My unusual pandemic journey. What have I learnt? Introduction Every graduate feels anxious when looking for a job. This was the case for me: I had quit my analyst job to go back to school again to pursue a data science master’s. As a student, I always knew in the back…

The path to getting a data science job is an arduous one — Introduction Getting a data science job was hard. After graduating with my data science master’s, I really struggled with job searching. The time it took for me to finally receive a job offer was around 8 months. Granted, this was back in 2020, so the lockdowns likely made the situation worse. …

Without these, your potential will be severely limited — Introduction Mathematics. It’s always the big elephant in the room: Nobody wants to talk about it, but everyone has to address it eventually. From my experience, asking whether you need to learn maths for data science is a redundant question. …

The beginnings of my data science journey. — Introduction When I got my first job as an analyst, I had no idea that I’d eventually pursue this thing called data science. That was a while ago. Back in 2016, I graduated with no clue as to what I wanted to do with my life. …

Despite it occasionally making me want to tear my hair out — Introduction Are the endless nights of studying data science bogging you down? Is your flame of passion dimming as a result? If so, let me help by sharing 5 reasons to love data science. Feel free to check out the video below if you’d rather watch something instead.

Here’s the secret to actually achieving ambitious goals Like most people, I’d set big goals each year to try and motivate myself to do better. I’ve been seriously powerlifting / weight training for almost a decade now, and each year, I’d set challenging targets in the gym that would push…

Some harsh lessons from my data science journey — Introduction In my very short time of working as a data scientist, there’s a few lessons that I’ve learnt which I think are worth sharing. These are lessons that I didn’t learn when I was a data science student; some of these sound obvious, but they were never taught to me…

Pick Python as your first language and learn R along the way — Introduction During my undergraduate maths degree, I had to use R almost exclusively. I also had to use it during my data science master’s degree. However, during my master’s, I’d find myself using Python much more often than R; I found it more intuitive to use and enjoyable to learn within…

My tips for prospective data science students — Introduction After I shared my own master’s experience, I’ve been asked a few times by prospective students about what to look for in a data science master’s. This is probably thanks to the many new data science courses that universities now offer. However, if you’re new to this field, having too…