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2. About us
Justin Ezor
Founder of Hacker Fund, CTRL
Collective, Silicon Beach Sports
League
Thinkful LA Community Manager
David Samuel
Thinkful Data Science Mentor
Founder Cryptobox
IT Consultant
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3. About you!
What's your name?
What brought you here today?
Why are you interested in Data Science?
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4. About Thinkful
We train developers and data scientists
through 1x1 mentorship and project-based
learning.
Guaranteed.Guaranteed.
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5. Agenda
What is data science?
Our philosophy and approach
Program overview
Next steps
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6. "Big Data" is changing the game
Over the past ten years user generated content (social media)
and mobile has led to an explosion in the volume, velocity, and
variety of data.
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7. This is accelerating
90% of the data in the world today has been created
in the last two years alone.
IBM, May 2013
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11. Data science in action
LinkedInLinkedIn - Who might you know?
UberUber - Where should drivers hang out?
NetflixNetflix - What do people want to watch?
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13. ... there's a huge shortage
“The United States alone faces a shortage of
140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical
skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts to
analyze big data and make decisions based on their
findings.”
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14. These jobs are about skills, not credentials
If you can prove you have the skills, you are
employable.
This levels the playing fields making it possibleThis levels the playing fields making it possible
for many paths to learning.for many paths to learning.
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16. 1x1 mentorship
"The average tutored student was above 98% of the students in the control
class."
-Benjamin Bloom, 1984 study
Conventional learning
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18. Your mentor will guide your learning
Ask questions to better understand concepts
They’ll review your work and provide suggestions
Help scope, review, and approve capstones
Keeps you on track — your personal learning trainerKeeps you on track — your personal learning trainer
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20. Flexibility in schedule
Online program enables students to learn anywhere,
anytime, and at their own pace.
You don’t have to quit your job to start a careerYou don’t have to quit your job to start a career
transition.transition.
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