{"id":9062,"date":"2021-06-16T12:27:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T10:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ie.edu\/exponential-learning\/blog\/?p=9062"},"modified":"2021-06-16T12:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T10:27:18","slug":"challenge-challenging-times-bootcamp-diary-joao-silva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/lifelong-learning\/blog\/data-science\/challenge-challenging-times-bootcamp-diary-joao-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge myself in challenging times | Bootcamp Diary by Joao Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear readers,<\/span><\/p>\n

Before I start to describe my Bootcamp, let me briefly introduce myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

My name is Jo\u00e3o. I\u2019m 25 and I\u2019m from Portugal. My background is in business administration and economics, and I\u2019ve been working in innovation and investment consultancy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My passion for data analytics started when I took subjects such as Business Analytics and Quantitative Methods in my master\u2019s. That passion grew even more when I joined KPMG and started to cooperate in several projects in business intelligence, AI, digital transformation and Industry 4.0, with companies of all sizes and from different industries.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While there, I think I realized that data analytics and AI are the future,<\/strong> and the reason why all companies are investing a lot in these fields is because the gains from being data-driven are enormous. For that reason, I\u2019ve decided to join this Bootcamp; to gain knowledge on coding and machine learning. This is because, despite the fact that I\u2019ve been in touch with these matters, it has only been in a strategic and theoretical way\u2014I lacked technical knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not going to lie. Before the course started I was really anxious and a bit nervous, because I\u2019ve never coded in my entire life. But guess what? I\u2019ve never written a diary either, and here I am, writing my Bootcamp diary (or at least trying to).<\/span><\/p>\n

And that can truly describe this journey<\/strong>\u2014challenging, even though I\u2019m only at the end of the fourth week. Between Math & Stats, coding, exams, study, daily meetings with my teammates and the Capstone Project, the journey on this data science Bootcamp has been one of daily challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it has also been a journey of really nice experiences, even in difficult and strange times. Yes, I couldn\u2019t forget to mention this \u201cCorona\u201d fellow who has ruined everyone\u2019s life. In fact, I have learned a lot since the course began, and I\u2019m just finishing my fourth week. <\/span><\/p>\n

The learning curve is exponential! But that\u2019s easy to explain: we have really good teachers, always open to answer all of our doubts, and it\u2019s a very well-built course indeed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Furthermore, it has been a pleasure working with my teammates in the Capstone Project group, because at the beginning I thought that working at distance would be difficult. But the truth is that, despite the kilometers between us all, we\u2019ve done really good work keeping each other close.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And to wrap up, I would like to say that I\u2019m very excited for what\u2019s still to come,<\/strong> and I wish I could fly to Madrid in November to meet all my classmates and professors. Because if this journey has been excellent at a distance, I cannot imagine what it would be like in person.<\/span><\/p>\n

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