October 14, 2024

Application form advice

OK, so I’ve finished interviewing lots of data scientists over the last few weeks.

August 12, 2024

Job Questions

I’m recruiting at the moment. I’ve had quite a lot of people ask questions about the job and I thought rather than answer some questions for some people I would just answer all the questions on my blog and then point people here.

June 18, 2024

Strategy

Another one in my series of “Wot I reckon” posts based on no science or evidence at all, just me trying to figure stuff out.

May 12, 2024

Decisions Decisions

Part two in my “Wot I did next” series of blogs about management/ leadership in data science, and the usual caveats apply- I claim no expertise in any of the subjects therein.

March 25, 2024

New Job New Blog

This blog has existed for a long time. The first entry is nearly thirteen years old.

February 14, 2023

Data science panel questions

I was on a panel the other day talking about data science careers (I guess there will be a link to it somewhere at some point, I’ll share it when I see it) and they’ve sent some questions out after the event because they didn’t get through them all.

August 23, 2022

RAP; a 10 year journey

I found the earliest possible reference that I ever made to RAP in a document, part of an evaluation report I submitted nearly 10 years ago.

June 23, 2022

Data science for dummies (Goldacre)

Building your own tools for data science is a pretty fundamental concept, and I think it’s fair to say that it’s totally alien to most NHS bosses.

June 16, 2022

We need more than "black box"; systems (Goldacre)

The system should be cautious around imagining that it can push away the challenge of TREs – and all work with NHS data – by procuring ‘black box’ services.

May 29, 2022

The prevalence of code sharing (Goldacre)

Another greatest hit from the Goldacare report, in the section on open working, “The prevalence of code sharing” (all material reused under OGL)