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Ed. note: Data scientists have received a lot of attention these past few weeks. If you found the secrets of LinkedIn data scientists interesting, get ready to hear from our very own Simon Zhang – a neurosurgeon turned data scientist. Here’s his story.

My experience as a neurosurgeon taught me a lot about dealing with intricate challenges. First, with enough time and hard work, there’s no limit to what you can learn. Also, no matter how complex a problem is, if you really focus you have a good chance of solving it. Most importantly, if you want to be exceptional at what you do, you have to love what you’re doing.

I’m fortunate.  I work with incredibly intelligent and well-informed people. Almost every morning, my cup of coffee is accompanied by an article that one of my colleagues (or former colleagues) has shared on LinkedIn.  The articles are not shared to simply entertain or pass time, but to keep everyone in the industry up-to-date, and get people thinking about real-world opportunities.

A few months ago, I began noticing how many video links appeared on my LinkedIn homepage: TED talks, demos, tips and tricks — things most effectively conveyed via video. I decided to hack a solution.

Our members have long been requesting a forum for open professional conversations that they can share with the wider web.

So I am very pleased to announce the launch of Open Groups on LinkedIn.

Today we’re excited to announce a major refresh of LinkedIn Polls. Since LinkedIn Polls launched two years ago, over one million professionals have used it to survey professional audiences and analyze the results.  With the new enhancements announced today, if you have an audience anywhere on the web, we think this will become your best tool to quickly and easily reach that audience and analyze the results.

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