Dataquest

The curriculum is reasonable and the exercise format is good. But the code running platform is rather slow. If you are trying to use the virtual machine on line, you at least will have a lot of ample time to get water breaks. Most exercises could be easily... Read More executed locally, but some use data setup that is not visible to the end user so those exercises may behoove the student to use the platform environment. Also, your code may not run the same between the local and DataQuest environment. As of June 2020, they are using 2017 released versions of Python3 and Pandas. In my experience, the community moderators are not helpful about platform issues, either providing no answer, non-answers or long defensive lectures. I would hesitate to pay full price for this platform, but the preference for hand-on coding vs video learning does make it good value.

No one should study with Dataquest thinking it will help land them a job or anything like that: I'm confused why it says 5 stars for "Job Support." There is literally *ZERO* job support and those reviews should be thrown out because there's no confusion... Read More on that point.

I'm reviewing today as a current student who's completed the Python lessons for Data Science, muddled through the Command Line lessons, and moved on to the SQL. The Command Line lessons are where Dataquest admittedly falls apart. I even spoke to their customer service and they're in complete agreement the whole content should be redone... It's utter garbage, yet super important to understand.

Next, moving into SQL, much of the sloppiness has persisted. They make so many careless errors that show they really just don't gave a ______.

That being said, it's cheap and a nice way to get an early intro to these topics. You just get what you pay for.
I think it's annoying switchup says it's the best around--if that's the case, I assume the other options are awful.

I found Dataquest to be very complete. The lessons were far more challenging than other MOOCs that I've completed. The curriculum is well thought out and structured, the pace just about right for it to be engaging. Additionally, they only work with real-world... Read More data and have a project-based approach, giving you the feels of what you will be doing once you get the job.

If you're learning something new, you obviously don't know what you don't know.
After finishing the DataQuest platform, I thought I would be ready to start a new job in a new industry. Wrong.

This site is ONLY useful if you are already an analyst or statistician... Read More and are looking for an easy certificate to leverage in your next promotion or job hunt.

If you don't have a degree in a quantitative field, or industry experience in analytics, DO NOT waste your time with this platform. It will not teach you the skills you need to be successful. It barely even works as described.

I tried to use their platform to learn something when I received a free month on their 5th birthday. Even the content might be considered as a good start, it takes forever to run anything on their platform. Very basic script with few lines take around... Read More 10 seconds to be run. Today it's Saturday and maybe they have bigger crowd on their servers, because I planned to spend whole day on learning, but unfortunately it permanently logs me out, saying the server is unavailable, the mission wasn't found, or wrong credentials (that work after around 5-10 minutes).

It's more difficult than Datacamp and therefore might be more effective in learning, but, taking into account Datacamp's variety of courses, platform smoothness and price, I won't subscribe to Dataquest.

A good advice is to replay Datacamp's excercises on some other case study or dataset.

I have searched for many online programs for Data Science and Machine Learning course, Finally opted for this course from Dataquest, It turned out to be one of the best decisions, I have made. I also made a career transition from Software testing to Data... Read More Analyst. Pros: Clear explanation of individual topics Self learning concepts instead of videos, Which will help in interview preparation Hands on experience with inbuilt console Cons: Projects could have been better

In contrast to most of the available MOOCS, Dataquest gives the opportunity to the student while studying to implement the techniques learnt onto the real datasets it offers. Beyond that, it encourages the students to do their own projects, each time... Read More based on what they have already learned. The transition between reading and acting is flawless in a way that keeps students "warm" to keep learning.

I would say that studying Data Science without doing projects, is like defending without taking any shot opportunities. Here comes the Dataquest; it "passes" you the ball in a way that helps you "shooting" even if you are a beginner. In the course of time, the pass becomes an "assist" and you really find yourself capable to score...