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While this is an opinionated article, I hope that this sheds a bit of light into what data science is. At the end of the day, I still think the pros far outweigh the cons, but I think these are good pointers to think about and consider. As always, I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors!,Platforms like Pinterest, Dribbble, and Behance have exploded with inspiring design content for ui-designers. And while a lot of it looks amazing, I feel like a lot of trendy designs are misleading both you, and the designers who made them.,Some people say age is only a number, and for some people it’s actually true. When an 82-year-old man asked me to marry him, our fifty-year age difference was only one barrier to wedded bliss.,I want to thank you for being here. You are one of my first readers! Since discovering I will be a father soon, I have decided to start sharing a single thought, idea, or experience with you, per day. For a hundred days. The article you are reading right now, is article #006. I hope you are as excited as I am. I am writing it for you. And believe me… Writing is not my strong suit. (But let’s try anyway!),If you need to learn about how XGBoost works or how to build an API, you need to be resourceful and watch YouTube videos, read documentation, or work through a Bootcamp to figure it out.,Quick Jupyter notebook deployment into dashboards is the strong side of Viola but also its downside. You can make coherent Dashboards with Voilà, but that needs you to format your experiments and code in Jupyter notebooks accordingly or suppress and hide unused code and markdowns.,Ignoring the device your design will be presented on is like deciding to cook worlds largest pancake, in a regular-sized pan… The idea is awesome, but the execution will suck…,This article is not meant to hate on beautiful work by talented people, but to expand your arsenal of design skills by shedding some light on a topic I do not hear a lot of real talk about.,I want to thank you for being here. You are one of my first readers! Since discovering I will be a father soon, I have decided to start sharing a single thought, idea, or experience with you, per day. For a hundred days. The article you are reading right now, is article #006. I hope you are as excited as I am. I am writing it for you. And believe me… Writing is not my strong suit. (But let’s try anyway!),As well, you also have to take the initiative to schedule meetings with relevant stakeholders to learn more about the business problem, the desired outcome, and relevant metrics.,There isn’t much hand-holding when it comes to data science. It’s your responsibility to get the job done at the end of the day, and if you find yourself getting stuck, you need to be resourceful and find the answer(s) to your problem(s).,All of the above are possible reasons for your design not transfering over to the real world well. But it’s the last one that annoys me the most. It’s one that you should look out for. Perhaps even one you are guilty of…,While this is an opinionated article, I hope that this sheds a bit of light into what data science is. At the end of the day, I still think the pros far outweigh the cons, but I think these are good pointers to think about and consider. As always, I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors!,The man in question was a classy, handsome coworker. We quickly became friends. It didn’t matter than I was in my late twenties, and he was in his early eighties. The conversation flowed like wine, and it wouldn’t be long before the wine began to flow as well.,As well, you also will be required to break down your data science projects into steps. Business stakeholders care about progress and they want to see how a project is improving over time rather than waiting 5 months for the final result. Thus, you have a responsibility to communicate your progress as well as your outcome(s).