be a data scientist in 8 steps!
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How to be a
DATA SCIENTISTin
4*2 steps
math & statistics
substantive expertise
hacking skills
machine learning
traditional research
danger zone
Here’s DATA SCIENCE!
Data scientists are better than…
…software engineers in Statistics
…statisticians in Software engineering
STEP 1
Improve at stats, math & machine learning
STEP 2
Learn to code
Grasp end-to-end development
Choose a first language
Learn interactively
STEP 3Understand databases
Get savvy with
MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Cassandra etc.
Learn databases intimately
STEP 4Master data munging, v isual izat ion & report ing
STEP 5Level up with Big Data
Distributed processing is the key!
USE - Hadoop MapReduce Apache Spark
s e e w h a t d a t a l o o k s l i ke !
STEP 6Meet (other) data sc ient is ts
Practice makes perfect!
Join competitions
Meet fellow data scientists
Have a pet project
Sharpen intuition
STEP 7Intern, bootcamp or get a job
Take the bull by the horns!
Best way to find out if you’re cut out for data analytics & science
Intern or bootcamp
Get hired!
STEP 8Join the community
Share more to learn more!
Sites -
DataTau Kdnuggets FiveThirtyEight Datascience101 R-bloggers
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