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3 Solopreneur Paths for Data Scientists

What I'm building after corporate DS and the paths I've tried

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Claudia Ng
Aug 07, 2025
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Nine months ago, I quit my corporate job as a machine learning engineer.

After six years building ML models and systems at high-growth FinTech startups in Silicon Valley, I was feeling burnt out. I wanted more freedom, more ownership, and frankly, more meaning.

I hesitated to write publicly about the transition. I worried it would make me seem less “legit…

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