11 Surprising Jobs That Use Data Science

Why we started DataCamp? Our CEO Jo explains the reasoning behind why this product came to life. [DataCamp]( DataCamp Weekly Issue #25 ― November 30, 2017 Hi, there - didn’t see our newsletter on Tuesday? Worry not, here it is for this special Thursday edition. We’ve released quite a bit of amazing content since the last newsletter. Starting with a piece from our CEO Jo Cornelissen on why we started DataCamp. Also, we are super excited to announce the second live code-along session to take place this Friday on Facebook, more on that below. A tutorial on formulas in R has been released, as well as America's Holiday Spending in 11 Graphs, 11 jobs that surprisingly use data science, subtitles for our videos, and more. For those that don’t know, we’re offering 50% off on our yearly subscription! Enjoy! Like what you’re seeing? Forward to a friend! Received this email from a friend? [Sign up]( for a DataCamp account to to receive a dose of data science every Tuesday. Projects & Resources [Formulas in R Tutorial]( In this tutorial, discover the R formula and how you can use it in modeling and graphical functions of well-known packages such as stats, and ggplot2. Great tutorial on an R fundamental by Karlijn Willems. [datacamp.com]( [Context on why we started DataCamp]( At DataCamp, we try to be as open and transparent as possible. This article by our CEO is exactly in line with this. He outlines the opportunity that led to the creation of DataCamp, our competitive positioning, and a hint at what is coming next. If you’re interested in DataCamp’s story, this is a great insight into it. [medium.com]( [Live Code-Along: How to Complete the Titanic Kaggle Competition with Machine Learning]( Join us this Friday at 10:30 am ET for our second live code-along session. This time Hugo Bowne-Anderson is tackling the Titanic Kaggle competition. Follow the link above to see all the event details! [datacamp.com]( [Mining the Enron Emails]( DataCamp user baskarjit performs a fascinating sentiment analysis of the leaked Enron emails to get an interesting insight into the executives whose emails were leaked. [analyticsdefined.com]( In the News [11 Surprising Jobs That Use Data Science]( Data science is needed everywhere. Need proof? This post gives 11 examples of surprising jobs that use data science. Even the jobs which you least expect have something to do with data. Great read and a good reminder of the spread of data science. [datacamp.com]( [America's Holiday Spending in 11 Graphs]( How much does America spend on retail during the holiday season? This analysis present 11 graphs diving into holiday spending habits, and its share of total spending throughout the year. Some of these are quite surprising. [datacamp.com]( [Introducing Subtitles]( It’s here! We now have subtitles in our videos. Data science is for everyone, and we aim to make it easier for anyone to start learning. Which is why we’re happy to make subtitles part of our course creation process. [datacamp.com]( [User experience design for APIs]( “Writing code is rarely just a private affair between you and your computer”. Which is why user experience (UX) should be central in API design. Here are three useful rules by Francois Chollet in API design to write better code. [blog.keras.io]( Elsewhere • [Why R?]( • [October 2017 New Packages]( • [Communication in data science]( • [xray: The R Package to Have X-Ray Vision on your Datasets]( Jobs • [Analyst/R Developer, Data Science, Kaplan Test Prep, NYC]( • [Junior Data Scientist, Travelex, London]( • [Senior Analyst - R/Python, Bangalore]( That's all for now. Have a great week! [DataCamp] [DataCamp]( DataCamp Inc. | 2067 Massachusetts Avenue | Cambridge MA 02140 [Facebook] [Facebook]( [Twitter] [Twitter]( [LinkedIn] [LinkedIn]( [YouTube] [YouTube]( [Unsubscribe](