• Data Helpers

      "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” —Mr. Rogers

      Following the example set by Stephanie Hurlburt, 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 any time. 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.

       

      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."

       

      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):

    • Peadar Coyle

      @springcoil

      I'd be glad to help.

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      Gordon Shotwell

      @gshotwell

      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.

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      Andrew K Musselman

      @akm

      Listen to a couple @Adversarial_L episodes, then if you still think I may be of help feel free to DM

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      Jesse Mostipak

      @kierisi

      Always happy to help! Especially those looking to transition to a data career, with a ❤️ and interest in joining the non-profit sector.

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      Jonathan Leslie

      @jlesliedata

      I'm a freelance data scientist and mentor. Happy to chat about ds, transitioning to ds, or freelancing, esp in the uk.

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      Jasper

      @latentjasper

      Email me with questions and I'll do my best!

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      Matthew C. Higgs

      @TheLeanAcademic

      DM me with any DS questions, links to DS projects, or names of DS idols. Lots of connections @DataLabScotland

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      TigerSharkAnalytics

      @tigersharkllc

      Sign us up.

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      Steph de Silva

      @StephdeSilva

      Hit me up if I can help!

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      Mikhail Popov

      @bearloga

      I'd hardly call myself a professional, but I've been doing data science for a few years now and would be happy to answer relevant questions!

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      Árni Már

      @thrastarson

      Happy to help!

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      Alex Yakubovich

      @alex_yakubovich

      I would love to help with this! My DMs are open.

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      Saurabh Bhatnagar

      @analyticsaurabh

      Can help with practical ML and how to make the case and build data products

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      Christopher Peters

      @statwonk

      I'd like to help!

      I can be a resource for aspiring data scientists/statisticians/programmers. My philosophy is sharing what I've learned along the way.

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      Feedrico Vaggi

      @F_Vaggi

      I'm happy to help as well. About to leave for a conference, but I'm happy to talk about academia to industry transition, ML, Python, etc

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      Sunanda Koduvayur

      @sunandakp

      I've been doing it outside of Twitterverse. Happy to mentor newcomers. DM me or ask me questions here.

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      Laura Calloway

      @lkcalloway

      I teach/promote data literacy at a public library. Happy to answer questions and possibly mentor.

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      Bryon Aragam

      @itsrainingdata

      Happy to help with and discuss data problems.

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      Martin Monkman

      @monkmanmh

      Happy to share what I know about R, data & methods, public sector/govt data science, random trivia.

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      (((zwunch)))

      @tristanbergh

      happy to help with ML, feature engineering, time series in R.

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      deepnarainsingh

      @deepnarainsingh

      Always happy to help and mentor others. Mainly work on DL for computer vision and NLP.

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      Hernando Cortina

      @cortinah

      happy to help!

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      Robert Chang

      @_rchang

      I would love to help as well!

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      Anand Lakshmanan

      @lan24hd

      Happy to help !

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      Cynthia D'Angelo

      @dapostrophe

      I’d be happy to help, especially for folks in education and those starting out with Shiny apps.

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      Andrew 🇪🇺

      @MrScotchpie

      10 years freelance analyst with 8 years R experience. Currently contracted as a R/Shiny dashboard programmer by one of the big Pharmas.

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      amcasari

      @amcasari

      I love shining spotlights, helping new people in the community find their tribe, open source data science + repeatable/transparent workflows

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      d treadaway

      @don_treadaway

      happy to help

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      Beto

      @humbertosubiza

      I am able to help. Just let me know how...

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      Dick Batka

      @Doctor_Dick_MD

      Not a "data professional" per se but happy to promote the field and lend an ultra-logical, meticulous viewpoint on workflow, research design

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      Rafael Lav

      @RafaelLav

      I am happy to help as well. I am a data scientist with Deloitte and one of the analytics practice leaders (R person).

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      Nujcharee

      @Nujcharee

      Hi, I'm a newcomer in #ML #rstats but happy to help with #powerbi #dax #ssas.

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      Emily Riederer

      @EmilyRiederer

      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.

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      Steph Locke

      @SteffLocke

      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

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      B.

      @Chucheria

      I would like to help! I have open DMs for English & Spanish questions!👩‍💻

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      David Meza

      @davidmeza1

      I am willing to help on knowledge informatics, R, org implementation of DS & getting your mgr to listen to you.

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      dataewan

      @dataewan

      Wants to help with python DS stack, and applying data science in business (especially startup environment)

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      Q McCallum

      @qethanm

      I've done this sort of thing before. More than happy to keep going. Best for: general data career thoughts, various technical matters.

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      Ian Blumenfeld

      @ianblu1

      Would love to help. Questions are best, re skills and commercial applications of ML/DS.

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      gvdr

      @ipnosimmia

      postdoc teaching DS @ UBC. Learning Data Science can be 😬🤬. You can do it! 😃 to co-explore any 🤔 involving numbers, codes & words...

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      boB Rudis

      @hrbrmstr

      sign me up! #pls

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      Jeff Hollister

      @jhollist

      I too am here to help. Gladly take #rstats and #GIS questions. Also happy to talk about my experience doing data sciencey work in fed gov.

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      Hao Ye

      @Hao_and_Y

      Ecology postdoc using #Rstats to study dynamics in time series. Interested in: stats, open & reproducible workflows, R package dev.

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      CBat

      @ImADataGuy

      Here to help - SAS, SQL, Data Privacy, Presentations, basic GIS, survival analysis, healthcare data, data visualization, EpiInfo 🤓

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      Jennifer Thompson

      @jent103

      Biostatistician happy to talk about #rstats, clinical research/public health, reproducibility!

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      Ted Laderas

      @tladeras

      Bioinformatics Developer and Assistant Professor at OHSU. Collaborative Informaticist and R/Data Science evangelist. Plays well with others.

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      Matt Gawarecki

      @mattgawarecki

      Happy to help with all things SQL and Python!

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      zachary chetchavat

      @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

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      abdouglass

      @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

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      Carson Forter

      @carsonforter

      I'm happy to help! Data Scientist @ Twitch. Lots of R, experiments, and stats.

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      Amar

      @amarnayak

      Pleasure! Statistical analysis, Machine learning, Python and operations research.

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      Mara Averick

      @dataandme

      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!

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      Moko58

      @moko_58

      I have over 15 years in business applications, and 1 year of R and Python for data analysis. Not quite up there but willing to help if I can

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      Thomas Lin Pedersen

      @thomasp85

      Everyone is welcome to reach out and I'll help however I can. Mainly expertise with visualisation and anything R

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      Bhaskar Karambelkar

      @bhaskar_vk

      Have questions about #Hadoop/#ElasticSearch/#MongoDB/#PostgreSQL/#mySQL/#Oracle or any data storage tech.? Ping me any time!

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      Jonathan Nolis

      @skyetetra

      I can mentor in R, F#, SQL, but most importantly how to present your results effectively in a business setting

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      Leni Krsová

      @lenikrsova

      I can help with social media data and marketing data analysis if anyone needs to present their data to clients etc.

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      Bryan Britten

      @britten_bryan

      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.

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      Tim Paris

      @tiimparis

      I'm available! Talk to me about R or the transition from academia to data science

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      Dominic Delmolino

      @ddelmoli

      Always happy to share, answer questions and mentor. SQL expert, Python & R newcomer and all around data wrangler!

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      Nick Hamlin

      @nicholashamlin

      I'd be glad to help, esp. w/ any ?s about DS in the #nonprofit or social good space.

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      Data Science Renee

      @BecomingDataSci

      I'm happy to help with the "non-technical" becoming a data scientist Qs!

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      jonas kas 🕷

      @yonasing

      happy to help (starting from data collection e.g from web,and most of ML, analysis & presentation), caution: i am still learning.

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      TimC_Tech

      @tech_timc

      Happy to help with remote sensing, image processing, GIS, time series analysis, IOT/Smart Cities, and general data science issues.

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      Adam Greco

      @adamgreco

      I am happy to help anyone who uses Adobe Analytics. Here is my LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamgreco/

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      amit

      @VizMonkey

      I would like to help too! I can provide help in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.

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      Moran Neuhof

      @NeuhofMoran

      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).

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      Mubaris NK ⚡️

      @Mubaris_NK

      I'm more than happy to help. Anything related to ML, DataViz and Data Analysis in Python 🐍

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      Matthias Raess

      @primesty22

      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

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      Radovan Kavicky

      @radovankavicky

      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.

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      ReesMorrison

      @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.

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      Peter Kamerman

      @painblogR

      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.

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      Anderson Neisse

      @a_neisse

      I'm a statistician diving into data science. Anyone can reach me for help with: Statistics; Excel; Excel's VBA; R language; Data analysis; Data visualization; or any mix of these topics.

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      Chris Eshleman

      @eshlemanchris

      Economist (non-PhD) using R a lot and I'm glad to help however I can!

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      Dean Marchiori

      @deanmarchiori

      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.

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      Mark Sellors

      @sellorm

      I'm happy to help too - especially on anything related to running R in production

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      Ankit Gupta

      @ambivert_tweets

      Can help with applied machine learning, natural language processing, user interviews, data instrumentation. This might be of help - crisistextline.org/blog/ava

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      Jim Leach

      @leach_jim

      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.

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      fonzie

      @OilGains

      If you are working a #rstats project, package, book, or paper, and want to make it fully #reproducible with #Docker containers, I am here to help. Just send me a message.

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      Martina Pugliese

      @m_letitbe

      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/

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      shubhankar

      @shubhgahlot

      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

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      Chintan Shah

      @ShahAnalytics

      I can also help with data science, machine learning and signal processing. https://shahanalytics.wordpress.com/

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      nick gaylord

      @texastacos

      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.

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      Elias Dabbas

      @eliasdabbas

      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

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