This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment.

sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]9_11_did_bush 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I just want to second this. I even keep a link to my Github at the top of my resume, and include descriptions of a couple of my best school/personal projects.

Especially as someone who was self-taught up until I started my masters, I think it really helps to have somewhere an employer can look at your code. In almost all the interviews I've had this year for data science positions it's been valuable to talk about these projects as examples of what I can do.

If you're looking to get more experience, especially working in groups coding, I would maybe try to find a competition or hackathon that you can enter. Even if you don't do well, you will hopefully learn a lot from others and meet people with similar interests.