Sonny and Lillian met up with Miracle Awonuga, a recent graduate from Belmont University’s data science program (the first black woman to do so), founding member of WaffleHacks, and a project author at Codédex. We nerded out on Data Science and discussed Miracle's coding journey (from "crying over too many Programming I tests" to transitioning to Data Science), Python vs. R, the origins of WaffleHacks, advice for freshman college students, the "Holy Quad" productivity essentials, and the importance of mentors and office hours.
This episode goes out to Ms. Allison Arth, Dr. Christina Davis, and all the CS teachers out there educating the next generation of builders and dreamers.
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Show notes:
(0:00) Intro + Bobas
(2:15) From Computer Science to Data Science
(5:10) What is Data Science
(6:30) Creativity in data
(8:25) Python and R
(13:00) Belmont University and MTSU
(13:55) Why you should try Data Science, SQL, Little Mix
(16:10) The origins of WaffleHacks
(19:55) Dr. Davis at Belmont
(20:25) Building relationships and finding mentors
(25:10) Advice for incoming CS/DS majors and office hours
(28:00) Miracle's Holy Quad productivity hacks
(29:10) Village of supporters
Episode links:
- Data Science @ Belmont University
- Visualize YouTube Data with Plotly Express
- Kaggle Datasets
- WaffleHacks
- Holy Quad #1: Google Calendar
- Holy Quad #2: Reminders
- Holy Quad #3: Whiteboard
- Holy Quad #4: Goodnotes
Keep up with Miracle:
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/miracleawonuga
- Instagram: @miracleayeee
Boba Talk:
- Co-Host: Sonny Li
- Co-Host: Lillian McVeigh
- Producer: Jay Yow
Happy coding!
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