Ahhh... the notorious Zed Shaw. Well, maybe not notorious, but definitely a character and a hell of a guy by all accounts. Zed has a boat load of useful information out there for all of us, especially those new to the field and/or learning a new language to do whatever with.
As it related to Data Science he has two offerings that are immediately useful and a 3rd that is a close contender. The first two are his Command Line Interface Crash Course and Learn SQL the Hard Way. Both have free versions you can complete online, but he offers a paid version, on the cheap, that puts everything together in a nice clean package. The runner up is Learn Python the Hard Way. (This link goes to the pay version, a scant $29.95, but if you are strapped for cash there is a link to the free HTML version below the testimonials.) Are you seeing a trend here?
Zed has a different take on teaching. He loves repetition and isn't afraid to say so. He also writes in much the same way, I would imagine, he speaks. To the point, without fluff, and willing to call you out on your BS.
Zed is also one of the masterminds behind Programming Motherfucker. An excellent resource not only for specific coding languages, but also computer science and coding as a whole. The term used on the site is "Language Agnostic."
Enjoy, Buy one of the excellent PMF t-shirts, and keep on keepin' on.
ZK
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