WeCloudData

I'm writing this review to share my story with WeCloudData and how it helped me land a job in the Data Science industry. I have three friends who graduated from the program and they all have a decent data job right now, which left me a great first impression about this program while I was looking to switch my career to something more tech-oriented. The curriculum and materials are well-designed. It keeps you busy (yet not frustrated) for three months and immerses you in the data world to achieve lots in a such short time. The program follows a logic of easy to hard, basic to advanced, and in a sequence of data science life cycle, so it's very friendly to any data/tech noobs like myself. And more importantly, the reason I say they do beyond teaching is, that WeCloudData provides 100% support on your job searching. They often invite managers of the data department, industry insiders, experienced workers, interview coaches to have a seminar/webinar and share their knowledge with the class. They will help you with resume building, interview prep, and even mock interviews sometimes. If you are still having trouble landing a job, you can also keep developing yourself by retaking the course or working on projects. With their well-developed program and supportive job searching guidance, I was able to land a job in a data science team at a leading financial company. While I have mentioned so many advantages about this program, there is a minor flaw that I felt the connection between me and my class is rather weak (I didn't even know what some of my classmates look like when the program was finished). However, I think this is what every school is experiencing at this certain time, and I can see that WeCloudData is actively working on some improvements to engage students. Overall, I'll still rate WeCloudData and its Data Science program at 5/5.

Everyone at WeCLoudData cares about your success and help is just one click away if you need assistance with understanding certain concepts. By taking this program you would learn a lot of highly demanding skills such as cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), big data tools Hadoop and Spark, DataOps tools Git, Docker, Kubernetes and many others. The most important part of the full-time program is the ability to work on real business problems and gain valuable experience, which will help you to get your dream job.

As a recent grad, I wasn't satisifed with my degree and felt lost. After doing some research, I decided to pursue Data Science. I considered many different bootcamps, but felt WeCloudData best served my learning goals.

The program teaches you the fundamentals to be a great data scientist. The classes are small, allowing time for you to ask as many questions as you want. The TA's are extremely helpful and always willing to help. The projects were a great practical learning experience, and helped me build a portfolio I'm extremely proud of. The program had many guest lectures from industry professionals, allowing you to get a better feel of the practical use cases in various industries and tools. On top of that, you make many great connections with other students by collaborating on projects, it really felt like a family and only made me love the program even more.

Career support was also fantastic, the team is always keeping students up to date on opportunities and referrals. I got more interviews than I expected in a short amount of time. I was also matched with a mentor, who gave great resume and job search advice as well. It made me feel much more comfortable during my job search.

My only concern about the program was the lack of feedback. I felt it was sparse for many assignments and projects. Also, there were some sections for the program I felt were rushed, and found myself being lost sometimes. But as said before, the TAs are always willing to help.

It's important to know that during and after the BootCamp, you have to put in the world. WeCloudData does a great job at laying down a foundation for your career path, but you have to be proactive in learning, building portfolio projects, and being aggressive in the job market.