It’s never to late too upskill. Continuous learning will help you power ahead your career. Read further to learn about Sarayu’s journey with Great Learning’s PGP Data Science and Business Analytics Course in her own words.
Hello, I am Sarayu from Bangalore.
After having played various roles as Technical Lead, Project Manager, Senior Business Analyst for over 12+ years in the R&D and service delivery sector, I thought my career needed a boost. After a lot of effort in trying to understand what would best suit me, I found that data science is the key area to explore.
After research, I was convinced and determined to join the Postgraduate Program in Data Science and Business Analytics (PGP-DSBA), by Great Learning in collaboration with The University of Texas at Austin (McCombs School of Business), the specialized division of one of the top-ranked universities in the US and world #6 rank in Business Analytics. I totally agree that the journey was not an easy one and was sometimes really overwhelming, as I had to manage between work, family, weekend classes and most importantly various assignments and quizzes that came along. Well, all these challenges were well handled with the great support and great mentoring from Great Learning faculty associates and industry experts.
Great Learning provided me with a comprehensive learning path to become a data scientist. This was very liberating. It has provided a good roadmap on my data science journey. The courses are very well planned which include foundation for Statistics, mathematical modelling, SQL, Python and R. All the programs are taught by industry experts and their learning support is awesome. I have benefited a lot from the course contents that are available 24/7. Most of my data science and machine learning techniques are as a result of these learning. I have also been able to participate in hackathons and International conferences organized by Great Learning that enhanced my portfolio in data science and has helped me build networks and learn from other people.
I have spent a lot of time learning new concepts and sharpening my already acquired skills through projects. My capstone project at Great Learning, was headed by one of the industry veterans who assisted me from start to finish. The project gave me confidence in applying various ML techniques that were trained during the courses. Also, within 3 months into my project completion, I was well trained and equipped that I was given an opportunity to internally change into a Data Science related role at my company.
Well, I understand that there is a gender gap in the field of information technology and data science ever since its advent, however, it has expanded significantly over the years. Community of data science with inspiring stories, interactions with women who are more positioned to the field of Data Science and data related business have gradually been increasing to bring more women into the field of Data Science. My data science journey continues. I’m still in the process of learning. I keep pushing myself to learn new things.
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