Women have been coding for years and if we want more girls to code, [1] we have to try new teaching methods, [2] we have to challenge our preconceptions and, [3] we have to get better at recognizing and nurturing talent.
Read MoreFireside Analytics Inc. has been working in partnership with IBM's Data Scientist Workbench and Big Data University to create a high school credit course in data science. This first of its kind course is available online and is fully accredited by the Ministry of Education. The course is accepted by colleges and universities in Canada and all over the world.
Read MoreData Science is like triathlon. Data scientists are experts in 3 endurance disciplines. There are Olympic disciplines in 3 sports, cycling, running and swimming, and there always will be, but the need for super athletes who can do all 3 is growing. Data Scientists are the new triathletes, combining, programming, business and statistics to look for patterns in data that promise to create winning teams and add millions, billions, to the bottom line. But are data scientists heroes or is it all just a tad extreme? How can this new hybrid super athlete data scientist who does it all on his or her own possibly work efficiently?
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