Transitioning from Project Management to Data Science - Ksenia Legostay

We talked about:

• Knesia’s background
• Data analytics vs data science
• Skills needed for data analytics and data science
• Benefits of getting a masters degree
• Useful online courses
• How project management background can be helpful for the career transition
• Which skills do PMs need to become data analysts?
• Going from working with spreadsheets to working with python
• Kaggle
• Productionizing machine learning models
• Getting experience while studying
• Looking for a job
• Gap between theory and practice
• Learning plan for transitioning
• Last tips and getting involved in projects

Links:

• Notes prepared by Ksenia with all the info: https://www.notion.so/ksenialeg/DataTalks-Club-7597e55f476040a5921db58d48cf718f

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