My 3 main areas of focus are now computer hardware, programming, and algorithms & data structures. It’s not everything but it’s a strong foundation for me getting into this.
For computer hardware, I’m still going through Petzold’s CODE. Just as truck drivers don’t only drive the trucks, they essentially have to be mechanics for them too. I need to understand the technology I’m running these systems on. I can’t be ignorant on that. These will be in my ‘Computer Hardware’ posts.
Programming, I’ll still be focusing on Python and SQL, mainly Python. I may do a non-data project in that at some point but I can’t spread myself too thin. So for now I’ll be focusing on Python as it pertains to data. I’ll hold off on R until I actually need it, I know I will at some point.
And for algorithms and data structures, I’m going through Introduction to Algorithms, better known as CLRS. This is my biggest challenge right now because it’s multidisciplinary. So I’ll be going through that book in my ‘Algorithms’ posts. I’ll most likely be breaking that into other posts to build on my prerequisites, especially for calculus.
So from this point on, my ‘Data’ posts will be me going through Kaggle projects. Kaggle is the #1 platform and community for data scientists. I’ll be starting with the basic projects, then build myself up to the harder ones. Once I’m a ways in I’ll come back to this home base to show yall how far I’ve come.
Grant Abraham 