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Preparing your mental wellness content
Preparing your mental wellness content
⏱️ 4 min · Make your choices and see the outcomes
You're Dev, 24, working in marketing and wanting to switch to data science. You've been coding in Python for 4 months on evenings and weekends. You have two viable paths: a 3-year statistics MSc, or a 6-month intensive bootcamp plus self-directed learning. Both cost money; one costs 3 years.
Dev, 24
Career switcher deciding between formal education and self-directed learning
“Choosing between a stats degree (3 years) and a data science bootcamp (6 months)”
These decision trees are based on research and common patterns. Real life is more complex. Use this as a guide to think about your choices, not as absolute predictions.