Tuesday Tip #25: Spice up your GitHub profile 🔥


Hi Reader,

If I were to dedicate the next Tuesday Tip to you and the Data Science challenge you’re currently facing, what would that Tip be about?

Reply and let me know! 💌


🔗 Link of the week

Comprehensive Python Cheatsheet

This is a truly gigantic cheatsheet (thousands of lines long!) that covers dozens of Python topics from beginner to advanced. Because the information density is so high, it’s more suitable as a reference than as a primary learning tool.

If you’re just getting started with Python, I would instead recommend Python Essentials for Data Scientists, my newly updated course! 🐍


👉 Tip #25: Add a custom README to your GitHub profile

One of the most important assets as a Data Scientist is your portfolio of projects hosted on GitHub. This demonstrates your Data Science experience to potential employers, including your coding skills, your analytical skills, and your ability to communicate.

But in a competitive job market, it’s also important to make a great first impression, starting from the moment someone visits your GitHub profile.

GitHub makes this easy by allowing you to create and customize your profile README. Here are some examples:

Getting started is easy:

  1. Create a public repository with the same name as your GitHub username (like https://github.com/justmarkham/justmarkham) and initialize it with a README file.
  2. Edit the README file using Markdown.

That README file will automatically be displayed on your profile! Here’s mine:

If you’re having a problem with the setup, check out GitHub’s detailed instructions.


Resources:

Not sure what to include in your README? Check out Awesome GitHub Profile READMEs for inspiration!

Want to add some fancy badges or widgets? This huge list of tools should help!

New to the Markdown language? Here’s GitHub’s guide to formatting text and images and my favorite Markdown cheatsheet.


If you enjoyed this week’s tip, please forward it to a friend! Takes only a few seconds, and it really helps me grow the newsletter! 🚀

See you next Tuesday!

- Kevin

P.S. How to Pick Your Life Partner (Part 2)

Did someone awesome forward you this email? Sign up here to receive Data Science tips every week!

Learn Artificial Intelligence from Data School 🤖

Join 25,000+ intelligent readers and receive AI tips every Tuesday!

Read more from Learn Artificial Intelligence from Data School 🤖

Hi Reader, Here are your top AI stories for the week: ChatGPT can weaken your brain Claude shares nerve gas recipe Amsterdam ends AI experiment due to bias Read more below! 👇 Sponsored by: Brain.fm Transform Your Focus With Brain.fm I know you're always on the hunt for tools that genuinely improve your life—which is why I'm excited to introduce you to Brain.fm's groundbreaking focus music. Brain.fm's patented audio technology was recently validated in a top neuroscience journal, showing how...

Hi Reader, Last week, I invited you to help me test Google's Data Science Agent in Colab, which promises to automate your data analysis. Does it live up to that promise? Let's find out! 👇 Sponsored by: Morning Brew Business news you’ll actually enjoy Join 4M+ professionals who start their day with Morning Brew—a free daily newsletter that makes business, tech, and finance news genuinely enjoyable to read and hard to forget. Each morning, it breaks down complex stories in plain English—cutting...

Hi Reader, Today I'm trying something brand new! I wrote short summaries of the 5 most important AI stories this week, and also turned it into a video: Watch the video I'd love to know what you think! 💬 AI-generated TV ad airs during NBA finals Prediction market Kalshi just aired this AI-generated ad on network TV during the NBA finals. It was created in just two days by one person using Google's new Veo 3 video model, plus scripting help from Google's Gemini chatbot. Expect to see many more...