Hey, everyone! I am extremely excited to be teaching this course this semester. I suspect you may be wondering who I am. Let me try and dispel that a little bit.
As you’ve hopefully noticed by now, my name is Josiah Parry. Please do not call me “Professor,” I’ll kindly ask you to call me by my first name. I am a graduate of the Urban Informatics program here at Northeastern. I’ve gone through this curriculum myself!
Back in September, inspired by the pandemic, I left the comfort of Central Square apartment to move to Portland, ME for a change. I will say that I miss Felipe’s, I miss Pavement coffee, and I miss wandering around Harvard Square and occasionally losing in chess games to Doc and buying him a Spanish latte. But Portland brings it’s own charisma and charm. It is quieter. It is has arguably tastier food and more quality espresso per square mile.
In my new apartment overlooking Portland’s West End you’ll find me working remotely for RStudio, PBC. That looks like a whole lot of zoom calls, emailing, and R programming. I am on the Customer Success team at RStudio working with our public sector customers. I get to discuss all things R, data, and infrastructure with government agencies around the world whether they be municipalities, state, or federal organizations.
On the weekends you can probably find me at Sunday River enjoying what little snow there may be. I know no other way to make it through the harshness of a New England winter!
Please email me if you have any questions :)