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### Hi, I'm Chris Roth, a Senior Data Scientist at [Preteckt](https://www.preteckt.com).
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I'm currently onboarding with the Data Science team at Preteckt, alternating between learning material that is new to me (which can feel like driking from a fire hydrant), and meeting the friendly people I'll be working with.
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I've spent most of my career as a Data Scientist and Researcher, working on the [OSIRIS](https://research-groups.usask.ca/osiris) satellite mission at the University of Saskatchewan.
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This page is intended to help others get an [idea](#about-me) of who I am, especially those who haven't worked with me before. If that's why you are here, I look forward to [working](#working-together) with you.
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## About Me
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* I love learning new things, especially in the fields of physics, mathematics, and programming, but really just about anything.
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If you are passionate about it, I'd love to learn it from you.
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I love teaching others about anything they are interested or motivated to learn about.
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I continued to tutor physics students long after I needed to for the money, mostly for the joy of seeing them do well (but also for the extra Christmas spending cash).
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* I married my high school sweetheart. Twenty-plus years later we are still sweethearts. We have five children that fill our lives with fun and activity.
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* I enjoy meeting new people and connecting with those I know. Tell me about what you love about work. Tell me about what's important to you outside of work.
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* I grew up and still live in a small town (~1200 people). Two of my three closest friends have chickens. Ask me anything about small town life if you are curious.
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* If I get the chance to make you something to eat it will likely be a Neapolitan style pizza, unless it is your birthday, in which case it will be crêpes. If you get the chance to make me a meal, I will happily eat whatever you make.
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* I've travelled to Italy, Scotland, Germany, Prague, Lebanon, Mexico, and Tokyo.
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## Working Together
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Here are a few things to know about me to help us get started working together.
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* I view work as a **creative** process. I enjoy being innovative to solve problems, or to refine and expand what already exists.
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* How can things be made easier, more efficient, or more robust?
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* Is there anything that could be added to make it better?
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* I view work as a **collaborative** process. Through collaboration we can accmomplish more, better.
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I am most productive when others depend on me and I depend on others.
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* I view most work as **in progess,** meaning things are still getting better. Things need not be perfect before they are seen by teammates. I value feedback as helpful as it quickens the quality process. If I offer you feedback, it comes from that desire.
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## For Fellow Nerds
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* My linux journey has been Ubuntu (2012), to Arch (2017), currently Manjaro (2019)
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* I use a blue switch mechanical keyboard
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* I love the terminal
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* My IDE is PyCharm
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* My most used Python packages are NumPy, SciPy, Xarray, AstroPy
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## Further Reading
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* I've written a personal [philosophy of data science](https://github.com/czroth/philosophy-of-data-science). If you are interested in my views on data science, or would like to dialogue on the values and responsibilities of a data scientist, please read and talk to me about it.
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