So, what I'm about to share with you is very real and very honest.

I am putting this in its own dropdown to keep the navigation of your experience more streamlined. There could be a lot of reasons why you found Data With Style. I hope that one of those reasons is because you find my skills and life experiences helpful, and my message of authenticity resonates with you.

My goal is to build Data With Style into a data and employee culture consulting firm, creative network, and publisher of awesome goods.

I've learned a lot of lessons in my non-traditional path to tech, but it wasn't until I experienced burn out that I was able to identify a few factors that led up to it.

One lesson I hope to share is recognizing the difference between what skills you *can* do and what skills you *prefer* to do.

For me, when my day-to-day became exclusively solo coding projects, I felt myself slipping away from the core of who I am--a highly collaborative and expressive person. I had the privilege of working on some unique, first-ever kind of projects for respected and renown clients, and I was humbled by the opportunity to be the main contributor to many of those projects.

However, I deeply questioned if what I was doing was feeding my soul--otherwise, why would I feel disconnected when I'm surrounded by such great opportunity? I was surrounded by such amazing people, but I felt very isolated because I was working in silo'd projects, and I didn't see that path changing unless I gave myself the chance to step back and evaluate where I truly want to go and what kind of impact I want to make.

My other advice is: If you have the chance to experience an extreme case of what your career path could look like with what you're doing now, take it!

I feel extremely grateful that I got this end, because it forced me to look at the isolated tasks and ask myself, if everything else was removed (people, meetings, company name, mission, company culture), do these tasks allow me to match my personal mission of being a bridge between people? THAT is what gets me up and going.

Sometimes, the hardest answer we must accept is, "No", but it can also be the most liberating because it's honest. My goal is to always live with no regrets, live authentically, and be a bridge between people. What I realized is that my day-to-day work should be flipped: I should be sharing my interpersonal and EQ skills as my primary occupation, but I can still share my expertise and experiences on the technical front for projects and contract work that move me.

If you find yourself feeling the same way I felt, and you need someone like me to come in and handle some projects, I'd love to hear more about it. Send me a message!

This is why I *finally* started Data With Style: I want to provide a creative outlet for my engineering self--where I can be hired to consult on projects or provide inspiration to live colorfully.

This is where I fuse my technical skills, passion for community building, leadership with internal communications, desire for creative challenges, and belief that authenticity is appreciated.

Cheers to building Data With Style into a data and employee culture consulting firm, creative network, and publisher of awesome goods.

Now, let's have fun!

Love,

Jacky So

Founder and CEO

Work Experience

Data With Style

Mountain View, CA | Q4 2019 - present

• Founder and CEO

• Currently, exploring GCP capabilities and building a data pipeline from scratch

Quest Analytics (previously, BetterDoctor)

San Francisco, CA | Q1 2018 - Q3 2019

• Growth Hacker --> Technical Program Manager --> Data Engineer

• Building prototypes for new products and exploring ways to improve legacy data pipeline (AWS)

Trusted Health

San Francisco, CA | Q4 2017

• Business Development Consultant (User Research Analyst)

• Establish target audience customer personas and email marketing funnels

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Philadelphia, PA | Q3 2014 - Q3 2016

• Program Manager (Biomedical Sciences President) --> Director of Communications and Media

• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to create resources to improve colleague wellness

• Manage internal communications across 14 departments

Additionally

• Research Scientist and Data Analyst for almost a decade

• Community Manager at a University and at an International Language School

Education

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM)

Philadelphia, PA

• Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences

• First year medical school with second year specialization as Research Scientist

• Intensive training program with impact as leader on Organizational Development culture

University of California, Irvine (UCI)

Irvine, CA

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

• Minor in Biological Sciences and emphasis in Business Management

• Graduated with over 11,000 hours dedicated to community management, focusing on business development, marketing and events, and team culture

Other programs

Google Udacity Scholars

San Francisco Bay Area

• Front End Developer Nanodegree Scholarship Program