Become A Data Scientist

Solana is a public blockchain platform with smart contract functionality and SOL as its native cryptocurrency. It was first proposed in 2017 and its fist block was created on 16th march'20. This is understood as a big competitor to Ethereum with a higher transactions per second (~65000) and lower gas fee.  It enables developers to write on-chain programs in general purpose programming language such as Rust . Rust is a multi-paradigm, general purpose programming language that emphasis performance, type safety and concurrency. I found two amazing rust resources that helped me gear up my track to learn solana development: 1. Rust Book:  The Rust Programming Language - The Rust Programming Language (rust-lang.org) 2. Rust by Excercism:  Rust on Exercism Another youtube channel let's get rusty has amazing videos to learn from. Web3 fundamentals are backbone to any blockchain and so for solana. Learn solana development in detail from Solana cookbook  and start writing s...

About the Instructor: Michael Solomon is a security speaker, consultant, trainer, and project manager. Michael specializes in development and assessment security topics. An IT professional and consultant since 1987, Michael has worked on projects or trained for more than 60 major companies and organizations. As a project manager, Michael has led software projects with EarthLink, Schumacher, Nike, as well as content development and training projects with LearnKey. As an author, Michael has contributed to various security certification books with LANWrights/iLearning. What is blockchain technology, and where did it come from? Why are other people using it, and what can it do for you? This series of eleven courses introduce blockchain technologies and deep dives into Ethereum development.  Find details of each module below: Introduction To Blockchain Introduction To Ethereum Ethereum Development Ethereum Development Tools Your Ethereum Wallet Building Your First Ethereum App Smart Co...

About this Course 4.9⭐ (41310 reviews) Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed. In the past decade, machine learning has given us self-driving cars, practical speech recognition, effective web search, and a vastly improved understanding of the human genome. Machine learning is so pervasive today that you probably use it dozens of times a day without knowing it. Many researchers also think it is the best way to make progress towards human-level AI. In this class, you will learn about the most effective machine learning techniques, and gain practice implementing them and getting them to work for yourself. More importantly, you'll learn about not only the theoretical underpinnings of learning but also gain the practical know-how needed to quickly and powerfully apply these techniques to new problems. Finally, you'll learn about some of Silicon Valley's best practices in innovation as it pertains to machine learning and AI...

UpSkill Today!! What is UpSkilling? Upskilling is the process of acquiring new and relevant competencies that are required to make your life better and your work easier. It includes all sorts of learning be it behavioral or technical. Although, it is popularly used for technical learning because it is assumed that behavioral learning is natural and may not come with practice but everything about a persons' self can be changed with it. You can always become a better human being if you keep updating yourself with changes required to stand out. Why should you UpSkill? Upskilling is important to stay updated, perform better and deal with situations in the most efficient way.  This is an evolutionary process, it's about how to think within, respond to and rapidly adapt to a morphing technological environment in a way that is sustainable over time. In other words, upskilling should become a habit for long-lasting success. How can I UpSkill? Upskilling is about exploring your life. Th...

I have tried a million ways over years to by-pass all the certs/securities but never had a one right way to do this, xgboost is a very popular ml algorithm but been hard to install. This time finally I made it happen. I downloaded the wheel file directly and installed it to make this happen right. I also have a video for this but this article shows step by step process on how to do it right. Here is how: Open command window from start menu in windows: Fig1: Open Command Window Go to the website to find unofficial binaries 👉 here , find the desired .whl file, in this case, we are looking for xgboost, and download the compatible version with your machine and python: Fig2: The Unofficial Binaries Locate the downloaded file on your machine: Fig3: Locate the Files Install from cmd using pip: Fig4: Install the file  And you are done, you can also follow these steps from my video here: 

If coding/automation is not about us fooling the machine to get our work done, we haven't yet exploited our powers enough. I, in my daily life, do all sorts of problem-solving involves complex coding, cloud computing, etc. but I get my real kick when I solve the smallest problem like hacking excel, or automation of workflow using power query. Here is my latest gig, I tried to connect to an excel in SharePoint and ensure that every time the database is updated my query picks the latest file. This is the first time I am using power query and it sounds so powerful. So without further delay, let's see what I did: 1.  Connect Excel to DataBase:  Open an excel file, Select  Data  from the green ribbon, go to  Get  Data , select the drop-down on  From File , and connect to share point select  From SharePoint Folder.  Fig1: Select DataBase Once you select the database which is SharePoint in our case, you will get a window like this popping up to conn...

 Since the notice for the exam schedule is out, I have seen a lot of queries around in internet requiring clarification on dates and eligibility criteria. Please refer to one authentic source for all the information: The Official Website of MPPSC .

This is to call for applications to " AI Residency Program "   recently launched by Shell India. This  a 2-year, full-time, immersive programme, which allows data scientists, AI engineers and computational scientists to gain experience working on a variety of AI projects across all Shell businesses. Recently, Shell India has launched its own, specialized and global programme – bringing digitization – in India to newer heights. Join us, and make history through influencing the future of energy. Along with this, we are also conducting a  hackathon for sustainable and affordable energy  which gives the winners a direct entry to interviews for Shell AI Residency Program.  PS: Jobs will only be offered to people with relevant experience as mentioned in the page while hackathon is open to everyone. Participate and be a part of Journey to a cleaner and more sustainable tomorrow. 

Mam, can you recommend me some good courses online? I get a lot of such questions from many aspiring professionals / students looking for opportunities to kick-off their careers in the fancy market of AI/ML/DS. The "Certificate Of Achievement" is an exciting way of proving your work. Its always nice to have a document that speaks about the amount of hard work you have put into something and how you now stand out. With easy access to internet and the world going more and more digital, online courses are becoming popular everyday. All the "special notes" which could be your key to success are now available online for free or cheap. Also,  you now don't need to travel around the world to learn from the subject experts, they are now sharing their wisdom just a click away. The big universities are online now, everything for which you had to plan scholarships, funds and travelling thousand miles is now online at a much cheaper options. But like everything else, more c...

Data science is not about making complicated models. It's not about making awesome visualizations It's not about writing code data science is about using data to create as much impact as possible for your company Now impact can be in the form of multiple things It could be in the form of insights in the form of data products or the form of product recommendations for a company  Now to do those things, then you need tools like making complicated models or data visualizations or writing code But essentially as a data scientist your job is to solve real company problems using data and what kind of tools you use we don't care Now there's a lot of misconception about data science, especially on YouTube and I think the reason for this is because there's a huge misalignment between what's popular to talk about and what's needed in the industry.  So because of that, I want to make things clear. I am a data scientist working for a GAFA company and those companies emp...

The Covid-19 has been a battle of technology with nature, while the world was already enjoying a high-tech lifestyle taking about nature being understood well, robot taking care of all the needs, we thought we didn't need anything supernatural to decide our lifestyle, we can create our own climate, crops don't need rain anymore, water can be artificially created, no more dependence on fossil fuels for energy, fight against the unprecedented pandemic has slowed us down to start thinking from the base again. Yes, one of the fanciest jobs of the decade being "Data Scientist" meant almost "Know It All". But it also means the availability of data is the prime need. Can data science work without data? Of course not. But yet played a role since the first data point found.  Most of the assumptions made during our models seemed to not work as we saw more and more of these pandemic days. It's now clear, that there hasn't been such event in the past where our m...

I can code in 9 different programming language, Does that help? Does this increase my chances of getting hike? How did I learn? How do I switch on/off mode for different languages?  Programming languages are about compatibility of the system, about the legacy of the utility and comfort of programmer. Be it either of these in picture, its important to know what you are doing and have logic in mind. Like any other spoken language, computer languages are about communication in the easiest possible way. My personal favorite is Python. Its free, its mature, its flexible, its fast, its easy to learn and most importantly its a popular language in demand.  Simple:  Python is a readable and understandable language.  Free:  This programming technology is free and open.  Compatible:  Python offers compatibility with various platforms.  Object-oriented:  Python supports procedure-oriented and object-oriented programming.  Libraries:  There are ...

NEP Announced on 29th July'20, a big step towards transforming reforms in schools and higher education sector in the country  When talked about already understood gaps in education system of the country, targeting the change from the base is important. Highlights of NEP-2020, to improve education system and ensure enough investment at the right places following are the steps taken: Introduction of Coding courses from class 6th School premises to be used for Adult education after school hours Increased focus on vocational studies at school level Development of high-class Indian Sign Language Modules NCC to be brought under Defense Ministry Free boarding facilities in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas NCERT to introduce pedagogy based syllabus E-learning/content to be promoted in Regional Languages Establishment of National Research Foundation More Autonomous Educational Institutes National Testing Agency to offer Common Entrance Exam after higher education After 34 years of old ...

Yes, times are difficult but that's what opportunity seekers make the best out of. This pandemic has resulted in a lot of unexpected changes. Most of us don't have a plan anymore because it seems hard to believe when and how our lives would resume. What will the new normal be? Is it ever getting back to the same? Will I ever be able to live my good old life again? How will demand for skills change in near future? What shall we do to maximize the gain from this slow-paced life? With so many questions in their mind, I had an opportunity to talk to a wonderful group of audience in a webinar organized by EAGE RGPIT SC . When I asked them "What is in your mind?"  This was their response. People are worried about their careers. With fancy data lingos, everyone is seeking to learn more about them and trying to prepare for a secured tomorrow. Data science has become more and more popular over the last decade. Being a data scientist is now a software engineer of yesterday. Eve...

Knowledge is important publications are not. Your degree might help you get somewhere but to grow you need to really know beyond your grades. This is becoming super popular with so many successful colleges drop out folks around yet it's important to know it all, why did they drop out?because they had an Idea!  Very important to talk about, while everyone was studying securing good grades, what were you doing? Alright, you said you didn't want to part of a herd then what? Did you find your kingdom on your own? Did you make sure you utilized the time well? Did you do all that you wanted? If yes you might already know by now where your interests lie, if not yet you sure need to give more thoughts to it. Back to grades, I would say a straight no what matters is your attitude. Are you a hard-working successful fellow or a smart-working professional. Hard-work can take you anywhere but it can also take others there as well. Then, if you are competing, if you want to stand-...

Hey Reader, Welcome to the first read of this blog! So now when you have read this title and still reading the article it is important that I introduce you to my first blog. My first blog, initially popular as " The Gossip Lover " was later changed to " The Backyard Lawn " due to some SEO issues. That one is closer to me. I wrote a lot of stuff over years across different platforms and finally gathered the courage to be okay with low visibility yet trustworthy google platform blogger. A quick background, I am a proud individual, a woman, a daughter, a sister, and a close friend to many. a lot of these very complex roles decide every step that I take in my life. Bla, bla, bla...I am currently a Data Scientist from a non-computer science profile and hence a very fancy LinkedIn profile, probably that's where you found me from. I am going to keep this blog very educational. Talking about what I did to be here and what can help you keep the right attitude towards yo...