Live AMA: Landing Your First Data Science Job 🚀

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💼 Cracking your first Data Science Job is a hard and overwhelming process. We are excited to bring this live AMA with Nishant Poddar, Data Engineer at Solita who will take you through his journey of landing his first data science job!

💬 Time Codes
00:00 Introduction
2:10 What was your journey before getting into data science?
8:20 What was the first step you took?
10:52 How did you learn data science?
12:25 How are projects important?
15:35 What did the timeline of your transition look like?
19:00 How did you deal with rejections early on?
24:42 How to figure out if you are making progress?
28:50 Can someone get into data science with self-study?
31:40 Are there data science jobs in Estonia?
33:22 How to start applying for jobs?
36:25 Which topics are important for interviews?
41:40 How to find datasets for projects?
42:45 What’s your view on standard projects vs. unique projects?
47:30 How to present and share projects online?
50:35 How do you make time out of your schedule?
52:50 What advice do you have for data science aspirants?

🎤 About the speaker
Nishant Poddar is a Data Engineer in Solita. He is currently based out of Estonia. He has 5+ years of work experience in diverse software engineering and IoT roles before he made his career transition to Data Science. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from VTU and a Masters Degree in Software Engineering from the University of Tartu.

👨‍💻 About the moderator
Aakash N S is the co-founder and CEO of Jovian - a community learning platform for data science & ML. Previously, Aakash has worked as a software engineer (APIs & Data Platforms) at Twitter in Ireland & San Francisco and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He’s also an avid blogger, open-source contributor, and online educator.

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