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Recently, the students in Data Science Cohort 5 built Shiny dashboards for a project with the accounting firm Hauser Jones & Sas. One of the specialties of Hauser Jones & Sas is auditing banks, and the students were tasked with creating a dashboard that would help in that capacity. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Learning, Analytics + Data Science

Myles MacDonald of Full-time Data Analytics Cohort 5 was first exposed to data analytics and data storytelling in a large financial fraud project he worked on as an attorney financial fraud attorney. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Analytics + Data Science

Before he was a graduate of Part-time Web Development Cohort 14, Jim Conner delivered technical and administrative support to partners working to solve issues related to housing and homelessness across Tennessee. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Web Development

As a former HR professional, Tom Hudson of Full-time Data Analytics 5 shares that his desire to make data-driven decisions led him to a new profession in data analysis! Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Analytics + Data Science

With a background in professional management and 25+ years of experience in the food industry, Patrick Manning decided it was time for a career change when he discovered the Analytics Jumpstart course at NSS and soon after applied to attend the Full-time Data Analytics Bootcamp! Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Analytics + Data Science

Chris Meffley of Part-time Web Development Evening 14 shares in his podcast that he discovered many similarities between web development and his time working in the animal care field! Learn more about Chris’ capstone in our latest Graduate Spotlight! Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Web Development

Blake Rhoden of Full-time Web Development Cohort 50 worked at Vanderbilt as an electronic imaging tech, however it wasn’t something he could “really make a career out of,” he recalls in his podcast. That’s when a family member who worked as a programmer introduced Blake NSS! Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Web Development

Tom Wise of PT Data Analytics 5 was able to merge his passion for music with his new skills in data to create his capstone project where he used the Spotify API to help answer the question, “Is there a formula to create a hit song?” Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Analytics + Data Science

Part-time Data Analytics Cohort 5 recently partnered with Smile On 60+ and Interfaith Dental to share insights on the success of the program and where there’s room for improvement. Learn about the challenges they faced and what they discovered in our latest blog post. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Analytics + Data Science

In his previous career, Joel Beckum studying foreign languages. To his surprise and delight, this helped career helped him find his way to working with some of the coolest languages he had ever seen, programming languages! Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Web Development