Thread by @Rita_tyna

How I was able to learn data science without having a laptop?

When I decided to do this(data science), the major limitation for me was not having a laptop.

On some days I would cry and feel frustrated because I didn’t have one and It was slowing me down.

A Long Thread!!!

The major breakthrough for me was @ingressive4good #I4GDatacamp scholarship. I downloaded the Datacamp app on the day I applied for the scholarship, this was like some days before the closing date.

Finding out I could code and do exercise on the app was the drive I needed to continue. On some occasions I would switch my phone to desktop version, so it feels like I am using a laptop.

With coursera, it wasn’t quite easy for me because of all the things I needed to download.

My first dashboard is a mess, I feel so embarrassed anytime I see it but I won’t delete it because YES, there is always room for growth and improvement. The second I did was the Nobel Prize analysis and someone commented that day that I had copied and it wasn’t original,

I felt bad because truthfully, I had gotten the inspiration from seeing others, but in Maraji’s Voice “Even though, Even though”

If e easy to copy, why you sef no copy.💁‍♀️

But I felt like a fraud sha..

I started doubting my self and looking for ways to prove myself. I needed another project and I didn’t want to work on a popular dataset.

When I started thinking of a project, I knew I didn’t want something boring and I wanted to do something I loved and could explain even without looking at my dashboard. I also wanted to do something, even non-data persons could relate to.

I also kept the business problem I was trying to solve in mind. RHOL was trending as at that time and I said why not?

For my RHOL project, I scraped the tweets in one night and built the dashboard on another night because I didn’t have a laptop to lazy about, every time counted.

I remember after almost been done with building the dashboard, I started from scratch again because I didn’t agree with fonts, layout and color, and my sister asked ‘if na ment’ 😂. I am not a perfectionist but when it comes to dashboards, I always want it to look great.

I built the second one and fonts refused to agree with me, I later found out why though. I was already tired because that meant spending another night on this and I had other stuffs waiting.
I posted it here and I can say that, the project is a turning point for me in my career.

For me my Passion was greater than my Limitation.

I know you can say it’s easy for me because, I had someone to borrow laptop from..start with your phone, you can do so much with it.

One day I will tell the story of how I almost took a learn data science in 10 hours course on YouTube because of no laptop 😂😂

There are lots of laptop grants online, you won’t get it if you can’t show workings.

Prior to winning a laptop from 14G, I had applied for many others and didn’t get it but I didn’t stop.

People will only help you, if they can see what you have done or what you can do or how much you are trying to do, So I have learnt on this space.

If you read up to this point…You are resilient..Thank you for taking out time to read.❤️❤️