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Ask HN: Basic skills in Python, Pandas, Numpy, and Xarray; but am I employable?

by seanccox on 3/30/18, 12:27 PM with 4 comments

For the past eight months I've been teaching myself Python and other tools, in order to create a rudimentary ocean drift trajectory model to support my thesis research (in maritime archaeology). I started from scratch, with a limited understanding of statistics, ocean physics, vector math, and Python, but the results work and I am now looking for a more structured apprenticeship/job path.

Do jobs exist for people with my skills at this level, or should I seek a formal qualification through a bootcamp or other program? I will happily look into recommendations for either. Thanks!

  • by itamarst on 3/30/18, 1:12 PM

    You plausibly could get an entry level programming job, or entry level data scientist job. You won't know until you try - what kind of jobs would you like to do?