Thanks for your comments! I completely agree about the lack of hands-on courses. I found the same thing when I was putting this together. The capstone project is our attempt at including something more practical, but it's self-directed, so that's not exactly what you are after. (Creating individual courses was outside the scope of this project.) However, I'm confident it will exist someday, given the current popularity of both data science and online courses. I assume you've also done some Kaggle challenges?
I agree with the suggestion that you should attend meetups and tech talks (or watch them online if there are none in your area). You'll hear more about real life examples and have a chance to ask questions.
The other main way to learn what you're asking is to get a job doing it! You have more than enough background (assuming you also have knowledge of tools) and you will learn more from others and as you need the information.
You know, I haven't had time to try any Kaggle challenges yet. I'll have to sit down and attempt one this weekend. I appreciate the advice, from both you and Brenden, I'm going to look for more data science meetups and keep my ear to the grapevine for any exciting positions. Keep up the great work Claudia.
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Thanks for your comments! I completely agree about the lack of hands-on courses. I found the same thing when I was putting this together. The capstone project is our attempt at including something more practical, but it's self-directed, so that's not exactly what you are after. (Creating individual courses was outside the scope of this project.) However, I'm confident it will exist someday, given the current popularity of both data science and online courses. I assume you've also done some Kaggle challenges?
I agree with the suggestion that you should attend meetups and tech talks (or watch them online if there are none in your area). You'll hear more about real life examples and have a chance to ask questions.
The other main way to learn what you're asking is to get a job doing it! You have more than enough background (assuming you also have knowledge of tools) and you will learn more from others and as you need the information.
You know, I haven't had time to try any Kaggle challenges yet. I'll have to sit down and attempt one this weekend. I appreciate the advice, from both you and Brenden, I'm going to look for more data science meetups and keep my ear to the grapevine for any exciting positions. Keep up the great work Claudia.