The Dataquest Download
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Hello, Dataquesters!
In this edition, we’re sharing resources to help you advance your data career, improve your skills, and connect with the community through live webinars and discussions.
Here’s what’s in store for you:
Soft Skills in Data Science: Discover how to apply soft skills to real business challenges. Read the article
Data Career Masterclass: Watch Kishawna Peck’s insights on preparing for your first data job, including key skills and networking tips. Watch the recording
Weekly Practice Challenge: Ready to flip your Python thinking? Try inverting a dictionary in this fun challenge. Can you successfully get all the keys and values swapped? Take the challenge
Inspiration From the Community: Explore Neha Jasani’s project on predicting listing gains in the Indian IPO market. Learn more
Career Discussion: A community member shares insights on breaking through career ceilings in data analytics. Join the conversation
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In this article, Mike explores the often-overlooked but essential soft skills in data science that can set you apart as a professional. Beyond technical expertise, skills like understanding the business context, defining key metrics, delivering actionable insights, and communicating effectively with stakeholders are critical to driving business outcomes. Plus, you’ll get actionable steps that you can take right away to start practicing these skills. Highlights include:
If you want to develop these essential soft skills, check out our Data Analysis for Business in Python course, which includes a hands-on project simulating real business scenarios. Start working on the Popular Data Science Questions Project to put your skills into practice and share your progress in the Dataquest Community! |
Practice Challenge
Ready to flip your Python thinking? This edition’s challenge is all about inverting a dictionary – swapping its keys and values. It might sound simple, but it’s a fantastic exercise to deepen your understanding of Python’s dictionary operations and data structures.
Inverting a dictionary can be particularly useful when working with data mapping or when you need to reorganize data for quick lookups. This challenge will help you practice iterating through dictionaries, handling unique values, and thinking through potential edge cases.
Give it a try, and see how efficiently you can get those keys and values swapped!
Past Webinar Recording: Data Career Masterclass
Did you miss our first session of the Data Career Masterclass? Don’t worry—you can still catch up! In the webinar, Kishawna Peck, Founder of Womxn in Data Science, shared valuable tips on:
- Assessing your readiness for a data role
- Key skills required for entry-level positions
- The power of networking and community building
This session is packed with practical insights to kickstart your journey into the data industry.
Sign up for the rest of the series to stay on track, and be sure to check out the previous sessions before joining the next one!
DQ Resources
📌 Complete Guide to SQL ― A collection of tutorials, practice problems, a handy cheat sheet, guided projects, and frequently asked questions. Click here
📌 Complete Guide to Python ― A collection of tutorials, practice problems, a handy cheat sheet, guided projects, and frequently asked questions. Click here
📌 60+ Python Project Ideas ― A curated list of fun and rewarding Python projects to help you apply your skills in real-world scenarios. Perfect for learners at all levels. Click here
What We're Reading
📖 Why Some Developers Will Never Improve
Explore common pitfalls that prevent developers from improving, such as avoiding feedback and sticking to easy tasks, while also learning strategies for continuous growth. Read more
📖 Is It a Bird? Creating a Model from Your Own Data
This Kaggle tutorial guides you through building your own visual classifier model, offering hands-on experience in machine learning. Read more
📖 Meta’s Latest Open Source Releases
Meta has released several key research artifacts, including a speech-to-speech model, an improved SAM, and other notable advancements in AI and machine learning. Read more
Community highlights
Project Spotlight
Sharing and reviewing others’ projects is one of the best things you can do to sharpen your skills. Twice a month we will share a project from the community. The top pick wins a $20 gift card!
In this edition, we’re spotlighting Neha Jasani‘s impressive TensorFlow project, Predicting Listing Gains in the Indian IPO Market. Neha demonstrated exceptional skills in storytelling, data visualization, coding, and machine learning throughout the project. Her final observations are concise, technical, and offer valuable insights for anyone exploring the Indian market, making this project a standout.
Want your project in the spotlight? Share it in the community.
Ask Our Community
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In this edition, we’re spotlighting the question, “Climbing is hard! How to break through in my career & find a right path?” along with the top advice from our Community. Do you have insights to share? Join the conversation
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