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Published in Modern Programmer

·Mar 17

How to Avoid These 4 Things That Are Keeping You From Becoming a Data Science in 2023

These 4 things may seem beneficial, but they’re actually keeping you from becoming a data scientist this year — Becoming a data scientist is a goal that many of us built for ourselves over the last few years. Many of us went the self-teaching route, others blended self-learning with more structured programs, and others went to university or bootcamps (where let’s face it, you’ll probably end up self-teaching yourself…

Data Science

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How to Avoid These 4 Things That Are Keeping You From Becoming a Data Science in 2023
How to Avoid These 4 Things That Are Keeping You From Becoming a Data Science in 2023
Data Science

8 min read


Published in Towards Data Science

·Mar 7

The Data Analyst Learning Roadmap for People Who Hate Math

Math, when used in the very practical world of data analysis, is actually pretty fun — Math and data analysis are practically synonymous terms when you work in the tech industry. It’s why many people get scared away from working in analytics because there’s this preconceived notion that math is all the job entails. In reality, while I can’t say that there isn’t some math involved…

Data Science

7 min read

The Data Analyst Learning Roadmap for People Who Hate Math
The Data Analyst Learning Roadmap for People Who Hate Math
Data Science

7 min read


Published in Towards Data Science

·Feb 25

How to Create an Effective Self-Study Routine to Teach Yourself Data Science Successfully

Here’s how to set a self-study routine that you’ll actually stick to while learning data science — While self-studying data science, you’ll find yourself in one of two hypothetical settings: on an escalator or a staircase. Those who laid the groundwork by making a curriculum of everything they need to learn, set daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goals to help guide their progress, and continued to tweak…

Data Science

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How to Create an Effective Self-Study Routine to Teach Yourself Data Science Successfully
How to Create an Effective Self-Study Routine to Teach Yourself Data Science Successfully
Data Science

9 min read


Published in Towards Data Science

·Feb 17

How to Leverage a Non-Traditional Education or Career Path into Your First Data Science Job

A few tips on how you can make your non-traditional past a selling point for your first data science job — Data science is one of those interesting tech fields where you can talk to people who once studied philosophy, worked as nurses, or walked dogs for a living, and are now scraping the web, building machine learning models, and presenting data conclusions to C-level executives. It doesn’t matter what background…

Data Science

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How to Leverage a Non-Traditional Education or Career Path into Your First Data Science Job
How to Leverage a Non-Traditional Education or Career Path into Your First Data Science Job
Data Science

7 min read


Published in Towards Data Science

·Feb 10

How to Avoid These 4 Time-Consuming Mistakes While Teaching Yourself Data Analysis

Learning from these mistakes will help you avoid wasting time while self-teaching data analysis — If you’ve ever attempted to self-teach yourself something, you know that it often takes you an immeasurably long amount of time. This rings especially true when it comes to teaching yourself data analysis. From coding to mathematics to data visualization, data analysis encapsulates three very different skills that all require…

Data Science

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How to Avoid These 4 Time-Consuming Mistakes While Teaching Yourself Data Analysis
How to Avoid These 4 Time-Consuming Mistakes While Teaching Yourself Data Analysis
Data Science

7 min read


Published in Towards Data Science

·Feb 3

These 7 Programming Habits Are Making You a Less Productive Data Scientist

Fixing these habits can make you a more efficient data scientist — I’m pretty sure we’ve all done at least one of these bad habits at some point or another in our collective journeys toward data science. Whether we do them when we’re just starting with our learning, or we do them later on because we’re reasonably good at what we do…

Data Science

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These 7 Programming Habits Are Making You a Less Productive Data Scientist
These 7 Programming Habits Are Making You a Less Productive Data Scientist
Data Science

9 min read


Published in Modern Programmer

·Jan 26

5 Resolutions to Set for the New Year as a Data Scientist

New year, new data scientist — As I mentioned in my last post, preparation is key if you want to achieve any of your New Year’s resolutions. Have you ever wondered why so many resolutions that started out with excitement in January peter out and fail by February? It’s because they weren’t sufficiently prepared for the…

Data Science

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5 Resolutions to Set for the New Year as a Data Scientist
5 Resolutions to Set for the New Year as a Data Scientist
Data Science

6 min read


Published in Towards Data Science

·Jan 24

How to Use Micro-Credentials to Get Your Foot in the Door as a New Data Scientist

Micro-credentials are a place to start in data science if you know how to leverage them properly — Nowadays, you can get micro-credentials in anything from animation to basket weaving and everything in between. Micro-credentials have taken the learning world by storm over the last 7 years, allowing people to earn badges for acquiring and demonstrating a specific skill. Some of the first micro-credentials were for programming skills…

Data Science

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How to Use Micro-Credentials to Get Your Foot in the Door as a New Data Scientist
How to Use Micro-Credentials to Get Your Foot in the Door as a New Data Scientist
Data Science

8 min read


Published in Towards Data Science

·Dec 3, 2022

Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly Goal Tips to Guide a Self-Taught Data Scientist in 2023

These goals will help you set up and organize your upcoming year of becoming a data scientist — If you’re anything like me, December is the month that is dedicated to preparing for the upcoming year. Whether it’s cleaning up my computer files, donating old items I didn’t use in the past year, or purchasing the books I’ll be reading for the upcoming year, I believe that December…

Data Science

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Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly Goal Tips to Guide a Self-Taught Data Scientist in 2023
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly Goal Tips to Guide a Self-Taught Data Scientist in 2023
Data Science

11 min read


Published in Towards Data Science

·Nov 26, 2022

How to Set Yourself Up For Success As a New Data Science Consultant With No Experience

A 7-minute guide to setting up the fundamentals as a data science consultant — As a new data science graduate, it can be painful trying to find a job in this uber-competitive market. 300 applications later and you’re still fighting against 500 other applicants for the same entry-level position. However, despite what some may say, consulting as a new data scientist is completely possible…

Data Science

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How to Set Yourself Up For Success As a New Data Science Consultant With No Experience
How to Set Yourself Up For Success As a New Data Science Consultant With No Experience
Data Science

7 min read

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