Data Helpers
"Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” —Mr. Rogers
Hi, I'm Angela Bassa. Recently, I asked data people on Twitter who are able to answer questions and mentor newcomers to raise their hands. And Wow, did Twitter deliver!
Don't be shy: don't be afraid to reach out to these analysts, scientists, and engineers to ask for help. Remember to introduce yourself and explain what you'd like guidance on. They can help with tutoring, pointing you to resources, resume/interview tips, general career advice, or even just a casual conversation about what it's like to work in the industry, government, academia, or the non-profit sector.
Use common sense: I have not personally vetted anyone, and can't vouch for their behavior. If you believe someone is acting in bad faith (or not within the Code of Conduct below), please let me know.
If you're just getting started, here's a great post from Mikhail Popov with advice on how to break past the vicious cycle of "needing experience to get experience." And if you're looking for resources to learn more about "how to data,"you can find many alternatives in this excellent thread by Chris Engelhardt.
Without further ado, here are some awesome data professionals who are able to answer questions, promote, or mentor newcomers into the field (in chronological order of response):
Gordon Shotwell
I'm happy to help with R, releasing your first R package or how to learn data science from a non-traditional background. DMs are open.
Vicki
Always happy to help by email/DM. Wrote a couple posts, too:
1) http://veekaybee.github.io/getting-tech-industry-news/
Andrew K Musselman
Listen to a couple @Adversarial_L episodes, then if you still think I may be of help feel free to DM
Jonathan Leslie
I'm a freelance data scientist and mentor. Happy to chat about ds, transitioning to ds, or freelancing, esp in the uk.
Matthew C. Higgs
DM me with any DS questions, links to DS projects, or names of DS idols. Lots of connections @DataLabScotland
Saurabh Bhatnagar
Can help with practical ML and how to make the case and build data products
Sunanda Koduvayur
I've been doing it outside of Twitterverse. Happy to mentor newcomers. DM me or ask me questions here.
Laura Calloway
I teach/promote data literacy at a public library. Happy to answer questions and possibly mentor.
Martin Monkman
Happy to share what I know about R, data & methods, public sector/govt data science, random trivia.
deepnarainsingh
Always happy to help and mentor others. Mainly work on DL for computer vision and NLP.
Cynthia D'Angelo
I’d be happy to help, especially for folks in education and those starting out with Shiny apps.
Andrew 🇪🇺
10 years freelance analyst with 8 years R experience. Currently contracted as a R/Shiny dashboard programmer by one of the big Pharmas.
Dick Batka
Not a "data professional" per se but happy to promote the field and lend an ultra-logical, meticulous viewpoint on workflow, research design
Rafael Lav
I am happy to help as well. I am a data scientist with Deloitte and one of the analytics practice leaders (R person).
Nujcharee
Hi, I'm a newcomer in #ML #rstats but happy to help with #powerbi #dax #ssas.
Emily Riederer
I love helping helping people dive into R and its broader ecosystem/toolkit, and, more broadly learn good data analysis practices (e.g. reproducibility, using good workflows.) I'm also happy to help on SQL/databases.
Steph Locke
Happy to help folks and have an open booking system for half hour chats to help tackle data problems with folks http://calendly.com/lockedata/officehours
David Meza
I am willing to help on knowledge informatics, R, org implementation of DS & getting your mgr to listen to you.
gvdr
postdoc teaching DS @ UBC. Learning Data Science can be 😬🤬. You can do it! 😃 to co-explore any 🤔 involving numbers, codes & words...
Hao Ye
Ecology postdoc using #Rstats to study dynamics in time series. Interested in: stats, open & reproducible workflows, R package dev.
CBat
Here to help - SAS, SQL, Data Privacy, Presentations, basic GIS, survival analysis, healthcare data, data visualization, EpiInfo 🤓
zachary chetchavat
SQL, Python, R! I love to talk about the dark world of automating excel w/o vba, DS podcasts, and getting started with DS
abdouglass
Quant working at a financial institution. Use Python, SQL, R. MS in Business Analytics. Still learning but happy to help as much as I can
Carson Forter
I'm happy to help! Data Scientist @ Twitch. Lots of R, experiments, and stats.
Amar
Pleasure! Statistical analysis, Machine learning, Python and operations research.
Mara Averick
Ok I officially would like to help (even if I might be sub-mentor-worthy)— if I don't know answers, I'm pretty good at digging up resources!
Thomas Lin Pedersen
Everyone is welcome to reach out and I'll help however I can. Mainly expertise with visualisation and anything R
Bhaskar Karambelkar
Have questions about #Hadoop/#ElasticSearch/#MongoDB/#PostgreSQL/#mySQL/#Oracle or any data storage tech.? Ping me any time!
Jacqueline Nolis
I can mentor in R, F#, SQL, but most importantly how to present your results effectively in a business setting
Leni Krsová
I can help with social media data and marketing data analysis if anyone needs to present their data to clients etc.
Bryan Britten
Data Scientist working in local government, using R, Python, and JS/HTML/CSS stack, and I'm more than happy to help in any way I can.
Tim Paris
I'm available! Talk to me about R or the transition from academia to data science
Nick Hamlin
I'd be glad to help, esp. w/ any ?s about DS in the #nonprofit or social good space.
TimC_Tech
Happy to help with remote sensing, image processing, GIS, time series analysis, IOT/Smart Cities, and general data science issues.
Adam Greco
I am happy to help anyone who uses Adobe Analytics. Here is my LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamgreco/
amit
I would like to help too! I can provide help in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
Moran Neuhof
I'll be happy to help with any question about python and the analysis of any biological data (or any other data, but biology is awesome).
Mubaris NK ⚡️
I'm more than happy to help. Anything related to ML, DataViz and Data Analysis in Python 🐍
Matthias Raess
would be happy to help with R related stuff and stats 💯👍🏻... e.g. help/ideas for dashboard with #shiny etc... see here http://bit.ly/german_twitter
Radovan Kavicky
I'd be glad to help. Especially if the question relates to R, Python or Tableau. Everyone is welcome to reach out and if it somehow involves or combines Data Science, Economics, Finance, Public Policy and Data Visualization... don't hesitate a minute.
ReesMorrison
I would be happy to help edit articles or packages in R (in English). Right, not tech nerdy, but I've been using R for six years and I like to edit.
Peter Kamerman
I'm a biomedical scientist rather than a data professional, but happy to help with R, and especially on matters related to open and reproducible research practices.
Chris Eshleman
Economist (non-PhD) using R a lot and I'm glad to help however I can!
Dean Marchiori
Happy to help with tips on cracking into a data science career, being a lone-wolf data scientist in your org, how to structure your analyses and anything R related.
Ankit Gupta
Can help with applied machine learning, natural language processing, user interviews, data instrumentation. This might be of help - crisistextline.org/blog/ava
Jim Leach
I'd love to help too! I can help with #rstats and SQL/general data wrangling questions, as well as talking about careers in data science/analysis, and how to make an impact as a new starter.
Martina Pugliese
Am a data scientist, can help with any DS topics in general (stats, ML) and/or with meta-DS over how to get in the field/get better. I write some stuff on this here https://martinapugliese.github.io/
shubhankar
Happy to help with problems related to Probability, Statistics and Supervised Machine Learning.
I usually try to put my thoughts here: http://tinkerer.in/wordpress/ and https://medium.com/@ghltshubh
Chintan Shah
I can also help with data science, machine learning and signal processing. https://shahanalytics.wordpress.com/
nick gaylord
Happy to talk around getting into DS from non-traditional backgrounds, working for startups, working for big non-tech companies, and taking first steps out of academia into industry.
Elias Dabbas
I do online marketing, and have been using data science a lot lately. Happy to help any marketing /social media / business people get started, or navigate the field.
Python, some R
Mohammad R. Tayyebi
I can help people with API and almost any type of software solution to interact with users and present their data online. And here it is my website: kouy.ir/tayyebi
niko welch
Most of my experience is in the field of international development and improving organizational data use (tidying data/stats/GIS/visualizations). Willing to mentor/share experience with those as needed. 👍
I work in data science for cyber-security, so I love data and visualization and machine learning. But I've also had to swim in data-engineering-infested waters.
Alvin GentREY
Helping out mostly with end-to-end DS solution in Python. Data ingests (API, SQL, etc...) > Pandas / Numpy / Sklearn > Plotly dashboards!!!
Nisarg Dave
I can help, I specialize in machine learning, deep learning and AI. I jump in to help in given domains. 😊
Shannon Quinn
Python, Open Science, machine learning, computer vision, and cell biology are my main areas of support. Generally a huge fan of any kind of interdisciplinary research. I’m an assistant professor at University of Georgia so I’m always for discussing new/crazy ideas!
Philippe Walliser
Would love to be on this list as well! My main area of interests: Data Analysis / ML in Python. I have enjoyed so much support from this community over the years... time to give back!
Giuseppe Sollazzo
I'm head of data for a Gov department, have a background as Lead DevOps, data journalist, Open Data activist. I can offer general data guidance, including data science, engineering, visualization, computational issues, policy/strategy. Tech: Python, AI/NLP, LAMP"
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