Here’s what helped me go from “aspiring programmer” to actually landing a job in the field. — Have you ever tried to code and found yourself failing miserably? You start out enthusiastic, enroll into an online course that promises to teach you “everything you need to know about programming”, and once that’s done, you feel even more lost than you did when you started. There’s this barrier…

A 2023 roadmap to teaching yourself data science with AI. — Learning how to learn is one of the most useful skills you can cultivate. When I first started teaching myself programming and data science in 2018, I enrolled into countless online courses. Every time I completed a course and got a certificate, I’d get a momentary feeling of accomplishment. As…

Leverage the power of AI to create a job-ready portfolio website — As an entry-level data scientist, it can be challenging to break into the industry because the competition is at an all-time high. This is especially true if you don’t have a degree or any formal qualification highlighting your prowess in the subject. One piece of advice I’d always give to…

The next big thing, or just massively overhyped? — As a data enthusiast, you have probably heard about Julia, the “future programming language of data science.” There are claims that Julia will replace Python and R in the data science field, as it offers significant benefits in terms of performance, efficiency, and ease of use. In this article, we…

And how you can do the same in 2023, by leveraging ChatGPT and generative AI. — In 2019, I was pursuing a computer science degree in one of the most prestigious universities in the country — with the hopes that it would land me a job in the data industry. By my second year in university, however, reality kicked in. I started to apply to internships…

Is the golden age of data science finally over? — If you are reading this article, you probably already have a job in the data industry, or are looking to get into the field. And with all the advancements that have been made in the field of generative AI in the past year, you are concerned about whether data science…

Build an end-to-end data science project with ChatGPT’s latest plugin. — As someone who is currently juggling a full-time data science job with multiple freelance projects, I am usually the first to try tools that can potentially decrease my turnaround time. When ChatGPT started rolling out the Code Interpreter plugin to subscribers in the past week, I couldn’t wait to incorporate…

Stay on top of other ChatGPT users with these revolutionary AI tools. — On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, an AI chatbot capable of understanding natural language, writing code, and answering questions based on logic and reasoning. ChatGPT has over 100 million users and generates a record-breaking 1.8 million users per month. People from diverse fields like marketing, technology, and education are…

Take these 5 steps to multiply your income in one year. — I started teaching myself data science in January 2020. At that time, my only goal was to land a full-time job in the field. However, although data scientists are paid very well, it takes a long time to climb the corporate ladder and build wealth with a 9–5 job. Due…