We Analyzed Our Own Learners. Here's What We Found | Pieter Moors, Lead Data Scientist at DataCamp
Career goals in data have shifted quickly. Data scientist was long the default target, but AI engineer has appeared from almost nowhere, and companies are moving training toward AI literacy, agents, and prompt engineering. Certifications are becoming a common way to prove these skills, while many people wonder whether learning to code still matters when AI can write it for them. What are people choosing to learn right now? Which fundamentals still hold up? How do you prepare for a certification exam? And is the fear of AI replacing technical roles showing up in what people actually study? Pieter Moors is the Lead Data Scientist at DataCamp, where he works with the company's learner data to understand how people learn and how that behavior changes over time. He is part of DataCamp's new Data Insights program, which shares findings from that data with the world every couple of weeks. In the episode, Richie and Pieter explore what DataCamp's own learner data reveals, when enterprise and individual learners study, how the World Cup disrupted study time, why short regular sessions and streaks build habits, how AI tutors relate to certification pass rates, the shift from data scientist to AI engineer, and much more. 0:00 Intro 1:04 Why DataCamp Is Sharing Its Learner Data 1:58 When Do People Actually Find Time to Learn? 4:08 What the World Cup Did to Study Time 7:13 How Often and How Long Learners Study 8:15 Why Cadence Beats Volume 9:39 Building a Daily Habit With Streaks 11:36 Desktop vs Mobile: What Keeps You Learning 12:58 Shaping Your Learning Environment 14:59 How to Improve Your Odds of Passing a Certification 18:51 How AI Is Changing Career Goals 22:12 Is Learning to Code Still Worth It? 24:32 Final Advice: Habit and Persistence Find DataFramed on DataCamp https://www.datacamp.com/podcast and on your preferred podcast streaming platform: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dataframed/id1336150688 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/02yJXEJAJiQ0Vm2AO9Xj6X?si=d08431f59edc4ccd Links Mentioned in the Show: • Connect with Pieter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pieter-moors-716356124/ • DataCamp AI Tutor - https://www.datacamp.com/learn/ai-tutor • DataCamp Certifications - https://www.datacamp.com/certification • Introduction to Python course - https://www.datacamp.com/courses/intro-to-python-for-data-science • DataCamp AI Assistant - https://www.datacamp.com/assistant • DataCamp mobile app - https://www.datacamp.com/mobile • DataCamp subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/DataCamp/ • AI-Native Course: Intro to AI for Work - https://www.datacamp.com/courses/introduction-to-ai-for-work • Related Episode: The Best Moments from RADAR 11x: AI, Jobs, Agents and Skills - https://www.datacamp.com/podcast/the-best-moments-from-radar-11x New to DataCamp? Learn on the go using the DataCamp mobile app - https://www.datacamp.com/mobile Empower your business with world-class data and AI skills with DataCamp for business - https://www.datacamp.com/business