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\u2018I had this feeling ever since school, that numbers speak but people don\u2019t understand them,\u2019 she remembers with a smile. \u2018When I started working as a volunteer, I saw the way that these organizations had so much trouble finding funds, organizing themselves, planning for the future. I decided this was where I could make a difference.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After 10 years working in the field, however, the termination of her contract in Berlin told her it was time to rethink her options. Learning German seemed like an obvious necessity to further her career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018I went to the job centre here in Berlin to ask about German courses,\u2019 she says, \u2018but the advisor there looked at my skills and shook his head. He told me I\u2019d find another job a lot faster if I studied some new skills, rather than the German language, which takes much more than a few months to master.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was then that the idea came to her to add tech skills to her curriculum. \u2018I have been obsessed with data and AI since I was a child. But when I went to school, Data Science quite simply didn\u2019t exist as a career, or at least not outside Silicon Valley. I saw these Ted Talks were people told stories by means of data, and I realized \u2013 that\u2019s the language of numbers. That\u2019s exactly how numbers speak<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once Jessica picked the post-it with the words \u2018Data Science\u2019 on them, everything else fell off her wall immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018I started investigating coding bootcamps. I found 3 or 4 of them, but to be honest they all looked the same. Then I had a call with WBS CODING SCHOOL, and I perceived a vibe that was so human, and so friendly, that I thought \u2013 this is the type of learning culture I am looking for.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coding bootcamps are notorious for being intensive, challenging affairs. But once Jessica discovered how much she loved Data Science, she not only kept pace \u2013 she went beyond the curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018I never had the chance to study something I was truly passionate about,\u2019 she says, \u2018and so I went all-in. Students aren\u2019t expected to give up on their lives outside the bootcamp, but for 15 weeks I basically consumed nothing<\/em> but Data Science material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018I had worked with Excel and project management tools, but I had never done anything remotely like programming, data analysis, simulations. And when I found that not only I could do this thing I had never done in my life, but I was good<\/em> at it, well \u2013 it was exhilarating!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, Jessica did not forget that the reason she was doing a bootcamp was to find a job. \u2018I was extremely active on LinkedIn, the way that someone else might be on Facebook,\u2019 she recalls. She began applying for jobs even while studying, sending out CVs, going for interviews, taking it in her stride whenever these returned rejections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One day she was sitting at her computer, in the middle of one of her video-classes. Her phone vibrated on the table, and she spoke up with her classmates \u2013 \u2018Just give me a second guys\u2019 \u2013 then took the call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was from the civic organization Systemic Justice. They were calling to offer her a job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When she returned to class, she found herself having to explain the pure dynamite in her mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Today I work as Finance Controller for Systemic Justice,\u2019 she says. \u2018Data Science has completely upgraded the way I work. Now I can organize our systems, make them efficient, minimise human error.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Data Science bootcamp enabled her to pursue a path that was not open to her when she started out, but ultimately the drive to succeed came from within her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018A bootcamp is for people who are curious, who want to know how things work. And I am so happy I stayed curious throughout my life. Because it got me a job, naturally, but also because I can prove that my intuition was right all along: numbers speak. And now I\u2019m the one who can translate what they say.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Jessica](\"https:\/\/www.wbscodingschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jessica_3-1024x682.webp\")