How DataLab is enabling learners across the globe

The data visualization opportunities

Next, we talked to Jorge Rodriquez Ramos, a postdoctoral researcher in biophysics. In Jorge’s world of academia, the go-to programming language is usually MATLAB, but after initially discovering R, he came across Python and never turned back.

Jorge got started with DataCamp through a colleague's recommendation and ended up completing 14 courses!.

After upskilling on DataCamp, Jorge utilized DataLab to put his newfound learnings to the test. He used DataLab to create simple but very clear data visualizations to share with his colleagues, as an alternative to the more traditional, static plots that are often still used in the academic world. Jorge knows people who still use Fortran 90 and 77 to code, so by using DataLab to create easy-to-read visualizations, he is really “ahead of the curve.”

Putting newly acquired data skills into practice

Lastly, we talked to Sanjay, a pre-final year student in India pursuing math and computing majors while balancing freelance work as a probability and statistics subject matter expert.

His friends introduced him to DataCamp and he quickly became a fan of the skill and career tracks: “The instructors are highly knowledgeable, everything is practically oriented—it’s amazing.” His friends also reminded him that DataCamp has a new product called DataLab, which he then started to explore. (My two cents on this? Sanjay has good friends.)

Sanjay's DataLab publication on COVID-19 data was based on a dataset from Kaggle and was created for the sole purpose of an academic assignment his professor gave him. He started working outside of DataLab and quickly realized that DataLab would make his life a lot easier. He created an in-depth analysis based on his DataCamp learnings, published them, and submitted them by simply sending his professor a link.

What’s next?

DataLab is your one-stop solution to write, run, and share your analysis. And with such a flexible and versatile tool, the opportunities are endless.