progress on RI talk slides-intro

Author: jasdumas

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+## I learned about data science from the internet
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+<img src="img/hbr-ds-article.jpg" style="position: center; right: 5; width: 600px"></img>
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+## ["A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_rose_by_any_other_name_would_smell_as_sweet)
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+- Aside from the buzzword of "Data Science" and the *sought after title* "Data Scientist" people have been involved in this type of work under several different names:
+ - Data Mining
+ - Datalogy
+ - Knowledge Discovery
+ - Data Analytics
+ - Business Analytics
+ - Predictive Analytics
+ - Machine Learning
+ - Informatics
+ - Applied Statistics 
+ - more? ...
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+## Discovering resources can be a challenge
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+- With many types of resources and approaches available, the decision on *what* to learn and *who* to learn it from can be overwhelming given the lack of consensus in curriculum.
+ - 🎓 Graduate/Undergraduate coursework
+ - 🆓 Open source coursework
+ - 👾 Massively open online coursework (MOOCs)
+ - 🔩 Project experience
+ - 🏕 Bootcamps
+ - 💼 Job experience 
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+<img src="img/search-ds.jpg" style="position: center; right: 0; width: 600px"></img>
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+## Dipping my toe in the water...
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+- Before enrolling in an **expensive** graduate school program, I wanted to gain some experience by combining MOOCs and project experience. 
+- Some considerations I had when selecting my data science curriculum:
+ - low cost or free
+ - reputable instructors
+ - interactive platform
+ - diverse programming approaches
+ - applied projects for a portfolio
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+<img src="img/moocs.jpg" style="position: absolute; right: 0; bottom: 0; width: 300px"></img>
 
 ## Slide topics
 
+1. intro to data science and how I discovered it
 1. where i'm at now
  1. *`ttbbeer`
  2. `shinyLP`
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 5. making a connection with the rstats community
 6. documenting my path with technical writing
 7. starting from the bottom (PT internships > FT Jr. DS position > Early career DS)
-8. continously volunteering for mentorship and leadership roles in the rstats community
+8. continuously volunteering for mentor ship and leadership roles in the rstats community
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