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In very exciting news, I'm hiring the City & County of SF's 4th Chief Data Officer. This role leads the DataSF team (6 engineers, data scientists, & program folks), the SF open data program, & citywide data sharing & practice. https://lnkd.in/ggmj67Ve The CDO reports directly to me, & DataSF is part of our 48-person Digital & Data Services team in the City Administrator's office. We're a friendly & diverse team with people from many professional backgrounds. CAO is a general, but very forward-thinking office led by the excellent Carmen Chu (don't approach her about this please! just telling you I love working for her). It's a great place to form partnerships, & DataSF works with many permitting, safety, & critical services departments as well as the Dept of Technology, Controller's Office, & Mayor's Office of Innovation. Couple things you should know: - this is a hybrid job that requires one day per week in-office in downtown SF. Sorry we can’t do remote, but it’s for a pretty cool reason - SF deputizes all City employees as disaster service workers in case of an earthquake/etc. So you need to be near. - from the posting, you need to meet the minimum qualifications (5 years managing programs with data & 3 years managing professional staff) but you don’t need to meet all of the desired qualifications - though of course if you do, tell us! In applying for govt jobs, it’s worth taking a minute to make sure your resume & cover letter respond directly to the parts of the job description you meet. We don’t use AI reviews, but we do have non-technical HR folks. So please, spell out your management exp, for example. If you have broad data experience, some of it technical, policy chops, an informed perspective on AI & emerging tech, ability to present & influence at an exec level & are a great, caring manager & senior peer, we'd love to see your application!

Nothing is more basic than data.

Sometimes, your budget just doesn't stretch as far as needed. What do you do? Instead of hiring an entry-level person, and hoping they can handle your environment, bring on an MSP. Soaring Eage can fill the void your budget leaves you in, providing targeted specialists in Data Analysis/Visualization, Architecture, Performance and Tuning, and Security. Stop struggling, and bring in the experts (affordably). #data #datasolutions #analysis

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Our ability to collect data is increasing exponentially. Our ability to analyze it with the help of AI is allowing us to use it in new and better ways with greater accuracy. How does your company use data now? How will you use data in the next five years? The slides offer five areas for management to consider. Having a dedicated leader responsible for data-driven process, programs and progress may be well worth it.

When it comes to landing a data job, you need advice from experts. Listen to someone who either - 1) Actually hires people, or 2) Speaks with data recruiters and hiring managers. Here's who I trust to give solid career advice: Data Science - ➡️ Andrew Jones of Data Science Infinity ➡️ 🔥 Matt Dancho 🔥 ➡️ Carly Taylor, M.Sc. Data Analytics - ➡️ Avery Smith of Data Career Jumpstart ➡️ Joe Squire ➡️ Alex Freberg Data Engineering - ➡️ Zach Wilson ➡️ Benjamin Rogojan the Seattle Data Guy ➡️ Xinran Waibel Who do you get career advice from? #dataanalytics #datascience #dataengineering Are there others? YES! But these are people I trust and wholeheartedly endorse 👍

Who are the top paying companies in Australia for jobs in the data field? 📈 Only the Government/ATO truly knows. However, I was curious so dug into a publicly available Kaggle dataset, focusing on the big 3: Data Scientist, Data Analyst, and Data Engineer roles. This covers over 800 jobs from 125 companies. While the top and bottom 5 companies seem lesser-known, many of the big names are included and it's interesting to see how each company stacks up against each other. Curious to see the full list? Like this post and shoot me a DM to access the complete analysis. #Data #DataJobs #Analytics #CareerGrowth

Sometimes, your budget just doesn't stretch as far as needed. What do you do? Instead of hiring an entry-level person, and hoping they can handle your environment, bring on an MSP. Soaring Eage can fill the void your budget leaves you in, providing targeted specialists in Data Analysis/Visualization, Architecture, Performance and Tuning, and Security. Stop struggling, and bring in the experts (affordably). P.s. Who is your favorite Avenger? Let me know in the comments. #data #datasolutions #analysis

Organisations consistently make this mistake when they are hiring for a Chief Data Officer. They think that 'Chief Data Officer' is some sort of defined qualification like a Doctor or Accountant. And that Data is a regulated industry. Because of this, and because they aren't quite sure what they are looking for, their only search strategy becomes mass mailing folks who have the Chief Data Officer job title. This ignores a large section of the talent pool whose experience & values might align strongly with the companies mission. #chiefdataofficer #dataanalytics