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2 points by jack 3687 days ago | link | parent

Note: I am not directly responsible for hiring people at the company I work at.

Perhaps I am jealous of not having these opportunities (or being able to afford them) where I am from but I feel like hiring a bootcamper can be extremely dangerous, I am not sure if I would hire someone into a blue chip company who has only done a bootcamp. Maybe I am selling the individuals too short but I feel like a solid foundation in CS (data structures, algos, programming languages, distributed systems) and maths (stats, numerical optimization, real analysis) is the most trustable foundation for a young analytics professional. When combined with good work experience (or commerce breadth) you have the perfect entry level employee.



2 points by hoboon 3687 days ago | link

Thanks for the reply.

Personally, I am a SW engineer by trade and have some math background, but no training in ML or data science.

If I finish one of the more grueling bootcamps then perhaps I can be a more attractive candidate?

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3 points by paulsef 3686 days ago | link

If you're interested in Zipfian definitely check them out. I'm a former student and can assure you that they really know their stuff. I got hired directly out of the program and will easily repay the cost of tuition within this year. If you want some more info on it let me know!

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1 point by hoboon 3684 days ago | link

Thanks for the feed back. I've heard good things about zipfian.

What kind of background do you have? I'm a SWE and have some math background. Do you think smaller startups will hire people from zipfian?

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2 points by jack 3687 days ago | link

Yup you absolutely can.

What type of data science are you interested in? I ask because people have such skewed opinions of what 'data science' is.

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1 point by hoboon 3684 days ago | link

I'd be interested in developing algorithms and general systems building. More than systems engineering for stuff like this but still enough that I can get a system together including algorithms for people.

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