Throwing In The Data Science Job Search Towel
Last Updated on November 6, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Adam Ross Nelson
Originally published on Towards AI.
Here is how to know if it is too early to give up on the data science job search
Job searching is hard. Not news. Going from one field to another is even harder. You’ll never hear me say it’ll be easy to take your career into data science. A core belief of mine is that it is hard to make that transition.
If you updated your LinkedIn and didn’t add 10–20 new connections, and also make an effort to initiate a conversation with those folks, did you really update your LinkedIn?
To make the transition, you need the skills to be a data scientist, or the ability and willingness to acquire those skills, plus the time needed to implement a… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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