779: The Tidyverse of Essential R Libraries and their Python Analogues, with Dr. Hadley Wickham
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Tidyverse, ggplot2, and the secret to a tech company’s longevity: Hadley Wickham talks to Jon Krohn about Posit’s rebrand, Tidyverse and why it needs to be in every data scientist’s toolkit, and why getting your hands dirty with open-source projects can be so lucrative for your career. This episode is brought to you by Intel and HPE Ezmeral Software (https://bit.ly/hpeintel). Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit passionfroot.me/superdatascience for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: • All about the Tidyverse [04:46] • Hadley’s favorite R libraries [17:10] • The goal of Posit [30:29] • On bringing multiple programming languages together [36:02] • The principles for a long-lasting tech company [52:10] • How Hadley developed ggplot2 [55:24] • How to contribute to the open-source community [1:05:43] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/779
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