Why Data Science?

TL;DR

I’ve always been one for numbers, building, and making an impact.

  • Increasing save rates and adoption in animal rescue
  • Encouraging fitness through the joy and fulfillment it produces as a result

About Me

When I was younger, math was always one of my favorite subjects; and when I wasn’t in school, I was playing assistant in my dad’s entrepreneurial work and my mom’s day-to-day work for her job and managing the house. For my dad, I would help with purchasing supplies, invoicing, and spot-checking numbers for each — a very early practice in paying attention to detail and the art of QA for me. My mother’s work was also financial and numbers based where I was eyeing over expense reports and writing checks to send in to pay our regular house bills (remember when paying online wasn’t a thing?). Both of these made it so that I was as comfortable in an Excel spreadsheet as Microsoft Paint or KidPix for us Millennials.

But really, why data science?

For any question in the world, data and analysis is the answer. Clearly there is overwhelming amounts of data out there that continues to grow exponentially; and in order to understand it and take action, the art of data science is foundational.

  • Increasing save rates and adoption in animal rescue
  • Encouraging fitness through the joy and fulfillment it produces as a result

Conclusion

Back to the personal development world — many times different strategies are referred to as “tools in the tool belt”. Throughout my career and life I have amassed a handful of these, and data science is the next one on my list. It’s another milestone of my growth, brings a different perspective to analyze any challenge, and I personally look forward to contributing to the world by utilizing it for the better.

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MarTech, CRM, automation and data nerd. Managing a small zoo of 3 cats and a dog in Austin, TX.

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Amanda Gaeta

MarTech, CRM, automation and data nerd. Managing a small zoo of 3 cats and a dog in Austin, TX.