You are an Enigma - Ann Jackson
You embody the spirit of Cthulhu - Ann Jackson
Interesting thing to be said about me on the first day of Data school. I am unsure of how to define that but my adventure of getting the data school was an enigma.
Here is the timeline of me getting into DSNY1.
March 21 Open up Eventbrite the morning of the event and attend a Meet and Greet.
March 23 The Data School already hired 3 cohorts.
March 28 Start working on the data viz
March 30 Sent an email to Collin and got feedback
March 31 Zoom meeting with Ann Jackson and feedback
April 7 Zoom meeting with Collin and feedback
April 8 deadline
April 14 Zoom meeting with Ann Jackson (did not realize it was a phone screen)
April 19 Received Final Dataset
April 20 Reached out to Jacob Kilroy and got some feedback
April 25 Zoom Call with Jacob Kilroy and feedback
April 26 Zoom Call with Jacob Kilroy and feedback. Final day to submit the final Viz.
April 29 Final Interview and accepted the offer in the evening
I had no tableau experience prior to learning about the Data School. Additionally, the Data school sound too good to be true. I was a bit skeptic about it. So, it was mixture of being and busy and skeptic before I started on my application. There was also slight pressure since 3 of the 8 spots were already filled. I got demotivated a bit since it seems it be harder now.
Limitation:
It wasn’t a great handicapped but having a Chromebook had its limitation. Tableau desktop is only supported on Window and Mac. What this mean is that I only had access to Tableau Public. Tableau Public being only in the browser means that I need an internet connection. My home does not have internet. In order to remedy this issue, I scrounge up around the city for public Wi-Fi. Running from Library, to public parks and coffee shop for Wi-Fi. I was downloading YouTube tableau tutorial video to watch later. I did my whole application in Tableau Public. Additionally remember to publish often in Tableau public, because it does not have autosave. I lost hours of work one time because I was very focus into my work. Luckily the second time around I already know what to do, so it was faster.
I had limited time, a Chromebook and no internet and I got into the Data school. I can only say I got lucky but also the fact that I kept on asking for help and feedback on my application. Special thanks to Collin Smith, Ann Jackson and Jacob Kilroy.
I am enigma in a way but each person that get into the Data school is an enigma in it own right.