How Long Does It Take to Land a Programming Role? Data Analysis Deep-Dive

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Published on July 22, 2023 8:50:54 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBIUNr_YgQI

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Ever wondered how long it really takes to land a programming role? 🧐
We've scoured Twitter, the source of all truth, to find the answer!

In this video, we've taken a Twitter thread asking for personal experiences and transformed it into an in-depth, data-driven study. We've scraped, cleaned, and visualized data from hundreds of responses, and the results are both fascinating and educational!

✨ Here's a brief rundown of what you can expect:

1️⃣ Data Collection & Cleaning: We used Twitter's virtual scrolling feature to gather responses from the thread.

2️⃣ Data Visualization & Analysis: We generated colorful histograms and useful descriptive statistics, providing a detailed picture of both learning and job landing times. Is there a significant difference between the time taken to learn programming and the time taken to land a job? Watch the video to discover our findings!

3️⃣ Additional Insights: We've uncovered a wealth of nuance buried within the responses – from language and motivational complications to humor and sarcasm. There's a story behind every data point, and we're excited to share it with you.

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⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:54 - Nuance in the Source Data. Twitter is very nuanced, you see.
3:49 - Some of My External Open Research on Duration
4:24 - Interpretive Caveats from GPT-4
5:21 - Results, pt 1: Learning vs Job Search Distributions
6:25 - Results, pt 2: Merged and Normalized Distributions
7:08 - Results, pt 3: Table of Descriptive Statistics

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John's Socials:
https://vandivier.github.io/not-johns-linktree/

Original Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/hasan_3wada/status/1682416290684628992

AI Snacks Repo:
https://github.com/Vandivier/ai-snacks/blob/main/time-to-learn-coding-twitter-thread/README.md

Original Live Stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNYhpVtTe_8