02.19.2018 - By Ross Wehner: Online Entrepreneur, Career Coach, Productivity Master, and Blogger
How To Learn Data Science on Your Nights and Weekends. An enlightening interview with Fernando Hidalgo.
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Our guest today is Fernando Hidalgo. He's a self-taught coder and is currently a data scientist at Discovery Communications. He is interested in startups, block chain technology and helping others navigate the tech career field. Let’s hear what he has to say about data science and learn how you can follow in his shoes to earn the tech career you desire through online courses and personal projects on your nights and weekends.
Key Takeaways: improve yourself bit by bit, day by day
build your business knowledge so you can better provide value and make yourself an appealing candidate/employee
projects are far more important for getting hired than earning the skills taught in courses
Show Notes:
Fernando Hidalgo. Data scientist at Prismoji
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Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes by Tom Rath
Udemy Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp
Metis Data Science Bootcamps
Sci-kit Machine Learning in Python
Make an online portfolio with Squarespace
Github
Fernando's Online Portfolio
Sample email to send to recruiters
Prep for a data science technical interview at Data Masked
Product Hunt: The best new products, every day
Peiter Levels: Maker of the Year on Product Hunt