The Reality of Getting a Job after WGU and Springboard
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ม.ค. 2023
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Keyword for the algorithm: Going through LinkedIn and Indeed job descriptions to find data science and machine learning jobs to get a better idea of the qualifications needed that I might not necessarily have right out of college or bootcamp career employment employee employer job hunting
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I hate it when they call a job entry level and expect at least 3 years of experience
It's kinda bizarre
Just apply none of these companies are looking for people with no experience. If you know 50%-80% of the job description just apply. In IT they treat you like you’re worthless if you don’t have work experience so it’s all about finding one person that will believe in you.
It's all about selling your skills. I honestly think that degrees and Certifications are all about getting past the resume stage and on to the interview stage. After that it's all about how well you can sell your skillset and experience. That includes technical knowledge upfront and portfolios. And even experience to a degree can be manufactured through personal projects. And if your networking skills are good enough you cam even get to those interviews without a degree. Just remember that even if you're not in sales, you're in sales.
If anyone came to this video assuming he is talking about WGU Computer science track just turn back, he’s talking about a different degree
Correct I’m speaking after getting a Business degree at WGU and Data Science Cert from University of North Florida / Springboard
I have a bachelors of science in psychology and a masters in special education. I have been in the education profession for 10+ years. I enjoyed working as a special education teacher, but I am burned out and need something new. It’s ok to transition careers. You spend most of your adult life working so make sure you find something you are passionate about. I have been learning how to code this past year and I hope to enroll in a Bootcamp. I’d like to work in Ed tech and I often look at job descriptions and learn the basics for the job requirements. I hope to strengthen my knowledge with a Bootcamp and personal projects.
Coding is such a valuable skill and Springboard’s boot camp took me from complete novice to intermediate almost advanced level abilities. Edtech sounds interesting!
I can understand why you decided to ditch marketing, its so volatile and unstable. Marketing professionals are often the first to go when there are mass layoffs. Good choice mate.
At the end of the day it wasn’t something I enjoyed doing. I thought I’d be able to be working with analytical frameworks to identify revenue growth but I didn’t have the skills to do that till now.
Thanks for all of the videos! I am considering doing the data science course - do springboard’s mentors and/or career services help you find a job, prep resumes, etc?
100% I met with my career coach the other day and already getting a ton of value from it. Gonna make a video about the experience in the future because given what I talk about in this video, the career mentor addresses best practices to stay competitive.
@@eminsh That's good to hear. So you are still working at, refocusing the plan and pushing things forward to find a job.
Do you have any certifications? It may help get past the year requirement like Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst or Tableau Data Analyst certification. Keep up the good work!
Tableau certification is something I’m looking into. I used it a few times and could definitely use more training on.
How do these darn companies want you to have experience but yet don't want to give the opportunity or job
I think most hiring managers know not every qualified candidate needs x amount of experience, so trying to cover as many bases on the job description as possible improves your chances
The channel 'How money works' has a video about this exact topic. It's a good resource.
thanks so much very informative!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the video. You said that one of things stacked against you is that you don’t have a BS in CS? I thought you did WGU CS?
No I did WGU in business. WGU for CS is really common though, and most of the folks who come across my videos are getting CS. I feel bad sometimes because they ask me about getting certs and I don't have answers... I'm blanking on the channel name, but there's a guy making videos about each course in the CS track at WGU. If I find his channel I'll link to it.
@@eminsh is it Josh Madakor?
@@TheAmazinRaven Yes! Thank you
Why take marketing if you want jobs that require a CS degree?
When I started my degree I didn't consider getting a tech job. It wasn't until after working in marketing that I decided to do something else and chose data science.
@@eminsh you can always go for a masters :/
U should have had a Computer Science at WGU.
yeah, but life is weird and you gotta take steps forward until you find a path you love following.
I hope all is well. How is your sql skills. Probably have to go data analyst first. Theres no such thing as am entry level data scientist in my experience those people have like 5 years or more experience in data analyst and business intelligence.
100%. This is the route I ended up taking. I'm making a video about it now.
@eminshall sweet. Good luck. I know it's a grind. But work on the soft skills. People , presentations and data viasualization , and story telling. That's how you become more valuable in my networks experience. Some of them made it to data scientist. Others data managers 130k to 160k in houston tx. Wish you luck and thanks for sharing your journey.
And for background. I worked help desk, system admin, systems engineer 1,2,3.....senior software engineer. Now lead software engineer. I wanted to go data and worked on bi projects often times but didn't workout. So now I'm going machine learning and going the other way. I found you bc I'm going back to wgu to get credentials to show more data skills. I'm 11 years in tech and don't regret a thing.
How was the under grand experience at WGU
Most excellent. I'm the kind of person that doesn't enjoy classes that have nothing to do with my goals. WGU limits that to a certain level. It's also nice to go through classes at my pace. I had a decent amount of business acumen going into the program so I was testing out of classes in one day at times because I already knew the material.
So how is the job search so far? I did the SB program a few years ago didn't find it that useful. Seems to be a bad job market again.
So far, I've had a few coding assessments, and have made some networking gains. I know the job market is tough. Did you not find it useful in finding a job or you didn't learn much?
@@eminsh so I got the earlier versions of the curriculum which was extreme barebones. Broken links, videos from 2015. I know they revamped it and I actually went through and helped develop with the first guided capstone you guys do. In terms of job search definitely it’s more on you to get your job right. There referral system they say they have at the time wasn’t anything at all. I will say this it’s nice to talk to someone each week to brainstorm your resume and how to tackle the job search. But yah curriculum wise wasn’t so good. I ended up also pursuing an online masters at omsa to strengthen my fundamental knowledge.
The job market is a joke these days.
It is extremely tough. Seems like companies think a qualified data scientist needs a Ph.D/Masters and maybe so, but the actual coding and fundamental concepts are fairly straight forward. Point of this video is to do some research ahead of time to make sure you understand the necessary commitments for obtaining the job title and role you're aiming at.
Be a consultant and start your own company
Haha maybe one day! Hoping this TH-cam channel helps grow my authority. I recently got a job as a finance analyst so the perseverance paid off, but the advice still stands: use job postings to help chart learning paths.
@@eminsh I agree
*Thanks for your input on this. One thing I might add if you find someone that's in the role that you would like, they can guide you on the things companies look for outside of degrees and certs. I have someone inside tech who coaches me on what tech companies look for in a person when recruiting* Dexterous X
That's an excellent point, and I would also encourage getting help from a career coach