Daliana's Game

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I'm Daliana Liu, an ex-Amazon data scientist turned career coach and content creator. I left my tech job to do this "career" thing on my own terms. This is Daliana’s Game — a podcast for tech professionals ready to carve out their own path, and create a career that aligns with their lifestyles. Ever felt you want more fulfillment and freedom beyond the 9-to-5? You’re in the right place. I share more about my career adventure and the lessons I learned with 20k subscribers, join here: https://dalianaliu.kit.com/e0dcfc214b Linkedin with 300k followers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu

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June 11, 20261 hr 13 min

From financial analyst to director of analytics, how to get promoted quickly, 7 elements of influence - Christopher Fricker - The Data Scientist Show #085

Christopher Fricker is a senior director in analytics and BI at Renaissance Learning. He started his career in finance and later became a data science consultant working with Meta, Netflix, and pre-IPO tech companies doing analytics. We talked about the mental models that helped him grow from a finance analyst to an analytics leader.Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on ⁠www.dalianaliu.com⁠ for more on data science and career.Chris’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherfricker/Daliana's Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/DalianaLiu⁠Daliana’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/⁠(00:00:00) Introduction(00:01:46) How to get promoted quickly(00:08:40) Power vs authority(00:11:21) First principal thinking(00:32:34) ROI of a data team(00:40:29) How to be persuasive(00:54:52) All Data is wrong(00:56:22) How he audits the data(01:00:52) How to make someone help you at work

August 2, 20251 hr 3 min

The art of selling (as an engineer), from physics PhD to sales engineer at Databricks with Daliana's old friend Mike Lo - Daliana's Game 02

Daliana’s newsletter on how to find your edge in the AI age and live events: https://dalianaliu.kit.com/e0dcfc214bDaliana interviewed her friend of 10 years, Mike Lo, on how he went from a physics PhD to Sales Engineer at Databricks, and fun stories of their friendship in LA.Mike Lo’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hellomikelo/

July 16, 202551 min

Why she quit Amazon to become a Vlogger, creator economy, Evelyn - Daliana’s Game - 01

Daliana’s newsletter on how to navigate your career in the AI age: https://dalianaliu.kit.com/e0dcfc214bEvelyn was an analytics manager at Amazon and now full time vlogger. We talked about how she became a vlogger, how she navigated her career after leaving Amazon, and what she learned about the creator economy.Evelyn’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tapiocapressDaliana's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/

July 9, 20251 min

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April 21, 2025Episode 9244 min

Why I’m ending this show. Death, afterlife, Chinese philosophy, and what’s next? Daliana Liu ft. Tina Huang #92

I had a fun “funeral” of this show with Tina Huang, we talked about death, afterlife, and the various transitions as content creators. Get coached by Daliana:• DS/ML Career Accelerator• Personal Branding Accelerator• Join the newsletter with 20k readers to read my career stories ⁠here⁠.

April 1, 2025Episode 911 hr 33 min

Unfiltered advice - How to advance your career in data science & ML - The Data Scientist Show with Daliana Liu and Jon Krohn #091

➡️ Learn more about the DS Career Coaching Course.I went on Super Data Science with Jon Krohn to discuss how to accelerate your career in data science, why I paused the podcast, and how to navigate the industry's change.Join 20k subscribers to read more about career influence and personal branding. Subscribe here.

February 17, 2025Episode 901 hr 2 min

From Meta to independent data consultant, Seattle Data Guy moved to Denver, Ben Rogojan, the data scientist show #090

Ben Rogojan, aka, Seattle data guy is an ex-Meta data engineer turned data engineering consultant and YouTuber. He has 100k followers each on YouTube and LinkedIn. We talked about how he become an independent consultant and the current state of data engineering.- Ben’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminrogojan/⁠- Daliana’s newsletter on career growth and personal branding: ⁠https://dalianaliu.kit.com/profile⁠⁠Hi! I'm Daliana Liu⁠ Join 20,000+ subscribers to read the career lessons from my 7-year experience at Amazon and my solo-founder journey.

April 17, 202442 min

Why data scientists are tired, six real data scientists' frustrations - The Data Scientist Show #089

Daliana interviewed 6 data scientists from her meetup in New York City. It's a unique episode where you get to hear the real frustrations of data scientists. We talked about struggles working in healthcare, finance, data quality and AI, how to advocate for yourself, and align with your managers. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on ⁠www.dalianaliu.com⁠ for more on data science and career.Daliana's Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/DalianaLiu⁠Daliana’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/

April 8, 202443 min

Why 80% of A/B tests fail, how to 10X your experimentation velocity - Kristi Angel - The Data Scientist Show #088

Most experimentations fail, Kristi Angel shares her expertise on scaling experimentation and avoiding common A/B testing pitfalls. Learn five things that can help boost test velocity, designing impactful experiments, and leveraging knowledge repos. (Chapters below)Kristi Angel’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristiangel/Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on ⁠www.dalianaliu.com⁠ for more on data science and career.Daliana's Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/DalianaLiu⁠Daliana’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/⁠(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:26) Why do most experimentations fail?(00:07:05) Mistakes in choosing metrics(00:10:05) Is revenue a good metric?(00:13:18) Split metrics in three ways(00:15:10) Daliana's story with too many category breakdowns(00:16:59) What makes the best data science team?(00:19:24) Data scientist work in silo vs in a data science team(00:21:15) Building a knowledge center(00:23:40) Example of knowledge center; nuance of experimentations(00:26:09) How many metrics and variants?(00:30:56) How to reduce noise - CUPED(00:33:01) Future of A/B testing(00:38:33) Q&A: Low statistical power

March 30, 202446 min

From physics PhD to data science leader, unexpected challenges in survey data, Python vs R, EDA best practices, building MLOps toolkit - Julia Silge - The Data Scientist Show #087

Julia Silge is an engineering manager at Posit PBC, formerly know as R-studio, where she leads a team of developers building open source software MLOps. Before Posit, she finished a PhD in astrophysics, worked for several years in the nonprofit space, and was a data scientist at Stack Overflow where some of her most public work involved the annual developer survey. We talked about MLOps tools, challenges in survey data, text analysis, and balancing her interests in data science and engineering.Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on ⁠www.dalianaliu.com⁠ for more on data science and career.Daliana's Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/DalianaLiu⁠Daliana’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/⁠(00:00:00) Introduction(00:00:56) Getting into data science(00:04:50) Transition from data centers to engineering manager(00:14:04) Common challenges in tool development(00:17:38) Challenges with survey data(00:26:47) Engineering skills for data scientists(00:28:59) Balancing roles(00:34:49) Developing skills in Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)(00:39:19) Python vs. R for data analysis(00:44:40) Exciting aspects in career and personal life