The Top 3 Data Science Training Programs for PhD's

Scientists are abandoning academia in droves. Industry is going to reap the rewards of a publicly educated army of geniuses. Scientists are leaving academia to do data science

Lots of PhD scientists, post docs, fellows, and graduate students are realizing that academia is a sinking ship. There is no funding for science, a scientist often must submit 10 grants just to get funding for 1 or 2 years of work. Forget buying a home, paying off your debts, or having a stable job as an academic.

Academia is failing you, not the other way around.

The best place in industry for a scientist, a real PhD trained scientist, is the new field of Data Science. This can mean doing data visualization, research, data cleaning, scraping, business intelligence, database work, and machine learning... some of this you know from grad school, and some is probably new to you!

Don't Fret!! There are free programs that will train you to be a data scientist and get you a kickass real job. Oh, and you'll make a ton of money too!

Don't get scammed in to paying $16,000 for some junk program. A good program shouldn't cost money because companies pay these programs to find qualified researchers for them! They want to hire people like you, so big companies like Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Google, and Yammer are paying these scouting programs to do their recruiting for them. You are the product, but also reap the rewards! Here are our 3 favorite programs right now...

3.  Science 2 Data Science

http://www.s2ds.org
Based in London (UK), this is the perfect training program for scientists in England!

2. The Data Incubator

http://www.thedataincubator.com
A new program in New York (NYC), the Data Incubator is basically a copy of our #1 pick below. This 6 week bootcamp promises to put you in front of top technology companies in New York City, and land you a kickass job!

1. Insight Data Science Fellowship

http://insightdatascience.com
Insight has been around a few years now, and has succesfully trained dozens of PhDs. All of their fellows have gone on to make over $90,000 per year, working mostly in Silicon Valley. This is the best program in the USA for training PhDs in Data Science, and now has a location in New York. Hopefully Insight will bring the Data Science Fellowship to Boston and Seattle soon!