NOTE: This post can be more beautifully read via Medium here: Why Everyone Needs to Learn to Code

You just finished the 10-hour javascript lesson on Codecademy, and you’re feeling pretty accomplished. You learned how control structures work, did some object-oriented programming, maybe even built a simple…

Have you ever wondered what the deal was behind all the hype of “big data”? Well, so did we. In 2014, data science hit peak popularity, and as graduates with degrees in statistics, business, and computer science from UC Berkeley we found ourselves with a unique skill set that was in high demand. We recognized that as recent graduates, our foundational knowledge was purely theoretical; we lacked industry experience; we also realized that we were not alone in this predicament. And so, we…

*Note this was originally posted at Leada's Blog

When we first began working on Leada, we sought to better understand the data science industry by interviewing professionals in the field. As students simply wanting to learn more about data science, we ultimately created a free resource to inform both undergraduates and professionals about the data science industry. We accomplished this by…

Over four months ago I, with two partners, began crafting a handbook to inform students and young professionals about the data science industry. We interviewed over 30 data scientists, data analysts, CEOs, and academic professionals from the Chief Economist at Google to the founder of Cloudera. …