Advice to aspiring data scientists: start a blog

1 · David Robinson · Nov. 14, 2017, 4:45 p.m.
Last week I shared a thought on Twitter: When you’ve written the same code 3 times, write a functionWhen you’ve given the same in-person advice 3 times, write a blog post— David Robinson (@drob) November 9, 2017 Ironically, this tweet hints at a piece of advice I’ve given at least 3 dozen times, but haven’t yet written a post about. I’ve given this advice to almost every aspiring data scientist who asked me what they should do to find a job: start a blog, and write about data science.1 What cou...