If you’re a newbie to programming and you’re trying to learn data science on your own, you’re going to have a *much* less frustrating time learning R vs Python.
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I was seriously so 50/50 on whether I should learn python or R, I kept flip flopping between the two. Eventually I picked python cause people kept saying it would have more value in the future beyond just data analysis.
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That makes a lot of sense to me. I think that either one will probably meet your data analysis needs, and the extra day or two of wrestling with Python will not matter in the long run.
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I’m in the exact same boat as you, and made the same choice. I get the sense academic research prefer R, while private sector companies see more python (for those extended use cases)
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People say lots of things. R can translate to Python (Jupyter Notebook) later, anyway.
It's a good choice. Python will pay more dividends in the future than R
You chose correctly.
Also, learning a new language isnt hard once you master couple of them, but if you are a noob you should 100% start with pyhton and then branch out.
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