We’re taking data down a different path than usual this week on The Sequel Show. For EP 25, I spoke with Jessica Zhang, data scientist at Notion, a collaboration software hub for users to write, plan, and get organized. Although Jessica started with an “on-the-fly” decision to join a financial institution after college, it allowed her to learn all the data analysis bells and whistles and taught her how to connect the dots in large corporations. Of course, she evolved as the economy evolved, making carefully planned out career jumps to see all the different facets of the data industry, and inspiring our wide-ranging conversation. In this unique episode, we discuss the differences between banking and tech data roles, the distinction between consumer and investment banking, the importance of statistical rigor when managing data, the role that persuasion and psychology play in data, how you can use these to improve interconnectivity between departments, and what B2B SaaS can learn from B2C.