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In 3 1/2 years, I had 11 managers across 2 data science roles.
Let that sink in for a bit...
That's an average of
around 4 months per boss (and I'm not counting the short-term acting managers when people went on leave).
This has got to be some sort of record.
Restructures, secondments and even a retirement - my world was a revolving door of leadership.
No sooner had a manager settled into a new role than one of us would move on to the next.
Forget about developing my career - they were too busy figuring out their own.
Here's the thing...
That's OK.
Because here's what I learned: you can't build a career waiting for other people to create opportunities for you.
Managers come and go.
Restructures happen.
But your career? That's yours to manage.
A few bosses in, I got tired of waiting.
I started identifying problems worth solving and proposing projects of my own.
I noticed IT was struggling to understand the different AI APIs across cloud platforms. So I did a comparative
study - something no one had asked for, but everyone needed.
This was mid-2020, during the COVID lockdowns. I had zero budget and inadequate resources.
So, I set up my own trial accounts and created test data - I filmed a Rice Bubbles box to test video object
recognition, tested OCR using photographs of t-shirts on my washing line and used audio from Presidential debates to test transcription.
The report went "viral". I became "the AI cloud expert" and got invited to all meetings related to AI.
One scrappy project I
initiated myself - because I couldn't rely on my 11 managers to do it for me.
While my managers were figuring out their careers, I figured out how to advance my own.
If you're tired of waiting for someone else to manage your data science career, here's your chance
to start managing it yourself.
The Data Science Impact Sprint closes at the end of this week - my 4-week 1-on-1 coaching program that teaches you to create high-value data science opportunities that will boost your strategic influence and help position
you for career advancement.
Reply with the word 'SPRINT' for details.
Only 3-5 spots are available for this pilot program.
Doors close at 9am on Saturday 2nd August Melbourne, Australia Time (7pm Friday 1st August US EDT) or when all the places fill.
Talk again soon,
Dr Genevieve Hayes.
