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Hi, I\u2019m Andrew Treadway.<\/p>\n

I currently work as a Research Data Scientist for Facebook (Meta), and have experience developing and deploying machine learning models, writing software automation tools, and ETL. I completed a master’s degree in computer science \/ machine learning, and an undergraduate degree in pure mathematics. Click here to view my LinkedIn profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please check out my new upcoming book: Software Engineering for Data Scientists<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

I created TheAutomatic.net<\/a> out of a passion for Python, R, and open source software in general. I hope you learn something new while you\u2019re here, and if you have any requests for tutorials, please let me know on the Contact page<\/a>. In addition to this blog, I’ve also co-created a course (with 365 Data Science) on using Python for web scraping and APIs. Check it out here!<\/a><\/p>\n

Click the links below to view documentation for my published Python packages:<\/p>\n

  • Yahoo_fin Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Pyply Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n

    <\/br><\/p>\n

    Check out my blog<\/a> categories by clicking any of the links below:<\/p>\n

  • File Manipulation<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Machine Learning<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Pandas<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Python<\/a><\/li>\n
  • R<\/a><\/li>\n
  • System Administration<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Web Login<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Web Scraping<\/a><\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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