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On this week’s episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Ken Jee. Ken’s a Data Scientist. He’s also a Sports Analytics practitioner who works with US Team Golf and USA Basketball. Ken hosts the excellent Ken’s Nearest Neighbors podcast and the Exponential Athlete podcast. We talk about: - How an injury pushed Ken out of pro sports and into data science - How Ken explains his statistical insights to coaches and players to help them improve their performance - Why Ken doesn’t think building projects is all that useful anymore. “Data Scientists should instead build products.“ - How Ken starts and ends each day with meditation, and writes down all the ideas that pop into his head after each session. - Ken’s observation that: “Who is the best suited to excel ... #freeCodeCamp 20240802 y8owE6swaLw
