Data Circle

Students will be given a homework assignment to complete some self-learning at home that will cover a review of important concepts covered by the previous courses so they can level up and better benefit from this experience on day one.

• Job Readiness: Soft skills through career trainings geared towards preparing you for job applications & interviews, networking events and job fairs.

• You will learn from experts in the industry to start a career in tech.

• You are looking to get a job in data or tech

• You can work independently and take initiative

• You are motivated to work on projects

• You communicate well and aren’t afraid to ask questions

• You want to work in teams and collaborate

• You can commit at least 10 hours a week

• You are ready to show up at our location every week

Understand why hands-on projects are important (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU__lDJj5iU)

Understand your field of interest and the possible data career you want to work towards. For example: Resource 1, Resource 2, Resource 3.

Ensure your Python skills are ready to be used daily/weekly for 12 weeks.

Organize your schedule so that you are ready to come to the weekly on-site sessions + work daily towards the project goal

Build up your skills different areas of data:

Learn about BigQuery

Work on your SQL skills.

Learn about ML

Familiarize yourself with Agile Project Management. Resource 1, Resource 2. And prepare yourself to use these practices daily.

You will have built your own project and can showcase it for your portfolio

You will understand data problems more clearly and how to build something to solve the problem

You will be a better communicator and will understand the complexities of sharing tasks and motivating each other

You will feel the difference between a guided course and an unstructured, real world environment which includes unexpected errors, finding own solutions and taking own initiative to reach out for help or formulate specific questions.

You can continue growing and exchanging with our alumni group

You will have more experience to talk about in interviews and can start looking for internships and junior positions

This course is held completely online via Zoom.

• Career & Soft Skills Workshops, Company Visits

• ReDI Mentorship Program (mentors in the IT industry)

• ReDI Talent Pool (job listing platform)

• SkillBuild self-paced eLearning (by IBM & ReDI)

• You should expect to spend a minimum of 8 hours for career workshops or trainings during the semester.