Data Analyst Nanodegree Discover Insights from Data https://www.udacity.com/course/nd002?utm_source=marketo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PE5&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonu6vOZKXonjHpfsX56eUtUKK3lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ATMdqI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFTLHGMbdlwLgJWBg%3D What is a Nanodegree? A nanodegree is a new type of credential, designed to prepare you for a job. It is built with industry for you to master skills that employers truly seek in a Data Analyst. It is project-based: you'll complete several projects, supported by our community of Coaches and your fellow students, to learn and show off your skills. It's flexible: take only the courses you need to ace projects!
I'm not saying this is bad program, it actually looks pretty cool, but it seems like a bit much for Udacity to refer to this sort of thing as "new" just because they made up a silly new word for a non-credit continuing education certificate.
Another piece of paper that eventually you have to weed out of your resume. I do not think the Nano Degree would helps to replace top notch IT certification, CISSP, CCIE, CISA, GREM, and etc. Would be from Georgia Tech, or Udacity? If it is from Udacity I would say it has absolute no value.
please be careful when you are signing up for this Nano Degree. During the sign up process, they give you a 7 day free trial but you need to enter your CC info. If you so happen to forget to cancel, you get charged for the Nano degree on a monthly fee. If you just wanna do a test run, by all means, just remember to cancel it before the 7 day period.
In a past thread on this very subject, I made similar comments that Tek and Steve made here. I still feel the same way. The idea is great, but utility has to always be a concern no matter where you get your education, and something like this certainly falls in line with that thinking. While AT&T and some other big names may be behind it today, that support may not last, and then what? You're left with something that has practically no utility.
A nanodegree is the same as a mini-MBA in that they are misnomers designed to create an impression that they are more than what they are in reality. It's too bad really because they are probably decent little certs. Kizmet, MicroEmpress of the Internet
Lets drop the nano degree terminology. If the student already degrees and takes this to gain additional skills. I can see demand for the data analyst , especially in reporting area in contact centers, it may lead to reporting analyst position. All contact centers use reporting, from performance of agents, to real time and historical data.
Right. But I think the common concern is that it will attract more non-degree holding people who are looking for a cheaper, shorter avenue to a college degree, doing so without realizing that this will carry very much less utility. I have no doubt about the skills one would obtain, but utility is another matter entirely and a very important one.
"We'll recognize Nanodegree credentials for a range of our software jobs, and we plan to offer internships to as many as 100 high-performing graduates." - AT&T Annual Report Ben Was mechanical engineer Now front-end web dev in health care Ayesha Was stay-at-home mom Now front-end web dev in education Dawoon Was aspiring pro golfer Now front-end web dev in ed tech Here's How Udacity Grad Ben Halperin Landed a Job How Nanodegree Graduate Ayesha Ilyas Landed Job Disclaimer: I'm not working for nor represent Udacity. Simply sharing their promotional material and early success stories. interested getting some additional feedback if its something to recommend my 23 old step son who wants to change his profession from dispatcher in call center. He has AS degree in general studies with some computing classes from Sate Univ. At this time he is not thinking on working toward Bachelors degree.
