Matt Kirk is a senior data scientist at Zeitworks specializing in harnessing data to empower humans to achieve their highest potential at work. He has contributed to open source, written books, spoken at conferences, and worked with startups ranging from three person upstarts to billion dollar unicorns. He got into data science by studying quantitative economics and working as a junior quant. He is a cancer survivor, a father of a firecracker, a voracious reader, a recovering musician, and a Zen student. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Quantitative economics - Writing books- Surviving cancer and dealing with adversity- Being a Zen student- Using the pomodoro technique- Building a strong culture- Current and future trends in data