Data Science Career

You are going to need more than technical knowledge to succeed as a data scientist. Build a Career in Data Science teaches you what school leaves out, from how to land your first job to the lifecycle of a data science project, and even how to become a manager. Build a Career in Data Science is your guide to landing your first data science job and developing into a valued senior employee.

Author Martin Kleppmann helps you navigate the diverse data landscape by examining the pros and cons of various technologies for processing and storing data. Software keeps changing, but the fundamental principles remain the same. With this book, software engineers and architects will learn how to apply those ideas in practice, and how to make full use of data in modern applications. 

Launch a lucrative tech career and master modern data science without the overwhelming jargon or complex math. Perfect for your daily commute, this accessible guide demystifies machine learning and analytics for non-technical professionals. Stop feeling intimidated by industry buzzwords and...

If you’re considering a shift to data analysis, you’re likely exploring various programming languages to kickstart your journey. Take a cue from industry giants like Netflix, Facebook, and Amazon, who rely on SQL for data analysis. Don’t let misconceptions hinder your data analysis journey. Equip yourself with this comprehensive guide and master SQL to unlock new opportunities.

Are you looking for an exciting and dynamic career in the tech industry? Look no further than data centers! Data centers are the backbone of the digital age. And now, with Jumpstart Your Career in Data Centers by Carrie Goetz, you can kickstart your career in this exciting field!

In this audiobook, you'll get a clear overview of artificial intelligence technology, the common misconceptions surrounding it, and a fascinating look at its applications in everything from self-driving cars and drones to its contributions in the medical field. 

Harvard Business Review called data science “the sexiest job of the 21st century,” so it's no surprise that data science jobs have grown up to 20x in the last 3 years. With demand outpacing supply, companies are willing to pay top dollar for talented data professionals. However…To stand out in one of these positions, having foundational knowledge of interpreting data is essential.

This comprehensive guide to Microsoft Azure Data Engineering is designed to elevate your skills in data analytics, pipeline development, and Azure cloud solutions. Dive deep into essential concepts like data integration, ETL, SQL, Data Lakes, storage management, Data Governance, Data Strategy and big data architecture. This eBook is a Number #1 Best Seller in the following categories: #1 Data Warehousing #1 Computer Engineering #1 SQL Programming In today's job market, skilled Azure Data Engineers are rare, and their compensation reflects that rarity. They enjoy substantial salaries and the...

Data Science for Dummies is the perfect starting point for IT professionals and students who want a quick primer on all areas of the expansive data science space. With a focus on business cases, the book explores topics in big data, data science, and data engineering, and how these three areas are combined to produce tremendous value. If you want to pick-up the skills you need to begin a new career or initiate a new project, listening to this book will help you understand what technologies, programming languages, and mathematical methods on which to focus. 

Data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science, and walks you through the "data-analytic thinking" necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from the data you collect. This guide also helps you understand the many data-mining techniques in use today. 

Gain a competitive edge in today’s data-driven world and build a rich career as a data professional that drives business success and innovation… Today, data is everywhere… and it has become the essential building block of this modern society. And that’s why now is the perfect time to pursue a career in data. But what does it take to become a competent data professional? This book is your ultimate guide to understanding the fundamentals of data analytics, helping you unlock the expertise of efficiently solving real-world data-related problems.

Your comprehensive guide to mastering The Data Component of your EOS Model—taking you from uncertain to unstoppable. Have you ever felt lost in knowing how your business is actually doing? Were you surprised by events that you didn’t see coming? Did you spend sleepless nights wondering...

As tech products become more prevalent today, the demand for machine learning professionals continues to grow. But the responsibilities and skill sets required of ML professionals still vary drastically from company to company, making the interview process difficult to predict. In this guide, data science leader Susan Shu Chang shows you how to tackle the ML hiring process. She'll take you through the highly selective recruitment process by sharing hard-won lessons she learned along the way.

Read by the author. Data is not about number crunching. It’s about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time. Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don’t think they need to understand data, or it’s too complicated, or worse, using...

I am pleased to provide you with my third book in this series covering Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate DP-100 exam. All the questions in the book were created by me when I was preparing for this exam. After I took and passed the exam, I went back and updated the books with some additional areas that I had missed and updated the exam tips on topics that I think will be useful when you take this exam.

You do not need a computer science degree, a master's in statistics, or ten years of experience to land a data job. You need a proven plan—and the willingness to execute it. After applying to over a thousand job postings and receiving zero offers, Helen Sandbank discovered that landing a data role isn't a technical knowledge problem—it’s a presentation, marketing, and strategy problem. Years later, as an Analytics Manager and hiring committee member, she reviewed thousands of resumes, conducted technical whiteboard interviews, and made final hiring calls. The Complete, No-Nonsense ...

In her second week at a logistics startup, a bootcamp graduate received a ticket that read, simply, “add machine learning to flag late shipments.” She spent two days searching for a model to download before a senior engineer asked one question: how do late shipments get labeled today? The answer was sitting in a single column of the orders table. The ticket needed a SQL query and an alert, not a neural network. She had reached for machine learning because the word was in the ticket — not because the problem required it. That story is where most ML introductions fail the people who ...

Inside this book, readers will learn how to: Apply a five-question framework before writing a single line of architecture — identifying what decision the system supports, who consumes its output, how fresh that output must be, what a wrong output costs, and what the system does when it is unavailable Design the data layer for ML workloads from first principles — covering data contracts, schema versioning, lineage tracking, and the boundary discipline that prevents the silent cross-team failures most ML incidents trace back to Build feature engineering pipelines with point-in-time ...

Learn data science with Python by building five real-world projects! Experiment with card game predictions, tracking disease outbreaks, and more, as you build a flexible and intuitive understanding of data science. In Data Science Bookcamp, you’ll test and build your knowledge of Python with the kind of open-ended problems that professional data scientists work on every day. Downloadable data sets and thoroughly-explained solutions help you lock in what you’ve learned, building your confidence and making you ready for an exciting new data science career.

A Platform Mindset is a leadership book that shows how organizations can unlock scale and innovation by combining long-term platform investments with a culture of collaboration, trust, and shared purpose. Marcus Fontoura's career, and indeed this book, has largely been about the ethos needed to build powerful platforms. A tech platform is a reusable system that implements a core piece of functionality, such as identity. In this case, an identity platform provides a solution for users to log-in to multiple services.