Tom Dewar
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Tom Dewar
@tomdewar.dev
Data science since before it was trendy. Ex-NHS, ex-civil servant. Wants you to use evidence to make better decisions.

Formally @tomdewar_ on the old bird site.

More frequently lurking on Mastodon as @tomdewar@mas.to
Are you sure it wasn’t your wife?
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Not his greatest sin, but he also clearly has fewer regard for the English language
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
So we have Milo Minderbinder running the trains now?
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Roll on Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
a man with a mustache is wearing a hat and a suit .
Alt: Robert Redford, in a scene from Butch Cassidy, slowly turning and smiling.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Is she serving a prison sentence or staring in an Andrex commercial?
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I am never voting for any party which does this.
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
To add: this is (was) even more true for graduate recruiting. Those folks don’t have much to put on a CV. A good covering letter – demonstrating research of the role, interest and basic writing chops – was a chance to stand out from the crowd. Now any idiot can do it.
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Has the FT started putting more behind its “premium” paywall? I was surprised to find I didn’t have access to this on my hoi polloi tier sub.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
As a hiring manager I always read them. They used to be far more useful than the CV itself.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Ambassadors must mind their Ps and Qs.
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM