What Data Scientists are reading. And why.

We recently posted an analysis of the most-read articles on our newsletter for the past two quarters. We were curious to understand what was getting the most clicks and if there were any consistent areas of interest...

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So what are Data Scientists reading? And why? There seem to be 4 themes:

1. Defining the Data Scientist role: The community wants to understand the role of a Data Scientist, how to assess if they are one, and determine how it is different from similar jobs such as a Data Analyst

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1. Becoming a Data Scientist: Aspiring Data Scientists want to get up to speed on the necessary skills as well as understand what the job entails and what potential employers are looking for

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1. Finding novel Data Science applications: Everyone is looking out for interesting and different ways that the community is using Data Science/Machine Learning in practice from the "awesome" to the "surprising" to the more practical applications of making money, hacking video games or simply finding the bars that women love!

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1. Identifying programming language(s) of choice: Data Scientists want to understand the programming language options available - how they came to prominence, how to use them most effectively and which will win out in the long-run…

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It will be very interesting to see if these themes remain consistent as the Data Science community grows and the field itself evolves - we'll keep you posted!

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