I work part time supporting hydrology research and I work full time on an early stage tech startup I co-founded in which I am the CEO. In both positions I develop python code for data processing, management, and visualization all of which is focused on cultivating new insights.
I am a mechanical engineer by education and data scientist by choice. I love a good engineering problem that is complicated enough that it requires some computer intervention (aka any problem worth solving). I also code in my spare time learning about machine learning and exploring potential research questions.