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Working for Progressive Organizations

Progressive Data Jobs - specific website / listserv for jobs in progressive data and analytics
Code for America Job Site - Code for America
Jobs that are LEFT and Wellstone Jobs - general listservs for jobs, not specific data or analytics
Inclusv - job bank for people of color
Shine Squad - “a space for story sharing, expressing needs, and action taking” related to discrimination in the workplace
2017 and 2016 Progressive Data Salary Survey - report on salaries in the progressive data, analytics, and technology
So you want to work in progressive analytics… - guide to getting a job in analytics, featuring how to write a resume, pass a phone interview, and ace a coding test
Resume Writing: Telling Your Story - an essay by Kassia DeVorsey on how to write a great resume

Learning Technical Skills

How to Learn How to Code, Jess Garson (slides from Crack the Code 2016)
Hear Me Code - “Free, beginner-friendly coding classes for over 2000 women in DC”

Data Science

Statistical Learning from Stanford University - introduction to predictive modeling
Machine Learning from Stanford University - graduate level data science (hard with a lot of math)

Excel

SQL/R/Python

Code Academy
Data Camp
Stack Overflow
Basic SQL Overview (Video)
What is a Database Overview (Video)
Choosing the Right Database (Postgres vs Redshift vs Vertica)

GIS & Maps

GIS 101 (Video)
Map School
CartoDB Academy
How to Lie with Maps (Book)
Shapefile sources: Census, Natural Earth Data, Zillow Neighborhood Boundaries
Notable Projects: Open Street Map and Open Addresses
Tools: GeoJSON and Geocolor
Organizations: Maptime!, FOSS4G, FOSS4G-NA (North America), CUGOS (a regional club)
Software companies: Mapzen, Mapbox, CartoDB, ESRI, Tableau, and Empower Engine (Julie was a speaker at Crack the Code 2016!)

Graphing

Formal Training

This is a limited selection of schools and programs, but they’ve all been helpful to people who work in progressive politics.

MAPSS at the University of Chicago
- 1 year
- Very open ended (9 classes and only 1 requirement)
- You can choose to focus on political science methodology to get the best analytics training
Center for Data Science and Public Policy at the University of Chicago
- 2 years
Coursera Data Science Certification
- Online
- About 9 months to fully complete (but flexible about exact timing)
Data Science for Social Good at the University of Chicago
- Fellowship
- About 4 months
Masters in Data Science at Columbia University
- 2 years

Soft Skills

Project Management

Asana - Free task and project manager. Similar to JIRA but easier to set up; not quite the same level of detail as JIRA. People seem to be strongly pro or against Asana.
JIRA - Issue tracker. For under 10 users is about $200 a year; price scales up dramatically after that; Probably the most complicated of the options for setup but is great for both short term & long term once you are setup; Integrates with lots of things including hipchat & github
Trello - free! Super easy to use, but does not necessarily have the level of detail some shops needs. Has far fewer integrations.
Basecamp - There’s a “Classic” and an updated basecamp - fairly straightforward to set up; cost money; is better for longer term projects (a week or more)
KanbanFlow - light-weight system that scales very well from a single person/independent contractor situation up to smallish teams; free to use, $5/month for premium features.
Confluence

RESOURCES