Courses to consider after CICT

Data is an important factor to every entity. Whether an individual, an industry or a country. For example, a country needs data for equity distribution of resources, companies need data for corporate to make sensible decisions, consumers need data to make daily decisions on what to consume. In short, regardless of where you are, you need data to be effective.

Since the emergence of computers, storage of data has taken center stage. This is the very reason that the world has seen increased growth of databases. As long as you access the internet, you leave a footprint of yourself there. Starting from your client browsers to internet servers. Servers’ store cookies in your web browsers cache. Also, your operating system stores every single entry made in your system through the System log files.

INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE

Data Science though a course is simply the process of extracting knowledge from data. It is important to note that data are raw facts. For data to make sense, it has to be converted to information. It is therefore to say data science is the process of giving forth information from raw data.

What it takes to be a DATA SCIENTIST

Since as a data scientist you will be using data to draw conclusions, you need knowledge in the following areas:

(i)                 Statistics: - which deals with the manipulation of data to draw sensible information.

(ii)               Probability:- This can be seen as the prophetic view in mathematics. Probability deals with focusing. If X decreases what happens to Y. As a Data Scientist, you should be able to speculate that.

(iii)             Information theory:- As a Data Scientist, you should be able to draw hypothesis from a given information.

(iv)             I.T. :- Nowadays, data is normally in the form of softcopy. Knowledge in I.T. is essential, as it will save you massive time in making sense of data if you use the right tools in terms of software and hardware.

(v)               Visualization and modelling: - if you are employed in a company as a data scientist, you should be able to visualize your conclusion people without statistical knowledge to understand. It is vital to be able to visualize data as pie charts, graphs among others.

Career opportunities in DATA SCIENCE

1.      Cloud computing

Most organizations today are storing most of their information in the cloud. These organizations may need services of a data scientist, for example to review which data is mostly accessed.

A real example is an online retail store may need services of a data scientist to review the data and provide info on how to increase sales.

2.      Health institutions

Health institutions as hospitals and pharmacies may need a data scientist to access the effectiveness of a drug. For example if there are 10 drugs for malaria treatment, a data scientist may provide info on which is most effective.

Conclusion

Data science is still a course in the making. The course has a promising future. The reason is that there is no single organization that does not deal with data. Therefore, multiple opportunities. Currently, the course is not being offered in the country but that should not deter you. With the investion of online learning, you can enroll in any school abroad. Happy learning

After CICT think of CCNA

IT skills are essential to everyone who is seriously considering pursuing IT as a career. The down side to this is that IT is quite a new field. To be exact, the potential of IT is yet to be realized. This possess as a major challenge to those used and new to the field. One must constantly upgrade skills. Keep up-to-date with changes in the field. The changes I can bet you my Nikes, occur every single day. Every day, there are new languages, software’s and what nots that if you do not have a clue of what they are you may end up firing yourself. That’s what I hate about IT. The field is super dynamic. Worst of all companies do not know what they need when they advertise for an IT position. As long as you are employed as an IT guy, companies expect you to be a genius. To solve every godamm problem that crops up as long as it is associated with a computer peripheral. If the manager cannot log on to his Facebook account, the first person he calls is you. If the sells reps computer does not boot, you are on. This plus a series of mediocre jobs that you did not sign up for. In short, these people assume as long as you are employed in the IT department, you are and must be a guru. Know it all. The can differentiate between a web designer, a system analyst and a computer repair guy. If the motherboard of some staff gets fried, guess what, they expect you to come up with a solution like you have a magic wand or something. If not, stories reach you employer that you are incompetent and a waste of the company’s precious resources.

You get my point? If you are majoring in IT, know it all about computers. You should be able to recite the Windows code in your dreams (“hehehe Just joking”).

That’s where CCNA falls. CCNA, in long Cisco Certified Network Associate is a course developed by Cisco. If you have no clue to whom Cisco are just check your LAN cable, where it joins with a router, the router is for sure a Cisco product. Yap, Cisco is a company that deals with pretty much everything that involves networking.

CCNA is really important to every IT guy. For one apart from the obvious that you receive a certification after the course, you gain skills. If you have been keen to check the dailies on IT jobs, you would realize that companies are now more cautious when it comes to hiring. Companies are preferring certifications to a bunch of degrees. Why? Seriously? After all it has become public knowledge that degrees can be bought (After Nairobi Aviation saga). Also, these so claimed to be IT gurus who never attended a single lecture and did most of their examination under the influence of Alch… are for sure letting the REAL IT GUYS down by painting a bad image of the profession. Certification preferred in that if one is certified, he/she has the skills required, the now how, and knowledge of solving any given problem within his/her certification.

CCNA is broken up into 4 stages and it takes approximately 4 months before you complete. i.e. 1 stage per month.

 The charges are approximately ksh. 10,000-12,000, dependent on the institution. This charges are applied per stage. Meaning that to have a CCNA certification one has to pay 4 x 12,000 (Ksh.48,000). Regardless of the pricing, I strongly believe that this is an investment worth taking.  


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