Learning to Code for Data Scientists and Academics

As a senior grad student I frequently mentor junior lab members (e.g., undergraduate students, post-baccalaureate research assistants, junior grad students). I strongly encourage my colleagues to learn how to code. Even if you don’t plan on becoming a “data scientist,” knowing how to code is a really useful and marketable (at least for now!) skill to have. If you are an “academic,” I can almost…