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How to Be a Data Scientist

How to Be a Data Scientist

With Emily Bailey

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Overview
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0 h 40 min
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5 Episodes

Today’s professional landscape spans hundreds of new, interesting, and well-paying careers. In this 5-part course, Emily Bailey, former leading data scientist at Uber and current Director of Data Products & Machine Learning at Rent the Runway, gives a comprehensive survey of what it’s really like to work as a Data Scientist.


What You'll Learn
  • Responsibilities and required skills of a data scientist 
  • What it takes to break into this career 
  • How to advance in the field 
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Instructor
  • Emily Bailey
    Emily Bailey
    Former leading data scientist at Uber
Episodes
5 Episodes
1. Data Scientist Overview
6min

The primary responsibilities, common characteristics, and critical skills required to excel as a data scientist.

2. Breaking In
6min

How to find opportunities and forge a successful career in data science, including how to get and ace an interview.

3. Career Advancement
5min

What the best opportunities for promotion are, and how to get them.

4. Future Proofing
7min

How to stay relevant in a rapidly changing industry.

5. Case Study
13min

Emily shares some personal experiences with problem solving and overcoming challenges as a data scientist at Uber.

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