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Three ways a graduate degree in the humanities/arts prepares you to work in data science
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13 Ideas to Build Your Data Science Brand — Part 1
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How to build social capital in Data Science
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2 Amazing moments from my life
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The Beginner’s Guide to Python: Ease of Learning and Simple Syntax
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Building Social Capital in the Data Science Ecosystem
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The Journey to a Book Deal: Navigating Tech, Race, and Self-Doubt
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Understanding Scope in Python 🐍
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Top 10 Python Libraries You Should Know
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Poem 1: Saturday
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15 Ideas to Build Your Data Science Brand — Part 2
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From Broke to Blessed: The Epic Eureka Road Trip
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4 signs your mood is dropping
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This publication isn’t available via heartbeat.fritz.ai
This publication isn’t available via heartbeat.fritz.ai any longer, can you send me a copy asap to share with my students? lg911@georgetown.edu
15 Ideas to Build Your Data Science Brand -Part 1 https://medium.com/@larrygray/13-ideas-to-build-your-data-science-brand-part-1-92c17433e822
This goes right in line with 2 articles I wrote that touch on similar topics15 Ideas to Build Your Data Science Brand -Part 2 https://medium.com/@larrygray/15-ideas-to-build-your-data-science-brand-pa...
Awesome insight, I wrote something similar last week.
Three ways a graduate degree in the humanities/arts prepares you to work in data sciencehttps://medium.com/codex/three-ways-a-graduate-degree-in-the-humanities-arts-prepares-you-to-work-in-data-scienc...
Here’s what some of our students have to say:
Easy Python Programming Hits 1K Students: Here’s a Special 5-Day Offer for You!We’ve reached an incredible milestone: 1,000 students have enrolled in “Easy Python Programming for Absolute Beginners!” ...
📣 Join Me for a Reddit AMA on Python Basics, Data Analytics, and More! 🎉
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Python adheres to the same principle, using a rule commonly abbreviated as PEMDAS:
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Finding My Writing Zen: Time and Place
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5 Python Projects for Absolute Beginners
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Utah’s DMV is quite efficient and this was very surprising.
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Master Python Through the Lens of Card Games
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Unlock Your Python Potential Through Game Building Introducing Easy Python Programming for
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Is you or is you ain’t my Baby: `is` and `is not` in python
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For example, consider a simple SyntaxError caused by a missing parenthesis in a print statement. Here’s what you’ll see:
Common new learner hangups with PythonBeing Afraid of Errors and Not Reading the TracebackThe Problem:Whether it’s a seemingly incomprehensible stretch of red text or what appears to be Python ‘vomiti...