Do you worry about making mistakes in your work?

I realise this question could apply to just about any industry, but hear me out.

I’m a Data Analyst/Scientist with around 1.5y of experience, public sector in the UK. My background (undergrad and then PhD) was in Physics, so quite strong mathematically and some programming experience. For my PhD I analysed spacecraft data (mainly numerical), which gave me good experience coding in Python, processing/wrangling data, and applying statistical techniques and concepts; for example, Superposed Epoch Analysis, which is when you …

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