Are you interested in Tech? Are you looking for something to get your foot in the door? In this article, I will list 5 Certificates to help with that. Some of these courses may require you to apply, and they will not cost you anything.
So feel free and put yourself out there. If not for your career, It’s always a good idea to keep your brain active and stimulated. All these Courses are available on Coursera. I am enrolled in the Umuzi program by Facebook on Coursera.
PYTHON FOR EVERYBODY
According to The Python Software Foundation, Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics. It is used to build websites and software. This crash course on Python is offered by Google. The course Focuses on python and building skills like fundamentals of programming concepts. This is one of the shortest courses in this article as it only takes 28 hours to complete. You can do it All in a day if you’d like!
GOOGLE IT AUTOMATION
If you are interested in learning how to program with Python and how to use Python to automate common system administration tasks, this course is made for you. It was designed for beginners, and no previous experience in code is required. There are 6 modules, and the entire course can take up to about 6 months to complete; it allows students to practice what they learn with hands-on, real-life projects.
IBM DATA SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE
This Professional Certificate does not need any prior experience in statistics or programming and is fit for anyone who went as far as a high school diploma; how great is that!. Did you know? 7 megabytes of new information is created every second for every human being on the planet
It will take about 11 months to finish this course, so it is best to start early. This certificate aims to allow the student to gain a firm grasp on the technical skills required to effectively gather, wrangle, mine, and visualize data and soft skills for working with stakeholders and storytelling with data to engage your audience. It is also provided in 10 different languages.
MACHINE LEARNING STANFORD UNIVERSITY
If you are interested in Artificial Intelligence and decide to take this course, you will gain skills in Logistics Regression, Artificial neural networks, and machine learning algorithms. According to the Coursera website, 11% of the students who completed these courses started new careers in Machine Learning. This course provides a broad introduction to machine learning, data mining, and statistical pattern recognition.
APP DEVELOPMENT
You will need some experience in coding and programming for this specialisation course. Here you get to master elements of building an App on IOS successfully. Once you take the course, you get to practice with hands-on projects to test your learning. With 4 courses involved, you get to actually build your one IOS App at the end of the course. Completing this course will take 5 months to complete.
