121. Navigating a Data Science Career
Advice and experiences on preparing for, getting, and excelling at a data science job.
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If I were going to write a book on how to pursue a data science career, these would be the chapters. I don't have any special qualifications to expostulate on these topics, other than my own experience and observations, so please take it all with a grain of salt.
These lectures all refer back to posts on my blog, but I've found it useful to package them here for ease of sharing.
Course Curriculum
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PreviewTypes of data scientist
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PreviewHow to survive the data science interview
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PreviewHow to become a data scientist
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PreviewHow to get hired as a data scientist
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PreviewGet to know your new company with one-on-one meetings
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PreviewHow to build a data science team
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PreviewHow to build a strong remote data science team
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PreviewChoose your next project
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PreviewChoose your professional path
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PreviewHow to handle a sticky problem
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PreviewChoose your data science tools thoughtfully
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PreviewSimplify your communication
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PreviewDecide and commit
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PreviewImposter syndrome
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PreviewWhen our leaders misbehave
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PreviewThoughts on getting started in data science
Your Instructor
I love solving puzzles and building things. Machine learning lets me do both. I got started by studying robotics and human rehabilitation at MIT (MS '99, PhD '02), moved on to machine vision and machine learning at Sandia National Laboratories, then to predictive modeling of agriculture DuPont Pioneer, and cloud data science at Microsoft. At Facebook I worked to get internet and electrical power to those in the world who don't have it, using deep learning and satellite imagery and to do a better job identifying topics reliably in unstructured text. Now at iRobot I work to help robots get better and better at doing their jobs. In my spare time I like to rock climb, write robot learning algorithms, and go on walks with my wife and our dog, Reign of Terror.