You, my fellow data nerd, have learnt quite a bit about Data Science already.
While others may get a confused look on their face when someone mentions a "Random Forest" you think back fondly on the last time you imported it from sklearn. If someone asked you to join some tables together in SQL you may think about whether you'll need a "LEFT or INNER" join to tackle this in the best way.
Now you're thinking: 🤔 he's right, I am awesome.
And while I agree with you, in your next interview for a Full Stack Data Science position you get asked: "How are you going to leverage data science to make a measurable impact on my company?"
You know you shouldn't respond with "I'll use ML, or I'll join tables together". But how should you respond, more importantly how would you actually pull it off?
Let me tell you.
Before trying to answer that question you would need to get more business context about their company. You'd need to understand where they currently sit on the data hierachy of needs (don't know what this is, no worries, I'll cover it in detail). And you'd need to have a good understanding of each technical area of Full Stack Data Science.
You'd need to know the impact potential, effort requirements, and dependencies for each area, not to mention if you want to pull it off you'll need to know how to implement solutions in each area. Finally you'd need to capable of effectively communicating any solutions back to that stakeholder.
Now you might be thinking: no one can do all of those things, 🦄 do not exist.
But that's exactly why I'm writing this, to tell you that if you want to strap a horn to your forehead: I can help.
How To Be a Great Data Scientist
In this course I'll send you 1 business problem and Data Science solution (usually a Python or SQL script) on real company data each day for 10 business days. You'll be tasked with reviewing this problem/solution and then solving a similar problem on your own.
Why will this help you develop the skills to increase your impact? You'll learn by doing.
This will simulate working with experts on multiple projects across industries and data science areas. This will give you shipped dashboards/models + code (all created by you) that you can refer back to.
The challenge starts every Monday, and you'll receive the problems and solution every morning Monday through Friday.
You'll then spend 25-90 minutes writing out a similar solution (usually a Python or SQL script) for a similar business problem.
At the end of this, you'll know what makes a data science solution great and how to improve your own data science skills in each of the areas mentioned below.
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Machine Learning
ML can deliver $100k+ in impact to an organization when done effectively, it can also lose that much when done incorrectly. In this course you'll detect fraudulent transactions that are costing a company hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
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Experimentation
Experimentation is essential for robust decision making. In this course you'll create an experiment platform for a startup and analyze experiment results to decide on a critical decision for the future of the company.
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Data Modelling and Dashboarding
Data Modelling and Dashboarding are the foundations of data (and thus Data Science) in any company. In this course you'll build this foundation for a startup and build it to enable the CEO to quickly develop actionable insights based on the data.
PS: If you complete all the solutions in the 10 days, let me know. I'll review your solutions and maybe give you a referral to my current employer (Shopify), a former employer (Deloitte, SRInvesting.ai), or to someone else in my network.