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I have yet to use up my SFC $1000 which the govt had given to us. Which course do you all think is the best to study currently? Any advice?
 

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I strongly recommend either Certified Scrum Master or Certified Product Owner. 95% subsidy of course fees which will only require paying approximately $100 for each course which can be deducted from your SFC. Pre-COVID-19 will cost you approximately $2000 to attend each course. Very good deal.

https://agileasia.com/
 

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Instead of learning soft-skills stuff like Agile or Scrum, it is much better that you spend that 1k on hard skills like programming and data science. Even if you may not pursue a career in this aspect, at least you understand the language of IT professionals.

And this is important because the world is becoming more and more IT & Data-centric, and being able to put yourself in the mind of these people can only be beneficial to your career.
 

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Instead of learning soft-skills stuff like Agile or Scrum, it is much better that you spend that 1k on hard skills like programming and data science. Even if you may not pursue a career in this aspect, at least you understand the language of IT professionals.

And this is important because the world is becoming more and more IT & Data-centric, and being able to put yourself in the mind of these people can only be beneficial to your career.
Yes these will provide basic understanding
 

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Yea courses on scrum or agile is really a huge waste of money. I could easily point your way to a dozen free online courses that does a good job on this compared to the paid ones.

I think it is much better to invest your money in courses that teach actual hard skills - preferably IT skills!
 

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Yea courses on scrum or agile is really a huge waste of money. I could easily point your way to a dozen free online courses that does a good job on this compared to the paid ones.

I think it is much better to invest your money in courses that teach actual hard skills - preferably IT skills!
It helps if the entire life is in processes or transformation and what have you
 

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Instead of learning soft-skills stuff like Agile or Scrum, it is much better that you spend that 1k on hard skills like programming and data science. Even if you may not pursue a career in this aspect, at least you understand the language of IT professionals.

And this is important because the world is becoming more and more IT & Data-centric, and being able to put yourself in the mind of these people can only be beneficial to your career.
Just curious, do we need some background in IT to do data programming and data science at a beginner level?

I did a whole bunch of PM courses and really interested to undertake IT technical courses but the available time outside of classes to study is a huge problem for me.
 

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Just curious, do we need some background in IT to do data programming and data science at a beginner level?

I did a whole bunch of PM courses and really interested to undertake IT technical courses but the available time outside of classes to study is a huge problem for me.

No you don't need programming background at all! The school that I have been recommending to people, Heicoders Academy, designed their courses such that people with zero programming background can eventually become skilled data analyst. Their courses are only 3 hours a week, so if you can spare just 3 hours a week their courses might work for you!
 

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No you don't need programming background at all! The school that I have been recommending to people, Heicoders Academy, designed their courses such that people with zero programming background can eventually become skilled data analyst. Their courses are only 3 hours a week, so if you can spare just 3 hours a week their courses might work for you!
Did you attend the course yourself? Do you need to be good in math? I am a math idiot.
 

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Not sure what kind of math knowledge you need to understand data structures and algorithms, for me some basic math like calculate the CIDR range of 192.168.10.0/18 is needed for my work.
 

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Did you attend the course yourself? Do you need to be good in math? I am a math idiot.

Haha no but I looked through their course materials. When they were setting up their school, they needed a subject matter expert to endorse their program, and they approached me. That was how I got to look through their curriculum before everyone else. I have since also maintained a working relationship with this school - sending my employees to their school for training, which is why I know it so well.

I have also vetted GA, Hackwagon Academy, and Upcode Academy's curriculum, and before you ask, no they aren't as good as Heicoders Academy's. Upcode Academy is probably the worst of the bunch.

Anyway, to answer your question, no you don't have to be good in math. As long as you know your basic, addition, multiplication, subtraction, division you are good to go lol. You just need to have a good sense of logic that is all. They pride themselves on being able to teach absolute beginners, so don't worry you are in good hands.
 
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Scrum/Agile/LSS courses are useful in project management knowledge context, but don't bothering clocking those accredition just to add a whole list of alphabets behind your LinkedIn name.

Recruiters will not even give a hoot about those 2-3 days courses accredition unless you're trying out for a project management role, which non of the above will beat PMP/MBA.

Take modular courses offered by Universities that are stackable or $1000 can cover one whole specialist diploma by local polytechnic, depending on what's your goal.
 

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Scrum/Agile/LSS courses are useful in project management knowledge context, but don't bothering clocking those accredition just to add a whole list of alphabets behind your LinkedIn name.

Recruiters will not even give a hoot about those 2-3 days courses accredition unless you're trying out for a project management role, which non of the above will beat PMP/MBA.

Take modular courses offered by Universities that are stackable or $1000 can cover one whole specialist diploma by local polytechnic, depending on what's your goal.
learn six sigma is a new concept to me though. I am more inclined towards scrum more than agile as scrum do not have a fixed timeline to complete a task.
 

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https://heicodersacademy.com/WAD100
The curriculum for heicoders seems decent, but I don't feel the need to have a live instructor. just a Udemy course will do for me.

Haha yea people who are resourceful (i.e can find their own answers on stackoverflow) or already had some form of background tend to be alright with the self-learning format. But live instructor is beneficial for those who don't know what they don't know, or just need someone to answer their queries. This is especially for something as conceptually abstract as machine learning (not talking about python programming but machine learning).
 

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learn six sigma is a new concept to me though. I am more inclined towards scrum more than agile as scrum do not have a fixed timeline to complete a task.
Six sigma is more like a project management philosophy than a project management framework (such as scrum and agile). The idea of lean six sigma is to reduce faults/bugs/ with good metrics monitoring, and acting on the said metrics.

As such, it can be applied in tandem with frameworks such as agile/scrum. One fun fact is that, there is a movement now where many software engineers are protesting against the relevance of a project manager. Like many project managers do not have technical know-how, but yet are tasked with deciding how long a task takes. So yea, to be a successful PM, you need to have some minimum technical skills + solid understanding of how to apply the project management frameworks.
 

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Haha yea people who are resourceful (i.e can find their own answers on stackoverflow) or already had some form of background tend to be alright with the self-learning format. But live instructor is beneficial for those who don't know what they don't know, or just need someone to answer their queries. This is especially for something as conceptually abstract as machine learning (not talking about python programming but machine learning).
I feel that a lot of self studies are still required prior to live instructor learning. Cause for example I am very new into machine learning, and the live instructor teaches the basics of machine learning, a lot of knowledge will be one ear in one ear out. For online pre recorded lectures, at least you can repeat over and over again.
 

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I took Heicoder's AI200 at the advice of DataScience Guy. And while they don't have skillsfuture, the course is already very cheap on its own ($600). And if you have NTUC union membership, you can claim an additional $250.

Honestly this course is really really world class. Even if you are not interested in going in data analytics, it will help you gain a worldview and understand the language which data professionals speak. And that is going to be useful especially if you aspire to be a manager in future, cause the whole world will be powered by data science in future (I believe)
 

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I took Heicoder's AI200 at the advice of DataScience Guy. And while they don't have skillsfuture, the course is already very cheap on its own ($600). And if you have NTUC union membership, you can claim an additional $250.

Honestly this course is really really world class. Even if you are not interested in going in data analytics, it will help you gain a worldview and understand the language which data professionals speak. And that is going to be useful especially if you aspire to be a manager in future, cause the whole world will be powered by data science in future (I believe)
Explain why this course is world class?
 

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just curious for those who pursue data science as their tech specialisation, how do you all practice? using jupyter notebook or plain python to practice all sorts of data algorithm?
 
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