
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