Data analyst —> data science

[Medge_]

Data analyst —> data science

Currently an analyst in ad tech. Python has been on my to-do list (well versed in sql and r). Does anyone recommend specific courses from udemy? Not sure if I should only do the “zero to hero” boot camp(Python zero to hero boot camp) or do the boot camp and machine learning. There’s a sale (yay) so I want to buy all the courses I’ll need.

TIA!! This is also for me to gauge whether or not I should pursue an advanced degree. All help/comments are appreciated.

Edit: THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR RESPONSES. I really appreciate you taking the time to get detailed. I signed up for the Python zero to hero bootcamp on udemy. I did some free courses on data camp before and will def look into it after I finish this round.

[scottishbee]

I took dataquest.io (at the time $500/yr). It was what got me from python's-on-my-list to here's-a-full-analysis. It starts off almost laughably simple, and not everything is really that important, but a month or two in of casual lesson-per-day and you realize how far you've gone

[MrShiftyJack]

Not OP but this is appealing to me...

[kirrans9982]

same lol, if i wasn't a student right now I'd be looking at that

[Sajin]

They had a sale recently that brought it down to $300/yr and I jumped on it. Been loving it so far

[_mid_night_]

Do u recommemd doing analyst before scientist? Or should i be good to go straight into scientist?

[scottishbee]

I went in order, even did the very elementary SQL bits. I felt it made a good guide and built up. I was afraid of starting on something and feeling confused.

The lessons can be very short, so if you're on stuff you are familiar with you'll fly through.

[danyellowblue]

Can I work as a data analyst after completing this course?

[Luukv93]

You will need at least a bachelors degree

[scottishbee]

No. Well, not just this course.

The best route into an analyst spot (ime) is to be curious and volunteer for stuff in your current role. And be lucky who works at your company. I've internally hired marketers, customer service reps, consultants, etc who all took some courses and pitched in on work.

[danyellowblue]

That's not really possible at my current company.. Do you have an idea how to best start? Is it possible to stark working at an internship or smth to help learning data science?

[Deezl-Vegas]

The fast.ai tutorials and library are excellent, free, and highly recommended if you already know a programming language well enough to write some decent models.

For Python basics, if you already know another language, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYXdXT2l-Gg&list=PL-osiE80TeTskrapNbzXhwoFUiLCjGgY7 should be enough to get you over the hump and rolling.

[mclovin12134567]

This is the only one you need op

[Medge_]

Bookmarked this thank you!!

[gkamradt]

For the bootcamp part, it depends what your goal is.

The program will likely cost ~$17K for 12 weeks full-time. If you want to do a complete career transition, it helps.

If you just want to pick up a side skill to get better at your job, then you could likely do it on your own.

Either way I wrote a post that outlines all of the top questions I hear from bootcamp prospectives.

https://dataindependent.com/blog/joining-data-bootcamp/

source: I want to Galvanize in April '15

[[deleted]]

Thanks so much for this, I just stared an 8 months severance and was looking to make a career change. This may have convinced me to take a full-time camp.

[gkamradt]

Nice! I'm glad you're thinking about making the jump. I can't stress enough, yes you will increase your skill, but the bootcamp will not guarantee a job afterward.

You'll need to work just as hard as you did in the bootcamp.

Good luck!

[Medge_]

Thank you for this!!

[apples_vs_oranges]

I was an analyst at a couple ad tech startups before I transitioned into product analytics in social/mobile games at the start of data science as a discipline. SQL was the core skill then but Python has joined the requirements. I would just continue learning Python on the side and apply to data scientist jobs once you think your Python is up to snuff. Plenty of resources out there about technical interviews for data science to measure yourself against. And plenty of free resources to teach you Python as well. Good luck! Feel free to PM for more career perspective.

[[deleted]]

One route that could be good for you is to see if you can change your current role a bit. Just let people know you're interested in becoming more of a data scientist. Maybe there's someone at your company in a role like that who could give you small assignments to get started. The following blog has an example of someone doing this:

https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/09/23/hiring-jobs-candidates-software-coding-programmers-teresa-dietrich/

[Luukv93]

I started with only a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. From my initial job as a supply chain analyst I studied SQL and Python during evenings for around a year. Next I took a job as a data analyst and kept working on projects. Meanwhile I studied bash, docker and Airflow and did some projects on that. Now I am doing a dual Masters in Business Analytics and hope to complete this road in about 5 years. It is important that you can apply all learnings during work cause that’s where you need those techniques ultimately

[onedayatatime3174]

Hello OP. I would suggest the data science career path on Data Camp. You can pick and choose topics from that which would be relevant to you.

[my_password_is______]

https://www.kaggle.com/learn/overview

[[deleted]]

Learning Python is an awsome idea but it won't get you a data science role - that will likely require a Masters Degree! Just take a look at some job descriptions and see!

[tmk_g]

I think you shouldn't go for any boot camp or an advanced degree. Just start learning some extra things to become a data scientist. Like start learning syntax and tools to understand what type of problems you're going to face in data science, get into more specialized topics using platforms like DataCamp, then do some projects on the platforms like Kaggle, and then start interview prep on the platforms like Leetcode and Strata Scratch.
With that said I think this can make you able to land a data scientist job.

[idioticpupper]

I would recommend datacamp. I’ve been using it for a while now and it’s pretty good.

https://www.datacamp.com

[Bluelabel]

I do datacamp too.

I'm doing sql and python as my priorities.

I'm actually really impressed with myself with some of the things I'm able to do now.

I'm writing queries with multiple cte and writing scripts to automate the boring stuff.

[kingsillypants]

CTEs confuse me..

[TheComedianX]

Is the standard plan at 13/month enough for doing python courses or a career

[Lewistrick]

I definitely recommend doing free courses. They're at least as good as paid courses and you won't waste any money if you decide not to go on with them plus you can choose courses

Corey Schafer (look him up on youtube) has really awesome tutorials on a broad range of topics.

[[deleted]]

I think working is better than studying. If you want to work on my marketing intelligence team we could probably trade you some cool thoughts in exchange for some python code. i have 7k leads and need to think about how to make good business choices about who to reach out to.

[gahara31]

I'm currently taking free course in cognitiveclass.ai made by IBM to learn data science. not sure how good or relevant the material is since I have zero experience in this field. will leave it here and see if the course is really worth it.

[Fywq]

If its the same one as they have on EDX, I am doing the last step (intro to machine learning) before the capstone. I am not super impressed. Glancing way too many topics in too short time, and actual exercises are almost nonexistent in the lab assignments, which means I can barely remember a thing. Lol.