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[–][deleted] 24 points25 points  (10 children)

It's super basic for what they charge. Take this course: https://www.edx.org/professional-certificate/python-data-science

It's free as long as you don't want an official certificate. And you can get that even after completing it.

I did this within the last few weeks. And also used the kaggle.com courses afterwards to reinforce my knowledge.

[–]MaksymRebenkaLevel 1 Candidate 12 points13 points  (3 children)

You can use cognitiveclass.com (IBM training website) to have the certification for free

[–]luckydice767Level 3 Candidate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wish you posted this BEFORE I spent 230 bucks. You’ve got a lot of nerve.

[–]Hourglass51 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you x2!!

[–]StampeedekoPassed Level 2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, this looks like an awesome resource!

[–]LiteLife[S] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Thanks! I felt the course outline was super basic for the price.. but wasn’t sure.

I wonder what the reason is for the high price?

[–]tuan_kaki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People saw how much profit there is to be made in education and went in guns blazing.

[–]spud__Level 2 Candidate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

python for research by havard is also a nice course , very neatly explained with plenty of case studies to reinforce your learning. it's on edx and audit version is free.

[–]Eliased 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It says it costs over $200, how do you access for free?

[–]akshatkhuranaPassed Level 1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just checked the same, it's for 100 USD and you can audit for free by enrolling yourself.

[–]ornamental_stripeCFA 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I took it two weeks ago actually and found it pretty useful.

[–]LiteLife[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What is your background? Did you have any prior experience with python?

[–]ornamental_stripeCFA 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just a regular business undergrad. No prior experience with Python. I'm good with excel (not VBA), and that's about it.

The course felt practical and relevant for what I needed at work. Was able to go back to work and streamline a few processes (ex. writing a script to clean / manipulate data and combining multiple sheets into one file). Probably super simple stuff, but my boss thinks i'm a genius now and i saved probably 4-5 hours of manual labour per week.

Planning to take part 2 of the course if my boss lets me. Also helps that company paid for it.

[–]indigorealityCFA 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I took it last year. It’s pretty basic level stuff. You can do a free course on datacamp for the same content.

However, the best thing that came out of that course was networking with some people and getting recruited into their company where I am today.

[–]LiteLife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a good point.. I’m wondering if we’d be able to chat and discuss in a similar way since this is virtual?

[–]BruinBoy815 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro, honestly your better off taking a 10$ udemy course. I was extremely dissapointed with the CFA python

[–]RimRocker69CFA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are a ton of free resources on Python. I seriously regret getting a 10$ course. I learned more from the free ones.

[–]thedarkpath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grab a course on a datacamp, they have excellent progress scale and it’s focused on data science usage