Ben Larson, Ph.D.

Data Scientist working in Cyber Security. I tweet about everything analytics. Want to break down the barriers to entry and show everyone can do analytics.

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

How do you get your first job in Data Science?

I MADE my first job. I was working at a hospital fixing x-ray machines. Looking at the reports my boss ran each month from our ticketing system, I thought, I can do better.

#DataScientists #datajobs #DataAnalytics

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

Ph.D. Decision Science | Senior Data Scientist & AI/ML leader (ex-Verizon).
Expert in fraud detection, anomaly detection, risk modeling & production AI.

Open to Data Science, Analytics, or AI roles in any industry.

DMs open

#OpenToWork #DataScience #AI #Analytics #Hiring

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

Got hit by the Verizon layoff last week. I've have a feeling this will one day be a case study for MBA programs as to how not to execute a layoff. #Verizon #layoffs

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

We celebrate the end of the War to end all Wars today. Sadly it did not.. the only common thread we seem to have as a species is the desire to blow each other up.

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

@data_kristen Right now just LinkedIn and facebook(cause you know us old people lol) I am always looking for something new that is more on grown up serious side

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

My new mantra going forward

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

@codeknight0 Absolutely

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

@MerrillLynch You closed out my wife's ira account no one will speak to us because when we call you say we don't have an active account so you won't speak to. Who the hell do we talk to

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

@tunguz Ohhh, that helpless feeling is the worst. Hoping for the best possible outcome

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

My first in-person conference since Covid. Not even sure I know how to behave in public anymore lol #mdexpo

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

It was much easier fixing this stuff when I could still see close up. Getting old sucks

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

@tunguz Only the old kingdom, then they went underground

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

Come back into the office, it'll be great. I am stuck in a room with at least 6 people continuously blowing their noses. I guess we learned absolutely nothing about stopping infection spread from this pandemic.

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

Working tech today: currently holding my cell phone up to my laptop screen so tech support can troubleshoot my laptop via a video call. Seems like their should be a better way.

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

I've turned down some contract work and decided to just enjoy the summer.

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

Where can I find one

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

Nerd Camp Day 1 - Doctoral Residency Weekend at Capitol Tech University

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

@IrradiatedMouse Oh no, not a merit based reward. What will ever become of them.

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

@raymo_g "every single double-digit IQ wagie" no wonder X/Twitter has a reputation for being full of self righteous egotistical jack@$$es.

[Ben Larson, Ph.D. @blarson424]

Offering up my box of assorted cables as a sacrifice to the IT God's to fix this problem. And to think my wife wanted my to throw these out lol