Data Science internship.
The Talish way.

The Plan

At the beginning of 2019, I was struggling to find an internship for the summer!

After some serious self-reflection, I committed to learning everything I could about machine learning, data science, and the tech industry. Thus, I decided to construct my very own summer internship to help me fill the gaps in my knowledge and learn more! I built my own curriculum, a hodgepodge of hundreds of websites and forums, and committed between 4-6 hours each day.

Check out this blog post for a detailed rationale about my curriculum choices.

First I began with a bridging module for mathematics and statistics, DataCamp's Data Scientist with Python for the data science fundamentals, compilations of the best Machine Learning courses, plus additional resources to fill in the gaps.

I then used these concepts and solved case studies from DataCamp and built a portfolio of Data Science projects on Github

Data Science Core

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DataCamp Career track

Data Scientist with Python

To build upon my classroom learning, I decided to take up online classes like DataCamp, Kaggle, and Coursera. The decision was not difficult. I could learn the content I wanted to faster, more efficiently, and for a fraction of the cost. The Data Science career track is like a pseudo internship experience which not only gives you all on topics in data science, statistics, and machine learning but also follows a case study and project-based learning system giving you a great hands-on experience

Mathematics Core

Inferential Statistics with R

Duke University

Linear Algebra Core

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Multivariate Calculus

Imperial College of London

Database Core

The world is shifting from a one-time education to lifelong education. More and more people have to go from one job to a new job, and that means that you have to move away from a one-time degree—and then done for the rest of your life—into a world where education is intermingled with your normal life, and your work life. The MOOCs below are what help me keep up with the rapid pace of technology and develop relevant skills for technical work.