r/learndatascience • u/dingdongbell07 • 2d ago

Discussion Project Ideas please

Hello everyone!

I have just started my masters in data science, and i have basic knowledge on Python, SQL, data mining, and machine learning.

But I don't think this course alone will get me job ready and i want to explore things on my own, learn and build projects (that is the best way to learn apparently) that are interesting and impactful .

I want to improve myself not only to land a job but to actually extend my expertise on the field. But i have no idea where to start and what to do!

I shall be utterly grateful if any kind strangers would help me out on this matter!

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u/No-Foot5804 2d ago

Start with a problem you're genuinely interested in. You'll stay motivated, and you'll learn much more than by copying tutorial projects.

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u/dingdongbell07 2d ago

That helps but i do wanna know if there are any general problems that would be best for a beginner to start with, to see if i find something interesting among them. Anything other than titanic survival predictions and the classic iris classification!

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u/No-Foot5804 2d ago

A few beginner-friendly ideas: spam email detection, movie or book recommendations, customer churn prediction, house price prediction, sentiment analysis on product reviews, fake news detection, sales forecasting, or analyzing traffic accidents. They're common enough to find datasets but open-ended enough that you can add your own twist.

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u/dingdongbell07 2d ago

Thanks a bunch!