Publications by Douglas Pestana - @DougVegas
The Number 1 Thing You Need To Do When Negotiating A Job Offer
Always ask for more than what’s initially offered. I recently read an X post from a CEO of a healthcare startup about how she considered giving a candidate 2.5X the offered comp just because he ASKED for it. How can an average job seeker accomplish the same feat?Now, keep in mind, this startup raised $5.8M in Seed funding in 2021 and $20M in Seri...
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LinkedIn Releases Their Report on the Top 25 Hottest Jobs in the US in 2024
Looking for a career change in 2024? For those working as Data Scientists, we have breaking news: you are all AI Engineers now. LinkedIn recently released their report on the top 25 fastest growing jobs in the US. LinkedIn’s Editor-In-Chief even did an interview about it on the Today Show. In the interview, he showed: 1⃣ Number 8 and Numb...
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Effortless Cool Is A Detailed Process – How To Influence, Tell Better Stories, and Become More Persuasive
Why Attention To Detail Is An Important TraitMany years ago when I lived in Las Vegas, I was walking inside the Miracle Mile Shops at the Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas and passed by a Ben Sherman store. Towards the back of the store, nearby the sales counter, there was a quote display on the wall that said:Effortless cool is a detailed process.-Ben S...
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Miami-Dade County Public Employee Salary Research – An Analysis in R, Python, and Julia
This analysis was co-authored by data scientists, Scott Fisher and Douglas Davila-Pestana. Mr. Fisher developed the Python code for the analysis, and Mr. Davila-Pestana developed the R and Julia code for the analysis.Miami-Dade County Employee Pay: A Comprehensive Data Analysis for Better TransparencyMiami is known for its beaches and its warm weat...
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Automate Your KPI Forecasts With Only 1 Line of R Code Using AutoTS
If you are having the following symptoms at your company when it comes to business KPI forecasting, then maybe you need to look at automated forecasting: Ugly Excel spreadsheets with multiple tabs and 2000s style pastel formatting Business unit managers, store managers, operations managers, sales teams, and finance teams who give convoluted and ...
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How To Say No To Useless Data Science Projects And Start Working On What You Want
Data Scientists and Analysts are starting to overflow their cups with mostly non-value added work at the request of stakeholders. And many don’t have the courage or confidence to say “No” to that. This also applies to many working and business professionals in other verticals and professions. Put simply, you need to build confidence, stop b...
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