Ken's Nearest Neighbors

By Ken Jee

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Episodes: 197

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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 we define success in our career and lives.


Episode Date
How She Went From Analytics Executive to Solopreneur (Serena Huang PhD) - KNN Ep. 195
Oct 21, 2024
How Can Data Teams Get Out of Their Own Way (Alex Gold) - KNN Ep. 196
Oct 21, 2024
The Journey of a Non-Technical Founder in a Data Company (Jake Schuster) - KNN Ep. 194
Aug 06, 2024
Inside New York's Most Exclusive Data Community (Derek Larson) - KNN Ep. 193
Jul 08, 2024
4X Kaggle GM Shares His Surprising Secret to Success in Competitions (Chris Deotte) - KNN Ep. 192
Jun 11, 2024
The Crappiest Data Company I've Ever Heard Of (Scott Hickle) - KNN Ep. 191
May 17, 2024
Caribbean Data Scientist Explains How to Go Out and Get Your Career (Mark Moyou) - KNN Ep. 190
May 10, 2024
Lessons from Teaching in North Korea for 4 Years (Andrew Kemp) - KNN Ep. 189
May 01, 2024
The Youngest Ever 3x Kaggle GM Explains Why She Switched to Product (Ruchi Bhatia) - KNN Ep. 188
Apr 21, 2024
How Fast is AI Innovation Really Happening? (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 187
Apr 12, 2024
How AI Changes the Interview Process (Nick Singh) - KNN Ep. 186
Apr 05, 2024
The Problem With Developer Advocacy (Daliana Liu) - KNN Ep. 185
Mar 30, 2024
Speaking with the Creator of Pandas on the Future of Open Source (Wes McKinney) - KNN Ep. 184
Mar 22, 2024
The Story Behind the Analyst Builder (Alex Freberg) - KNN Ep. 183
Mar 16, 2024
Should Kids Still Learn to Code? (Hunter Kempf) - KNN Ep. 182
Mar 02, 2024
From Auditor to Data Driven Decision Maker (Monica Kay Royal) - KNN Ep. 181
Feb 23, 2024
How Fatherhood Changes Career Goals (Antonio Ivanovski) - KNN Ep. 180
Feb 16, 2024
Why He Left His PhD to Pursue His AI Podcast (Louis-Francois Bouchard) - KNN Ep. 179
Jan 10, 2024
From Divinity Student to Data Scientist (Immanuel Tacky) - KNN Ep. 178
Jan 03, 2024
How AI Reshaped This Data Analyst's Job (Luke Barousse) - KNN Ep. 177
Dec 13, 2023
The Past and Future of Healthcare and AI? (Eric Doherty) - KNN Ep. 176
Dec 07, 2023
Why His Data Tik-Tok is so Addicting (Elijah Butler) - KNN Ep. 175
Nov 29, 2023
Why Your Company May Need a Part Time Chief Data Officer (Eric Gonzalez) - KNN Ep. 174
Nov 22, 2023
Life / Podcast Update! - KNN Ep. 173
Nov 15, 2023
Confronting the Biggest Problem with the Data Science Interview (Jack Blandin) - KNN Ep. 172
Nov 01, 2023
The Difference Between Working at Google and Founding a Startup (Mike Dezube) - KNN Ep. 171
Oct 25, 2023
The Surprising Importance of Timing on AI Innovation (Marinela Profi) - KNN Ep. 170
Oct 18, 2023
How a Book Landed Him His Dream Job (Tyler Richards) - KNN Ep. 169
Oct 11, 2023
How He Became the Biggest Podcaster in Data Science (Jon Krohn) - KNN Ep. 168
Sep 20, 2023
Why He Quit Being an Analytics Manager ( @AlexTheAnalyst ) - KNN Ep. 167
Sep 15, 2023
250,000 Subscriber Q&A!! - KNN Ep. 166
Sep 06, 2023
How Companies and Data Scientists Can Capitalize on the AI Boom (Vin Vashishta) - KNN Ep. 165
Aug 30, 2023
From Unemployed Subscriber to Director in 3 Years (Ray Ojel) - KNN Ep. 164
Aug 23, 2023
Why Data Scientists Should Break Things (Daniel Parris) - KNN Ep. 163
Aug 16, 2023
Leaving Google and BCG to Start Their Own Data Firm (Gleb Drobkov & Mike Dezube) - KNN Ep. 162
Aug 09, 2023
How AI is Altering Music Forever (Ale Koretzky) - KNN Ep. 161
Aug 03, 2023
What is Langchain and Why Will it Change the World? (Greg Kamradt) - KNN Ep. 160
Jul 26, 2023
What Separates High Output Data Scientists from the Rest? (Jeff Li) - KNN Ep. 159
Jul 19, 2023
Why RStudio is now Posit (J.J. Allaire | Posit CEO) - KNN Ep. 158
Jul 12, 2023
How He Became a Data Strangler (Abe Diaz) - KNN Ep. 157
Jul 05, 2023
Why He Left Google DeepMind at the Peak of AI Hype (Aleksa Gordić) - KNN Ep. 156
Jun 28, 2023
Q&A: Job Market, LLMs, Future of Data Science - KNN Ep. 155
Jun 21, 2023
What You Can Learn from a "Normal Guy" Pursuing Data Science (Nash Mundondo) - KNN Ep. 154
Jun 14, 2023
Understanding Data Privacy in the Age of AI (Katharine Jarmul) - KNN Ep. 153
Jun 07, 2023
Finding Your Tribe in the Tech World (Rabie Zahri and Zaheer Ali) - KNN Ep. 152
May 31, 2023
Finding Your Perfect Career in the Age of AI (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 151
May 24, 2023
Risking it all to Join a Stealth Startup (Mark Freeman) - KNN Ep. 150
May 17, 2023
What Makes Someone Stay in Data Science (Richad Nieves-Becker) - KNN Ep. 149
May 10, 2023
Why the Best Teachers Learn Alongside You (Kevin Markham) - KNN Ep. 148
May 04, 2023
I Interview ChatGPT (GPT-4) - KNN Ep. 147
Apr 26, 2023
How to Craft a Fulfilling Career by Embracing Your Authentic Self (Jess Ramos) - KNN Ep. 146
Apr 19, 2023
What Does ChatGPT Mean for Students, Teachers, and Kagglers? (Ruchi Bhatia) - KNN Ep. 145
Apr 12, 2023
Seeds of Innovation: Data Science's Role in Agribusiness (Serg Masís) - KNN Ep. 144
Apr 05, 2023
The Myth of Job Security in Big Tech (Michael Galarnyk) - KNN Ep. 143
Mar 29, 2023
The Best Way for Universities to Prepare Data Science Students? (Greg Hogg) - KNN Ep. 142
Mar 22, 2023
Inside the Kaggle Grandmaster Team at NVIDIA (Theo Viel) - KNN Ep. 141
Mar 15, 2023
Rage Quitting SF (Tina Huang and Zach Wilson) - KNN Ep. 140
Mar 08, 2023
The Modern Data Stack: Everything You Need to Know (Chris Tabb) - KNN Ep. 139
Mar 01, 2023
Where AI Meets Religion and Psychedelics (David Gonzalez) - KNN Ep. 138
Feb 22, 2023
The Data Project too Risky to Share in an Interview (Zach Quinn) - KNN Ep. 137
Feb 15, 2023
Creating Career Insurance in the Age of Tech Layoffs (Matt Harrison) - KNN Ep. 136
Feb 08, 2023
Why are Data Science Jobs Disappearing? (Jay Feng) - KNN Ep. 135
Feb 01, 2023
From Highschool Teacher to Data Science Leader (Ben Doremus) - KNN Ep. 134
Jan 25, 2023
The Future of Data Engineering (Joe Reis and Matt Housley) - KNN Ep. 133
Jan 18, 2023
The TRUTH About Landing Your First Data Job (Avery Smith) - KNN Ep. 132
Jan 11, 2023
How To Prioritize Work and School For a Data Career - KNN Ep. 131 (Devansh)
Jan 04, 2023
The TRUTH About Working in Gaming as a Data Scientist (Carly Taylor) - KNN Ep. 129
Dec 28, 2022
When Comedy Collides with the Tech Scene (Socially Inept) - KNN Ep. 130
Dec 28, 2022
How She Built Her Own Role at Google (Stephanie Wong) - KNN Ep. 128
Dec 07, 2022
Leaving His Data Analyst Job for Good (Stefan Masnikovic) - KNN Ep. 127
Nov 30, 2022
Podcast Update, Feedback, and Future Plans - KNN Ep. 126
Nov 23, 2022
The Secret Analytics War Behind International Team Golf (Dylan Beirne) - KNN Ep. 125
Nov 16, 2022
The Woman Behind the Kaggle Days World Championship (Maria Parysz) - KNN Ep. 124
Nov 09, 2022
Working at Kaggle as a Kaggle Grandmaster (Walter Reade) - KNN Ep.123
Nov 02, 2022
Why She Left a Big Tech City to Advance Her Career (Christina Stathopoulos) - KNN Ep. 122
Oct 26, 2022
Multiplying His Income 6X in 4 Years With Data Jobs (Shashank Kalanithi) - KNN Ep. 121
Oct 19, 2022
Cowboys vs. Scientists (DJ Rich) - KNN Ep. 120
Oct 12, 2022
An Inside Perspective on Baseball Analytics (Jeremy Frank) - KNN Ep. 119
Oct 06, 2022
Why You SHOULD Take Risks Early in Your Career (Patrick Akil) - KNN Ep. 118
Sep 29, 2022
Quantifying "Soft Skills" to Get the Most Out of Your Career (Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic) - KNN Ep. 117
Sep 22, 2022
Using GPT-3 To Automate Dating and Work (Dmitri Mirakyan) - KNN Ep.116
Sep 14, 2022
Why He Left His Startup To Pursue Data Science Tutorials on YouTube (Keith Galli) - KNN Ep 115
Sep 07, 2022
What You're Getting Wrong about Data Vis - According to a UX Designer (Thomas Watkins) - KNN Ep 114
Aug 31, 2022
Why He Shared His Tech Salary on LinkedIn (Zach Wilson R2) - KNN Ep. 113
Aug 24, 2022
The Man Behind the Bam! (Josh Starmer Round 2) - KNN Ep. 112
Aug 17, 2022
Data Analytics YouTuber Faceoff! (Luke Barousse & Alex Freberg) - KNN Ep. 111
Aug 10, 2022
Everything You Need to Know About ML Ops (Miki Bazeley) - KNN Ep. 110
Aug 02, 2022
Recession Planning for Data Scientists(Shailvi Wakhlu) - KNN Ep. 109
Jul 27, 2022
Answering Your Anonymous Questions (Data Science Masters, Learning, Salary) KNN Ep. 108
Jul 20, 2022
Navigating The Maker vs Manager Tradeoff (Jared Dean) - KNN Ep. 107
Jul 13, 2022
How Analytics Fits into a Competitive Jiu Jitsu Career (Breylor Grout) - KNN Ep. 106
Jul 06, 2022
Can Data Science Be Beautiful? (Thu Vu) - KNN Ep. 105
Jun 29, 2022
How a Sports Agent Uses Data Science (Ian Greengross) - KNN Ep. 104
Jun 22, 2022
What Comes After Landing Your Dream Data Science Job? (Jeff Li Round 2) - KNN Ep. 103
Jun 15, 2022
Lost After College to Top Data Scientist (Kristen Kehrer) - KNN Ep. 102
Jun 08, 2022
How He Made Learning to Code Completely Free (Quincy Larson) - KNN Ep. 101
Jun 01, 2022
[Special] A Parent's Perspective on Our Work (Art Jee) - KNN Ep. 100
May 25, 2022
The Power of Bringing People Together (Tina Huang & Luke Barousse ) - KNN Ep. 99
May 18, 2022
Behind the Scenes of a Data Science Movie (Hunter Kempf) - KNN Ep. 98
May 11, 2022
What Is A Tech Lead REALLY? (Zach Wilson) - KNN Ep. 97
May 04, 2022
How "Bridges" Bring You Data Science Career Clarity (Sadie St. Lawrence) - KNN Ep. 96
Apr 27, 2022
How He Breaks Down Complex Machine Learning Research for YouTube (Yannic Kilcher ) - KNN Ep. 95
Apr 20, 2022
Are Your Goals Holding You Back in Data Science? (Ben Sullins) - KNN Ep. 94
Apr 13, 2022
Is It Worth Getting a Masters Degree in the United States? (Naveed Ahmed Janvekar) - KNN Ep. 93
Apr 06, 2022
Why Attend Data Science Conferences? (Sheamus McGovern) - KNN Ep. 92
Mar 30, 2022
Transitioning from Data Engineering to Data Science in Big Tech (Sundas Khalid) - KNN Ep. 91
Mar 23, 2022
From Data Analyst to Director in 3 Years: How He Did It (Richad Nieves-Becker) - KNN Ep. 90
Mar 16, 2022
What You Can Learn From Teaching Data Science (Ajay Halthor) - KNN Ep. 89
Mar 09, 2022
Growing the Biggest ML Ops Community From Abroad (Demetrios Brinkmann) - KNN Ep. 88
Mar 02, 2022
Using Data to Land on the Front Page of Reddit (Andres Slaughter) - KNN Ep. 87
Feb 23, 2022
From Warehouse Worker to Data Analyst (Sergio Ramos) - KNN Ep. 86
Feb 16, 2022
Art and Data Science: Her Kaggle Grandmaster Story (Andrada Olteanu) - KNN Ep. 85
Feb 09, 2022
Where Marketing and Data Meet (Christopher Willis) - KNN Ep. 84
Feb 02, 2022
Why He Left His Data Engineering Job at Facebook (Meta) (Benjamin Rogojan) - KNN Ep. 83
Jan 26, 2022
How YouTube Literally Helped Save @Codebasics Life (Dhaval Patel) - KNN Ep. 82
Jan 19, 2022
He Ate Hundreds of Burritos In the Name of (Data) Science (Scott Cole) - KNN Ep. 81
Jan 12, 2022
(Almost) Everything You Need to Know About the Data Science Interview (Nick Singh) - KNN Ep. 80
Jan 05, 2022
Defining People Skills For Data Scientists (Gilbert Eijkelenboom) - KNN Ep. 79
Dec 22, 2021
From Living in the Woods to AI Startup Founder (Ben Taylor) - KNN Ep. 78
Dec 15, 2021
Why He's Completed over 25 Online Certificates (Jack Raifer Baruch) - KNN Ep. 77
Dec 08, 2021
Why She Switched from Data Scientist to Machine Learning Engineer (Mikiko Bazeley) - KNN Ep. 76
Dec 01, 2021
Escaping a Cult to Pursue AI (Kurtis Pykes) - KNN Ep. 75
Nov 24, 2021
Olympic Level Athlete to Sports Analytics Researcher (Liz Wanless) - KNN Ep. 74
Nov 17, 2021
Can You Learn Data Science From a Book? (Tyler Richards) - KNN Ep. 73
Nov 10, 2021
Finding Your Voice in Data as an Introvert (Karen Jean-Francois) - KNN Ep. 72
Nov 03, 2021
Are Buzzwords Ruining Your Ability to Communicate? (Scott Taylor) - KNN Ep. 71
Oct 27, 2021
Retired Military Officer to Google Analytics Intern! (Al Bellamy) - KNN Ep. 70
Oct 20, 2021
Why It Is OK to not be OK as a Data Scientist. (Mark Freeman) - KNN Ep. 69
Oct 13, 2021
Is There a Right Time to Leave Your Data Science Job? (Jacqueline Nolis) - KNN EP. 68
Oct 06, 2021
Bored Accountant to Passionate Data Scientist (Nicholas Renotte) - KNN Ep. 67
Sep 29, 2021
No Code Data Analyst to Python Lover (Shashank Kalanithi) - KNN Ep. 66
Sep 22, 2021
How To Create Data Science Opportunities for Yourself (Vin Vashishta) - KNN Ep. 65
Sep 15, 2021
Why He Left His Stable Data Science Job (Avery Smith) - KNN Ep. 64
Sep 08, 2021
How has Data Science Changed in 20 Years? (Joe Reis) - KNN Ep. 63
Sep 01, 2021
The First Data Science Philosopher? (Harpreet Sahota) - KNN Ep. 62
Aug 25, 2021
Insights from a Tech Industry Analyst (Hyoun Park) - KNN Ep. 61
Aug 18, 2021
Navy Submariner to Data Analytics YouTuber! (Luke Barousse) - KNN Ep. 60
Aug 11, 2021
How this High Schooler's Data Helped Break Twitch Streaming Records (Will St. Hilare) - KNN Ep. 59
Aug 04, 2021
Writing the Book on Pandas (Stefanie Molin) - KNN Ep. 58
Jul 28, 2021
From C Student to Data Scientist (Greg Watson) - KNN Ep. 57
Jul 21, 2021
Deep in the Mind of the Deepnote CEO (Jakub Jurovych) - KNN Ep. 56
Jul 14, 2021
Bayesian or Frequentist: What does it mean? (Chelsea Parlett) - KNN Ep. 55
Jul 07, 2021
Is Finance Ready for Machine Learning? (Vivek Viswanathan) - KNN Ep. 54
Jun 30, 2021
From Rocker to Data Talker (Ale Koretzky) - KNN Ep. 53
Jun 23, 2021
Who is the @Data Professor ? (Chanin Nantasenamat) - KNN Ep. 52
Jun 16, 2021
What Makes a Great Data Story? (Joseph Perez) - KNN Ep. 51
Jun 09, 2021
What is Ken's Story? | 50th episode special with Christina Stathopolous
Jun 02, 2021
Landing a Data Science Job at LinkedIn - After 5 Tries... (Aash Viswanathan) - KNN Ep. 49
May 26, 2021
What are The Skillsets Needed to be an Effective Data Scientist (Eugene Yan) - KNN Ep. 48
May 19, 2021
Can Machine Learning Keep Your Computer Safe? (Edward Raff) - KNN Ep. 47
May 12, 2021
Is Design the Future of Data Science? (Ovetta Sampson) - KNN Ep.46
May 05, 2021
From Photographer to Landing his Dream Analyst Job at PlayStation! (Christian Bourdeau) - KNN Ep.45
Apr 28, 2021
Answering Questions About REAL Data Science Job Application Data (Jeremie Harris x2) - KNN Ep. 44
Apr 21, 2021
How Project Management Can Empower AI (Greg Coquillo) - KNN Ep. 43
Apr 14, 2021
Have You Heard of Cardboard Calculus? (Brennan Ruby) - KNN Ep. 42
Apr 07, 2021
How She Built a Data Empire Working Abroad! (Lillian Pierson) - KNN Ep. 41
Mar 31, 2021
Coding In Python with Microsoft Excel (Jake and Aaron) - KNN Ep. 40
Mar 24, 2021
Is His Company Creating a Safe Skynet? (Josh Odmark) - KNN Ep. 39
Mar 17, 2021
SPSS, Open Source, and Why Data Science Tools May not Matter Much (Keith McCormick) - KNN Ep. 38
Mar 10, 2021
How are College Sports Teams Leveraging Analytics? (Matthew Edwards) - KNN Ep. 37
Mar 03, 2021
How this Data Analyst Divided LinkedIn with a Single Post (Alex the Analyst) - KNN Ep. 36
Feb 24, 2021
How His Project is Simplifying Data Science (Adrien Treuille) - KNN Ep.35
Feb 17, 2021
Can You Make a Living as a Data Science Contractor? (Andrew Jones) - KNN Ep.34
Feb 10, 2021
Learning Deeply with NVIDIA’s Head of Developer Programs (Will Ramey) - KNN Ep. 33
Feb 03, 2021
Doing Data Abroad! (Christina Stathopoulos) - KNN Ep. 32
Jan 27, 2021
A Data Science Instructor's Insight into Learning the Field (Michael Galarnyk) - KNN Ep. 31
Jan 20, 2021
What is Algorithmic Trading Really? (Jacob Amaral) - KNN Ep. 30
Jan 13, 2021
Data Science VS. Software Engineering: Which is better for you? (Forrest Knight) - KNN Ep. 29
Jan 06, 2021
The Man Who Makes Statistics Fun! (Joshua Starmer AKA StatQuest) - KNN Ep.28
Dec 30, 2020
The Man Behind the Data Science Tutorials (Keith Galli) - KNN Ep. 27
Dec 23, 2020
From Lawyer to Data Scientist! (Greg Jacobs) - KNN Ep. 26
Dec 16, 2020
How Do Companies Teach Data Science? (Mike Kelly) - KNN Ep. 25
Dec 09, 2020
This Spotify Data Scientist Can Learn Anything! (Jeff Li) - KNN Ep. 24
Dec 02, 2020
Everything You Need to Know about Data Science Consulting (Gleb Drobkov) - KNN Ep. 23
Nov 25, 2020
His Machine Learning Models Can See (Richmond Alake) - KNN Ep. 22
Nov 18, 2020
Data Science Without All the BS (Richard Bryant) - KNN Ep. 21
Nov 11, 2020
Spilling the Tea on Data Science (Sanyam Bhutani) - KNN Ep. 19
Nov 08, 2020
She Uses Machine Learning to Control Your Brain (Jordan Harrod) - KNN Ep. 20
Nov 08, 2020
Half Man, Half Machine Learning Engineer (Jeff Charbeneau) - KNN Ep. 18
Nov 06, 2020
Advice From a Data Analytics CEO (@How to Get an Analytics Job) - KNN Ep. 17
Nov 06, 2020
Why Data-Viz is so Darn Important (Kate Strachnyi) - KNN Ep. 16
Nov 05, 2020
His Startup Will Land You a Data Science Job (Jeremie Harris) - KNN Ep. 15
Nov 05, 2020
Hedge Funds, Startups, and Data Science Oh my! (Andrew) - KNN Ep. 14
Nov 04, 2020
Land a Data Science Job in a Different Country (Vijay Pravin Maharajan) - KNN Ep. 13
Nov 04, 2020
From IndyCar Racing to Data Literacy (Alex Castrounis) - KNN Ep. 12
Nov 04, 2020
How She Dominated the FAANG Data Science Interview (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 11
Nov 04, 2020
How a Subscriber Landed a Data Analyst Job in Less Than a Year (Ray Ojel) - KNN Ep. 09
Nov 04, 2020
Inside the Mind of the ULTIMATE Kaggle Grandmaster (Abhishek Thakur) - KNN Ep. 10
Nov 04, 2020
The Data Science Twitch Streamer + Sports Analytics (Nick Wan) - KNN Ep. 08
Nov 03, 2020
What is the Future of AI at NVIDIA? (Anima Anandkumar) - KNN Ep. 07
Nov 03, 2020
Should You Have a Data Science Mentor? (Danny Ma) - KNN Ep. 06
Nov 03, 2020
Uber Driver to Machine Learning Engineer in 9 Months (Daniel Bourke) - KNN Ep. 05
Nov 03, 2020
Should You Major in Data Science? (Jaemin Lee) - KNN Ep. 04
Oct 31, 2020
How to Land a Data Science Job at FAANG (Jay Feng) - KNN Ep. 03
Oct 30, 2020
NASA Physicist Turned Data Scientist (Tim Bowling) - KNN Ep. 02
Oct 29, 2020
Notorious KNN - KNN Ep. 1.5
Oct 29, 2020
Hello World. Who am I? - KNN Ep. 01
Oct 28, 2020