I attend my first Python conference last weekend. It was the NZ python user group’s tenth national python conference. Everything was just great and awesome; I made a lot of friends also learn a lot. Going to a conference full of people who love the same thing as myself is always a fun experience.

To answer this question, we have to consider what data science and big data can do for the average citizen: The results of data science are already working their magic in our day to day lives. Have you ever looked for a t-shirt online and found related advertisements on Facebook and other websites continuously for a week?