Making you and your team more capable data engineers 🚀
When you want to transform data into value, you have two options: either you outsource this process to experts, or you attempt to do it yourself. Since technology is ever evolving at enormous speeds, the latter might be hard since you might not have the know-how internally.
At Data Minded, we help you with the value extraction process in both ways: you can use our consultancy services, or improve with our academy services. With the academy, our shared intent is to make you more capable in record time. We offer workshops on key technologies and data challenges that are common in even the best data driven companies.
Are you (working for) a SME in Vlaams Gewest?
Use the “kmo-portefeuille” subsidy!
Data Minded Academy courses are eligible for a subsidy from the “kmo-portefeuille”: small and medium-sized enterprises located in the Flemish Region can receive a subsidy of up to €7500 per year for services offered by registered providers, like Data Minded.
Check whether you meet the conditions and how much subsidy you can receive. You can also start the application procedure there.
Calculation example:
A small company can be reimbursed 30% of the Summer School, so that it does not cost €1000, but only €700 for 1 employee. Other discounts, like the early bird discount, still apply.
Location 📍
Remote or on-premises, we have experience with both approaches, and even run hybrid formats: with flipped-classroom trainings, participants watch the theory upfront, and then join the interactive sessions to have the material deeply ingrained.
Reach out to us to know more @ info@dataminded.be
Classroom trainings
Remote sessions
On-premise workshops
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Why become a data engineer?Data engineers have one of the hottest jobs on the market today. In 2021, most companies have run their first data science experiments, they have started a migration to the cloud and they are collecting more data than ever. In the midst of it all, data engineers aim to bring order in this rapid-evolving world. And as a result, they are in very high demand. That has been true for years and that will be true for the foreseeable future. As a data engineer you get the opportunity to work on the most exciting data challenges for the most innovative companies. You get to develop your interests and build mastery in specific areas of data engineering that excite you the most. You get to choose which company you want to work for and you get to choose how you want to create a dent in the universe.
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What is a data engineer?Data engineers apply software engineering principles to data. The job of a data engineer goes far beyond simply ingesting and cleansing data. They build scalable cloud-native architectures, automate deployment pipelines, industrialise ML models and generally enable the rest of the organisation to do more with data.
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What is the objective of this course?At the completion of this course, the student has the fundamental knowledge and skills to contribute to data projects as a junior data engineer. The student is able to troubleshoot code, fix bugs, and contribute new features. These fundamentals should also give the student enough context to learn further and investigate new things about data engineering. It is not an objective of the course to be a comprehensive guide to data engineering or discuss each technology in depth. We believe becoming a good at anything, including data engineering, takes years of practice and it hard to achieve true mastery. This course should get you started in the right direction though.
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What do you get at completion of this course?Each participant who successfully completes the final capstone project, will receive an official certificate signed by Data Minded. This certificate validates that the student has completed the entire course and has reached the learning objectives of this course.
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Who are we aiming this curriculum at?This set of courses is perfect for people who have a bit of coding experience in python but are new to the data world. We will not be teaching what a for-loop is or an if test. If you want to learn the basics of python, this (TODO: Add link) is a great course to start. We welcome students of all ages and backgrounds. For industry professionals, we encourage to talk to your employer for funding of this course, as it should benefit them at least as much as it benefits you. For students, you can apply for a special 50% discount. We allocate free spaces for underrepresented minorities. This is our small contribution to making the IT and data world more inclusive. Contact us to apply.
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Why do we organise this course?The course was originally set up to get juniors within Data Minded up to speed quickly. We decided to make it available to the world at very democratic prices because we believe the entire eco-system benefits if more people understand the basics of data engineering.