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Ex-academia; Co-founder @LeedsDataSoc; Associate Faculty @LeedsUniBSchool; @ESRC PhD Consumer Data Science; Ex-Epi/Biostats

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“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.” --- Bertrand Russell.

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I think this is the most touching departure card I have ever received. I shall see you again, my friends!

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Playing safe in academia can be a high risk game - becoming a boiling frog, putting all your eggs into one basket, and any value misalignment can eat you alive. There’s always a cartel culture in faculties and departments - either join them or find your own alliance to survive.

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I would be surprised if this story only occurs in tech. In academia, there’s always a pressure on the data crunchers to milk something from a dataset to confirm the hypothesis and make some publications.

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Gerrard stayed but Beckham left. Lampard stayed but C Ronaldo left. Scholes stayed but Van Persie left. It’s time to make a decision and a decision would not only affect your life but also your family. https://t.co/IhCmcLyJsz

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It’s about university experience, not really the teaching quality. It’s like the experience of having fun in Disneyland (plus attending live shows) versus watching unlimited Disney movies at home. You could still offer people unlimited Disney movies while they’re in the park.

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Do you think the college broke the promises they made to get you to enroll?

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My cat is already thinking about his “hugging” as the U.K. lockdown eases. Social distancing remains critical for every life. 😺

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I wouldn’t be surprised, although it’s often the case in Asia. Sometimes we need to ask ourselves why we’re so eager to get someone to do a PhD in data science or AI - Is it just because because we have got some funding or projects or metrics to fulfil? Mentorship is the key.

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Recently I came across something rather disturbing. Head of a prominent AI lab in western EU requires his PhD students to publish 3 first-author papers in one of the top three ML conferences to be eligible to finish. As a result, some very promising young researchers 1/n

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I admire people who think we (the U.K.) have outsmarted the virus. Let’s wait and see.

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Is anyone else worried that once everyone has been offered the vaccinates in the U.K. that we will just forget that there is a pandemic going on when much of the world is still in a dire situation.

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It would be very interesting if the school still teach mostly the frequentist inference approach - would that be considered as a value misalignment? 🤔 —- The Business School (formerly Cass) to be renamed Bayes Business School https://t.co/rHVBUCkOl9

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Hybrid working mode is spreading as far as I concern and more companies are now using it as a new way to attract talents in post-COVID-19 (or prepare another unexpected outbreak). https://t.co/rrUwQ69PPT

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“I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon.” https://t.co/bJahOqCAYs

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@CMastication Perhaps complete remote working can reduce the "company neighbourhood bonding" in us - we can become a bit edgy quickly if things smell/sound bad and our tolerance is much lower, or it's much easier to find work with people who echo us than those disagree with us remotely.

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Job losses and falling salaries batter US academia https://t.co/hLGd24lEUo

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@CMastication Maybe one day they can release a product called XStudio because coding Python in RStudio is still a bit hard to sell in my beginner class. It feels like an identity debate.

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ECR job market is still tough right now and I expect it to be tough for the next 12 months. Find something outside academia for the time being and stay positive.

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City of London to convert offices into homes in post-Covid revamp https://t.co/qXdBVvNFI2

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This. 👌

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Finished teaching another Data Hero Scheme training session. New this weekend: new arm to the mic, 4 new cloud databases for students to have fun - apparently it’s so much better to teach SQL this way instead of asking people to install local SQL.

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More people would prefer their child to take a vocational qualification than attend university, a survey has found.

https://t.co/NJCz3jXkLS