{"id":6593,"date":"2018-04-27T11:49:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T15:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brainstation.io\/?p=6593"},"modified":"2020-04-16T16:04:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T20:04:35","slug":"learn-how-a-business-grad-left-banking-and-entered-the-data-science-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/blog\/learn-how-a-business-grad-left-banking-and-entered-the-data-science-world","title":{"rendered":"How a Business Grad Left Banking for the Data Science World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Meet Mohamed, a former BrainStation student who now works at Shopify as a&nbsp;Researcher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>When Mohamed first came to Canada (in 2017), he was&nbsp;working in banking, but he felt that something was missing: he wanted to work in tech. He started to look for job opportunities and realized quickly that he would need new technical skills to pivot into a new career. 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