Interview with Loreto Aguilar. Data Analytics Bootcamp student

We spoke to Loreto Aguilara student of the Bootcamp in Data AnalyticsShe is currently studying the programme, having started her on-site training in October last year. At the moment, she has already joined a company as a Junior Data Engineer at ATM Maggioli Group.

What was your professional situation before entering the Data Analytics Bootcamp?

I was unemployed. And before that, I was in something that had nothing to do with it. It was another sector and an engineer friend told me: "start programming". And I said no, it was all very foreign. But he insisted a couple of times, and I started to look for information and it seemed quite an extensive field, so I started to focus on which specific sector of programming I wanted to train in.

Why did you choose to train in Data Analytics?

Well, precisely because I like the business branch. And well-used information is always strategically beneficial. 

What do you think of the data analytics bootcamp?

Well, I'm delighted. Since I've been here, it's almost like home. I am about to present the final Capstone project. The teachers a delight. They are people who are working professionals in the morning, and even in their regular jobs, they are always willing to answer my questions. I can write to them, and they always answer me. There have even been a few weekends, to be honest.

What about the IMMUNE methodology?

It's super useful because before I had tried to see it a bit on my own and the information without any explanation... dense, from tutorials, books and so on... In the end, it was a bit boring, especially if you have no previous experience. And by doing exercises and cases you end up becoming fluent. You start from scratch, you don't need to have any previous knowledge or engineering. And you end up getting the hang of it.

Did you have experience in technology?

Not at all. I had at most done a networking course about ten years ago, making cables.

What do you think of the teachers?

Right now I have a tutor with whom I meet to do the final project from time to time with the rest of the teammates. And each teacher has a specialised branch of knowledge. It's never the same teacher for the whole data analytics bootcamp. Every X number of weeks the block is changed and quite well. I used to come to class sitting in the front row, and when something didn't work, he didn't mind coming over, seeing what I was doing, checking it, giving me the key, but not the solution, and that's how I got to the answer.

What did you think of the face-to-face modality?

You try to get there early to get a good spot. The campus is wonderful, it's a bright, modern place. In fact, as I was unemployed, I used to come here beforehand to study the little things I had seen before, together with other training courses I was doing, and then I would go into class and they usually told us what we were going to see the next day in case we wanted to keep an eye on it so we wouldn't be caught unawares. And then the cases, they are practical exercises to be solved.

Both those of us who are here in person and my colleagues who are online from other countries are delighted. 

What has it been like to enter the labour market?

I have literally been on an internship for two weeks in a technology consultant. I am delighted. I have a tutor there who is also a former IMMUNE student, so he knows what I can learn. They are teaching me a lot of new things. Every day I have the notebook that I used to take to work with little things to look at, to revise.... I'm finding it very enjoyable. During the day, when I want to realise it, they are already telling me "go home" and sometimes I have even done some extra hours because I was interested, because they were explaining something about a tool or some training for everyone and I stayed for fun. 

How has IMMUNE accompanied you during the process?

From the admission process they listened to me and guided me as to which programme would suit me best. They looked at my educational background, my professional experience... and also on the first days of class, where they saw the level of each of us. Until now, or in the job search, they have always helped me.

Endless patience to look at my CV over and over again and give me advice on where to look, how to go to interviews and the whole process of looking for a job, which in itself is a job in itself. I am delighted. In fact, I'm happy to say that I haven't even finished the data analytics bootcamp yet, and I'm already in my internship.

Would you recommend IMMUNE?

In fact, I recommended it and I have a friend studying who started last week doing the same programme, also face-to-face.