It's been a good number of months since I last posted to this blog. Quiet months, but not idle months. In fact, in the last few months, we have done some commendable things! Pull up a chair, and let me tell you all about it.
It all started when my parents forwarded to me 2 great opportunities. A free training program by NITDA & CISCO, and another one by Google. The NITDA program offered training in AI, IT, and Data Science. I picked Data Science because that is where my interest currently lies. After some time, I was notified that I had made it into the program.
However, almost simultaneously, that is, as they were sending me this NITDA opportunity, they also sent me another free opportunity, called The Google Hustle Academy. I applied for that one too and waited to hear back. Hoping bagainst hope that the 2 programs would not clash. As fate would have it, I heard back from NITDA first, and started that program. The Data Science course turned out to be an introductory course, mostly dealing with Microsoft Excel and Spreadsheet Skills. This wasn't what I expected, but nevertheless taught skills I hadn't perfected. So it was a plus for me.
The NITDA course taught me how to clean data, validate it, and use it. Applying tools like Pivot Tables and Dashboards to group and vizualise the data. I had previously taken a professional course in Data Analytics, so many things were familiar, but the course didn't go as deeply into Excel as NITDA did. So I found all the new knowledge very interesting and useful.
Meanwhile, I had heard nothing back from Google. It wasn't until the final days of the NITDA / CISCO course that I heard back. And wouldn't you know it. The Google course was scheduled to begin the week following the end of NITDA's course. And, it was going to be a bootcamp on business skills: Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Leadership, Pitching, and Leveraging AI were some of the topics to be covered. I was very excited that things were working out in my favour, and I would get the combined knowledge of 2 free courses.
Speaking of combined knowledge, the NITDA course, in addition to its training, exposed us to additional free training available online on the CISCO Networking Academy. So we got certificates and training from there too! All in all, its been an enlightening few months recently. So what does this mean for you? It means that you have a better skilled and more capable man running Insight Labs. And I may soon offer more services based on the skills I have learnt. Thank you for following our blog, and I look forward to serving you better.
Signed,
Damola Mabogunje
For TMC Insight Labs