I write this review as someone who received a fellowship. The Data Incubator is, to put it simply (and bluntly), a scam. But given how they've blanketed themselves in a glossy website and high-quality video presentations, it's hard to view them for what they really are: a racket that preys on graduate students who need jobs. I was taken by their seemingly outstanding professional appearance, I mean, freal, their website is top notch, and the tutorials they posted made it seem like they really knew what they were doing. And they do know what they're doing, but it isn't to effectively teach you data science; rather, TDI simply acts as a middleman between talented graduate students and companies, looking for a fat cut ($16k a hire!). The quality of the program was piss-poor. If you accept, you are essentially agreeing to relocate to another city, find an apartment, and to sit in a damp office listening to lectures over a conference call device that had more noise than signal. For dessert, you get in-person lectures from unqualified career "professionals" who tell you how to frame yourself to employers. Ah, the employers ... the employers, during the recruitment process, were characterized by the TDI website as being top technology companies. When I was on the inside of the program, I got to see who these "top" technology companies really were: companies I had never heard of, or companies that were still in start-up mode (oftentimes both). I will give credit where credit is due: the weekly projects that they assign are very nice and helpful in learning the material. But is it worth spending a MINIIMUM of $3k on housing, $1k on food, and $16k if you're selected as a "scholar"? The answer is unequivocally no. It would be if they had complete ownership rights over the AI and ML branch of the tree of knowledge, but they don't. There is an awe-inspiring abundance of top-quality ML and coding resources online. Pick one at random and run. I assure you, it'll be just as effective as TDI was. As Elham mentioned in another review, you all are most likely graduate students in a technical field, and learning this stuff and doing a project should be precisely what you were doing in your particular subject matter specialities. You don't need TDI, and you certainly don't need them taking a fat slice of your pie (no matter how you cut it, some portion of the TDI fee will come out of your pocket). My heart really goes out to the people that paid for the program out-of-pocket. | 