Why make the leap to data analysis?

What's the upside to such an intensive course?

Convincing employers on the boot camp's rigour

Weighing the opportunity cost of a career move

Common misconceptions about boot camps

Intensive boot camps that claim to impart key skills in technology in a matter of weeks and months have taken root in the education landscape.

Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, the new Career Talk podcast by The Straits Times helps you take charge of your own career and make your ambition pay off.

Boot camps that claim to impart key skills in technology, especially software engineering and data science, have popped up worldwide over the last decade.

Providers such as General Assembly conduct intensive full-time courses over a matter of weeks and months, where more traditional providers like universities could take years.

In this episode, host Tay Hong Yi speaks with his guest on what it takes to flourish in such a course.

His guest is Mr Chong Zi Liang, a journalist-turned-data analyst.

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:11 Why make the leap to data analysis?

4:23 What is the upside to such an intensive short course?

6:01 How to convince skeptical employers on the rigour of the boot camp?

9:45 How to weigh the opportunity cost of a career move?

15:22 Common misconceptions about boot camps

Produced by: Tay Hong Yi (hytay@sph.com.sg), Eden Soh and Paxton Pang

Edited by: Teo Tong Kai

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Intensive boot camps that claim to impart key skills in technology in a matter of weeks and months have taken root in the education landscape. Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, the new Career Talk podcast by The Straits Times helps you take charge of your own career and make your ambition pay off. Boot camps that claim to impart key skills in technology, especially software engineering and data science, have popped up worldwide over the last decade. Providers such as General Assembly conduct intensive full-time courses over a matter of weeks and months, where more traditional providers like universities could take years. In this episode, host Tay Hong Yi speaks with his guest on what it takes to flourish in such a course.
His guest is Mr Chong Zi Liang, a journalist-turned-data analyst.
Highlights (click/tap above):
1:11 Why make the leap to data analysis?
4:23 What is the upside to such an intensive short course?
6:01 How to convince skeptical employers on the rigour of the boot camp?
9:45 How to weigh the opportunity cost of a career move?
15:22 Common misconceptions about boot camps
Produced by: Tay Hong Yi (<a href="mailto:hytay@sph.com.sg">hytay@sph.com.sg</a>), Eden Soh and Paxton Pang
Edited by: Teo Tong Kai
Follow Your Money &amp; Career Podcast channel here:
Channel: <a href="https://str.sg/wB2m">https://str.sg/wB2m</a>
Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://str.sg/wuN3">https://str.sg/wuN3</a>
Spotify: <a href="https://str.sg/wBr9">https://str.sg/wBr9</a>
Google Podcasts: <a href="https://str.sg/ioWR">https://str.sg/ioWR</a> 
SPH Awedio app: <a href="https://www.awedio.sg/">https://www.awedio.sg/</a>
Website: <a href="http://str.sg/stpodcasts">http://str.sg/stpodcasts</a>
Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a>
Read Tay Hong Yi's articles: <a href="https://str.sg/w6cz">https://str.sg/w6cz</a>
Get business/career tips in ST's HeadSTart newsletter: <a href="https://str.sg/headstart-nl">https://str.sg/headstart-nl</a>
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In Your Opinion: <a href="https://str.sg/w7Qt">https://str.sg/w7Qt</a>
Asian Insider: <a href="https://str.sg/JWa7">https://str.sg/JWa7</a>
Health Check: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaN">https://str.sg/JWaN</a>
Green Pulse: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaf">https://str.sg/JWaf</a>
Your Money &amp; Career: <a href="https://str.sg/wB2m">https://str.sg/wB2m</a>
ST Sports Talk: <a href="https://str.sg/JWRE">https://str.sg/JWRE</a>
#PopVultures: <a href="https://str.sg/JWad">https://str.sg/JWad</a>
Music Lab: <a href="https://str.sg/w9TX">https://str.sg/w9TX</a>
Discover ST Podcasts: <a href="http://str.sg/stpodcasts">http://str.sg/stpodcasts</a>
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Special edition series:
True Crimes Of Asia (new): <a href="https://str.sg/i44T">https://str.sg/i44T</a>
The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZ2">https://str.sg/wuZ2</a>
Invisible Asia (9 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZn">https://str.sg/wuZn</a>
Stop Scams (10 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZB">https://str.sg/wuZB</a>
Singapore's War On Covid (5 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuJa">https://str.sg/wuJa</a>
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Get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.

Podcasters: Sue-Ann Tan & Tay Hong Yi

Produced & edited by: Amirul Karim

Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong

A podcast by The Straits Times, SPH Media.

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.
Podcasters: Sue-Ann Tan &amp; Tay Hong Yi
Produced &amp; edited by: Amirul Karim
Executive producers: Ernest Luis &amp; Lynda Hong
A podcast by The Straits Times, SPH Media.

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