Microsoft's Software Engineer Shares Her Experience with Data Science Bootcamp

Data Science Dojo · Beginner ·🧠 Large Language Models ·10y ago

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Dr. Jenna Butler, a software engineer at Microsoft, shares her experience with Data Science Dojo's data science bootcamp, highlighting the interactive and inverted classroom approach, as well as the balance of teaching and hands-on activities.

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i'm from ontario canada i moved after i completed my pc and bioinformatics studying cancer growth and how to best fit drugs to prevent that sort of coming back I really like it i like all the interactive part so I like that it's not just 50 learning and I like when we get to do things sort of the inverted classroom approach by shalimar no one had told me about it but then i looked at the testimonials and contacted some people from microsoft is glad to say how was it and everyone had different I saw you when to this tell me how much it how do I go about asking my boss beside me quickly I was like kind of dreading the week because so long and they really emphasize how intense it would be I thought all this can be brutal but it was really great look I actually found myself each day more looking for coming back they did a nice enough balance of teaching us interesting things and then acting on it fun in that iterative cycle that I found it like kind of lading only one try that I want to live and then they had some like sexy topics at the end you though like which is fun the natural language processing and recommendation engine and i would recommend because it's actually fun like incredibly quick learners be mentally prepared but it's not this place you know dreadful event it's enjoyable enjoyable winning you

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Dr. Jenna Butler, from Seattle's March 2016 cohort, has a Ph.D. in bioinformatics and is a software developer at Microsoft. She discusses her experience at Data Science Dojo and what she liked about the bootcamp. -- At Data Science Dojo, we believe data science is for everyone. Our data science trainings have been attended by more than 10,000 employees from over 2,500 companies globally, including many leaders in tech like Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. For more information please visit: https://hubs.la/Q01Z-13k0 💼 Learn to build LLM-powered apps in just 40 hours with our Large Language Models bootcamp: https://hubs.la/Q01ZZGL-0 💼 Get started in the world of data with our top-rated data science bootcamp: https://hubs.la/Q01ZZDpt0 💼 Master Python for data science, analytics, machine learning, and data engineering: https://hubs.la/Q01ZZD-s0 💼 Explore, analyze, and visualize your data with Power BI desktop: https://hubs.la/Q01ZZF8B0 #datascience #bootcamp #llm #datanalytics
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Dr. Jenna Butler shares her positive experience with Data Science Dojo's bootcamp, highlighting the interactive and hands-on approach, and recommends it to others. The bootcamp covers a range of topics, including natural language processing and recommendation engines.

Key Takeaways
  1. Research data science bootcamps
  2. Evaluate the curriculum and teaching style
  3. Prepare for an intense but rewarding learning experience
  4. Engage with interactive and hands-on activities
  5. Apply data science concepts to real-world problems
💡 The inverted classroom approach and interactive learning can make data science education more enjoyable and effective.

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