These 5 things will make a recruiter look twice at your resume — The data science field is currently oversaturated, to say the least. However, the field isn’t oversaturated with qualified candidates, if that’s what you thought I meant. You may see hundreds of candidates applying for a single job posting, but very few of those candidates are actually qualified individuals who could…

These 5 non-negotiables will help 2024 be your most balanced work year yet — Work-life balance is something everyone yearns for but only some have the guts to achieve. With 2.9 billion search results for “work-life balance” on Google, it’s pretty obvious that it’s something we’re all after. …

Your brain has seasons too and you can use them to learn data science more efficiently — Teaching yourself data science can sure seem out of reach when all you’re inundated with on social media these days is stories of how people taught themselves data science in three months and were hired by a FAANG company quicker than you could say “database”. When you can’t even get…

These 4 tips will have you writing code like a senior data scientist — You did it. After years of hard work, you got hired as a junior data scientist. Your first few weeks flew by with company onboarding and before you realized it, a few years had passed. …

Use these 5 tips to teach yourself data science when the motivation just isn’t there — Yeah, we’ve all been there. One day you’re all gung-ho, creating a study schedule to teach yourself data science, and the next you’re finding excuses as to why you don’t have the time to study today. We all know that there are only so many times you can wash the…

A proven 6-step process for writing better study notes for data science — I’ve been a student for a long time. Like six years-in-post-secondary-so-far kind of long. In all of those six years and various areas of study — including data science — the one thing that I’ve become an expert in is note-taking. Not only that, but I’ve built and refined a…

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…

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…

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…