AnalyticsForward2018

References, notes, and material attributions for the How to Learn Data Science (and Other Things) session.
Presented 2018-03-10 by Mark Hutchinson

Inspirations for the presentation

Be sure to read Be Able To Concisely State The Value Of Your Findings section

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2018/01/how-grow-data-scientist.html

The Feynman Technique

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2018/01/data-scientist-feynman-technique.html

Andy Hunt's excellent book. Get your discount while you can.

Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware
https://pragprog.com/book/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learning

The video I quoted. The quote happens around 30:00. The entire video is worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDf6SdhT758

Competency links and images:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_stages_of_competence
https://www.slideshare.net/igorkokcharov/kokcharov-skillpyramid2015

Exercise hand-outs

20 Interview questions document in this github repository

Source - https://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/01/20-questions-to-detect-fake-data-scientists.html
Answers pt1 - https://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/02/21-data-science-interview-questions-answers.html
Answers pt2 - https://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/02/21-data-science-interview-questions-answers-part2.html

17 More Must-Know Data Science Interview Questions and Answers

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2017/02/17-data-science-interview-questions-answers.html https://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/02/21-data-science-interview-questions-answers-part2.html https://www.kdnuggets.com/2017/03/17-data-science-interview-questions-answers-part-3.html

Top Firms Data Science Interview Questions

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2017/03/top-firms-100-data-science-interview-questions.html

Examples of Data Science topics explained well

• Clustering

https://home.deib.polimi.it/matteucc/Clustering/tutorial_html/

• ML Methods (explaining with pictures and words)

http://usblogs.pwc.com/emerging-technology/machine-learning-methods-infographic/
https://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/decoding-machine-learning-methods

Other reading

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words - Randall Munroe

Check your local library
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544668251
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thing-explainer-randall-munroe/1121864432#/
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780544668256
https://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/thingexplainer
http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Thing-Explainer/Randall-Munroe/9780544668256