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How to Become a Data Scientist
SF Data Science Meetup, June 30, 2014
Video of this talk is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c52IOlnPw08
More information at: http://www.zipfianacademy.com
How to Become a Data Scientist
SF Data Science Meetup, June 30, 2014
Video of this talk is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c52IOlnPw08
More information at: http://www.zipfianacademy.com
36.
The Program
• 12-week immersive bootcamp in San Francisco
• Project-based curriculum with real datasets,
solving actual problems
• Guest lectures from leaders in the field
• Personal mentorship to help students grow
37.
Timeline
STRUCTURED CURRICULUM
HIRING
DAY
CAPSTONE
PROJECT
GRADUATION
1 8 11 12
INTERVIEW
PREP
Program Timeline
40.
!
• Working knowledge of programming
• Background in a quantitative
discipline
• Comfortable with mathematics and
statistics
• Child-like curiosity
What We Look For
41.
Zipfian
Academy
Data Science
Immersive
Data Fellowship
Data Engineering
Immersive
Weekend
Workshops
42.
Zipfian
Academy
@ZipfianAcademy
Data Science Immersive
12-weeks (Sep 8th)
Weekend Workshops
http://zipfianacademy.com/apply
http://zipfianacademy.com/workshops
Next: Interactive Visualizations w/ d3.js ( July 19 )
43.
The best way to learn data
science is by doing data
science.