My name is Gonzalo and I have been part of the 2020 IE Exponential Learning Data Science Bootcamp. It was an extraordinary edition, which I would say was challenging due to the global health circumstances of COVID-19. I have a bachelor’s degree in physics and broad international experience in the lighting and electrical markets. I speak four languages, and I’m a loyal IE University student whenever the educational need arises.

The Bootcamp classes have been in a full-time, online format, which made it more difficult to achieve certain goals that could have been easier face-to-face.

The main interest which led me to register as a Bootcamper was to better and more accurately understand what data science is about, and what it involves professionally speaking. I also needed to complement my skills with the acquisition of new abilities in programming languages like Python.

This is a complete, reliable and business-focused tool. It enables students to stand out in their career, and gives them the opportunity to choose and adapt to job roles in this continuously changing, technological working context.

Despite the high level required and the number of subjects in this course, the learning curve has been accelerated and I’ve learned a lot in a short period of time. As education has no end, I appreciate the knowledge I’ve acquired so far in this Bootcamp, which has allowed me to manage a large amount of data in no time and figure out useful insights for real business purposes.

When it comes to social aspects, the teamwork has been rewarding and encouraging, as I’ve built a strong rapport with my classmates based on motivation, confidence and resilience. Most of the time, we see eye-to-eye in terms of sharing points of view. I’m very thankful to all of them and probably would not have learned so much without their help.

Overall, I would say the course has been a profitable and instructive one.