I think about this a lot when early-career data-folk come to me for career advice. They’ve come of age in a time when these are supposed to be “real” careers, with formal training programs that are supposed to prepare them… 1/n
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…but then they get out here and there’s still no reliable straight path (or not one that day-to-day is like the brochure?) and they don’t *feel* prepared and wonder if they’re doomed bc there was some *other* version of formal training they were supposed to get instead 2/n
It makes me wonder if it’s harder because there’s extra mental noise, expectations vs reality. the most reassuring, true thing I can tell them is hardly anyone has a clear path, and that’s a *good* thing. The alternative is too fragile for a field that has changed so much and keeps changing. 3/3
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…but then they get out here and there’s still no reliable straight path (or not one that day-to-day is like the brochure?) and they don’t *feel* prepared and wonder if they’re doomed bc there was some *other* version of formal training they were supposed to get instead 2/n
It makes me wonder if it’s harder because there’s extra mental noise, expectations vs reality. the most reassuring, true thing I can tell them is hardly anyone has a clear path, and that’s a *good* thing. The alternative is too fragile for a field that has changed so much and keeps changing. 3/3