Data Science Internship — how to become an intern

Finding your first data science job might be hard. Here’s how to do it.

Przemek Chojecki
3 min readJun 3, 2020

Data Science is a great, intellectually stimulating career which often pays a salary of over $50,000. However, it might be hard to start, especially if you’re straight out of a college, data science bootcamp, or finished just a couple of courses. Here’s how to get your first data science internships.

Data Science Internship — how to become an intern Data Scientist.

Github portfolio of projects and data science resume

Make sure that you have done a couple of data science projects you can show to your potential employees. You should have a Github repository where you collect them with decent documentation for each project, so that people can discover it.

Another thing is creating a great data science resume. Build your profile on LinkedIn, mentioning all your past courses and certificates.

Start applying for data science internships

Once you have all your projects ready and a great resume, it’s time to start applying.

Applying for data science internships is easier than applying for other roles, especially if you’re open to having minimal or no salary. One great source of possible companies in…

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Przemek Chojecki
Przemek Chojecki

Written by Przemek Chojecki

AI & crypto, PhD in mathematics, Forbes 30 under 30, former Oxford fellow.

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