…sentation skills. Communicate from a client perspective: How can I precisely answer their question? Learn to communicate at different levels and sum up the details of your work. People are easily intrigued by fancy multidimensional plots, but often a simple bar chart conveys a message more efficiently. Showcase your results: When people see what you’re doing, and see that you’re doing great work, they will trust you.
Ask the right follow-up questions. If a client or your boss wants you to calculate some key figures or create some chart, ask “Why? What for? What do you want to achieve? What actions will you take, depending on the result?” to better understand the core of the problem. Then figure out how to get there together — is there another, better way to reach that goal than the one proposed?
Bridge the deployment gap for agile prototyping of data products: Learn to use tools for logging and monitoring. Know how to build a REST API (e.g. using Flask) to provide your results to others. Learn how to ship your work inside a Docker container or deploy it to a platform like Heroku. Instead of letting your models rot on your laptop, wrap them into data-driven services that fit snugly into your company’s IT landscape.