When Giving Up Is Productive

Identifying the signals of a failing data science project

Attack every problem with tenacity, but don’t be ignorant to apparent failure.

Data science is wrought with left turns and dead ends. It’s a byproduct of the curiosity we have to follow in order to answer questions about poorly understood problems. I find it’s in the nature of most data scientists to get excited when they encounter a problem they don’t know the answer to. …

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