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A while back, I gave a talk at Harvard about breaking into Data Science and discovered a surprising mental trap.

If you went to a state school, tier-3 college, or community college, YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS so you don't fall into it the same trap as the Harvard students!

[Nick Singh | The Data Science Guy 📕 @NickSinghTech]

A while back, I gave a talk at Harvard about breaking into Data Science and discovered a surprising mental trap.

If you went to a state school, tier-3 college, or community college, YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS so you don't fall into it the same trap as the Harvard students!

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Interviewer: "Tell Me About Yourself??"

Your answer needs to make it seem like Jesus & Lord Krishna hand-crafted you in the heavens and that you descended down to earth to work in THIS JOB, at THIS COMPANY.

How do you create that sense of inevitability?

The 3P Framework 👇

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Interviewer: "Do you have any questions for us"

"You answered everything, thank you!"

❌ WRONG ANSWER ❌

Instead, do this this:

Using your product & company research ask specific, and well-researched questions, that demonstrate your passion for the role & business ✅

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I'm in this photo and I don't like it.

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The best Data Scientists aren't great because they mastered SQL, Pandas, or TensorFlow.

They're great because they do these 3 things:

1. Solve tough problems with data
2. Solve tough problems with data
3. Solve tough problems with data

Let's not lose sight of the big picture!

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~ the end~

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“couldn't find an internship so I built an AI Robot Hand”

Creating portfolio projects is an amazing way to stand out on the job hunt but I've never seen someone do a project as well as Alan Lu & his robot hand!

Want your portfolio project to stand out too?

Here's 3 tips 🧵

[Nick Singh | The Data Science Guy 📕 @NickSinghTech]

“couldn't find an internship so I built an AI Robot Hand”

Creating portfolio projects is an amazing way to stand out on the job hunt but I've never seen someone do a project as well as Alan Lu & his robot hand!

Want your portfolio project to stand out too?

Here's 3 tips 🧵

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✅. Cold email your project

Email hiring managers & recruiters at your dream company with the photo or GIF of the project embedded into the email.

This way that can SEE what you actually DID

(rather than 99% of candidates who TELL them what they COULD DO)

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Google hiring for "Googleyness" is SO DUMB.

But don't let that stop you from preparing for behavioral interviews, because at smaller companies, cultural fit is a very real thing.

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Online courses are a great start, but if you aren't building kick-ass portfolio projects to showcase your learnings... you'll be in trouble when it comes time for the job hunt!

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To grow in your tech career, strive for consistency, not perfection.

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That's a wrap!

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Want to Ace the Behavioral Interview?

Follow this 1 formula 👇

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Want to Ace the Behavioral Interview?

Follow this 1 formula 👇

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Here's a REAL Amazon Behavioral Interview question:

"Tell me about a time you challenged the status quo?"

Here's how you to apply the STAR framework to create a killer answer 👇

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Sending cold emails landed me:

1. Interviews at Snapchat & Airbnb
2. A coffee chat with a tech billionaire
3. My last job at SafeGraph!

Want to 10x your network?

Comment "Cold Email" + RT this Tweet + follow me (@NickSinghTech) so I can DM you the full video with all 6 tips!

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Step 1: import pandas, scikit-learn, tensorflow

Step 2: change LinkedIn headline to ML Engineer

Step 3: profit