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Become a Data Scientist
A Thinkful Info Session
January 2018
1
About us
Justin Ezor
Founder of Hacker Fund, CTRL
Collective, Silicon Beach Sports
League
Thinkful LA Community Manager
David Samuel
Thinkful Data Science Mentor
Founder Cryptobox
IT Consultant
2
About you!
What's your name?
What brought you here today?
Why are you interested in Data Science?
3
About Thinkful
We train developers and data scientists
through 1x1 mentorship and project-based
learning.
Guaranteed.Guaranteed.
4
Agenda
What is data science?
Our philosophy and approach
Program overview
Next steps
5
"Big Data" is changing the game
Over the past ten years user generated content (social media)
and mobile has led to an explosion in the volume, velocity, and
variety of data.
6
This is accelerating
90% of the data in the world today has been created
in the last two years alone.
IBM, May 2013
7
Basically, we're drowning in data
8
What is a data scientist?
9
A data scientist is a jack of all trades
10
Data science in action
LinkedInLinkedIn - Who might you know?
UberUber - Where should drivers hang out?
NetflixNetflix - What do people want to watch?
11
If this excites you...
12
... there's a huge shortage
“The United States alone faces a shortage of
140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical
skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts to
analyze big data and make decisions based on their
findings.”
13
These jobs are about skills, not credentials
If you can prove you have the skills, you are
employable.
This levels the playing fields making it possibleThis levels the playing fields making it possible
for many paths to learning.for many paths to learning.
14
Our philosophy
1x1 mentorship
Project-based learning
Flexibility in schedule
Job placement guarantee
15
1x1 mentorship
"The average tutored student was above 98% of the students in the control
class."
-Benjamin Bloom, 1984 study
Conventional learning
16
Meet your mentor on our platform
17
Your mentor will guide your learning
Ask questions to better understand concepts
They’ll review your work and provide suggestions
Help scope, review, and approve capstones
Keeps you on track — your personal learning trainerKeeps you on track — your personal learning trainer
18
Project-based learning
19
Flexibility in schedule
Online program enables students to learn anywhere,
anytime, and at their own pace.
You don’t have to quit your job to start a careerYou don’t have to quit your job to start a career
transition.transition.
20
Job placement guarantee!
Get a job within SIX MONTHSSIX MONTHS or get your money back.
21
Our students receive unprecedented support
1x1 Learning Mentor
1x1 Career CoachProgram Manager
You
Q&A Sessions
22
Python-based curriculum
Data and analysis (cleaning, visualization, etc)
Supervised learning (Naive bayes, Decision trees, etc)
Unsupervised learning (Clustering, Neural networks)
Other topics (algorithms, scraping, big data)
Specializations (e.g. NLP, TensorFlow, etc)
23
Pricing
$7,990 with multiple financing options available
24
Thinkful's Free Course
bit.ly/ds-la-freebit.ly/ds-la-free
Access to 80 hours of our Data Science
curriculum for two weeks
Unlimited live Q&A sessions
Start with Python's Data Science Toolkit
Option to continue with full bootcamp
25

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Become a Data Scientist: A Thinkful Info Session

  • 1. Become a Data Scientist A Thinkful Info Session January 2018 1
  • 2. About us Justin Ezor Founder of Hacker Fund, CTRL Collective, Silicon Beach Sports League Thinkful LA Community Manager David Samuel Thinkful Data Science Mentor Founder Cryptobox IT Consultant 2
  • 3. About you! What's your name? What brought you here today? Why are you interested in Data Science? 3
  • 4. About Thinkful We train developers and data scientists through 1x1 mentorship and project-based learning. Guaranteed.Guaranteed. 4
  • 5. Agenda What is data science? Our philosophy and approach Program overview Next steps 5
  • 6. "Big Data" is changing the game Over the past ten years user generated content (social media) and mobile has led to an explosion in the volume, velocity, and variety of data. 6
  • 7. This is accelerating 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone. IBM, May 2013 7
  • 9. What is a data scientist? 9
  • 10. A data scientist is a jack of all trades 10
  • 11. Data science in action LinkedInLinkedIn - Who might you know? UberUber - Where should drivers hang out? NetflixNetflix - What do people want to watch? 11
  • 12. If this excites you... 12
  • 13. ... there's a huge shortage “The United States alone faces a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts to analyze big data and make decisions based on their findings.” 13
  • 14. These jobs are about skills, not credentials If you can prove you have the skills, you are employable. This levels the playing fields making it possibleThis levels the playing fields making it possible for many paths to learning.for many paths to learning. 14
  • 15. Our philosophy 1x1 mentorship Project-based learning Flexibility in schedule Job placement guarantee 15
  • 16. 1x1 mentorship "The average tutored student was above 98% of the students in the control class." -Benjamin Bloom, 1984 study Conventional learning 16
  • 17. Meet your mentor on our platform 17
  • 18. Your mentor will guide your learning Ask questions to better understand concepts They’ll review your work and provide suggestions Help scope, review, and approve capstones Keeps you on track — your personal learning trainerKeeps you on track — your personal learning trainer 18
  • 20. Flexibility in schedule Online program enables students to learn anywhere, anytime, and at their own pace. You don’t have to quit your job to start a careerYou don’t have to quit your job to start a career transition.transition. 20
  • 21. Job placement guarantee! Get a job within SIX MONTHSSIX MONTHS or get your money back. 21
  • 22. Our students receive unprecedented support 1x1 Learning Mentor 1x1 Career CoachProgram Manager You Q&A Sessions 22
  • 23. Python-based curriculum Data and analysis (cleaning, visualization, etc) Supervised learning (Naive bayes, Decision trees, etc) Unsupervised learning (Clustering, Neural networks) Other topics (algorithms, scraping, big data) Specializations (e.g. NLP, TensorFlow, etc) 23
  • 24. Pricing $7,990 with multiple financing options available 24
  • 25. Thinkful's Free Course bit.ly/ds-la-freebit.ly/ds-la-free Access to 80 hours of our Data Science curriculum for two weeks Unlimited live Q&A sessions Start with Python's Data Science Toolkit Option to continue with full bootcamp 25