Data Science

Data Scientists are a hot commodity. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that demand for Data Scientists will grow 35% by 2035, which is much faster than other occupations. Despite the wealth of open positions in the field, you’ll still need to ace your interviews to land one. To help you prepare, we’ll walk…

This time of year, if you look for it, we have a sneaky feeling you’ll find that data actually is all around us — no, seriously. From your Spotify Wrapped digest to Google’s Year in Search and our very own Code Review 2023, the data in our lives tells a compelling story about the year…

If you’ve taken one of our data science courses, you’ve probably seen Jupyter Notebooks, the industry-standard workspaces for developing data science code and visualizations. Jupyter Notebooks are built right into lessons in many of our courses and paths — like Getting Started with Python for Data Science and Introduction to Big Data with PySpark —…

By Coursera The new program offers multiple admission pathways to expand access and grow talent pool for generative AI and data science jobs; Applications open July 19, 2023 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India’s #7 top engineering institute, has launched an online Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree Program in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence…

Learning to code so that you can land a job in tech can feel daunting. That’s why we’re sharing inspiring stories from Codecademy’s community — to show how people like you (yes, you!) can embark on a learning journey and end up with a totally new career. We hope these stories serve as a reminder…

It’s often said that data is the “language” of business, because practically every company relies on data to inform decision-making. And you don’t have to be a Data Scientist or Business Intelligence Data Analyst to benefit from learning how to work with data. No matter what kind of job you have or field you work…

Monday morning watercooler chats after a big football Sunday look a little different for Tom Bliss, the National Football League’s Football Operations Data Science Manager. “The fun thing about our group is that we have both a robust data background as well as a football background,” Tom, who has worked at the NFL since 2020,…

This Sunday is The Grammy Awards, and many of the biggest names in music — like Bad Bunny, Lizzo, and Taylor Swift — are nominated for awards this year. While we won’t know who’ll take home a gilded gramophone until Sunday, some of the nominees already have quite a few Grammys to their name.   Beyoncé,…

If you’re interviewing for a position that’ll require you to process and manipulate large volumes of data — from gigabytes to petabytes — it’s very likely that you’ll use Hadoop in some capacity. Professions like Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Big Data Analyst, Big Data Software Engineer, Business Intelligence Specialist, and more all use Hadoop to…

Karim Makisig “Maki” Villano studied electrical engineering as an undergraduate. He took on various IT roles over the last two decades and is currently a senior solutions architect at an IT services company. He soon became drawn to data science, recognizing that it was a growing field with high demand for skilled practitioners. Maki felt…