I don’t know where I’d be right now if it wasn’t for Youtube tutorials – I literally use them for everything, i.e. Improving communication skills, learning how to do new calisthenics tricks, how to get more matches on Tinder, and many other things.
There are some special channels that have helped me immensely in my Data Science development and I believe it’s important I share them with you. Brace Yourself.
Data Science Dream Job
6.4k Subscribers
Data Science dream job is all about getting hired. This channel will teach you all the necessary things you need to do to get hired and to progress in your career as a Data Scientist. Despite not being active for the past 9 months, there are so many nuggets that can be taken, such as, how to negotiate your salary like an FBI agent all the way to cracking the job interview. Many of the talks are set up as a whiteboard session and are really easy to follow.
Ken Jee
127k Subscribers
I started watching Ken’s channel a few months ago…
Ken talks about Data Science and Data Analytics. Ken’s Youtube covers many topics across Data Science. Here are some of the types of videos you can expect:
- Podcasts
- Writing Resumes
- Building Your Portfolio
- etc
There are also a lot of follow-along Data Science project videos that I find extremely useful, especially if you’re at the beginning of your career in Data Science.
Sentdex
1.02m Subscribers
It’s pretty obvious why Sentdex has upwards of 1 million subscribers on Youtube. If you need a tutorial on anything to do with Python and many things to do with Machine Learning, then it’s highly likely that Sentdex has a tutorial on it. Sentdex videos are very approachable and he tends to go in-depth with all his tutorials without bamboozling you with lots of unnecessary jargon.
Krish Naik
334k Subscribers
I highly respect Krish Naik. Not only does he cover everything from cloud computing, to Python how-to tutorials, to Productionizing Machine Learning, to Data Structures and Algorithms, and lots of other topics that are useful to Data Scientists, he also posts videos at least 3 times a week! His work rate is phenomenal, and he deserves a lot of credit for all the effort he’s been putting in.
Disclaimer: He creates lots of binge worthy content!
StatQuest with Josh Starmer
451k Subscribers
If his cheesy songs don’t get you then it will be his quality content. When it comes to developing my Intuition about any Machine Learning algorithm, Josh Starmer is my guy. He has a very fun way of teaching Machine Learning which definitely helps with painting a vivid image in your mind. I’d say he posts about 4x a month which is enough to learn something new every week if you’re a dedicated follower.
Corey Schafer
740k Subscribers
This may be a bit of a controversial one since this channel is not explicitly targeted at Data Science. Instead, Corey often tends to do tutorials and walkthroughs for software developers, programmers, engineers, and generally anyone that wishes to learn the fundamental concepts of programming languages and tools.
If you program in Python, make sure you subscribe to his channel. You will not regret it!
freeCodeCamp
3.32m Subscribers
freeCodeCamp is almost like a hub website that hosts tons of different courses you can take to upskill. The courses are not only dedicated to Data Science and Data Analysis, but you could also learn Mathematics, Computer Science Concepts, Gaming tutorials, and many more.
Wrap Up
Become a Data Scientist is a very difficult task and will almost always demand you seek out people more advanced in order for you to get to the next level. If you’re working on a problem that you’re finding difficult, it’s likely one of these channels has in some way, shape, or form, already covered the task it is you’re stuck on. With that being said, there are most definitely more Youtube Channels that are exceptional but I’ve failed to mention. Link to them in the comments section!
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