It might be opinionated but it's no less accurate. Data science is many researchers first foray into programming in any language and, speaking from my own path

It might be opinionated but it's no less accurate. Data science is many researchers first foray into programming in any language and, speaking from my own path, was a relatively self-directed discipline in the early days. I often longed for a 'standard approach' but many of the projects that suggested them were packed full of boilerplate that made code even harder to read and write, especially if your background wasn't heavily into OOP.