I am currently working as Media Analyst with extremely great WLB and around 45k salary. Before joining current organization I was working as Business Intelligence Analyst Intern with absolutely no WLB and 40k salary at the end of which I got diagnosed with a medical condition which forced me to take my current job. Now, that I am fit and doing well. I am stuck with almost a year and half of no coding practise ( which already I was not pretty good at ) and low salary and feeling of not earning to my full potential. I am confused with what to start studying now, Data Science or DevOps. Would appreciate some honest (even if harsh) suggestions

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Ready to dive into data science? Here’s a curated list of resources to help you build skills in programming, statistics, machine learning, and more.

Online Courses

• Coursera: “Data Science Specialization” by Johns Hopkins University – Covers R, data cleaning, and visualization.

• edX: “Data Science MicroMasters” by UC San Diego – Focuses on Python, probability, and machine learning.

• Udemy: “Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp” by Jose Portilla – Practical, hands-on projects.

Books

• “Python for Data Analysis” by Wes McKinney – Master pandas and NumPy.

• “Introduction to Statistical Learning” by Gareth James et al. – Free PDF, great for machine learning basics.

• “Storytelling with Data” by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic – Learn to visualize data effectively.

Practice Platforms

• Kaggle: Join competitions, explore datasets, and learn from community notebooks.

• HackerRank: Solve data science and SQL challenges.

• DataCamp: Interactive coding exercises in Python and R.

Communities & Blogs

• Towards Data Science (Medium): Articles on tools, techniques, and trends.

• Reddit (r/datascience): Engage with professionals and beginners.

• Data Science Stack Exchange: Ask questions and find answers.

Tools to Learn

• Python: Libraries like pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, and Matplotlib.

• SQL: For database querying (try Mode Analytics for practice).

• Tableau: For data visualization (free public version available).

Start with one resource, practice consistently, and build projects to apply your skills. Happy learning!

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