It’s a rainy Sunday here in NYC, and I have some time to reflect on the Lander Analytics RStatsNY conference I attended for the last few days. It was a whirlwind - tons of learning, laughs, shock and awe (redoc I’m looking at you), and of course a steady sprinkle of imposter syndrome and anxiety. I had an absolute blast, the survival analysis workshop was phenomenal and I’m already planning to trick my boss into sending me next year.

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Finally! A Blog!

Well this took me way too long to get up and running! But here we are :) Hello, and welcome! Why another R blog? I’m starting this blog for a few reasons. First, I want to use it as a way to document my own R journey. I figured I’d document it for lots of reasons: a way to showcase my own work, career development, networking, everyone in the R community says you should do it, blah blah blah.

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Jessica Streeter

I’m Jess, a trained medical sociologist who left academia and stumbled into a career as a data scientist. I’m a self professed nerd of many things, including R, data visualization, craft beer, Game of Thrones, and Jiu Jitsu. I’m happily enjoying my life in Philly with my wife, our son, and all our amazing puppies. All of my opinions are my own.

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