:bar_chart: Path to a free self-taught education in Data Science!
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Hossam Atef
@HossamEldinAtef
anyone here interested to make group study :)
mohamdzezo
@mohamdzezo
@HossamEldinAtef 2kid bs 7d yrd :)
dertiuss323
@dertiuss323
Hello guys i,m looking for programmers with c , c++ , c# skills or somebody who is able to decompile ex4 file into mql4 for the project that need to be finished as soon as possible :)) !!! Once there will be someone interested be sure to write me an email :)) on jaroslaw.mezencev@gmail.com I will write you all details and everything what i need to be done in the project , once there will be satisfaction on both sides we can continue in the cooperation because i have lots of project that needs to be done :) !!!!
Arjun Singh
@Squall130
hey guys, can i have your opinion about my situation ?
so i like CS i'm learning it, but there are some things that i really dislike, for example, web development, i can't bear it, it's because i don't feel like i develop something really useful, i always wanted to use AI and robotics to work on real world problems
so i wanted to ask you if data scientist, which use machine learning might fit more in my path and my projects than software development
Arjun Singh
@Squall130
it's because i don't see my future one day working to build some mobile apps, or some web pages, or things like that, it doesn't have any meaning to me
so i was thinking maybe data science might closer to my personal objectives than CS ?
Jack Bridger
@jackbridger
hey is anyone currently going through this process? I'm around 2.5 months in. Would be cool to swap notes/exchange ideas/progress etc.
Marcus Guidoti
@guidotiSci_twitter
hey guys and girls, is this curriculum active? like, are peolpe still doing it/updating it?
Jack Bridger
@jackbridger
Hey Marcus, i don't think so!
Also feel like the curriculum could do with a bit of refining
Marcus Guidoti
@guidotiSci_twitter
@jackbridger that's too bad. The CS curriculum seems to be actively maintained. I would be interested in this one as well.. but I've not enough knowledge to effectively contribute towards a data science curriculum.. =/
Jack Bridger
@jackbridger
Yeah I agree, are you thinking of completing this/something similar?
Marcus Guidoti
@guidotiSci_twitter
yes... I wanted to commit to a long term training program based on free, and well-structured, courses in data science, going through good math courses as well and not only state-of-the-art topics like machine and deep learning, as most of the online courses do nowadays... but I guess I'll have to figure out on my own?
do you've any other source that list courses, or discuss a path, like OSSU does for CS?
Jack Bridger
@jackbridger
Yeah I'm actually doing something similar. Spent 3 months going through Maths courses but then came to realisation that a) programming exp is really important esp. if you're not super high level statistician etc. and b) I want more collaboration/social learning. It's hard to find that for free but I'm exploring options atm.
Marcus Guidoti
@guidotiSci_twitter
and it's so easy to fall into some pitfalls, paying a considerably amount of money for not that much in exchange...
Btw: reason I took the mathemtatical thinking course is that I really wanted to build a decent foundation for how to solve maths problems - it's a really good course but took me quite a while and most specs don't include it
What's your current job?
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Marcus Guidoti
@guidotiSci_twitter
I'm actually working as a data scientist for a company concerned with biodiversity big data problem. My background is in the biological sciences, but I've some CS background as well and thus, they got interested in me. I want to complete the career transition while in this job, so I'm looking for options.
In fact, while finishing my PhD I started to research and sort of pave my way towards a complete career change. I was looking more into web dev than data science, and I started a Udacity full-stack nanodegree before getting the job. Now I'm in the middle of three different fields. Basically, hehe.
so my day is working a lot. than studying a lot. and I can see it will be like this for a couple of years to come if I want to do this right.
Jack Bridger
@jackbridger
ok that's an amazing position to be in. I did study CS but worked in tech sales for a couple of years so don't have professional exp making software
Marcus Guidoti
@guidotiSci_twitter
building up a collaborative/social learning environment is def. important, helpful, and something that I'm looking forward as well.
Jack Bridger
@jackbridger
ah you're in the perfect position
I mean what skills are you really lacking? Seems like you're fairly set already?
Marcus Guidoti
@guidotiSci_twitter
more CS, more statistical and math knowledge, more programming skills
more more more
hehe
my background is mostly on the biological sciences.
all my academic degrees come from this field.
Jack Bridger
@jackbridger
but lot's of stats?
Marcus Guidoti
@guidotiSci_twitter
well, for the current job, no. but who knows about the future?
Jack Bridger
@jackbridger
what kind of stuff do you do day to day?
Marcus Guidoti
@guidotiSci_twitter
as I said, I'm preparing for the future, for a complete career change
not only for the current job
biodiversity big data is a very new, and under approached problem, so we're still dealing with basic problems as to set and tidy databases for other uses.
right now I'm creating a pipeline to extract, tidy up, and push major database of bibliographic references into open repositories
but later on this year we'll be setting up web scrapping protocols to feed this pipeline automatically, and then working on pdf's automated extracting of field-specific information, which is probably where I'm more useful to the company due to my formal academic background