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Columnist Note: You can ignore this guidebook, but I assure you that its merits stem from painful discovery. As a former Army Officer now grinding my way through graduate-level analytics and as the father of three children, this means that someone in our house is always crying (and that person Continue reading Out of Uniform: A Field Guide to Reinventing Your Career
I just made that up. And you believed me for a second, didn’t you? Maybe not fully – but admit it: you did give it some credibility. Especially since it even had a decimal. I could’ve said “about 74%,” but “73.58%” feels oddly official. Precise numbers seduce us into lowering Continue reading 73.58% of Statistics Are Made Up
Start at the Belltower. Run 2.5 miles to Krispy Kreme. Eat 12 donuts. Run back. Yes, this is an actual race. The Krispy Kreme Challenge began as a college dare in 2004 and has since grown into an annual tradition that attracts thousands of participants. This quirky event isn’t just Continue reading From Data to Donuts: Preparing for the Krispy Kreme Challenge
There are common stereotypes that humanities degrees are “useless,” that Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCUs) don’t prepare you for the real world, and that being a Black woman is a deficit in STEM fields. I’m here to challenge all that. As a Black woman who graduated from the illustrious North Carolina Continue reading From Chaucer to Code: Why Non-STEM Backgrounds Matter in Data Analytics