Data science job market in 2024, softskills for interviews, AI engineering - Jay Feng - The Data Scientist Show #081

Jay Feng is the CEO of interview query, a service that help data scientists get jobs. Previously he worked as a data scientist at Nextdoor, Monster. We talked about data science job market, the rise of AI engineering, and the softskills people overlook during interviews. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com for more on data science and career.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:11 Data science job market in 2024
00:09:13 Build projects with AI
00:16:19 Softskills in interviews
00:23:18 Daliana's story on "socializing ideas"
00:28:38 Common mistakes in interviews
00:35:30 Product DS vs ML interviews
00:36:27 Product analytics interview questions
00:39:18 Career transition in DS
00:43:04 Jay's career journey
00:45:38 Is there a principal data analyst?
00:51:52 AI engineer
00:54:28 New roles vs obsolete roles in DS
01:04:46 Is data science dead?