Student Review Type: Story

Yi Zheng

Hi Yi, could you tell me about yourself and your background? In 2020, I took the Data Science (DS) diploma program at WeCloudData and am currently working as a Data Engineer (DE).  I’m also a new immigrant – I immigrated from China. Before moving to Canada, I worked as a systems consultant, product manager, and […]

Manny Brar

Can you give a quick introduction to your background? My background focused a lot on tech when I was younger – I was working as a network technician for a while so I had some experience in tech. Nothing related to coding or software, it was all hardware side. So after doing that for a […]

Charles Qin

About Myself I went abroad from China to Canada for my studies in 2013 and later graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Brock University. After that, I worked for a marketing company for 3 years where I relied more on my soft skills (e.g. Client management, event coordination, etc). I thought this […]

Roshni Ravoof

What was your background before taking our data engineering course? I started my career as an ETL developer, worked for several Fortune 500 companies over the past 9 years. I started exploring different Big Data technologies 3 years ago and gained work experience on projects using tools like Hadoop, Hive, HBase, and many more. Since […]

Ziyang Tian

My Background and Motivation for Joining the Client Project Program For my undergraduate degree, I studied Computer Science (CS). I continued on this path and finished my master’s degree in CS as well, in Dec 2019. The focus of my thesis was on document vectorization, which is related to Natural Language Processing (NLP), and required […]

Ernesto Ramos

Breaking into the Consulting Industry My interest in management consulting began in the latter half of my undergraduate life sciences degree. It was a career path that promised a few intriguing aspects all-in-one – a collaborative environment, challenging projects which were at the heart of a business, and a fulfilling career as a result of […]

Nhat Tran

How I Got to Know About WeCloudData Back in 2015 or 2016, I was using Python coding for work. Data Science (DS) and big data were starting to get really hot; it kept coming up on forums and ads – it wouldn’t leave me alone! One of the ads I saw was a meetup with […]

Eric Li

It has been approximately one year since I decided to make a career switch from Civil Engineering to the Data Science. After working as a Data Analyst at Slalom for 3 months, I think now would be a good time to share my experience. I will try to present this blog as 3 distinct parts: […]

Yining Zhuang

The blog is posted by WeCloudData’s full-time data science diploma program student Yining Zhuang. In this blog, I would like to share my experience with people who are thinking of changing their career path from business to data science. I hope my journey can encourage people who are struggling in their current position, and help […]