Becoming a Data Scientist Ep.9: Losing Motivation During Job Search

[@trishnikagogoi358]

I was waiting for your vlog!! We're in the same phase🙌🏼

[@michael_cheng]

Fight on Soph, been there done that. It ain't easy but it's very worth it. you can do it!

[@zio5397]

struggle is real vlog. keep going ❤

[@TheDinnyextra]

Soph, your videos are so relatable! I'm in the same boat, waaay behind you tough. Your videos help me not to feel so alone in this journey. It's really hard, but you are doing great! Keep it up! ❤

[@bArda26]

fight on! I am not a data scientist but If you could differentiate yourself(perhaps with some unusual projects), it almost always works from my experience. Things take time, it's a rough market but hopefully it'll get better near the end of the year!

[@sergior.m.5694]

I would say 1 month is not that long, this is more like a marathon in my experience, more like 3-5 months maybe even longer. Anyways I love your videos

[@Cloudkins]

I’m a graduate data science student. I’ll answer your questions, it will not make the job search easier. It’s tough out there right now

[@michaelogunmakin9143]

Hey Soph! Thank you for shring such raw insights into your journey! I'm also looking to transition into DS (hopefully next year). You mentioned you did some case studies, can I ask what resources do you use? any you could recommend? P.S Checked the Google Sheet, but couldn't find anything.

[@SophZhang]

Thanks for checking before asking! I really should add it to the sheet - I get my case studies from 1) stratascratch (free)--> non-coding questions --> select business case or product, 2) interview query (free), and 3) datamasked (expensive)

[@qwopman9259]

7:50 "look at nudes during the interview"

[@heatherbarnes669]

No offense but you are a career switcher and there are people experienced in DS who are not finding jobs. I think you need to adjust your expectations a bit here. The market isn't good.

[@christophermayfield6043]

doesn’t mean you can’t try? tons of research shows that experienced employees often lack grit, tooling, and fluid Intelligence.

[@heatherbarnes669]

Fine to try but it's been 4 weeks so expect it could take quite a bit longer today. I think it's just a bit out of touch with reality.

[@carolinaalvarez1775]

I agree. Im a Dr. Data Analyst with 4 years exp in data analytics in the healthcare space. I cant land a Data Scientist entry level. Since the people applying have years of exp in that specific role and sometimes industry matters as well.