Practicum student Jordan Wilheim on his long and winding road — by Mike Cole Jordan Wilheim had spent many months in the desert. Months of applying to jobs, interviewing, and being rejected. In March, he very nearly got an offer — and then COVID hit. The oasis turned out to be a mirage. Still, he persevered. At last, this September, the…

Part 3 — Note: This is Part 3 of a three-part article. If you haven’t read Part 1 and Part 2, we recommend that you do so first. Quick data exploration In Part 1, we loaded our LendingClub data; in Part 2, we performed preprocessing. Now our dataset is clean and ready for exploration. What exactly…

Part 2 — Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part article. In Part 1 of this article, we downloaded multiple CSV files containing LendingClub’s historical loan data. Here we’ll determine if this data has any issues and, if so, how to deal with them. Looking at our data Our fpath_list variable contains the paths of all…

Part 1 — Note: This is Part 1 of a three-part article. If you’ve ever worked with real-world datasets, you know how rare it is for them to be analysis-ready. Inevitably, there will be missing values, inexplicable outliers, unspecified time zones, unclear formatting. …

What you’ll learn in this post Do you want to learn how to build beautiful and interactive web apps with zero web development experience? In this post, we’ll provide step-by-step instructions on how to: Quickly build an interactive web application using Streamlit Deploy this web application to the cloud using Heroku, so that it’s accessible to…

In an earlier post on “How to Create an Outstanding Data Science Portfolio,” we discussed different ideas on approaching your portfolio and maximizing the chances of finding your first job as a data scientist. One of the best ways to highlight your technical skills is to have a strong presence…

Two things are very clear about the data science job market today: There is a lot of demand for qualified data scientists out there. (And most of these jobs come with handsome compensation and other perks.) This demand has resulted in a flood of job seekers applying for available positions. …

Learn how to start your career in IT with Practicum and Women Who Code — Join us for a virtual event in partnership with Women Who Code. Our experts will share their own professional stories, deep industry insights, and shed a light on how to jump-start your tech journey. Our speakers: Mary Kate Comer, Lead Engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton | Leadership Fellow at Women…

Diving deep into one of the most intricate and perplexing concepts in web development. This series of articles is dedicated to object-oriented programming. …