thejedifromny

I am (finally) starting a new Data Science course this week. For context, I have two decades of experience in marketing and sales in IT and SaaS companies but I have never coded (except a couple of hello world programs). After being laid off and some self-reflection, I decided to move careers to data science and analytics -- so I will learn Python, Tableau, and SQL for the next 6-7 months.I...

I am 38M, with 17 years of work-experience in marketing and sales. I feel like my career is going nowhere. I am not a programmer but I like reading about technology. I visit HN daily and have been in the technology industry all my life (tech journalist --> content mgmt --> marketing --> sales --> client servicing --> marketing).I went through this discussion...