What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Data Scientist
summary
Career advice: success is not a steady climb but a series of peaks and valleys, so expect setbacks and plan for changing goals and role responsibilities; balance explore and find your focus by picking a role, industry, and tools while sampling others; build real support by joining communities such as Data Science Hangout and sharing experiences; practical notes include wasted hours on a manually written Dockerfile, a career reflection plot with code on GitHub, and the claim that one role+three tools yields about 32 million combinations to choose from.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:28Misconceptions
- 0:51Lessons Learned
- 1:12Human Lessons
- 1:41Success is not linear
- 2:42Find your focus
- 3:51Count on community
- 4:40Summary
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