3 Painful Mistakes I Made as a Junior Data Scientist

Learn from them to fast-track your career today

Mandy Liu
Towards Data Science

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Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash

Becoming a data scientist isn’t just about crunching numbers — it’s about navigating a minefield of potential missteps.

On my journey, I made some blunders that were not only painful but also incredibly enlightening. Here are the top three mistakes I made, so you don’t have to learn the hard way.

Hello there!

I’m Mandy Liu, an ex-Meta data scientist :)

I studied Economics, started my career in Consulting, and transitioned into the fascinating world of Data Science and solopreneurship.

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1. Concealing weaknesses

I used to believe I had to excel at everything to be the perfect data scientist — the one who knew every detail about A/B testing and the latest ML models.

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Ex-Meta Data Scientist. I write about tech, business, personal development and my solopreneur journey. My newsletter: https://mandyliu.substack.com/