#109 Joshua Sheppard, Data Science is Hard

Summary Joshua Sheppard of Infinite Campus tells my about their data science and machine learning projects and how you can start your own. Details Who he is, what he does. What is data science, is a data scientist a role or a team, what skills are needed. Data vs big data. When does SQL + math become science, how to get started, Python, R and other languages; trying to follow software engineering principles when doing data science, testing, source control, etc. Azure and AWS machine learning, getting your data in to the cloud. Moving to production, scaling. Josh's data and insights into the school districts in Kentucky. Applying insights to other locations. Home baking your data science project vs leveraging the cloud platforms, it's all about access to data. Future of the field. Full show notes