Darren Lacy on Making the Jump to Data Science from BI and Disneyland for Geeks
Links:
Kaggle Titanic data set – https://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic/data ([14:20])
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Notable Quotes:
PowerPoint real-time translation ([8:00])
The Hype Cycle ([10:45])
On reaching 100% accuracy… ([12:30])
Advice on how to make the jump from BI to Data Science ([25:45])
Which to learn first: Python or R? ([27:20])
Supporting a family as a musician ([34:00])
Microsoft is Disneyland for geeks ([35:15])
A moment of silence for Clippy ([40:50])
On AI’s generating art… ([49:40])
About the author, Data Driven Team
The Data Driven team is the dynamic duo of Frank La Vigne and Andy Leonard.
Frank La Vigne is a software engineer and UX geek who saw the light about Data Science at an internal Microsoft Data Science Summit in 2016. Now, he wants to share his passion for the Data Arts with the world.
Andy Leonard is a self-described Data Philosopher who literally lives in Farmville. No, not the game, the actual town. He slings code and manages data.