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   Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 15:11:36 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
   So the #DataCamp subscription ends tonight or tomorrow (not sure which). I rushed and completed the track (Associate Python Developer) I was working on, but ran out of time to complete the bigger version or take the exam that shows whether I know what I'm doing (I don't! I'll explain in later posts under #DataCamp )
   
   https://gnusocial.jp/tag/datacamp (some socnet sites [such as Friendica instances] will also create local to their site copies of known hashtags ... so you should be able to go to the local tag URL and see this entire series)
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     There's another track where I've completed all the courses except one. If it turns out that tomorrow is the end, I'll try to see whether I can squeeze out four hours to complete it before they shut me down.
     
     And I'll get additional "XP" gamification points and I'll hit 175 consecutive days (with an asterisk ... after I hit 125 or so, they awarded me two free days, which came in handy when the Internet service was down for a day and a half and again when power was out for most of an evening.)
     
     I don't really care about gamification points, as I don't see any advantage to them. I'm sure #DataCamp is seeing some increased engagement and interaction, or they'd probably drop it.
     
     What mattered to me was trying to keep pushing that consecutive days number higher. Not just so I could see it on the site. Also because I know that I have to do the coursework regularly (such as every day) if I want to see results.
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     • Brandon Hall
     So let's start with #DataCamp. I first heard of them because of https://www.datacamp.com/blog/an-important-update-from-the-datacamp-board-of-directors [www datacamp com] / https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/daveyalba/datacamp-sexual-harassment-metoo-tech-startup [buzzfeednews com]
     
     @bthall (Brandon) and I discussed it a little bit at the time.
     
     I haven't heard anything else about sexual harassment or assaults, so I presume that people's behavior changed.
     
     So a year or so ago, Brandon offered to pay for a year of DataCamp in order to help me prepare for a better job in the future. (Yes, I know I'm old, but I have no pension or other benefits from my previous jobs. I expect to have to work for the rest of my life.) I looked it over and they cover many different things that have been on my "learn this" list for years.
     
     Examples include #R-lang and #Julia-lang, but they even have a single #Scala-lang course.
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     • Brandon Hall
     Anyway, Brandon ( @bthall ) was talking about the incomes that data scientists make, and some of those numbers are way more than I've ever been paid. So I accepted his offer to pay for #DataCamp.