This Week at Udacity, April 6 edition
Successful career changes, scholarships for Africa, new AI content, an awesome Tweet of the Week, a favorite Pixies song, and more!
Intelsat I, informally knows as “Early Bird,” launched on this day in 1965, as the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit. As this was happening, Black Francis, future lead singer of alternative rock icons The Pixies, was being born.
And speaking of “launches,” with our new School of Artificial Intelligence now officially in orbit, we can start sharing details with you about new programs on offer.
We began this week with a deep dive into our new AI Programming with Python Nanodegree Program, from curriculum lead Ortal Arel; you can read her amazing post here:
We counterbalanced these detailed curricular insights with a wonderful post from Mat Leonard, who heads up the School of AI, in which he covers some critical AI basics:
And speaking of “alternative,” we had the pleasure of highlighting a student this week who, after landing what was supposed to be his dream job, realized that he was altogether in the wrong role after all. Instead of giving up and giving in, he forged ahead with an alternative vision for his life, and built a whole new career for himself!
“It was really the moment when I felt I could say, ‘Yes, I can change industries and become a developer!’ I knew it wasn’t just a side interest; I had real ability as a developer. I had my new life direction!”
Question for you, are you following us on Facebook? I hope so, as it’s a great place to stay on top of exciting announcements. For example, some tremendous news this week for committed lifelong learners in Africa!
And speaking of social media, we’re at the point in the post when we come to the …
Tweet of the Week!
We’re going with this one, because we just can’t resist heart eyes:
Thank you for learning with us!
And THAT … is This Week at Udacity!
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This post was written by Christopher Watkins, Senior Writer and Chief Words Officer, Udacity. His favorite Pixies song is “Monkey Gone to Heaven.”
