I just did an #introduction a few days ago, but I've moved servers, so let's try one more time, for the cheap seats in the back!
I'm currently a data analyst/product #DataScientist working with free-to-play #VideoGames, and living in #Halifax, #NovaScotia, #Canada. I've done a lot of work on #Analytics design, with a focus on ensuring player telemetry events are sensibly cross-referenceable, and looking for relationships between engagement with different game features and business outcomes.
Business teams in freemium games love looking for magic buttons.
I primarily use #SQL, #Pandas, #Statsmodels, and #SKLearn on #Databricks (#Python), and #JuliaLang (DataFrames.jl, GLM.jl, Gadfly.jl, and Makie.jl, etc) for smaller, locally run projects. My interests lie in expanding the library of ML models I have in my back pocket for performing inference based knowledge generation. I'm not super keen on automating products with quasi-black-boxes for the sake of revenue optimization. If I'm not personally learning something new about people through my work, I don't usually see the value in it.
I did my BSc in #Physics and my MSc in #Astronomy, and, though I had dreams of progressing further down that pipeline, life kind of got in the way. Between the two degrees, I worked at the #Edmonton #Planetarium for four years as a presenter/operator (should out to the #ZeidlerDome at #TWoSE!).
I'm a life-long #Trekie, thanks to my mother. I grew up with #TNG and #DS9, and watched the first 5 seasons of #VOY before leaving home for university. Currently very bullish on #SNW and #LDS.
I'm also a lifelong #Baseball fan (#BlueJays and #Expos), and actively play rec #Softball.
About a year ago, I purchased my first lens-swappable digital #camera, and have been figuring out #Photography ever since. Most of my posts have focused on sharing my pictures, though I've recently decided to start a dedicated account for that on a #PixelFed server, for the sake of searchability.
My wife is currently studying political sociology, and I find her work fascinating. She's not currently on the Fediverse, but maybe one of these days.
This has really lost all sense of narrative flow, hasn't it? Oops!