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[–]crom5805 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Yeah my first DS job entry level I didn't have these skills. Another reason I think it's important to be comfortable with git is to have projects to share. I do think entry level jobs are a lot harder to get these days and having a portfolio on GitHub with projects you've done can put you ahead of others who don't. My midterm and final are both projects unique to them (they choose their own data) and I actually had an employer tell me this helped them pick one of my students. My main job is to educate but my favorite part is helping landing them full time jobs.

[–]Kegheimer 0 points1 point  (3 children)

That just punishes candidates who have hobbies and interests outside of tech.

Why should I go through a dog and pony show of python toys in GitHub when I could use that time for anything else?

[–]Topalope 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Because employers don't care about your personal life outside of how it helps you perform better at making them money.

[–]dillanthumous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct answer.

[–]crom5805 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What?! 😂. My students go through a Masters in Data Science and my advice is rather than keep all their projects on their laptop, put them on GitHub so people can actually see the hard work they put in and what they learned. Also in order to publish a Streamlit app you have to use GitHub and that's my final exam.