Step By Step Guide To Becoming a Data Scientist

The most common method to become a professional Data Scientist

Rule Number 1: If you don’t know how to teach yourself new material, you are not cut out for this field. This isn’t me trying to be funny, this is me being 100% real with you. If I give you a question, and you don’t know how to teach yourself the knowledge needed to answer the question, this industry is not for you.

Rule Number 2: Until you have the job you want, applying for jobs will be your new part time job. Especially in this recession.

Make sure you’ve read the post on how to prep for your interviews.

Table of Contents:

1. Bachelors

2. SQL

3. R & Python

4. GitHub & Kaggle Comp

5. Optional: Data Analyst Internship

6. Data Analyst

7. Data Scientist

8. Miscellaneous Questions

Step 0: Start reading as much as you can from this substack.