Interactive course about “everyday” data science

Re:Interactive course about “everyday” data science by heyhihello on Saturday July 16, 2022 @02:33PM (#32120631)

I actually bought your book on Amazon and the book I received was insanely disappointing. Full of typo’s, super wonky formatting, super short in depth and content, and the paper book was the lowest quality of any I’ve ever received from Amazon.

I didn’t leave a review because There weren’t many and I didn’t want to sour your sales with a 1-star, but I now kind of regret that.

The course looks cool, but it honestly just feels like a monetizing attempt on something that really didn’t deserve much money to begin with.

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Re:Interactive course about “everyday” data science by andrewnc on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:35PM (#32122193)

Thanks for the feedback, I was hoping the course would be something of a redemption.

I self published the book to prove I could do something like that. It got much more traction than I had planned and, in hindsight, I wish I had paid for editing and formatting as a minimum.

As for the quality of the paperback, that was unfortunately out of my control as I used Amazon's print on demand services. Definitely a painful lesson for me.

In any case, I appreciate this comment and others here. I'm definitely working towards much higher substance with increased polish. :)

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Re:Interactive course about “everyday” data science by jamesfisher on Saturday July 16, 2022 @03:05PM (#32120938)

Hi! I wonder whether we could win you back with the course? We've reworked so much of the content, I hope you'd find those problems are gone! (Although the course is not on higher quality paper)

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Re:Interactive course about “everyday” data science by heyhihello on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:18PM (#32122075)

To be honest I’m just bot willing to spend money on another product of yours.

This especially if it’s a rehash of the same material (which maybe you missed in my previous comment, but I didn’t find to be high-quality).

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Re:Interactive course about “everyday” data science by in_cahoots on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:27PM (#32122135)

Considering the OP’s complaint pointed to a lack of effort and polish, this response doesn’t really build trust in the product.

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Re:Interactive course about “everyday” data science by Sebguer on Saturday July 16, 2022 @06:05PM (#32122384)

No real opinion but fwiw

>(Although the course is not on higher quality paper)

Is a joke, because this course isn't a book at all.

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