Get advice and real-world lessons from practicing data scientists: from how to get a job to mastering your skills to growing in your role.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Insights to excel in data science
- Career journey with Sara Anstey
- The best parts of the job
- Most challenging parts of the job
- Overcoming obstacles
- Favorite tools to use
- Being successful on the job
- Stay up to date with skills
- Measuring success
- Joys of data science with Brett Vanderblock
- Using data science for good
- Favorite tools to excel in data science
- The roles in data science
- Building your skills
- Career journey with Sam Cvetkovski
- Favorite parts of the job
- Challenging parts of the job
- Why Sam became a manager
- Advice for aspiring managers
- The management career track
- Figuring out your career in data science
- Measuring success
- Career journey with Lacey Westphal, PhD
- How data can change education
- Understanding the data you work with
- Challenges of working in non-profit
- Creating positive change with data
- Pressures data scientists face
- Impacts of data science on social justice
- What to do if you're interested in data science
- Career journey with Louis Tremblay
- Challenges of working with a data science team
- How data scientists can help decision-makers
- When data may not be helpful
- How to measure success
- The impact of data science with Michael Galarnyk
- Challenges and day-to-day work
- Get started on your data science journey
Taught by
Lacey Westphal, Sam Cvetkovski, Michael Galarnyk, Brett Vanderblock, Louis Tremblay, Sara Anstey and Madecraft
