Would you abandon your bank for X? — A wrecking ball is coming for banks. Not from emerging fintechs. Not from traditional banks. Not from global regulators. But because Elon Musk is back with PayPal’s original playbook. Elon just gave X employees one year to replace your bank. 20 years after drafting PayPal’s strategy, Elon wants to outdo it. PayPal is in for a fight. Not from banks. Not…

It’s a breeze to replicate. — Recently, I wrote a blog that went to Valhalla. When it lit the touch paper, I thought my laptop was about to explode with the constant stream of notifications. It felt like bliss. A blog that had taken me four solid days to research and write generated 426k views and…

A status update is where you can showcase how well you manage ambiguity and is an important way to build trust with your team — Imagine this — they assign you a task to finish up this sprint. It is a task that requires you to push a new feature within a brand-new architecture you have never touched on. On the first day, you look through all the documentation on the Confluence page to get…

What’s it like to go from being Chief Decision Scientist at Google to being, well… just me? — Writing about personal things is unusual for me; most of my blogging has been an effort to make complicated technical concepts simple. But it’s Saturday, let’s celebrate! (By blogging instead of going outside, I guess?) So long, Google, and thanks for all the fish! Just over a month ago, I left my position as Google’s Chief Decision Scientist after…

Yes, 6 am wake ups are part of it — I never thought I’d have a successful business. For years I jumped from shiny object to shiny object. I fell for every get-rich-quick scheme. I was a wantrepreneur. Today I have a thriving business. This is the exact step-by-step guide I used (steal to get started today): 1. Find a job you like Not what you…

A study of idyllicism, 癒やし (iyashi) & knowing your audience — If you follow Nintendo of America on YouTube, the lineup above will look familiar to you. On the Japanese side however, things are a bit different. At the time of writing, there are a total of 6 trailers for Super Mario Bros. Wonder (released on October 20) which you…

Software testing is an integral part of the software development process, ensuring that the final product is reliable, bug-free, and meets user expectations. Manual testers play a crucial role in this journey, meticulously evaluating software to identify issues, report defects, and provide valuable feedback. To excel in their roles, testers…

Your LinkedIn might show a lot of data science certificates, but are you actually learning? And will those skills get you a job? — ZachOverflow is a recurring column in which I attempt to answer one frequently asked data science question thoroughly and honestly. No oversaturated topics. No listicles. No clickbait. Just my (mostly) unfiltered responses based on professional experience, technical exposure and, yes, the occasional unsubstantiated opinion.