Analytics In Real Life - Google Maps - Konversations On Data Analytics
We rarely leave our home without a quick check on the best route and traffic conditions on Google Maps - one of the most popular tools which use data science.
We rarely leave our home without a quick check on the best route and traffic conditions on Google Maps - one of the most popular tools which use data science.
I still do remember the excitement of getting my first b-school call, a feeling quite difficult to put into words. After slogging to get that perfect score in CAT, an interview call seems to be the recognition of all that hard work. You know you have crossed the first hurdle and are ready to battle with the next one. B-school calls are not just a culmination of your efforts but an opportunity knocking at your door. You now need to leave no stone unturned until you reach your final goal. No one formula can help you convert your calls. But, here’s what I feel could be helpful to plan your preparation:
“With the percentiles out, you’re going to feel like a billion dollars when the call letters start coming in. But remember that they’ll all be just emails with possibilities until you manage to convert them. It’s very easy to go back to zero with nothing to show for it.”
Excitement? Really? Is that what I was supposed to feel? I guess not if you were in my shoes. Last semester examinations having ended on 10th June, they called me an engineer, B.Tech graduate and so on. I didn’t have my degree certificate yet and I was scheduled to leave for Bhubaneswar on 15th June to begin the journey to a new degree. Friends and family around were busy in packing and fetching farewell gifts for me. Staying out of my home; out of town for the first time: I knew they were not happy. Apprehension, nervousness or uncertainty? What was it? I could not figure out. With a mixture of emotions down inside, a smile and the belief that life is not about making right choices but choices right, I embarked on this MBA journey at XUB for two years which after a year turned out to be extremely fruitful.
“Management can be taught very well inside a classroom, but it is learnt best outside of it.”
For most of us, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science are the sexy, glamorous buzzwords and nobody can stop talking about how they will change our lives. In reality, data science is being used since quite some time by banks to ascertain creditworthiness of customers, to Google Maps for making our lives easier.