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October 5, 2025 at 9:21 pm

How to pivot into fintech data science without a finance degree?

How to pivot into fintech data science without a finance degree?

I’m researching this for a project and would love real-world input. If you’ve built or shipped something here, what did you learn? Context: I’m Amelia Bennett and I’m evaluating options for our team.

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    Lace Brunsden

    October 8, 2025 at 3:21 am

    Keep the system operable by the smallest competent team. Push data contracts upstream so APIs don’t drift. Biggest risk is invisible complexity creeping in.

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    Lace Brunsden

    October 9, 2025 at 6:21 am

    Rotate credentials on a calendar, not only after incidents. Quick checklist that saved us time. Start with a pilot and a single success metric.

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    Luke

    October 10, 2025 at 1:21 pm

    Quick checklist that saved us time. Keep a kill switch handy for launch week. Add synthetic transactions to catch silent failures.

  • Avatar of Daniel Alcanja

    Daniel Alcanja

    October 10, 2025 at 10:21 pm

    We learned this the hard way during a vendor swap. Tighten feedback loops with weekly reviews. The real cost driver was reprocessing, not inference.

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