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How_to_Grow_as_a_Data_Scientist

 How_to_Grow_as_a_Data_Scientist

Here are some tips to help you grow in your career as a data scientist.

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Ini-Abasi Affiah

October 31, 2022

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  1. Outline 1. Intro to Data Science 2. Five tips on

    how to grow as a data scientist
  2. What is Data Science? “Data science combines math and statistics,

    specialized programming, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning with specific subject matter expertise to uncover actionable insights hidden in an organization’s data. These insights can be used to guide decision making and strategic planning.” – IBM
  3. 1. Seek challenges • Work on new projects, • Participate

    in competitions (Kaggle, Zindi, DataCamp)
  4. Some Certifications You Can Get 1. IBM Data Science Professional

    Certification 2. Google Data Analytics Professional Certification 3. IBM Data Analyst Professional Certification 4. TensorFlow Developer Certification 5. AWS Certified Machine Learning — Specialty 6. Google Professional Machine Learning Engineer 7. HarvardX’s Data Science Professional Certificate 8. Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate 9. SAS Certified Data Scientist
  5. Conclusion 1. Seek Challenges 2. Create technical content about data

    science 3. Get professional certifications 4. Gain domain knowledge 5. Bridge the gap in your skills Others 6. Read data science books 7. Listen to data science podcasts 8. Follow experts on social media 9. Learn how to learn 10. Ask questions
  6. Some People You Can Follow • Santiago @svpino • Andrew

    Ng @AndrewYNg • Chip Huyen @chipro • Cassie Kozyrkov @quaesita • Sara Hooker @sarahookr • Dean Abbott @deanabb • Ken Jee @KenJee_DS • Jeff Leek @jtleek • Bernard Marr @BernardMarr • Fei-Fei Li @drfeifei • Sebastian Thrun @SebastianThrun • Alex Freberg @Alex_TheAnalyst • Kenneth Cukier @kncukier • Data Community by Lillian @Strategy_Gal
  7. Tools Used By Data Scientists Data Analyst 1. SQL 2.

    Spreadsheet (MS Excel/Google Sheets) 3. Tableau/PowerBI 4. Python/R, etc. Data Scientist 1. SQL 2. Python (Pandas, Matplotlib) 3. R (ggplot2, dplyr, readr) 4. Scikit-Learn 5. TensorFlow/PyTorch 6. Jupyter Notebook (Anaconda) 7. Hadoop 8. Git, etc.