Cody Allen Ph.D talks about his academic arc and his transformation to becoming a prolific Data Scientist among his other professional pursuits in this conversation. He brings many new and interesting ideas in the space of perseverance as it applies to hard challenges, education and how to think, challenging oneself to greater heights and so on. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did. Please provide feedback and share. Love and Peace.
Chapters 00:00:00 Start 00:00:32 Introduction to Dr. Cody Allen 00:03:36 Was Cody always a bright kid growing up? 00:04:44 Cody doing the old "abcdabcd" method on a multiple choice test colloquially knows as the "abacadaba" 00:07:59 Cody talks about building his first "parent coming into your room" detector in high school 00:11:19 Working at Charles Schwab, when the "magic" started happening and the intellectual awakening 00:18:20 Cody talks about doing "extra work" for the first time academically 00:20:10 Getting "value" out of studying Vs going through the motions, disconnection of Time & Value, intellectual investment into yourself 00:23:38 An interesting divergence in Cody's academic life 00:29:40 Cody explains Applied Math 00:33:10 Is it insecurity or something else a driving factor for Cody? 00:37:40 Realization that you always have room for improvement 00:38:12 Cody's thoughts on the "Quiet Quitting" phenomenon 00:45:35 Conquering inner demons, imposter syndrome and solving hard problems 00:51:40 Is there a way to grow and measure self-confidence? 00:58:30 Cody's transition into an Engineering Education and Career via an internship at Solar 1:07:30 Cody's thoughts on pursuing innovative ideas in large corporations Vs startups 1:11:00 Becoming an effective salesman in selling your ideas as an engineer 1:15:40 Cody lays out why hard work is the root ingredient, struggle, perseverance and 3 major steps in understanding of mathematics 1:19:10 Can anybody be successful given enough time and interest? 1:23:30 Understanding something fundamentally vs rote memorization1:25:00 Skin in the game as it applies to education, understanding concepts 1:29:00 Could education be structured to "begin with the end application in mind"? 1:30:56 "How to Solve It", by George Pólya (Book on how things should be taught and how to think?)
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