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This bootcamp was a really good one! Tough indeed, but I learned so much. And special thanks to the very valuable coaches who guide us thru a bunch of science stuff. The format of morning lectures and group work on the stuff after lunch is really helpful to get into the topics and collaborate on them, so you daily learned twice. Very useful experience to study remote. The capstone project is really good for experience too, I learned so much more than in other courses earlier. Very well done neuefische 👏

I attended (and graduated) from the very first batch of Data Science Retreat (DSR) which took place in Berlin from the beginning of May to end of July 2014 .
Since I lot of time has passed since I graduated from this bootcamp / course, I think I can now properly asses the value that DSR added to my own career. Furthermore, since I stayed in contact with the bootcamp and the students which attended several of the later batches, I think I can also judge the development of the bootcamp over time.
Overall, DSR helped my own career tremendously in several ways. My salary increased significantly after graduating and finding a new job and continued to increase in the years afterwards as the skills (many acquired at DSR) were in high demand. From my experience, this was true for most graduates of my batch as well as later batches.
The curriculum of the first DSR batch was very relevant for my work after graduating and DSR also helped me to prepare for finding a job and negotiating a better salary etc. Many of the skills I learned at DSR are still relevant for me nowadays. A lot of the technical skills / knowledge is out of date now, but this normal for any technical profession, especially for a relatively new discipline as data science. At the same time, I think DSR made good adjustments to its curriculum to mirror the changes taking place in the industry, e.g. switching the main programming language from R to Python.
All instructors at my own batch were quite good and had relevant industry experience. Our main instructor is now the Chief Data Officer at a prominent German FinTech company. In future batches, the quality of the instructors increased even more as the bootcamp became more well known and the instructors gained experience in teaching the same material over time.
As my batch was the very first batch of DSR, we witnessed some growing up pains especially regarding the organization of the bootcamp, but this improved significantly over time and several years later DSR seemed to run like a well-oiled machine.
DSR also helped my career by providing an excellent opportunity to network with professionals from my and later batches, instructors and all kinds of other relevant industry people. I used my connection to people I met through DSR several times to find solution for some technical problems or further my career. People associated with DSR are - for the absolute most part - also very nice folks to know and I am glad to say I made some good friends through DSR :)
Again, overall I can wholeheartedly recommend DSR for people who have a relevant background & are looking for (and are willing to learn) a lot of new skills which will help them in their future data science career.

The Mini Booth Camp arrangment is very punctual.... it contains fruitfull lesson and hands-on exercises.... recommend this so much to explore more about machine learning disciplines :).... If you intend to take chance in very early wave of the knowledge and relate machine learning theory to practice, then this Mini Booth Camp will be a good starting point :)

The weekly live classes with the coach were very helpful. Then they do additional live session which are not mandatory but id say is another great resource to understand the courses better. And the whole member of QS are very responsive and their goal is really for you to succeed in this field. 

Elegí el curso de full stack porque me encanta programar y ¡la verdad es que no me arrepiento! Todo fue muy fácil desde el principio, la gente que me atendió fue súper amable y me ayudaron con todo. Los profes, Pablo y Luis, son unos cracks. Saben muchísimo y te lo explican de una forma que cualquiera entiende. Con mi experiencia previa en informática y tecnología, puedo asegurar que las peronas que trabajan en HACK A BOSS son auténticos profesionales.

I have three noteworthy points on this course:

I have a data science background and landed a job as a data engineer after completing this course. 

I only wish Pipeline Academy lasted longer. Call me when you create Pipeline Academy part 2!

My experience at the academy was incredibly enriching. The mentors were highly professional and offered continuous support. Their guidance significantly contributed to my learning, and I'm thankful for the valuable knowledge I acquired during my time there.

This program was very challenging to me. There were times that I thought I would not make it through and wanted to quit. I had to remind myself that this program is only introducing me to the various plethora of tools in data analytics. Some tools I have heard of and other I had not. There were some of the concepts and tools that I would never seek out and there are those I want to learn more about. To be successful in this program, you will need to be committed. You need to understand that there will be things you will not understand but you need to push through it. Use all available resources. I like attempting the challenges and when stuck, I will have something for my tutor to help me resolve. That is something I did not realize until later in the program. You will definitely need two monitors! Attend office hours before and after class. The instructor and TAs were very helpful when I had an issue. Set your time for working on the assignments and stick to it.  You have to remind yourself that it is only temporary and not a life sentence. Read through the requirements of the challenges before submitting. Take advantage of resubmitting your corrected assignments. Realize that the instructor is fallible and the topics maybe challenging them to teach. They have topics that they are more knowledgeable about than others and this program is the only teaching experience they have. This program will solidify soft skills such as: critical thinking, problem-solving, time-management, and team building. As challenging as it is, try your best to remain until the end. It's completing and not always about getting the 'A'.

An overall great intensive data science training bringing as instructors experts in the area from all over the world. Covering languages of Python, R, SQL, Azure, Git and topics from agile development to NLP and ML. At the same time providing a diverse fellowship. Highly recommend.

Very good programming school allowing you to become a top 1% engineer and land a high paying job in very good companies. 

Also teach you incredible useful top skills that you won't learn anywhere else as the school system and curriculum is very unique

You will need to be able to work 60+ hours a week and connect with your fellow student if you want to succeed here.

The school lacks a bit of framing, you can rely only on your work ethic and the black hole pressure (ejection system for the student that can't keep up with the pace)

I made the great learning - MIT PE, Data science for decision making. The content was outstanding, the GL platform, combined with MIT knowledge, made learning simple and efficient. As CTO managing a Data Scientist team, I can definitely tell I learnt very interesting things, the pedagogy is also very efficient (I'm a self learner and it enhances independence in learning)

Great material ! But if you want to learn the real stuff you better arrive prepared by doing some projects on your own, asking yourself questions MIT PE will answer.

The UC Chico Production Bulletin System class is a great tool for all upcoming prod coders. The production unit series of courses (TFDP 173) provides instruction and felt like an effective boot camp for what I'm getting into with studio system coding.