**Ask HN: Advice for a tech / software / data science trainee?** I am (finally) starting a new Data Science course this week. For context, I have two decades of experience in marketing and sales in IT and SaaS companies but I have never coded (except a couple of hello world programs). After being laid off and some self-reflection, I decided to move careers to data science and analytics -- so I will learn Python, Tableau, and SQL for the next 6-7 months. I visit HN at least 2-3 times a day even though I am not a hacker. So, I ... ⌘ Read more