<p>Big Shoulders Data Camp provides training to seasoned IT professionals in the area of data science. &nbsp;We use all open source technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Python, R, and many others. &nbsp;We provide our students hands on labs in machine learning, predictive modeling, and advanced analytics. &nbsp;We screen all applicants to make sure they are qualified to take one of our classes. &nbsp;Our students are software developers, database administrators, SQL programmers, data analyst, BI analyst, or any seasoned techie that knows a programming language, databases, or has done some kind of analytics (regression analysis, correlation, etc). &nbsp;</p><p>We are offer a platform and an environment to connect data scientist who want to teach and students who want to learn data science.</p><p>This is not a multi-week immersive program. &nbsp;This is not a career change program. &nbsp;This is a career advancement program. &nbsp;We offer 2 days of instruction and training. &nbsp;</p><p>We want Chicago to be the center and hub for data scientists. &nbsp;Visit us at <a href="http://bigshouldersdatacamp.com/">BIGshouldersDATAcamp.com</a></p>