Thomas J. Weinandy, Ph.D.

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Hello! I'm an Economist and Data Scientist working as a researcher at Upside, the mobile two-sided promotions market. My specialties are business economics and digital economics, particularly in managing complex and big data sets.

My personal research is in building insights and solutions that leverage econometrics and machine learning. I am interested in questions of applied microeconomics where digital technology intersects with the physical world, especially within the retail sector.

I also perform pro bono consulting from conference organizing to nonprofit program evaluation and welcome all speaking opportunities.

About This

I took a sabbatical in the summer of 2022 to finish two research papers, enjoy some domestic and international travel, and work through 100 Days of Code: The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp. The course, built by Dr. Angela Yu and hosted on Udemy, emphasized coding a unique project every day. They covered six key areas.

Game Development

Create playable games run from the terminal or a GUI. Some classics not featured below include Frogger, blackjack, tic-tac-toe, hangman, trivia, and Pong.

Desktop Apps

GUI applications guaranteed to increase productivity. Track time, convert measurements, add image watermarks, and manage passwords.

Automation

Stop performing menial tasks with these automation tools. With one click you can apply to jobs, track stocks, swipe on Tinder, or find Instagram followers.

Web Development

End-to-end web development from design, to build, to deployment. Utilizes Python, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flask, and Bootstrap.

Web Scraping

Automate surfing the internet with programmatic navigation. Then parse the HTML code to extract text into more analysis-friendly formats.

Data Science

Data cleaning, data visualization, and machine learning in Jupyter notebooks to identify insights and build predictive models.

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Portfolio

Select projects from the 100 Days of Code challenge. See the entire list here but the best projects are below.

Space Mission Analysis

Day 98Data Science

Online Store

Day 96Web Development

Trending Topics Website

Day 95Web Development

Space Invaders

Day 94Game Development

Craft Beer Web Scraper

Day 92Web Scraping

Photo Color Extraction Website

Day 91Web Development

Disappearing Writing App

Day 89Desktop App

Breakout

Day 86Game Development

Predicting House Prices

Day 80Data Science

Nobel Prize Data Exploration

Day 78Data Science

Zillow Data Entry Job Automation

Day 53Web Scraping

Twitter Complaint Bot

Day 51Automation

Musical Time Machine

Day 46Web Scraping

Cheap Flight Finder

Day 39-40Automation

Stock Activity Monitor

Day 36Automation

Flash Card App

Day 31Desktop App

Snake

Day 20-21Game Development

Turtle Drawings

Day 18Desktop App