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Data Science Roadmap

The document outlines a comprehensive roadmap for becoming a data scientist, divided into four stages: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert. Each stage includes key goals, topics, tools, resources, and project suggestions to build skills progressively. The final stage emphasizes real-world application, portfolio building, and community contributions.

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Data Science Roadmap

The document outlines a comprehensive roadmap for becoming a data scientist, divided into four stages: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert. Each stage includes key goals, topics, tools, resources, and project suggestions to build skills progressively. The final stage emphasizes real-world application, portfolio building, and community contributions.

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Roadmap to Becoming a Data Scientist:

From Beginner to Expert


Stage 1: Beginner – Build Strong Foundations
Goal: Understand basic concepts in programming, statistics, and data handling.

Key Topics:
 Python Programming
 - Variables, data types, loops, functions
 - Libraries: pandas, numpy, matplotlib
 Basic Statistics
 - Mean, median, mode, standard deviation
 - Probability basics
 Data Handling
 - Reading and cleaning data (CSV/Excel) with pandas

Tools:
 Jupyter Notebook / Google Colab
 Git & GitHub
 VS Code

Resources:
 Python for Everybody (Coursera)
 Python for Data Analysis by Wes McKinney
 FreeCodeCamp tutorials (YouTube)

Stage 2: Intermediate – Learn Core Data Science Skills


Goal: Learn the data science workflow and basic machine learning.

Key Topics:
 Data Visualization: matplotlib, seaborn, plotly
 Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
 Intermediate Statistics: Hypothesis testing, distributions
 Machine Learning Basics: Linear regression, decision trees, k-NN (scikit-learn)

Resources:
 IBM Data Science Professional Certificate (Coursera)
 Hands-On Machine Learning by Aurélien Géron
Projects:
 Titanic survival prediction (Kaggle)
 House price prediction

Stage 3: Advanced – Specialize & Deepen Expertise


Goal: Master ML, deep learning, and deployment.

Key Topics:
 Advanced ML: SVMs, Random Forests, Gradient Boosting (XGBoost, LightGBM)
 Deep Learning: Neural nets, CNNs, RNNs, Transformers (TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch)
 Model Deployment: Flask/FastAPI, Docker, Streamlit
 Cloud & Big Data (Optional): SQL, Spark, AWS/GCP

Resources:
 DeepLearning.AI Specialization (Coursera)
 Deep Learning with Python by François Chollet

Projects:
 Image classification
 Sentiment analysis
 Time series forecasting

Stage 4: Expert – Real-World Experience & Contributions


Goal: Apply skills professionally, build portfolio, and contribute to community.

Key Actions:
 Build portfolio website
 Contribute to open-source
 Enter Kaggle competitions
 Write blogs/tutorials
 Network and collaborate
 Seek internships/freelancing

Optional Specializations:
 NLP, Computer Vision, Recommender Systems, MLOps

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