Build & Learn: Data Science with Coffee

📅 Week 1 Focus: Kickoff & Project Setup

We’re re-starting our second 7-week cycle — time to launch a fresh project.

This week is all about setting up your tools and picking a project.
You’ll:

🛠️ Get your coding environment and GitHub ready
🧭 Choose a project using our updated project guides
🚀 Lock in your idea and commit to building
Let’s hit the ground running!

🚀 Build & Learn: Data Science Meetup --- With Coffee
💡 Always wanted to build a data science project but struggle to start? Or just looking for a structured, motivating space to learn and create?
This isn’t just a casual meetup—it’s a community-driven program designed to help you go from idea → working project → portfolio-ready presentation in 7 weeks.

🛠 What This Meetup Is About
Build & Learn is a creative learning space for people who want to actually finish data projects — and grow their skills in a collaborative, motivating way.

You can choose your path:
🔹 Full Project Track (7 weeks):
Go from idea → working project → portfolio-ready presentation.
Perfect for building something real and getting weekly accountability.

🔹 Self-Learning Track (Flexible):
Don’t have 7 weeks? No problem.
Pick a concept you’ve always wanted to learn (e.g. clustering, causal inference, LLMs), do a deep dive, and present your learnings or a mini-build to the group.
It’s short, focused, and fully peer-supported.

📌 You’ll walk away with:
🎯 A working project to add to your portfolio, blog , GitHub, or resume
🎯 definitely some caffeine in your system ☕

### 💡 Not sure what to build?

You don’t need to show up with a fully formed idea — just curiosity.
We’ll help you explore different paths based on your time, interests, and goals:
🔹 Full Project Track – Build something from scratch over 7 weeks
🔹 Self-Learning Track – Deep dive into a concept and present what you learned
🔹 Pro Bono Track (coming soon) – Work on real problems from real businesses (like a mini consulting project!)

(We’ll share inspiration and example ideas at the event — or you can bring your own.)

✨ Who’s Hosting?
I’m Lindsey, a senior data scientist working on AI, causal inference, and data products. I’ve built models for fraud detection, uplift modeling, and LLM applications.
📅 When? Saturday , July 19 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM
📍 Where? : Mindspace, Skalitzerstraße (Coworking Space, Kreuzberg)
We’ll experiment with different spots over the next few weeks — if you know a great venue or want to host, let me know!
💻 Bring: Your laptop, an idea, or just curiosity!
👩‍💻 **No experience needed—just curiosity.**Grab a coffee, meet cool people, and work on something fun.