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Tetiana Ivanova: How to become a Data Scientist in 6 months | PyData London 2016

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Tetiana Ivanova: How to become a Data Scientist in 6 Months, a Hacker's Approach to Career Planning PyData London 2016 This talk outlines my journey from complete novice to machine learning practitioner. It started in November 2015 when I left my job as a project manager, and by April 2016 I was hired as a Data Scientist by a startup developing bleeding edge deep learning algorithms for medical imagery processing. SHORT INTRO Who I am, my background and a short summary of my story. Here I will list the steps I personally took to achieve the goal I had. HOW DID I DO IT? Why I chose a “hacky” way to enter this career path. The first mover advantage, why getting a degree doesn’t always improve your career prospects. Possibly a rant on the signaling function of formal education and how that is rarely aligned with a relevant practical skill set. Some stats to back it up (best career success predictors). Examples of hacking bureaucracies/social hierarchies from my experience and elsewhere. List of things not to do and common cognitive pitfalls. Networking for nerds - how to do it right. Time management for chronic procrastinators - how to plan a self-guided project. Some notes on psychology of time discounting and need for external reinforcement, with autobiographical examples. CONCLUSION You don’t need a Ph.D. or even a master's to do machine learning. On taking calculated risks and especially calculated exits from one’s comfort zone. Some notes on soul searching and how to choose a career that is also a passion. Reading list. Slides available here: https://www.slideshare.net/TetianaIvanova2/how-to-become-a-data-scientist-in-6-months www.pydata.org PyData is an educational program of NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the United States. PyData provides a forum for the international community of users and developers of data analysis tools to share ideas and learn from each other. The global PyData network promotes discussion of best practices, new approaches, and emerging technologies for data management, processing, analytics, and visualization. PyData communities approach data science using many languages, including (but not limited to) Python, Julia, and R. PyData conferences aim to be accessible and community-driven, with novice to advanced level presentations. PyData tutorials and talks bring attendees the latest project features along with cutting-edge use cases. 0:00 Introduction 4:56 Higher education 13:02 Things not to do 17:55 What did I do in the end? 21:51 Time discounting and willpower 26:27 Time management techniques 31:37 Networking 37:18 Resources for Data Science transition 44:34 Don’t get started 45:51 Q&A S/o to https://github.com/anzelpwj for the video timestamps! Want to help add timestamps to our YouTube videos to help with discoverability? Find out more here: https://github.com/numfocus/YouTubeVideoTimestamps

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No way to advance degrees faster within the UK educational system.', 'Importance of feedback in education and the impact of social pressure on sticking to goals. Students who receive frequent feedback perform better in educational outcomes.', "Need for realistic timeframes, structured study plans, and the creation of costs for missing deadlines in self-education. Setting a realistic timeframe and creating structured study plans to replicate a university's environment."]}], 'duration': 764.672, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rIofV14c0tc/pics/rIofV14c0tc456282.jpg', 'highlights': ['Work sample tests and IQ are the best predictors of job success.', 'Education explains only 10% of variance in job performance.', 'Years of job experience do not necessarily reflect proficiency at the job.', 'Traditional education system limits degree acceleration and may lead to higher costs.', 'Importance of feedback in education and its impact on goal adherence.', 'Realistic timeframes and structured study plans are essential in self-education.']}, {'end': 1786.436, 'segs': [{'end': 1326.097, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1245.756, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1252.484, 'text': "but at least you need to have an idea of how much you're going to have to cover and when the deadlines should be.", 'start': 1245.756, 'duration': 6.728}, {'end': 1255.127, 'text': 'Finally, prepare for uncertainty.', 'start': 1253.445, 'duration': 1.682}, {'end': 1264.295, 'text': "You don't know that you're going to be capable of learning everything in the time you have planned for yourself.", 'start': 1255.647, 'duration': 8.648}, {'end': 1266.377, 'text': 'Some things will naturally be difficult.', 'start': 1264.375, 'duration': 2.002}, {'end': 1267.778, 'text': 'You will plateau sometimes.', 'start': 1266.437, 'duration': 1.341}, {'end': 1278.287, 'text': "Sometimes you'll get stuck with code or sometimes you'll get stuck with setting up your AWS server or installing Cafe on your laptop.", 'start': 1267.838, 'duration': 10.449}, {'end': 1280.988, 'text': 'whatever allow for these things.', 'start': 1278.968, 'duration': 2.02}, {'end': 1290.03, 'text': "there's, as with project management, when, as when you're putting a new product, a new piece of software into production, there's always delays.", 'start': 1280.988, 'duration': 9.042}, {'end': 1292.651, 'text': 'this is exactly the same as a project manager.', 'start': 1290.03, 'duration': 2.621}, {'end': 1298.552, 'text': "luckily, I've suffered more than my fair share of that, even though it was in another industry,", 'start': 1292.651, 'duration': 5.901}, {'end': 1310.058, 'text': "so I knew all too well that I can't plan to do everything exactly on time, so allowed for twice as much time as I as I was expecting to spend.", 'start': 1298.552, 'duration': 11.506}, {'end': 1318.187, 'text': 'Willpower Self-study requires willpower and being organized.', 'start': 1313.662, 'duration': 4.525}, {'end': 1320.369, 'text': 'Willpower is a limited resource.', 'start': 1318.787, 'duration': 1.582}, {'end': 1326.097, 'text': 'We are often told that, okay, you just need to try harder.', 'start': 1322.316, 'duration': 3.781}], 'summary': 'Prepare for uncertainty, allow for delays, and allocate twice as much time for self-study.', 'duration': 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microlending by lending to a single person, the defaults were skyrocketing.', 'start': 1391.504, 'duration': 11.042}], 'summary': 'Expect a higher cognitive load and allow for at least four hours for the task. external reinforcement and social cost of default are crucial factors for microlending success.', 'duration': 31.874, 'max_score': 1370.672, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rIofV14c0tc/pics/rIofV14c0tc1370672.jpg'}, {'end': 1655.139, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1623.172, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1624.693, 'text': 'This way you have manageable chunks.', 'start': 1623.172, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 1631.858, 'text': 'So you work for 20 minutes, then you have a break, then you reset the timer, work for 20 more minutes, then you have a break again.', 'start': 1625.234, 'duration': 6.624}, {'end': 1636.242, 'text': 'So one thing that it does, it prevents overworking.', 'start': 1632.579, 'duration': 3.663}, {'end': 1640.745, 'text': 'During the break, you get to stretch, you get to stand up, and you must obey by the rules.', 'start': 1636.522, 'duration': 4.223}, {'end': 1645.95, 'text': "You can't overwork, you can't work for 30 minutes instead, you must stick by 20 minutes.", 'start': 1641.045, 'duration': 4.905}, {'end': 1655.139, 'text': 'And especially when you have a tight deadline, this is a very efficient technique because it forces you to do something.', 'start': 1647.051, 'duration': 8.088}], 'summary': 'Using the 20-20-20 technique helps prevent overworking and promotes efficiency during tight deadlines.', 'duration': 31.967, 'max_score': 1623.172, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rIofV14c0tc/pics/rIofV14c0tc1623172.jpg'}, {'end': 1766.763, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1739.628, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1745.631, 'text': 'This is one of the main problems with investment banks, where people work 9 a.m. To 2 a.m. Hour hours,', 'start': 1739.628, 'duration': 6.003}, {'end': 1752.314, 'text': 'because Dan Ariely did some is another researcher who does Quite interesting projects.', 'start': 1745.631, 'duration': 6.683}, {'end': 1759.698, 'text': "So he looked at how likely are people to cheat when they're sleep-deprived, and Turns out they're much more likely to cheat.", 'start': 1752.354, 'duration': 7.344}, {'end': 1766.763, 'text': "So if you're looking at Excel spreadsheet and in order to get to bonus, You only need to kind of tweak the formula a little bit if you're,", 'start': 1759.698, 'duration': 7.065}], 'summary': 'Sleep-deprived individuals are more likely to cheat, impacting work integrity.', 'duration': 27.135, 'max_score': 1739.628, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rIofV14c0tc/pics/rIofV14c0tc1739628.jpg'}], 'start': 1221.274, 'title': 'Self-study willpower and decision making', 'summary': 'Discusses the limited nature of willpower, realistic study plans, and social cost of default in self-study, as well as the importance of limiting choices and committing to decisions, citing a study on happiness and discussing productivity techniques such as the pomodoro technique, spaced repetition, and the value of sleep.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1470.206, 'start': 1221.274, 'title': 'Self-study willpower and project management', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of willpower and project management in self-study, emphasizing the limited nature of willpower, the need for realistic study plans, and the social cost of default as effective deterrents.', 'duration': 248.932, 'highlights': ['Willpower is a limited resource, and individuals need to measure how much can realistically be spent per day exercising it, with the suggestion of allowing for four hours and doing more if possible. Limited resource, suggestion to allow for four hours of willpower per day', 'The importance of realistic study plans is emphasized, with the advice to not expect to sit down and study for eight hours a day and to allow for four hours, considering the intensive nature of studying. Emphasis on realistic study plans, suggestion to allow for four hours of studying per day', 'The concept of social cost of default is explained, highlighting its effectiveness as a deterrent by introducing humiliation as a consequence, leading to a decrease in default rates. Explanation of social cost of default, decrease in default rates to 2% through introduction of humiliation as a consequence']}, {'end': 1786.436, 'start': 1471.676, 'title': 'Limit choices for better decision making', 'summary': 'Emphasizes the importance of limiting choices and committing to decisions, citing a study where individuals with limited choices were significantly happier with their decisions. it also discusses the pomodoro technique, spaced repetition, and the value of sleep in improving productivity and learning efficiency.', 'duration': 314.76, 'highlights': ['Individuals with limited choices were significantly happier with their decisions, emphasizing the importance of committing to decisions. A study showed that individuals who were allowed to change their mind about their choice were significantly less happy compared to those who were not allowed to change. This highlights the importance of committing to decisions to maintain happiness and satisfaction.', 'The Pomodoro technique helps prevent overworking, improves focus, and enhances productivity by breaking work into manageable chunks with short breaks. The Pomodoro technique involves working for 20 minutes and then taking a short break, which prevents overworking, improves focus, and enhances productivity. It also provides a structured way to manage time and maintain efficiency.', 'Spaced repetition is more effective than cramming, as it allows for better learning retention and requires less time for practice. Spaced repetition was found to be more effective than cramming, as it leads to better learning retention and requires less time for practice. The chapter emphasizes the importance of spacing out practice over a few days for efficient learning.', 'Adequate sleep is crucial for maintaining mood, learning efficiency, and willpower, as sleep deprivation leads to decreased working memory, concentration, and performance. The value of sleep is highlighted, as adequate sleep is crucial for maintaining mood, learning efficiency, and willpower. 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time for practice', 'The value of sleep is highlighted, as adequate sleep is crucial for maintaining mood, learning efficiency, and willpower']}, {'end': 2225.337, 'segs': [{'end': 1854.233, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1787.156, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1792.579, 'text': 'If you have a task that you absolutely hate, like the other day I had to apply for a grant.', 'start': 1787.156, 'duration': 5.423}, {'end': 1794.9, 'text': 'I hate applying for grants.', 'start': 1793.359, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 1797.361, 'text': 'I hate filling out stupid questions.', 'start': 1794.92, 'duration': 2.441}, {'end': 1798.982, 'text': "I just don't do it.", 'start': 1798.161, 'duration': 0.821}, {'end': 1804.385, 'text': 'So in situations like that, 20 minutes might feel like too much pain with Pomodoro.', 'start': 1799.462, 'duration': 4.923}, {'end': 1806.506, 'text': 'So what you do, you reduce it to five minutes.', 'start': 1804.805, 'duration': 1.701}, {'end': 1808.847, 'text': 'Give 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connections rather than online applications, as well as the benefits of making friends and connections within industry-related meetups and events.', 'Emphasize the need for building social skills and perseverance in networking efforts The chapter highlights the importance of developing social skills, being selective in networking, and attending various meetups and events to make connections, with the reminder that networking may take time and effort before yielding significant results.', 'Realistic expectations and selective networking are key to successful networking The chapter advises on having realistic expectations in networking efforts, being selective in finding an in-group with shared interests, and the need for perseverance and patience in developing social skills and making connections.']}], 'duration': 438.181, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rIofV14c0tc/pics/rIofV14c0tc1787156.jpg', 'highlights': ['Setting time limits, starting 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networking, and attending various meetups and events to make connections, with the reminder that networking may take time and effort before yielding significant results.', 'Realistic expectations and selective networking are key to successful networking The chapter advises on having realistic expectations in networking efforts, being selective in finding an in-group with shared interests, and the need for perseverance and patience in developing social skills and making connections.']}, {'end': 2591.054, 'segs': [{'end': 2337.809, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 2225.757, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2233.058, 'text': "Because otherwise, if you're really discouraged by every single negative comment, you might stop.", 'start': 2225.757, 'duration': 7.301}, {'end': 2234.199, 'text': "You don't want that to happen.", 'start': 2233.078, 'duration': 1.121}, {'end': 2235.659, 'text': 'You want to desensitize yourself.', 'start': 2234.219, 'duration': 1.44}, {'end': 2240.52, 'text': 'So 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And I will post a lot there.', 'start': 2240.74, 'duration': 4.581}, {'end': 2256.716, 'text': 'I have a very long list, which I will post on the Slack channel or possibly on the write-up on the our presentation page on the PI data website.', 'start': 2245.621, 'duration': 11.095}, {'end': 2264.963, 'text': 'So first of all, meetups, PI data, LMLP, my meetup, Science Journal Reading Club.', 'start': 2257.157, 'duration': 7.806}, {'end': 2267.285, 'text': 'Google them.', 'start': 2266.644, 'duration': 0.641}, {'end': 2268.386, 'text': 'There is a machine learning.', 'start': 2267.325, 'duration': 1.061}, {'end': 2270.588, 'text': 'There is a machine learning meetup as well.', 'start': 2268.686, 'duration': 1.902}, {'end': 2282.877, 'text': 'Go on meetup.com, enter machine learning, enter data science, and you will see that there are tens of those meetups.', 'start': 2273.09, 'duration': 9.787}, {'end': 2285.279, 'text': 'They all meet quite regularly.', 'start': 2283.838, 'duration': 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The speaker encourages leveraging resources like Google, Stack Exchange, and engaging with package creators for learning, promoting a proactive approach to acquiring knowledge.', 'Textbooks are considered as references, while practical competitions and hackathons are identified as the primary platforms for learning. 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resources.', "Emphasizes the importance of knowing statistics for data science, particularly Bayesian statistics, and suggests specific books such as 'Elements of Statistical Learning' and 'An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications with R' by Stanford professors, and a book on statistics by Janes, while also highlighting the relevance of updating expectations based on new evidence."]}], 'duration': 365.297, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rIofV14c0tc/pics/rIofV14c0tc2225757.jpg', 'highlights': ['Networking resources include meetups like PI data, LMLP, and Science Journal Reading Club, along with machine learning groups and hackathons.', 'Gained just under 800 members in two months, highlighting the potential for networking and knowledge sharing within the community.', "Practical learning approach involved completing Andrew Ng's Coursera course in machine learning and participating in the Prudential Kaggle competition.", "Acquired proficiency in R by studying and debugging other participants' code in the Kaggle competition, showcasing the practical learning approach.", 'Emphasizes the value of practical problem-solving and community support in becoming a successful data scientist.', 'Encourages leveraging resources like Google, Stack Exchange, and engaging with package creators for learning.', 'Practical competitions and hackathons are identified as the primary platforms for learning, emphasizing their critical role in skill development.', 'Coursera offers free resources like the Stanford course by Andrew Ng and related machine learning courses.', 'Udacity provides a recently published course on TensorFlow in collaboration with Google, highlighting the availability and usefulness of these free resources.', 'Emphasizes the importance of knowing statistics for data science, particularly Bayesian statistics, and suggests specific books for reference.']}, {'end': 3380.052, 'segs': [{'end': 2619.765, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2591.674, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 2594.256, 'text': "If you're lost, then find somebody to ask.", 'start': 2591.674, 'duration': 2.582}, {'end': 2596.418, 'text': 'This is why you need the networking, by the way.', 'start': 2594.336, 'duration': 2.082}, {'end': 2601.142, 'text': "So if you're working on a project, then you go to a meetup.", 'start': 2596.979, 'duration': 4.163}, {'end': 2603.624, 'text': 'Find somebody who might know something.', 'start': 2601.923, 'duration': 1.701}, {'end': 2604.765, 'text': 'Ask them for their advice.', 'start': 2603.704, 'duration': 1.061}, {'end': 2611.153, 'text': "they'll point you somewhere, not necessarily in the right direction, but it will move you off a dead spot.", 'start': 2605.646, 'duration': 5.507}, {'end': 2613.276, 'text': 'And this is all you need sometimes.', 'start': 2611.794, 'duration': 1.482}, {'end': 2619.765, 'text': "And that's where you learn a lot faster than by Googling the wrong queries a lot 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{'end': 3219.744, 'text': 'Yeah, thanks.', 'start': 3218.503, 'duration': 1.241}, {'end': 3225.448, 'text': 'Final question.', 'start': 3224.462, 'duration': 0.986}, {'end': 3236.682, 'text': "I'm sorry if the final question sounds a bit off topic, but I can't help but come back to the theory by which education is a way of signaling,", 'start': 3228.4, 'duration': 8.282}, {'end': 3243.824, 'text': "which is a theory, but it's certainly not how education was invented in some sense.", 'start': 3236.682, 'duration': 7.142}, {'end': 3246.245, 'text': "And that's probably the first time in my life,", 'start': 3244.044, 'duration': 2.201}, {'end': 3252.146, 'text': 'I see a presentation about a job which has science in its name and which passion is not mentioned at all,', 'start': 3246.245, 'duration': 5.901}], 'summary': 'Applied and got in. education as signaling theory questioned.', 'duration': 36.885, 'max_score': 3215.261, 'thumbnail': 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and read white papers, and highlights the need for structured employment interviews to pick out good data scientists, using linear regression to identify key characteristics.', 'duration': 334.603, 'highlights': ['Networking through meetups and seeking advice can help progress and learn faster than Googling, emphasizing the importance of reading white papers from top companies such as DeepMind and Facebook for understanding the state of the art.', 'Emphasizing the need for planning before embarking on complex projects, comparing it to the preparation required for building the Eiffel Tower, stressing the importance of knowing the exact metrics to assess learning.', 'The significance of structured employment interviews for selecting good data scientists, suggesting the use of linear regression on candidate characteristics and the need for work sample tests to evaluate practical skills and approach.', 'The importance of avoiding assumptions in employment interviews and the benefits of structuring interviews to gather consistent information about applicants, highlighting the industry and company-dependent nature of interview strategies.']}, {'end': 3380.052, 'start': 2931.67, 'title': 'Impact of entrepreneurial avenues on salary', 'summary': 'Explores the impact of entrepreneurial avenues on salary, indicating that individuals involved in startups or their own business may gain around 30% compared to their corporate salary, while emphasizing the significance of showcasing contributions to open source projects and the role of passion in the success of phd pursuits.', 'duration': 448.382, 'highlights': ['People involved in startups or their own business may gain around 30% compared to their corporate salary. Individuals involved in entrepreneurial avenues, such as startups or their own business, gain an average of 30% compared to their corporate salary, indicating the potential financial benefits of pursuing such ventures.', 'Showcasing contributions to open source projects is significant for signaling belonging to the in-group. The significance of showcasing contributions to open source projects is emphasized as a way to signal belonging to the in-group, alongside other methods such as connections on LinkedIn and sharing knowledge through various means, highlighting the importance of demonstrating expertise and ownership of knowledge.', 'Passion plays a significant role in the success of PhD pursuits, with those genuinely interested in their subject and research supervisors having a higher chance of success. Passion is identified as a significant factor in the success of PhD pursuits, with individuals genuinely interested in their subject and having researched and selected supportive supervisors being more likely to succeed, emphasizing the importance of genuine interest and commitment in academic pursuits.']}], 'duration': 788.378, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rIofV14c0tc/pics/rIofV14c0tc2591674.jpg', 'highlights': ['Networking through meetups and seeking advice can help progress and learn faster than Googling, emphasizing the importance of reading white papers from top companies such as DeepMind and Facebook for understanding the state of the art.', 'The significance of structured employment interviews for selecting good data scientists, suggesting the use of linear regression on candidate characteristics and the need for work sample tests to evaluate practical skills and approach.', 'People involved in startups or their own business may gain around 30% compared to their corporate salary. Individuals involved in entrepreneurial avenues, such as startups or their own business, gain an average of 30% compared to their corporate salary, indicating the potential financial benefits of pursuing such ventures.', 'Showcasing contributions to open source projects is significant for signaling belonging to the in-group. The significance of showcasing contributions to open source projects is emphasized as a way to signal belonging to the in-group, alongside other methods such as connections on LinkedIn and sharing knowledge through various means, highlighting the importance of demonstrating expertise and ownership of knowledge.']}], 'highlights': ["Tetiana Ivanova's journey from project manager to data scientist at Nanotech Galaxy, saving £28,000 and six months through higher education economics.", 'The speaker transitioned from being a project manager to their current role as a data scientist.', "Realizing that pursuing a master's degree would cost £28,000 and take a year, the speaker opted to self-teach and save money, successfully becoming a data scientist in six months.", 'Work sample tests and IQ are the best predictors of job success.', 'Networking is essential for finding job opportunities and making connections in the IT industry.', "Practical learning approach involved completing Andrew Ng's Coursera course in machine learning and participating in the Prudential Kaggle competition.", 'Emphasizes the value of practical problem-solving and community support in becoming a successful data scientist.', 'The significance of structured employment interviews for selecting good data scientists, suggesting the use of linear regression on candidate characteristics and the need for work sample tests to evaluate practical skills and approach.']}