Hello, Data community,  

In this new episode, we have Dr John Hawkins a Lead Data Scientist in Australia and New Zealand, talking to us on the challenges of being a data scientist during times of a global pandemic, but also, we are discussing:  

✅ What is John's view on data science and the role of the data scientist? 

✅ How you can get started as a data scientist and in DataRobot. 

✅ What are some challenges of COVID and the impact in the DS world?

 ✅ What are some tips and recommendations for those who are looking to get started in data science? 

✅ Books and other material recommendations.  

Make sure to connect with John in LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hawkinsjohnc/ and on his Github page: https://john-hawkins.github.io/ 

We also have a very special GIVEAWAY competition this week. 

Thanks to DataRobot we are providing our community with the chance to win a DataRobot T-shirt + a ticket for a 3-days Data Robot Essential training (online), valued at $1,000.  

This is a great opportunity for one of our listeners from anywhere in the world to win this online training (and an exclusive t-shirt of course