Seminar Series: Analyzing Data with Python

Data science is one of the fastest-growing fields in the tech industry, but is it right for you? Join this 90-minute Meetup Live seminar to answer that question.

Instructor Ryan Mitchell will share an introduction to data science and Python, one of its most essential tools. Get hands-on experience working with a dataset to conduct analysis and create visualizations. Plus, hear about the tech industry from an insider and learn what it takes to enter a new field.

No experience is necessary for this course. Bring your questions and your computer.

Course Modules
1. Software Engineering Career Journeys
A candid discussion about the software engineering industry, what it’s like to work in it, and what it takes to break in and succeed in it

2. Tools of the Trade
A brief overview of the major tools software engineers and data scientists including GitHub, Python, Visual Studio Code, Jupyter Notebooks

3. Working with Data
A hands-on demonstration of data manipulation and visualization

If you’d like to follow along with the coding section, you will want to install the following software

• Python
• Pip
• Jupyter Notebooks

Agenda

• Presentation (1 hour)
• Q&A session (30 minutes)

*Space is limited, so reserve your seat. The Zoom link will be added to the event page the day of the event. It’ll only be visible to registered attendees.

**Tickets for Meetup Live seminars are non-refundable. A recording will be emailed to all registered attendees after the event.

About Ryan Mitchell
Ryan Mitchell is the author of Web Scraping with Python (O’Reilly), and Instant Web Scraping with Java (Packt). She has six LinkedIn Learning courses, including Web Scraping with Python and Python Essential Training — currently the leading Python course on the platform. An expert in web scraping, application security, and data science, Ryan has hosted workshops and spoken at many events, including Data Day and DEF CON. Ryan holds a master’s degree in software engineering from Harvard University Extension School and a bachelor’s in engineering from Olin College of Engineering. She is currently a senior software engineer at the Gerson Lehrman Group where she does machine learning and data science with Python on their search team.

***
Have a question for our Community Support team? You can contact them from our Help Center.

Members participating in Meetup Live events must be respectful in interactions with people and in content posted on the platform. Meetup monitors and restricts behaviors that are inappropriate or disruptive, undermine the integrity of the platform, violate personal boundaries, or serve to intentionally upset people. Meetup reserves the right to remove members content from the site that violates our Terms of Service, including our Usage and content policies.