DATA SCIENTIST: Ways to become a Data Scientist. 

Dear subscribers, the following are the links of the free data science courses from trusted service providers, as promised by Mahlatse Mariba: 1. For beginners: www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/ibm-data-science?irclickid=3Z1wE61caxyPRDETv0T9NSe0UkFQ37yKhQIEQU0&irgwc=1& 2. Advanced: www.coursya.com/product/advanced-data-science-with-ibm-specialization/?LinkedIn+& 3. For beginners: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ua-CiDNNj30.html The IBM one is very good in that you get a certificate after completing the course. However, it is missing the statistics section, and statistics is a very important foundation in Data Science. So students can enroll for the freecodecamp course just to do the statistics part, once they have completed the statistics section, they can go and start the IBM one. According to Mahlatse there are many service providers which offer free data science courses including Havard. However, in the Havard course they separate sections which are supposed to be in one course, into different separate courses instead. And these courses are not free throughout the year. They are free only for a certain period and after that they go back to being priced. Mahlatse will share the link to his RU-vid channel once he has uploaded a video. Also, the link of the data science community will be shared once it is properly established. Thanks for the patience!

i'm also interested in Data Science. Congrats Bra Ben for the Channel Homie

Interesting interview Dr Ben... Data is the new gold/oil. I have added a bit of data analytics for decision-making in the entrepreneurship module I teach. Data driven decisions*

Thank you so much to you both! Keep up the good work!

Dr. Mashudu, I’m just wondering if Data Science is an option after doing bsc Mathematics/General and what other fields can I go into after graduating/ in post graduate?

Hi Dr Ben, thank you so much for the interview I really enjoyed it. However, I noticed that you guys mentioned quite a few links to be attached on the description box, but were not there. Kindly do attach them, I would be grateful if you could do that. Thank you!

Very informative.

I love this, I'm also doing data science with explore ai academy

Dear all, please be patient with the links. I'm liaising with Mahlatse about them. We will post them very soon!

Great interview Prof, please invite a medical physicist next time.

Hi. I've been learning data science for the last year. I have a few projects on github and 2 web apps. I'm still struggling to get a interviews and jobs. I have started on a coursera data science professional. Last few weeks I've been feeling like what I'm doing is not going to work because I have no degree whatsoever.

Wow I'm inspried cause next year I'm planning to shift to data science degree. Can you provide us with the links please

I’m doing Bcom in Economics and this my first year. I’m also doing some statistics and data science certifications.. I’d like to get an entry level data scientist job next year.. so how many portfolio projects do you recommend I should do.. and if you have some recommendations on data science projects with R programming please share.. Thank you.

Dr Ben can please link me up with Mahlatse

Can you bring someone who is in cybersecurity please. I really am considering switching careers either venturing into data science or cybersecurity

Sir, can Wits University accept me for honors in big data analytics with an actuarial science degree?

Waiting for the whatsapp group link and his socials

Many unprovoked promises, nothing delivered.