Dec 8, 2016
Precision Sourcing recently hosted their fourth Women In Data event at the beautiful new offices of KPMG in Sydney’s Bangaroo. Here we learnt some steps to become a great data scientist.
Women In Data were lucky enough to have the talented Peter Inge from Caltex as keynote speaker. Peter gave over 100 people a comprehensive and inspiring overview of how he personally built a high-performance data analytics practice within Caltex.
One of the key parts of Peter’s presentation was the importance of being accountable for taking action to become a great data scientist. We were able to understand that any ambitious data scientist must follow the below actions if they are to achieve real success.
• Be a Ninja… Deep & Wide skill sets
• Teamwork… Surround yourself with stars – In and out of the Professional World
• Continuous Self Education… Coursera, Presciient, Generally Assembly, Kaggle, Meetups, WiD…
• Be an Emerging Technology Enthusiast… Stay on top of what’s new
• Understand the IVC… Consider the IVC in every project you work on
• Understand the Business – Learn Process Mapping & Change Management principles…
• Learn to write concisely… Read the Pyramid Principle by Barbara Mento
• Recommended technical text… Start here… Elements of Statistical learning… Read it twice
• The Strategist… Understand Statistics, Data Exploration and Visualisation – be technically self-sufficient
Register your interest for the next Women In Data at http://www.womenindata.com.au
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