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How I Became a Machine Learning Engineer by Micah Shallom

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                                                                                         How the Journey Started Before the pandemic that commenced in 2020, I had zero knowledge about tech, I was a newly admitted student into Ahmadu Bello University studying computer engineering and had that idea that everything that will make me a great computer programmer was going to be taught in school and so it was okay. Not until I had a chat with an actual computer science student and he made me understand the concept of self-learning which before then didn’t know was an actual thing in the tech world. A few months later,   I was able to purchase a laptop and after researching on the likely starting point for being a developer I came across web development and I went into it. I learnt HTML, CSS, J-Query, React, Firebase amongst others too and was able to work on a lot of projects too as well. After spending   7months in web development I started having a feeling that what I was actually

How I Became A Data Scientist With No Experience: The Story Of How A Unilag Undergraduate Became A Chief Data Scientist In America

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My journey from obscurity to limelight as a Data Scientist is captured in this must read Excerpt. Read! Get inspired!! Invest in self ‘‘Growth must be intentional – nobody improves by accident’’ – John Maxwell. Take responsibility to acquire relevant and cognate knowledge by reading, studying, taking online courses, and researching. These basic courses will enhance your intellectual capacity: ü   Data Science Foundations: ·          Data Science Foundations ·          Data Science Methodology   ü   Introduction to Computer Science: ·          CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science CS50   ü   Programming: ·          How to Use Python: Your First Steps ·          Python for Everybody - Full University Python Course ·          Python for Data Science ·          Programming for Data Science with Python ·          R 101   ü   Statistics and Probability: ·          Statistics and probability   ü   Mathematics: ·          Mathematics for Data Sci