MITx MicroMasters in Statistics and Data Science includes nothing on large-scale data processing tools like Spark and Hadoop. Still worth it?

Hi all,

I'm a BI professional with 4 years experience working heavily with SQL and various analytics tools. I see data science as a logical extension of this and I have a foundational knowledge of Python and libraries like pandas, matplotlib, scikitlearn, etc...

At this point, I feel like I need some more rigorous training and am enticed by the MITx MicroMasters programs, specifically the one in the title. However, I notice (as I do with most similar programs) a …

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