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Thanks, Ryan. Do you have a specific starting recommendation?
i.e. best starting point if you think data engineering will suit you more than web development? (e.g. learn python)
Or quickest way to test out if you're going to like the data science track? (e.g. start with a stats course rather than the coding)
Ryan is a more experienced programmer/coder than I am. As a time-poor beginner, I found the MITx course on R much, much easier to use (and far more interesting) than the John Hopkins courses on Coursera. They also have two decent courses on Python, the second of which is more relevant to statistical applications.
MITx course on R - https://www.edx.org/course/analytics-edge-mitx-15-071x-0 MITx course(s) on Python - https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-mitx-6-00-1x-0 https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computational-thinking-data-mitx... (read more)