How Dataquest Helped Mohammad Become a Machine Learning Engineer
Learn how Mohammad went from zero background in data science to becoming a machine learning engineer with the help of Dataquest’s data science courses.
M-Kopa Case Study: ‘Dataquest is Changing the Way We Work’
When the M-Kopa Solar team realized they needed to level up their data science skills, they came to Dataquest for team training and found exactly what they needed.
Why Jorge Prefers Dataquest Over DataCamp for Learning Data Analysis
When Jorge Varade decided he wanted to learn data analysis, he tried both DataCamp and Dataquest, and found he strongly preferred the latter. Here’s why.
Javier: Learning Programming Online at Dataquest Was Better Than University
Should you learn programming online or at a school or university? Javier Fernández Suárez tried both, and liked Dataquest’s online data science courses better.
How Caitlin Went from Retail at IKEA to Data Science at Amazon
This is how Caitlin went from working retail at IKEA to doing data science on one of the most exciting teams at Amazon (with a little help from Dataquest).
How Dataquest Helped a Business Grad with No Coding Skills Get a Job in Data
Huyen Vu had a Masters in business and an interest in analytics, but zero experience with coding for data science. Then she found Dataquest.
How Dataquest Helped This Tufts Undergrad Land Jobs in Data Science
Hezekiah was looking for specialized data science skills his university didn’t offer. Dataquest fit the bill, and offered courses that felt as high-quality as Tufts’.
From Meteorologist to Data Scientist in Six Months
Armed with a strong science background but faced with limited career options, Isaac Pato dropped everything for six months and built up a skillset that landed him a job in the data science field. “I went to school for meteorology and I graduated in 2012. I worked in meteorology for about a year, and then I […]
How a Humanities Teacher Learned Data Science with Dataquest
Can you learn data science online without a background in math or programming? This Dataquest student is living proof that anybody can learn data science.
Curtly: “Dataquest changed my life”
How learning data science and Python with Dataquest helped Curtly Critchlow solve a massive Excel problem at his job.
How Miguel Got 3 Data Science Job Offers Fast With Dataquest
Miguel Couto’s data science story begins with rejection. “I got this really dry email saying, ‘Hi Miguel, just to let you know, we’re not giving you the scholarship.’” Miguel said. He had applied for a scholarship to a prestigious but expensive data science bootcamp in Berlin. And despite his qualifications, which include a PhD in Material […]
Carlos: ‘Everything Dataquest showed me, I use in my new job’
When Carlos Cutillas de Frutos graduated from the Business Administration program at CUNEF in Madrid, he knew he wanted to add something extra to his business skill set. He quickly settled on data science, because he enjoyed statistics and he knew there was a lot of potential for growth there. But he still had a […]
Adam: “It would have been much harder without Dataquest”
Adam Zabrodski didn’t originally plan to become a data scientist. In college, he studied rocks. But over a sequence of jobs that included Ops Management at Uber and a “brutal slog” in investment banking, he found that he enjoyed analytics and working with data. The problem? Adam had no background in math or computer science. […]
Dataquest helped me get my dream job at Noodle.ai
Dataquest’s mission is to prepare real-world data scientists. Sunishchal Dev wanted to get a career in data science. He had a degree in Technology & Innovation Management and had business skills, but he needed to improve his technical skills and learn python to get the job he really wanted. Sunishchal had experience with online learning, […]
How Pol Brigneti got a Data Analyst job using Dataquest at Belgrave Valley
When Pol Brigneti started his career after studying Business Management at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, he had no idea what data analytics was. After working as an intern for Ridelink he quickly discovered the importance of data analysis and realized that to acheive his goal of one day being a Product Manager he would […]
Eric: “I wanted something practical”
Eric Sales De Andrade came to Dataquest via Quora. “I read a response from Vik and he seemed to know what he was writing about.” At the time, he worked in data mining— “But it was just putting stuff in a database. I wanted to get real with data.” He had originally tried DataCamp and a machine […]
Christian: “Consistency is Key”
After working in Business Intelligence, Christian L’Heureux took a break from data science. When he returned, as part of his MBA program, he found a changed world. He knew he needed to get up to speed quickly on the new landscape — especially Python. After trying DataCamp and CodeAcademy, he found Dataquest. “I liked the way […]
Mike: “I wanted to grow my skills”
Mike Roberts didn’t plan on becoming a data scientist. After getting a degree in physics, he gave art management and professional poker playing a shot before becoming a BI analyst. He joined Dataquest to beef up those BI skills, but quickly learned he could switch to a much more interesting role within data science. For […]
Aaron: “Dataquest broke things down in ways I could understand.”
Aaron Melton saw the power of Python while working at a power plant. His team was using Excel for a complex report, which was time consuming and error-prone. He decided to learn Python to fix it, and after several months of attempts got NetworkX to work. “It was a great moment. I saw how I could […]
Priya: “Dataquest helped me to help others”
Priya Iyer decided to learn data science so that she could better help people. Her startup, Tulalens, operated for two years and raised $100k towards helping women in urban slums. Tulelens helped the women launch small businesses that sold iron-rich foods, and shared information on iron-deficiency anemia. Priya and her partners realized that they could be […]