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	Emanuel Blei	The S2DS boot camp is probably quite different from other offerings. First of all, it is £800 for the virtual version compared to many thousands of dollars for their competitors. Secondly, you have to have at least a master's degree or better still a PhD. That makes sense since the course is aimed at staff working in academia or recent graduate/PhD-students that want to make the switch to data science in industry. The boot camp might also not be your thing if you need your 12 hours of beauty sleep each night, because you simply won't have the time. You will be surprised to hear then that this boot camp does not teach that much in terms of the nitty-gritty of programming. To a large degree, you are expected to either have mastered that part already or to pick it up during the boot camp as and when the need arises. In fact, more than 95% of the time is spent on a single project with a commercial client, and the whole format of the boot camp is built around that. What the boot camp does teach very effectively is how to use the skills acquired in academia in a commercial setting and you gain some extra skills that are not relevant in academia but vital in business. You learn how to connect and deal with clients and their requests, and how to translate their needs into a business case and then into a project. You work with 4 other teammates for most of the five weeks to deliver the project and it is very satisfying to see when all the effort comes together at the end and results in a product that does have an impact on the client's business. The staff are very helpful and are on hand to help with technical questions during the project. During the course, you spend some time widening your horizon to a variety of data science topics and there are several talks by industry insiders on what their day-to-day work routine looks like. Towards the latter part of the course, the focus shifts to carreer-development, and this offer extends to beyond the end of the boot camp. Overall, I felt that the course was well thought out in the way it gives students that much needed commercial experience and the confidence that they are ready for the job market. So, if you have already most of the statistical and coding skills to work in data science but you don't know how to break into the industry this might be your ticket.

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