Data Science and Sports Analytics Expert Ken Jee [Podcast #135]

On this week's section of nan podcast, freeCodeCamp laminitis Quincy Larson interviews Ken Jee. Ken's a Data Scientist. He's besides a Sports Analytics practitioner who useful pinch US Team Golf and USA Basketball. Ken hosts nan fantabulous Ken's Nearest Neighbors podcast and nan Exponential Athlete podcast. We talk about: - How an wounded pushed Ken retired of pro sports and into information science - How Ken explains his statistical insights to coaches and players to thief them amended their performance - Why Ken doesn't deliberation building projects is each that useful anymore. "Data Scientists should alternatively build products." - How Ken starts and ends each time pinch meditation, and writes down each nan ideas that popular into his caput aft each session. - Ken's study that: "Who is nan champion suited to excel successful a world wherever AI devices are prominent? Probably nan group who are building them. People successful nan information subject domain, group who are coding – they're nan astir prepared to usage these devices for different things." Can you conjecture what opus I'm playing connected my bass during nan intro? It's from a 2006 creation song, and it was primitively played connected a synth. Also, I want to convey nan 9,779 benignant group who support our kindness each month, and who make this podcast possible. You tin subordinate them and support our ngo at: https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate Links we talk astir during our conversation: Ken's Nearest Neighbors Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpEJMMRoTIHJ8vG8q_EwqCg The Exponential Athelete Podcast, besides hosted by Ken: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAkSd12rP282takuFJKsAsYlHdpdEDhuE The Founders podcast, which some Ken and Quincy perceive to. James Dyson episode: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/88384801/senra-james-dyson-against-the-odds-an-autobiography Anna Wintour episode: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/58741411/senra-326-anna-wintour San Antonio caves that Quincy visited: https://naturalbridgecaverns.com/ Chapters ⌨️ (0:00:00) Introduction and Background ⌨️ (0:03:45) Early Days and Interest successful Sports ⌨️ (0:07:17) Transition to Data Science ⌨️ (0:12:13) Return to Grad School and Introduction to Coding ⌨️ (0:15:59) Sports Analytics and Career Path ⌨️ (0:20:34) Psychological and Process Perspectives successful Sports ⌨️ (0:24:48) The Symphony of Data Analytics successful Sports ⌨️ (0:31:44) Learning Data Science and Kaggle ⌨️ (0:41:49) Understanding Data Science ⌨️ (0:42:23) The Tools and Specialization successful Data Science ⌨️ (0:45:26) The Importance of Asking nan Right Questions ⌨️ (0:51:13) Gaining Knowledge and Insights done Reading and Podcasts ⌨️ (0:58:53) The Power of an Outsider's Perspective ⌨️ (1:06:59) Enjoying Nature successful Texas ⌨️ (1:15:32) Building Products for Others to Use ⌨️ (1:24:41) Introspection earlier Action for Career Satisfaction ⌨️ (1:25:16) Effective Communication of Statistical Concepts ⌨️ (1:32:29) The Value of Heuristics and Long-Form Content ⌨️ (1:40:48) Networking and Conferences successful nan Data Science Field ⌨️ (1:47:45) Optimism for nan Future of Data Science