Since I had never coded before it was a complete unknown.
#Basic data science course how to
When I decided I wanted to become a data scientist, the first thing I wanted to learn was how to write computer code. I needed to learn to code and analyse data on a much larger scale. Therefore the number of observations were very small. All the datasets I had previously analysed were ones I had generated myself in the lab. I had used statistics throughout all my research, but only on a small scale. When I quit my post doc at UCSF I had zero programming experience.
So I challenged myself to gain the skills I needed without spending any money. This story will describe the 4 different courses that I took and how they led to a data science job at a healthcare startup in Silicone Valley.Īt the time, most of the online courses I came across were free. I figured that with a PhD in Neuroscience I probably had enough formal training to get a data science job. I wanted to learn at my own pace so I decided to take online courses. Why not? I decided to become a beginner again and reinvent myself as a data scientist.
Imposter syndrome strikes again.Ībout two weeks later my friend Anna suggested the exact same thing, I thought about it some more and began to entertain the idea. Surely he was overestimating what I was capable of. I said ‘you're crazy!’ I didn’t know the first thing about programming. My boyfriend suggested becoming a data scientist. My boss was crushing my spirit and knew that I needed to make a change. You might be wondering why someone would do that. I had just walked away from 8 years of study and hard work with no plan.
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