Landing a Data Science Job at LinkedIn - After 5 Tries... (Aash Viswanathan) - KNN Ep. 49

Aash Viswanathan is a Senior Data Scientist at Atlassian with a focus on monetization. He was previously a Product Data Scientist at LinkedIn supporting new feature development on LinkedIn Learning. Aash was also a Data Analyst at scooter-rental startup Lime, where he worked on fleet analytics. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Chicago. In this episode we learn about Aash's biggest challenges breaking into the analytics career path. He actually applied to LinkedIn 5 times before landing the job. We also touch on the psychological side of success in this field and how obsession can be either a positive or negative force. I hope you enjoy our chat!