Our motto is “Data Science for Everyone”. We have created a curriculum that makes data science skills accessible to anyone who is willing to dive right in and learn.
We have had attendees from a wide range of backgrounds – software engineers, product/program managers, physicists, financial analysts – even medical doctors and veterinarians, attend and successfully finish the training. We recommend that you talk to one of our instructors before finalizing the decision. If you would like to set up a time with one of our instructors, please let us know.
Who is your typical attendee?
Our attendees come from diverse backgrounds. We have had more than 10,000 people attend our bootcamp from 2000+ companies in various industries, job titles, and functions. They are software developers, program/product managers, management consultants, financial/business/data analysts, academic researchers, geophysicists, geochemists, policy analysts, engineers, statisticians – even veterinarians and medical doctors have successfully completed the bootcamp.
Many of them are working professionals who want to add some data science to their current positions, or who just want to learn what this new field is all about. We focus on teaching the concepts and underlying knowledge needed to do data science, rather than on platform-specific techniques.
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Do I need any experience to attend the bootcamp?
Our motto is, “Data Science for Everyone” and we mean it!
Our course is suitable for beginners. We will introduce you to the fundamentals of data science from data visualization to predictive analytics, to machine learning, data mining, and more! We have developed the course such that beginners can watch the pre-bootcamp tutorials in order to come prepared for the bootcamp. If you watch all the pre-bootcamp tutorials and quizzes, you will be well-prepared for the bootcamp.
While we do recommend having some knowledge of at least one programming/scripting language or computing environment, many of our attendees come to us with little to no experience with programming. Our pre-bootcamp coursework includes tutorials on Introduction to R Programming to get you ramped up for the bootcamp!
Is a programming background required?
The programming experience required by our course is fairly minimal.
You need to know how to assign variables, call functions, and pass parameters to functions. Our pre-bootcamp coursework includes tutorials on Introduction to R Programming to get you ramped up for the bootcamp! A good litmus test to see whether you will get the most out of the bootcamp is to watch this series of videos. If you can follow along and understand, then you will probably be successful going through the course.
The curriculum seems intense, would I be able to handle it?
While we think our bootcamp is suitable for beginners, judge for yourself and take a look at our series of online tutorials that will prepare you for the bootcamp! Check out the curriculum to see what is covered.
Tutorials
The pre-bootcamp tutorials will familiarize you with the fundamentals of data mining, and introduce you to three data science tools: R (programming language), Azure ML, and Amazon ML. If you watch all the pre-bootcamp tutorials and quizzes, you will be well-prepared for the bootcamp.
We have had attendees with diverse backgrounds from various industries who have successfully transformed their careers by learning data science.