What’s wrong with correlation? In May 2016, the COMPAS algorithm was flagged as being racially biased [1]. This algorithm was used by the US to guide criminal sentencing by predicting likelihood o...
I feel like there’s a lot of pressure these days to share things. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc are built around the idea of people sharing their thoughts, opinions and experiences with others. ...
One of the most common questions I get is from medics interested in machine learning, wondering how to get started. I’m currently in the process of writing a longer article about getting started w...
For the past couple of years, my rough modus operandi has been something along the lines of… “to build deep technical skills and understanding in machine learning (and computer programming more bro...
When I graduated from University, there was a lot about finance I didn’t understand. I was aware that I should probably put my money into savings and investments, but didn’t really know how. I rea...
Learning to code as a full-time doctor 🩺 At the start of 2018, I had recently graduated from medical school. I knew basic web development and not much more. Since mid-2020, I’ve been working full...
One of the most common questions I get asked is how to get started on the route to becoming a data scientist (or building technical skills, more broadly). There are things that are easy for me to ...
📑 Building a portfolio: the rule of 3 To be taken seriously as a technical person (or any area, really), you need to have something to show. Anyone can say “I can code in Python”. You have to make...
Background 3 years ago, I had just finished medical school and started working full-time as a doctor in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Now, I work full-time as a data scientist at dunnhum...
📈 Accelerating early progress with technical friends Coming from a medical background, I didn’t have the first clue about how to develop coding skills or data science understanding. And neither di...