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The Contractor Economy

The end of the "full-time" job

Nov 8 • 

Daliana Liu

October 2025

The fasted way to get promoted

His promotion was denied and then quickly approved because he did this.

Oct 25 • 

Daliana Liu

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Don't move to Seattle.

In 2015, I had my interview with Amazon in Seattle...

Oct 19 • 

Daliana Liu

September 2025

Treat your manager like a child.

here are 3 reasons why

Sep 18 • 

Daliana Liu

20

The email that changed everything

How this data scientist finally got stakeholders to pay attention

Sep 4 • 

Daliana Liu

10

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August 2025

November 2024

October 2024

Why I turned down 3 dream jobs at Amazon (and ultimately left)

Lessons from a wild year of career soul-searching.

Oct 13, 2024 • 

Daliana Liu

13

4

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October 2023

The real difference between academia vs industry (by an ex-Uber researcher)

Hello friends,

Oct 23, 2023 • 

Daliana Liu

5

"Internal" teams VS "External" teams for data scientists (a deep dive)

Which one works for you?

Oct 13, 2023 • 

Daliana Liu

3

How a "side project" helped fast-track my promotion at Amazon

The most unconventional project in my career

Oct 4, 2023 • 

Daliana Liu

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September 2023