https://mathieson.github.io/blog/tags/education/ Recent content in Education on Mat's Mind Dump Hugo en-us Sun, 08 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://mathieson.github.io/blog/posts/kaggle-courses/ Sun, 08 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://mathieson.github.io/blog/posts/kaggle-courses/ <p>I have been dabbling in deep learning recently, and I have completed a few courses and read through and watched many resources during that time. It can be hard to find good help, so I wanted to share my experience with Kaggle quickly.</p> <p>If you&rsquo;re not familiar with Kaggle, it is an excellent source of datasets for training your models. I believe this is what they are most well known for. They also have a complete set of courses relating to many things data science-related. The topics include data visualization, how to use the Pandas library, and more.</p> https://mathieson.github.io/blog/posts/applied-software-development-retrospective/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://mathieson.github.io/blog/posts/applied-software-development-retrospective/ <p>Recently, I completed the Applied Software Development part-time studies program at BCIT. It has been a three-year journey, and so I thought I would do a quick write-up about some of my favourite courses and my takeaways.</p> <h2 id="why-go-back-to-school">Why go back to school?</h2> <p>I had been established in the industry for over ten years, was well experienced with Python, and had some experience in other languages. Why go back to school? Well, I was entirely self-taught through my years on the job.</p>