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by NumberCruncher 3393 days ago
Your portfolio sais "I can plot public data in colour". It should say "I understand and can apply in practice a couple multivariate modelling techniques". Learn until you understand why we don't blog about single decision trees.
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I have to disagree. The blog is very heavy on the data visualization -- but is that a bad thing? The posts effectively cover most of the data analysis timeline (collection, iterative exploration, model building, visualization) and they're well-explained and thoroughly-explored.

Others have said the same, but I'd wager the biggest issue is (a) the limited past roles that directly dealt with data science/analysis or (b) SF's narrow-minded hiring practices. Maybe a masters or data science bootcamp would go further than more blog posts?

Thanks for the optimistic descriptions of my posts. :)