Dishing The Data

By Egor Howell

Weekly emails helping you land a job in data science or machine learning

Your projects probably suck

Hey Reader, Let's talk projects. These beauties are essential for landing interviews if you lack real-world experience. But, I am begging you, stop asking me for exact project ideas. This is not because I don't want to help you, but any project I suggest to you will immediately be a "bad" project. Let me explain. I have interviewed dozens of candidates at this point, and the projects that stand out are the deeply personal ones. The reason this works is that there is some "romanticism" to...

7 days ago • 1 min read

You've had enough courses

Hey Reader, This feels weird. This is the first email I've sent since I paused this newsletter back in May. A few things have happened since then: I hit 50k YouTube subs! I created an advanced time series forecasting course. I hired a virtual assistant. I split the "G" on a pint of Guinness on my first attempt (see picture at the bottom). Recently, I have been doing several calls with a couple of you to learn more about the issues you are facing in data science and machine learning. I am...

14 days ago • 2 min read