Christopher<p>I just did an <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> a few days ago, but I've moved servers, so let's try one more time, for the cheap seats in the back!</p><p>I'm currently a data analyst/product <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/DataScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataScientist</span></a> working with free-to-play <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGames</span></a>, and living in <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Halifax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Halifax</span></a>, <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a>, <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. I've done a lot of work on <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Analytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Analytics</span></a> design, with a focus on ensuring player telemetry events are sensibly cross-referenceable, and looking for relationships between engagement with different game features and business outcomes. </p><p>Business teams in freemium games love looking for magic buttons.</p><p>I primarily use <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/SQL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SQL</span></a>, <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Pandas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pandas</span></a>, <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Statsmodels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Statsmodels</span></a>, and <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/SKLearn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SKLearn</span></a> on <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Databricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Databricks</span></a> (<a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>), and <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/JuliaLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JuliaLang</span></a> (DataFrames.jl, GLM.jl, Gadfly.jl, and Makie.jl, etc) for smaller, locally run projects. My interests lie in expanding the library of ML models I have in my back pocket for performing inference based knowledge generation. I'm not super keen on automating products with quasi-black-boxes for the sake of revenue optimization. If I'm not personally learning something new about people through my work, I don't usually see the value in it.</p><p>I did my BSc in <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> and my MSc in <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a>, and, though I had dreams of progressing further down that pipeline, life kind of got in the way. Between the two degrees, I worked at the <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Edmonton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edmonton</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Planetarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Planetarium</span></a> for four years as a presenter/operator (should out to the <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/ZeidlerDome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZeidlerDome</span></a> at <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/TWoSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TWoSE</span></a>!). </p><p>I'm a life-long <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Trekie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trekie</span></a>, thanks to my mother. I grew up with <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/TNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TNG</span></a> and <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/DS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DS9</span></a>, and watched the first 5 seasons of <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/VOY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOY</span></a> before leaving home for university. Currently very bullish on <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/SNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNW</span></a> and <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LDS</span></a>. </p><p>I'm also a lifelong <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Baseball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baseball</span></a> fan (<a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/BlueJays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueJays</span></a> and <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Expos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Expos</span></a>), and actively play rec <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Softball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Softball</span></a>. </p><p>About a year ago, I purchased my first lens-swappable digital <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camera</span></a>, and have been figuring out <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> ever since. Most of my posts have focused on sharing my pictures, though I've recently decided to start a dedicated account for that on a <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/PixelFed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PixelFed</span></a> server, for the sake of searchability.</p><p>My wife is currently studying political sociology, and I find her work fascinating. She's not currently on the Fediverse, but maybe one of these days. </p><p>This has really lost all sense of narrative flow, hasn't it? Oops!</p>