Appendix D — Communities for data professionals
Here are some useful resources for those looking to build careers in data.
Data Umbrella
Hosts webinars and job fairs.
PyData
https://pydata.org/ is a “Community for open source data tools”; part of NumFocus A foundation for data science tools (like scipy). Their HQ is in Austin and they have an interesting blog https://medium.com/@numfocus
Data.World
A data catalog company, also based here in Austin. Lots of activity in the AI space around data as well (including semantic web knowledge integration).
They have a really good podcast that should be regular listening for those seeking data careers: https://data.world/podcasts/
R-bloggers
A round-up of peple blogging about R, lots of good tidyerse stuff in there. https://www.r-bloggers.com/
For example, a round-up of the posit (makers of tidyverse) conf: https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/09/our-experience-at-positconf-2024/