Tag: data scientist
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The Data Science Industry: Who Does What
The fine folks at DataCamp, a great site for learning data science right in your browser, have come up with another great infographic. This time it compares some of the many job titles in the data science field. The infographic lays out the roles and skills needed for the following job titles. Note: not all…
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8 Easy Steps to Becoming a Data Scientist
OK, the steps are not that easy. They are all doable, and most of the steps are free or very low-cost. They will just take some time. Thanks to the fine folks at DataCamp, creator of online data science courses, for the infographic.
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Top 10 Ways to Know You are a Data Scientist
For some humor on this Friday, here is the Top 10 Ways You Know You’re a Data Scientist by Fico Labs. I would add number 11: You think the list is funny.
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3 Top Data Scientists Change Jobs
Three of the Top Data Scientists have recently changed jobs. Name Former Company New Company Announcement Hilary Mason Bit.ly Data Scientist in Residence @ Accel Partners Techcrunch DJ Patil Greylock Partners VP of Product @ RelateIQ Techcrunch Monica Rogati LinkedIn VP of Data @ Jawbone Techcrunch
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What does a data scientist do?
This is one of the better descriptions, I have seen, for what a data scientist does. They must find interesting, novel, and useful insights about the real world in the data. And they must turn those insights into products and services, and deliver those products and services at a profit. Notice, data scientists don’t just…
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Become a data scientist in 12 intense weeks
Want to learn Data Science in 12 weeks? Zipfian Academy is offering just that. The inaugural class will begin Fall 2013. Also the schedule is five days a week from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., so it is a very intensive program. You must be willing to relocate to San Francisco for the 12 weeks.…
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A Couple Good Python Resources
In just the past month, a couple of great resources for learning python have been created. Getting started with Python: Tips, Tools and Resources – If you are new to python, this is a great place to start. It contains a brief description and links to books, tutorials, and MOOCs. Getting Started With Python for…
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Data Scientist: Consider the Curriculum
A while back James Kobielus wrote the article, Data Scientist: Consider the Curriculum. It contains one of the best descriptions of a data science curriculum I have seen. Also the article includes a list of algorithms/modeling techniques that should be known by a data scientist. Below is the list from the article. linear algebra basic…
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Some Numbers on the Top Data Scientists
After creating the lists Top 5 Data Science Gals and Top 5 Data Science Guys, I noticed a couple commonalities. 7 of the 10 (assuming Drew finishes) have PhDs 5 of the 10 are from the New York City area Did you notice anything I missed?
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Top 5 Places to Get a Data Scientist job
LinkedIn They turn data into products better than anyone else. Facebook If you are the type of person that loves to analyze people’s lives, there is no better place. Twitter Duh, It’s Twitter. lots of data and lots of possibilities Cloudera Cloudera is a successful Hadoop-based startup. Build tools and explore huge datasets for a…
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In 2013, Learn Data Science via Coursera (a curriculum)
Coursera has some excellent courses coming up in 2013. Here are some potential curriculum paths for someone looking to learn data science. Prerequisites Either sequence requires/recommends some basic programming experience. If you are unfamiliar with programming, you still have a couple weeks to get familiar with some basic programming concepts. Some good places to start…
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What Makes a Good Data Scientist?
This is a very quick and informative video about data science. What is data science? What makes a good data scientist? DJ Patil does an excellent job answering both those questions. Here are his answers for what makes a good data scientist: Story Telling Curiousity