Most of us muddle along in the early days of our career, but not Alexander Spangher. Now a computer science Ph.D. student at USC Viterbi, he landed his first job out of college six years ago, as a data scientist at the New York Times. Spangher had no experience, but went into the media powerhouse armed with passion, chutzpah and a hunger to learn.
Published on June 9th, 2021
Last updated on May 16th, 2024
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