The-Almost-Astrophysicist
This YouTube video on "what it's actually like working from home as a Data Scientist" explores the advantages and disadvantages of working remotely. While having flexibility, unlimited PTO, and the ability to travel and spend time with family are some of the perks, career progression can be a challenge due to the lack of visibility and recognition. The YouTuber suggests taking the initiative to communicate and advocate for your work by having strategic meetings with the manager, maintaining accountability and structure, and cultivating human connections with colleagues. Additionally, maintaining a work-life balance by having a morning routine, spending time outdoors, and maintaining personal connections outside of work is crucial.
In this section, the speaker discusses the lack of career progression when working from home as a data scientist. While the flexibility of working from home is great, the speaker highlights that it can be harder to get visibility and recognition. Working from home can cause some individuals to lose motivation and make it difficult for others to see what they're working on. The speaker advises data scientists working from home to take initiative by communicating their findings, projects, and challenges to their team and leadership. They suggest creating detailed documentation, development timelines, and feature scoping documents to ensure that stakeholders understand their value and that they're not losing out on career progression by working from home.
In this section, the YouTuber discusses the importance of advocating for your work if you are working from home. Though the lack of in-person interaction and accountability may lead to slacking off, having strategic meetings with your manager and creating a daily checklist or scrum can help maintain accountability and structure. It is also essential to curate your work environment to be clutter-free and cultivate human connections with colleagues. The YouTuber emphasizes the importance of knowing your personal goals and communicating them to your team to progress in your career. Lastly, the video touches on how having a work-life balance is important, and the YouTuber recommends having a morning routine, spending time outdoors, being intentional with PTO, and maintaining personal connections outside of work.
In this section, the data scientist talks about the perks of working from home such as having flexibility and unlimited PTO, which allows her to travel and spend time with her cat. However, she also stresses the importance of having accountability for oneself and the need to document work and communicate effectively, especially as a technical person. She has seen people who did not do this get stuck in the same role and not progress, which is something to avoid.
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