🗞️ Weekly Updates With Resources

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Welcome to your weekly briefing on Data & AI: industry updates, career resources, portfolio-building opportunities, and community events - all curated for aspiring Data, ML & AI professionals.

This week’s updates in the Data & AI world:

• Industry: DataCamp reveals what skills employers are willing to pay the most.

• Build skills: Check out the new free LLM bootcamp from DataTalks.

• Portfolio: This week’s hackathons and coding challenges.

• Learn with AI: How to use ChatGPT for Data Interviews by Dawn Choo.

• Career: Join our event on how to get interview callbacks in 2025.

• Community updates: Launch of the private community!

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Weekly Digest with Break Into Data (BID)

Data & AI industry

What skills employers are willing to pay more?

Datacamp surveyed 550 business leaders to explore the increasing need for data and AI-literate workforces. Learn how these organizations are adapting their skills to the era of generative AI.

• What AI literacy is and how it intersects with data literacy

• The transformational benefits data literacy creates

• Essential data and AI skills leaders need to grow in their teams

• Five rules for upskilling and reskilling in the AI era

You can download the entire report here 
Sign up for DataCamp’s platform for 50% OFF: here

Build Data & AI skills

New free LLM bootcamp from DataTalks community

The LLM Zoomcamp is a free, 10-week online course that teaches you how to apply Large Language Models (LLMs) in real-life applications through hands-on projects and a supportive community.

• Covers topics like open-source LLMs, vector databases, evaluation and monitoring, LLM orchestration, and best practices

• Designed for those comfortable with programming, Python, and the command line, with no prior AI/ML experience required

• Includes homework assignments, a final project, and a "learning in public" approach to build your portfolio

• Hosted by the DataTalks.Club community, with access to a Slack channel, live Q&A sessions, and opportunities for collaboration

Check out the entire course description here 

Build your portfolio

This week’s hackathons and coding challenges.

Hackathons and coding challenges are the best way to put your skills into practice and get a chance to compete for large prizes. You will meet new people, form teams and build your portfolio based on real-world problems!

Check out this week’s pick for AI & ML competitions:

• Kaggle’s Competition: Demonstrate interesting use cases for Gemini's long context window. Prizes $100,000. Deadline: 11 days to go.

• Devpost: Develop a web app or Chrome Extension that uses one or more Chrome built-in AI APIs. Prizes $65,000. Deadline 13 days to go.

• Safebench: Develop AI Safety Benchmarks. Prizes $250,000. Deadline Feb 2025.

Learn With AI

How to use ChatGPT for Data Interviews? By Dawn Choo, Data Science coach.

ChatGPT can be your personalized (& 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵) interview coach.

Here are 5 ways to use ChatGPT to prep for interviews

1. Get (unlimited) practice questions

2. Find alternative ways to solve a problem

3. Research the company & prepare questions

4. Receive feedback on your communication style

5. Simulate mock interviews (with the voice feature)

   Read the entire post to get prompts here: Link 

Break Into Data events

How to get interview callbacks in 2025? Data Analytics edition.

Learn what it takes to stand out from the competition in 2025.
Join us on Nov 23rd, at 6 PM Pacific time. During this event, we will cover the most important topics of job hunting, including:

• Understanding Business Analyst and Data Analyst Roles: Learn about the core responsibilities and skills required for each role.

• Methods to Boost Callbacks: Discover strategies for building an effective portfolio, crafting a standout resume, optimizing your LinkedIn profile

• Job Application Strategy: Explore tools, resources, and a step-by-step guide for transitioning into technical roles from non-technical backgrounds.

• Live Q&A Session: Receive personalized advice and insights from experienced data analyst mentors.

Register for the event here: Link 

Break Into Data community

Apple to be the first in the exclusive Data & AI community

Propel your career forward with the right network and guidance.

If you want to be a part of a knowledge-hungry, ambitious, and supportive community in Data & AI, then apply through this form: Link 

You will have access to :

• Exclusive content: Curated career-related content to break into Data Science, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Machine Learning and AI engineering fields.

• Accountability calls: You will learn to set goals the right way and meet with your peers regularly to keep each other accountable.

• Build your network: Meet other highly motivated professionals who work at Big Tech, or

• Never build new skills alone: Team up with other professionals to work on portfolio projects, coding competitions,

• Access to workshops: Join career-related workshops with our Mentors, Coaches and Experts from the industry and academia.
  
  It’s time to take your career seriously!
  

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