Getting Started with Data Science, for the complete beginner

If you found this page, it means two things:

1. You are interested in data science, but aren’t sure where or how to begin.
2. My SEO skills are improving.

I might be able to help with #1. I can tell you what I’ve done so far and of those, what worked. Maybe you’ll pick up a tip or two, and I will be able to do the post title justice.

#2… Let’s leave it at that.

You might be wondering what credentials I have to say I can help you out. I don’t have any. I’m a complete data science newb. But, why would I need credentials for wanting to help?

If you know less than I do, I can teach you.

If you know more than I do, you can teach me.

If you and I are on the same level, we can help each other learn.

That’s the idea behind this post.

I won’t go into defining what data science is (and its related terms, such as big data and data analytics). I will assume that your finding yourself here means you’ve already googled all that. What I will do is talk you through what I’ve tried so far that has worked for me, and maybe those would help you too.