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My main thing for when I was looking at data science courses was a course that

had a lot of hands-on experience.

For me as a working professional it is just not

possible to take a break for six or twelve weeks from work like a lot of the

other bootcamps required.

Coming from not an engineering background or not a PhD

It's taught in such a way that it really does make sense.

It blends all the aspects in terms of more of a

business aspect and then also the hardcore sort of engineering calculation.

It didn't require a formal education, I mean we

literally learned so many concepts in the foundation within, you know, 50

hours that we had over the past week.

With the instructors you really get experience, you really get people with examples

Data Science Dojo also allows for the more in-person interactions, the ability to really drill

in on a specific topic. it made it easier to connect and it made it easier

to relate and get into the example or get into the analogy.

The Data Science Dojo team has presented things in ways that were really approachable.

even very complicated concepts.

Since there's so many backgrounds and there's no

pressure to really know, it's an open environment so we ask any question.

The instructor prefers these sessions to be interactive, so that's huge because

we would have discussions on the simplest topic or to the complex topic

and he would stay patient until it's clear.

The application happens right on

the spot versus more of a distance remote type of approach with a video tutorial.

Everybody starts that Coursera course or starts the online

course and after you know two sessions they kind of drop off at whereas

Data Science Dojo you were kind of pushed to finish the curriculum.

I feel that it really gets to the heart of what data science is about. About solving

business problems on how you go about solving them.

You don't feel like you've missed out on a whole lot just with the depth that we went into

and the intensity that we really attacked the subject manner.

We covered, you know, a majority of the topics that you actually get in formal education in a

semester. I mean if you're looking for a career change I honestly cannot tell you

a better program than this.

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Hello Rebel, and welcome back to my life.

So I read An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which is both the title and an accurate description

of Hank Green's debut novel that released this week.

I'm gonna talk a little bit about it spoiler free, and then I'll give a clear signal

when I'm going to discuss SLIGHTLY spoilery content, although even then I'm not going

to give away the ending or anything like that.

The book kicks off when the protagonist, April May, is walking home to her New York apartment

one night when she sees what looks like a statue of a robot on the sidewalk.

With the help of her friend Andy, she makes a funny YouTube video in which she talks about

and then pretends to interview the statue, who she names "Carl." Andy goes home and

publishes the YouTube video, while April goes to sleep.

Only to wake up as one of the most famous people in the world. It turns out that an

identical Carl has appeared in 64 major cities around the globe at the exact same time, overnight.

And as people have started wondering where the hell the Carls have come from, they've

turned to the internet and discovered April's video, instantly catapulting her to international

superstardom.

I guess before I get into all of the reasons I loved the book, which is likely to devolve

into a series of emotionally-derived guttural groaning, I should get imperfections out of

the way.

There are parts of the book that come off almost a little "preachy," and read less

like a book and more like a…YouTube video.

Which, the book was written by one of the world's biggest and best YouTubers, about

a fictional character who actually BECOMES the world's biggest and best YouTuber (among

other things).

So while it does initially look a little odd to have what appears to be a YouTube script

in the middle of the novel, given the context of the story and the main character, it's

actually a perfect choice.

The only other thing I might caution potential readers about is that this story is VERY dependent

on understanding how the social internet works.

But again: that's exactly what this book is about, and it was written FOR people who

understand these things pretty intimately.

When it comes to the balance between character and plot, I do have to say that this is an

INTENSELY plot-driven book.

Not only does the plot move the story, but it tends to grab YOU by the short hairs and

drag YOU through the story.

But despite being mostly focused on the plot, the characters are also AMAAAZING.

The protagonist April May and her circle of friends are officially my Precious Children™

and I love them and I would die for them.

Okay, we're going to dive into slight spoiler territory. I'm gonna try to keep it light,

but if you haven't read the book yet and you don't want to kno wanything, skip to the

time code that's displaying on your screen right now.

So it's difficult not to see April May's sudden meteoric rise to stardom and not read

it as an allegory for Hank's own experience of being catapulted into the position of being

a YouTube celebrity.

As the narrative progresses and April May finds herself plunged deeper and deeper into

the Carl controversy—

—the "Carltroversy," if you will, AHAHAHAHA—

—we get a sometimes brutal depiction of what life is like when you're performing

a role, whether in a conflict or not, that is partially what you yourself believe, but

also partially what's expected of you by your audience.

And that's one of the strongest thematic elements of this book: we're reminded over

and over how messed up it is that people keep expecting April May to be something MORE than

just an average twenty-something girl living in New York.

April makes a decision early in the book which has massive and unintended consequences.

And one of those consequences is that she is now expected to make further, even more

consequential decisions.

But the trick is that, BECAUSE of the initial decision AND the fame and attention that was

heaped upon her because of it, April actually IS more capable of doing great things than

almost anybody else on the planet.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy that looks extremely different from outside the situation

than inside it.

And through that, the book does an incredible job of showing how this dissonance between

what the world thinks of you, and what you know about yourself, wears down your physical

endurance, your mental health, and even, eventually, your moral compass.

And I don't think it's any coincidence that this incredibly unhealthy mindset eventually

leads to burnout, metaphorically in the case of some characters, literally in the case

of others.

Okay, end of the spoiler section. In summary: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is just what

the title proclaims it to be.

Good art projects a possible future. But great art predicts a choice we'll have to make

about what sort of future we're going to live in.

We're all going to be part of making that choice, including you. So you might as well

read up on what exactly is going to be at stake.

That's all I've got for you today, Rebel. This was an edited version of my review, but

I have a lot more thoughts and things I want say about this book, which I released in an

exclusive video to my patrons.

Click the Patreon link in the description below if you want to see the whole thing.

THANK you so much for watching, and I will see you next week. Byyye!