From the course: 15 Mistakes to Avoid in Data Science

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Relying solely on formal education

Relying solely on formal education

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Relying solely on formal education

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- In the terms of data science and really any technical profession and this probably expands out into any profession not just technical and data science. If you think that you know everything you need to know by the time you've graduated college, a you just couldn't be more wrong, the world is constantly changing. So if you think that just a formal education that stops down, you know, one day in time is going to tell you everything you need to know. I mean, the world changes the next day, there's no way that you can always know everything you need to know because everything is always changing. So I really want you to avoid the mistake of just relying fully on formal education, you know, and thinking that you know everything that you're going to need to know going into the working world after you've graduated college or gotten a master's degree even because the world is always changing and technology changes faster than…

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