>>12511106>by certifications you mean courses on edX, udemy or any MOOCs?Yeah, stuff like that. I don't endorse any of them though and I don't think one of these alone will get you a job. I got the IBM one but it was paid for by my employer so it's not like I invested my own money. And my personal experience is that it was super basic and I probably would not pass any interviews with it alone, but it was a good initial guide.
>But yeah, generally i've been thinking firstly get into math side of DS.Sadly, and I say this as a mathematician, no one gives two shits about the math behind DS. You should learn the basics and how DS is different from traditional stats, but you should focus on building stuff. If you spend your time learning the math behind every single algorithm you are probably wasting your time. Just learn how to use the algorithm and what levers you have to actually improve a model.
>Also i wanted to know what HR means by engineering added in job description?Honestly no idea.
> It gives me hope if its otherwise since i'm civil engineerYou are probably right on this. Just be prepared to answer the question "why are you changing from civil engineering to ds". "The money" is not a good answer. Just make up some bullshit about how building some model for your civil engineering thesis inspired you and you became more interested in the stats behind the model than the actual results. That should make HR Stacy's pussy wet.
