Maryam Nazar, a 20-year-old oil and gas engineering student from Basra, shares her inspiring journey in the She Codes Too x DataCamp programme. With a deep passion for data science, she completed a 36-hour Python data analyst track, tackled real-world projects, and gained the confidence to work with large datasets. While juggling her university studies, Maryam found strength in the community and support system provided by She Codes Too. Her story is a testament to the power of consistent learning, supportive communities, and programmes designed to uplift women in tech.

Unlimited passion for data science and data analytics, I always thought that those are fascinating fields with endless opportunities, so I didn't hesitate when I saw the scholarship ad.

I wanted to learn the complete python for data analysis, and I did. I took a 36h career track: data analyst in python. I completed 5 projects within the track, very diverse and from everyday life problems: answering business questions, creating summary statistics of given population, sorting big data sets and helping making hypothetical data driven decisions.

I really enjoyed the last courses which presented hypothesis testing and other complex stuff like sampling. I like the concept of dealing with populations, with huge data, and how we can take a relatively small sample and it can tell us a lot about a particular population. I really like challenges and relatively complex topics so the journey felt like a dream!

I was a sophomore oil and gas engineering student, it was kinda hard to keep a record and a streak of everything I learned in the scholarship, but I tried to be as consistent as I can, by learning even for a few minutes a day till the end of finals and the beginning of summer, thankfully, I passed and I'm now a junior. Also, there were a few weeks when I felt unmotivated due to my slow progress, but thanks to Hajar, Raghad, and the other girls, they helped a lot with dealing with mental and negative thoughts during that period of slow learning.

They did everything perfectly, they helped a lot as I mentioned beforehand with dealing and handling of negative feelings of me and others, they kept a much needed positive environment for new learners regarding any backgrounds. I really felt welcomed and supported as a woman in the tech field.

Very much! That discord server is truly a hidden gem!

Connections and a very needed practical insight of the jobs related to the topics I've been learning.

The girls are very light-hearted and welcoming, very helpful and encouraging, the community as a whole is a very very positive environment for learners. They put such a hard effort into everything, and do it perfectly seamlessly. I'm really glad that I've stumbled upon such an amazing community.

I can say it's a 200% rise :)

I can proudly handle data sets and answer questions about it accurately

I'm very hyped about my 36h track completed xD it was insane.

No, because I don't seek any jobs currently, but I gained so much information about possible jobs and this market.

It can definitely change many lives. A whole world of opportunities is opened to me, thanks to this incredible program. It will definitely help with data literacy of women here in Iraq if it gets adopted by large compaige/companies in real life across the country. A woman to woman program is really powerful.

To learn as much as they can, and to have fun! Incredibles are waiting for them :)

The very first time that I could read and understand code programs about petroleum engineering related topics. I felt really powerful and smart xD it was an oil-well production prediction program in python.