How to make a career change: From online training straight to a data analyst job
Siegfried Bondarenko, a StackFuels Data Analyst alumni, got off to a flying start as a data analyst. Siegfried is from Berlin, trained as a medical technician and physics engineer. In 2020, he encountered a job market that had been hit hard by coronavirus. So he decided to adapt to this situation and broaden his horizons with the help of a data analyst training course. Even before he received his certificate, the [...]
Career change as a Data Scientist - This is how StackFuels Alumni Alex Schmitt is now getting started
It's never too late to retrain. That's what StackFuel alumni Alex Schmitt thought and embarked on a very special training path. In 2020, he not only completed the Data Literacy training, but also the Data Analyst training with a certificate. At the beginning of 2022, Alex also completed the Data Scientist training and mastered the job entry in [...]
Lifelong learning: How important is continuing professional development?
Reading Time: 4 min In Part 1 of our interview, we spoke to Liudmila about her further training in IT and her entry into the data industry. In part 2, we want to find out from her what makes the industry so exciting for her and what role lifelong learning plays in today's working life. Liudmila's interview In addition to your own achievements [...]
Practice rather than theory: Liudmila's start as a digital analyst
Reading Time: 4 min Liudmila relies on practical experience and scores with it. In June 2021, she will start her data analyst training with a focus on the Python programming language with the "Women in Data" scholarship and will start as a digital analyst at a leading real estate portal shortly after graduating. She says it's never too late to retrain and start a new career [...]
"Diversity is just the beginning." Interview with Mina Saidze.
You should know this woman by 2022 at the latest: Mina Saidze is a data evangelist and founder of Inclusive Tech. At the end of 2021, she was recognized by Forbes as a "30 under 30" and is a passionate advocate for diversity and gender equality in the data industry. That alone would be an impressive list of her professional achievements to date, in which [...]
Democratizing Data Literacy: An Interview with Mina Saidze
Mina, you took part in the panel discussion at StackFuel's Data Literacy Day 2021 and presented convincing arguments as to why data literacy is indispensable in today's world. Are there any exceptions or is "data literacy for all" unstoppable? Data literacy is not much different from getting a driver's license: knowing how to analyze data, [...]
Women in Data Scholarship: Interview with winner Monika about her scholarship
The data industry needs you! More than 120 women applied for the "Women in Data" scholarship. 50 of them were awarded one of the coveted scholarship places for the Data Analyst training program at StackFuel. And unfortunately it's true: the data industry is still predominantly male. Just one sixth of data experts are female, with negative effects on the economy, development [...]
Women in Data: This is why Elisabeth Data becomes an analyst
The data industry needs you! More than 120 women applied for the "Women in Data" scholarship. 50 of them were awarded one of the coveted scholarship places for the Data Analyst training course at StackFuel. And unfortunately it's true: the data industry is still predominantly male. Just one sixth of data experts are female, with negative effects on the economy, development [...]
Women in Data: Interview with winner Marina
The data industry needs you! More than 120 women applied for the "Women in Data" scholarship. 50 of them were awarded one of the coveted scholarship places for the Data Analyst training course at StackFuel. And unfortunately it's true: the data industry is still predominantly male. Just one sixth of data experts are female, with negative effects on the economy, development [...]
Women in Data: Winner Andreea on her path to a career in data analytics
The data industry needs you! More than 120 women applied for the "Women in Data" scholarship. 50 of them were awarded one of the coveted scholarship places for the Data Analyst training course at StackFuel. And unfortunately it's true: the data industry is still predominantly male. Just one sixth of data experts are female, with negative effects on the economy, development [...]