r/WGU_MSDA

Hi all,

I am planning on applying to McMaster’s degree completion program in Software Engineering Technology. Any insights into this program would be appreciated.

Background:

I took a Bachelors and Masters in Cybersecurity from WGU. I'm now considering a Masters in Data Analytics since there's no Bioinformatics option. As part of those programs I took SQL and Python. I did fine with them and wouldn't have any issue taking more classes that are associated.

Because people are going to ask "Why another degree?"

I'm employed in my field and I don't need it for my job. However, I will likely use it if the market pivots in the future. I personally don't see a downside to more education, especially something like this that works towards my long term career goals.

I’m fairly certain I’m missing something obvious. But when creating the database it requires powershell before getting into mongodb. Mongosh doesn’t seem to be installed.

How did you create the database?

Hello everyone,

In less than 10 days I start my MSDA - with a specialization in data engineering. I am currently a data analyst with 2 years of experience but most of my work has been in SQL, power bi, platform administration and data engineering With ingestion tools. I’ve worked with Python but I would safely say on a scale of 1-10, my knowledge is a 3. I am in the masters to hopefully move forward in my knowledge and learn more about data engineering in general. I am worried I possibly rushed into this without having the proper knowledge in Python…..any thoughts and feedback from others will be great!

Hey everyone,
I graduated from WGU with a Bachelor’s in Cybersecurity & Information Assurance, but I don’t have any professional IT experience yet. I’ve been applying to entry-level IT and cybersecurity jobs for the past few months without much luck. I’ve been looking into WGU’s MSDA program with the Data Engineering specialization because I genuinely think data engineering is interesting and I’d like to build those skills. My only concern is that it doesn’t seem like an entry-level field, so I’m wondering if I’d be putting myself in a tough spot without industry experience. I also live in Las Vegas, where the local tech market isn’t very strong. So it’s been rather rough.

For those who completed the program, would you recommend it for someone in my situation? Did the skills you learned translate well into getting a job, or is the program more beneficial for people who are already working in tech? I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences. Thanks!

I am planning to enroll in WGU's MSDA program later this year or early next year. I was wondering if you might know the best way to access the class notes or resources that could help me prepare in advance, so I can prepare ahead of time and potentially complete my classes sooner. Thank you very much for your help!

One of the first asks of the assignment in Part B1. is to correct duplicate entries. However, according to the dataset - the employees are all unique. I notice that the salaries are duplicated throughout the data but by removing them, you remove unique employees. Can anyone provide insight on what duplicates we are expected to remove without removing necessary data?

Any advice or tips would help for Task 1 D599, thank you in advance.