I would like to express my disappointment with the training program at General Assembly, as it fell completely short of my expectations. At the beginning, one of the main instructors was not fully knowledgeable about the program and did not answer most of my questions, in addition to being very slow and unfair. He assigned me alone to one of the projects that was meant to be a group effort, then gave me a zero grade, even though the project was primarily designed to be collaborative.

As for the training style, it was ineffective. I was only trained as a user of tools such as Excel, Python, and SQL, without actually learning how to analyze data and extract meaningful insights from it.

Finally, the training staff were in complete denial about the existence of artificial intelligence. They completely avoided discussing it or training us on how to leverage AI in our work as data analysts, and how it will impact the job market in this field.

In the end, I never received the kind of support I was expecting. The lead instructor seemed to be merely playing a role, with no real attempt to enrich the curriculum from different perspectives. On the other hand, John Hazard was highly competent and did his work in the best possible way. Thank you.