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Hardware System Design / Architecture Interview Prep

What are some good resources for hardware system design / architecture interview preparation? Looking for any MOOC (Coursera, edx etc), YouTube videos, books, university courses etc for this. I'm prepping hardware roles and want to brush up on fundamentals as well as high level tradeoffs in archit

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Apr 10, 2022

Self Important "AI Leaders" on LinkedIn with no tech background

What is all this BS I see from self important AI/DS leaders on LinkedIn and not having a technical background? Every single person I see posting about being some kind of AI expert or leader is someone with a liberal arts degree and/or a business school degree with some certification from udacity/cou

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Aug 11, 2020

MBA Course recommendations

I'm from tech background, But I wanted to learn about management and how each business function works, let's say after a couple of years when I'm in a executive position or might wanna start my own company it would make things lil easier and smooth. Any courses which can help me do that I'd really

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May 16, 2021

Best way for Finance guy to move into Tech?

My Blind tech folks and my blind millionaire tech folks, I am a finance guy (CPA, MBA), tired of FP&A, 5 year planning, budget forecasts etc. and I am very interested in tech side of things as I believe it's the future. Actually, I've been interested in tech for 5 years now. I am in my mid 30s and

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Sep 10, 2021

MITx masters in data science in supply chain

I came across micro masters which can be converted to full masters after completing micro maters online offered by EDX and MITx on data science in supply chain. Wanted to know if it is worth from career progression point of view. I myself had ine masters in data science as full time student and then

change in career

Need your suggestion: I’m currently a SDE with full stack experience but planning to make a career change (ML/ Big Data) Whats the best learning path? May be coursera with certification or udacity/ Edx since i don’t have real time experience would these courses help? Or any other ways to learn to b

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Feb 3, 2020

Spending 200k for CS undergrad

Is it worth it to spend 200k for an undergrad CS degree when all of the coursework is in coursera/edx and most companies don't need a CS degree. But this doesn't apply to other domains like aerospace engineering, as there are no alternative learning resources, and it's well worth the spend. The sc

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Apr 30, 2023

System Design and Data Architecture course

I am looking for an online course to brush up my skills for Big Data Architecture so that it helps me in my System Design interview questions. So far I have documented: 1. https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer 2. Designing Data-Intensive Applications book. 3. Grokking the System Desig

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Nov 26, 2018

Best AI/ML course

I want to learn about AI/ML more but I have no experience and never taken a course in college. Currently a SWE with mostly C++ background. What is the best course to learn more about it and will help me in my career? I'm looking at two courses at coursera, a few at edx, and I think MIT has one.

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Nov 20, 2020

Looking for Full time opportunities in Machine Learning or Data engineer

I’m planning to start apply for full time opportunities. I’m having 3 years of exp as a data engineer(Contrct). I have a very small skillset like Hadoop(Hive,pig,sqoop), Spark/Scala, Shell Scripting, Python(very rarely). Cert’s like spark and hadoop from hortonworks and predictive analysis from Edx.

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Jan 6, 2019

Aerospace engineer wanting transition to a SWEA

Aerospace engineer looking to transition into a SWE role. Currently taking the MIT edx into to Comp Sci python course. Another other resources to look into to to get myself up to speed? I have seen sites like freecodeacademy and front ended masters that I’m thinking of using before attempting to ma

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Mar 29, 2022

IT consultant wanting to transition into full stack developer

I work in a non-technical role, however am considering transitioning into a software engineering / full stack role. Took a MOOC like edx/udacity/etc. and looking for advise and steps into transitioning. TC: 200k, looking to hit 300-400K in next 5 years. I have interest in AI, blockchain, programming

Aug 4, 2023

Online courses

I've been through tons of online courses looking for valuable information, but I usually drop out before I'm halfway through. Either the lectures are a drag or the material doesn't really match up to what was advertised. Can someone recommend something on Coursera or Udemy or EdX or CodeAcademy tha

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Jun 26, 2016

Advice for a Hardware Engineer to get up to speed on data analytics

I’m a HW engineer looking to get up to speed on data analytics for some projects I’d like to pursue. Right now I’m dashboarding some data in Tableau but I want to dig in deeper and create some prescriptive models for better insight. Any tips on where to get started? - Any good courses on Pluralsigh

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Jun 11, 2020

"Self taught" coders (non CS/math-major), how is your career going?

I worked my way from frontend to software engineer over 3 years after leaving a fairly lucrative (but incredibly demanding) career in management consulting. Have been taking CS courses via coursera/edX for the last 1.5 years (current job is way too chill), and have been leetcodin' for the last 2 mo

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Jul 9, 2019

Python Class

I'm looking for a comprehensive python course online. My company has so many options: Coursera, Edx, Linkedin Learning, Udemy, and more. What I really want is a general python class (I'm not looking for something specializing in data science or anything like that). I also want a course that has s

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Jul 8, 2020

How to land a quant research or trading role?

I used to be a PM at BlackRock, specializing in best execution during portfolio restructures (so we weren't in the business of generating P&L). Somewhere down the line I got interested in systematic investments and wanted to pick up some formal programming skills. I then decided to move internally i

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Oct 18, 2020

Software Testing Online Programs

Hello! I have a team member very interested in software testing and I'm looking for a good online course but a lot of them say they require previous programming knowledge which they don't have. I think they are capable of picking up some basics but don't want to send them into something that's goin

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Jun 15, 2020

Math Prep for AI/ML

I'd like to brush up on the math before I start some courses on AI/ML. Any suggestions? I think I need to brush up on linear algebra, probability theory, and maybe multi-variable calculus. I found a class on Coursera called 'Mathematics for Machine Learning' which seems pretty comprehensive (exce

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Oct 31, 2021

Tech Sales - London?

Hello, I'm currently at a FAANG company working in Analytics, but due to an internal reorganization, my internal transition has been delayed. I'm now looking to make a switch to an Account Manager or Account Executive role in another tech or SaaS company. I bring a wide range of experience in the

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Nov 7, 2023

Advice for Future Success

I’m attending the University of Arkansas this Fall majoring in Computer Science. I’ve taken it upon myself to learning CS50 EDX course. Will these salaries and job demand still be applicable in 4 years? I’ve began sending messages to hundreds of university tech recruiters in the area to network, my

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Mar 26, 2022

Security Analyst advice

My friend asked for advice and I didn't have any advice for him maybe you do? he has been looking for a job for 6months now has two years experience one year as a security analyst. He keeps getting rejected with no feedback from the interviews. I know he has experience working with Splunk, Fireeye,

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Mar 20, 2020

udacity

remember 8-9 years ago when Udacity actually was a good site where each course was quality (such as CS101 and design of computer programs)? (same goes with coursera and to a lesser degree edx). Now the site preys on inexperienced people who want a job in a similar way that the Techlead and Joma do.

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May 25, 2020

Online MBA

I am thinking of doing an online MBA to enhance both my business acumen and credentials. I cannot afford to either take a break or add any in-person time to my already crazy schedule, but really want to get an MBA done. I was researching the two options, 1) Getting into schools like Kelley or Tepper

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Nov 9, 2021

Switching from Sr Program Manager to Business Development (Tech)

Hi everyone. I'm a Sr Program Manager looking to make a switch into Business Development (Tech). I have some BD experience, but not too extensive. Looking for advice. I am planning on getting an MBA (part time) to make the transition easier. In regards to getting exposure on the tech side, should I

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Mar 5, 2021

When will things improve? Please provide some advice

About me: - Graduated at the end of 2021 from a top 10 CS school - Passed the interviews for Google in July of 2022, took up a contract job in the meantime - Contract not extended after November and been out of work since then - Google had no headcount despite me passing the interview so they appli

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Jul 27, 2023

Micromasters vs Professional Certificate in PM

Need some suggestions here (using my friend’s organization to get registered here) recently lost my job in ad tech so i cant really transition to PM, but thinking about taking either the following courses through EdX, - professional certification in product management (taught by UMD and USM) that’

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Apr 27, 2020

Any recommendations for data science study for hw engineerm

Hello all, Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. I am a HW engineer with 2 yoe at biotech company and 3 yoe at research institution after phd. Although I have some data anlaysis experience like image anaysis, multiparameter analysis when I was at academic settings, my current position requires handlin

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Oct 14, 2018

The bar for data scientist in Google zurich

Currently I am pursuing a PhD in chemical engineering in Zürich and expected to finish next year. I have interests in applying for DS in Google Zürich. My PhD research area is not statistics or ML related. But I did take many statistics and ML courses in both university and EdX/Coursera/DataCamp. I

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Aug 15, 2021

How do you find paid programming courses that aren't from MOOC's or SEO BS "educational" platforms?

Through video course format, I want to learn more technologies like: - GraphQL - es6 - Vue - pytorch - Apache Kafka, NiFi - even revisit fundamental stuff in more detail like OOP and data structures in Python I am willing to use free materials and YouTube videos (like the legendary traversy media)

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Nov 13, 2019

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Hardware System Design / Architecture Interview Prep