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Nerd 101 #2: Learn an analysis coding language

If you're looking for a well-paid job in this digital age, below are the top 3 languages that you should master. 1. SQL ( Structured Query Language)  - Basic database language that you must know! Based on the majority of Indeed job descriptions, SQL is the number 1 demanding skill set that most employers are looking for in a candidate. The language is very simple and straightforward! People usually use it to retrieve data from different databases and manipulate the data for further analysis. Some variations of SQL are NoSQL, PostgreSQL,  MySQL and Microsoft SQL. SQL is also similar to other languages in Linux systems such as Pig and Hive, which are commonly used in managing big data ( Apache Hadoop). w3school is a perfect site to start learning about SQL.  2. R - my favorite statistical programming language by far. This language is pretty new compared to SAS but it is becoming very popular. R is open-sourced and it has great community of users onlin...
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How to Get Hadoop Certified - Step-by-Step Guide

Professional certifications could set you apart in the ever more competitive job market. Big Data has been all the rage recently, so follow this step by step guide on how to get certified as a Big Data professional. Step 1: Earn $250 for your certification exam through any means necessary. To register for the new hands-on exams, create an account at www.examslocal.com, then search for “Hortonworks”. The cost of each exam is  $250 USD . You can take the exam anytime, anywhere using your own computer. These exam would give you an niche when applying for most tech companies. Step 2: Sign up for HDP Certified Developer (HDPCD) at Hortonworks website. Follow this  link . Step 3:  Install their VM to OracleBox, Follow the lab. Do not learn anything by the end of the labs. It's highly recommended to pay $40 for the labs which give you details on how you can use Hadoop. If you only want to learning about Hadoop and don't want to spend your money on the cert...

Review: This is us

My Rating: 5/5 IMDb Rating: 8.9/10 36 years old, an embarrassing age, people at this age is not young any more, but still not well-prepared for the middle age. In the first episode, 4 people with same birthday meet different troubles. Jack’s birthday is also the day for his wife’s confinement, they are waiting for their third children and even come up with name. However, their children was stillborn. Kevin is infamous comedian, making live with play a role in a TV show, which he thinks is disgusting. In his 36th birthday, he cannot put up with this anymore and criticized the stupid plots and audience, of course, lost his job. Kevin’s sister is troubled by obesity but cannot lose weight even though she tried to eat low-celeries foods. In her 36th birthday, she broke her ankle because of fat. Randall is a successful Africa American. In his birthday, he found his natural father and wanted to assault him. However, he found that his father was terminally ill and tried to hel...

Nerd 101 #1: Keep your mind active

Lesson 1: Keep your mind active Download any strategy online game - playing these will help you to boost your intelligence and keep your mind active! My favorite games by far are Civilization and Red Alert. However, if you're looking for a free-to-play PC game, League of Legend will be a great start. League of Legend (LoL)  is an Multiplayer online battle arena where you can beat the shit out of the enemy team’s base. Fun way to procrastinate when you have so much work/study. If you are new to League of Legends, there are a variety of easy champions that you can pick up quite easily. Below are the top 3 champions that I personally find easy to play:  Master Yi,  Garen and Teemo. They require zero skills as you can outplay your opponent when they are far ahead of you. Master Yi  -  the first champion I played. He is is always my favorite and the most reliable choice. His ability Alpha Strike is the best ability if use corectly. Eve...

REVIEW: The Social Network: The action film of geeks

My rating: 5/5 IMDb: 8.2/10 Director:David Fincher       There are only a few movies  based on true stories which are actually entertaining. And there exists even fewer, which not only entertains us but also fascinates us because of the high amount of brilliance exhibited on the screen . The Social Network is one of the rare films which strikes an instant chord with the viewer. David Fincher successfully creates the perfect atmosphere of college life filled with mind blowing dialogues, which moves with the speed of light and keeps the viewers mind sprinting from one gateway of ingenuity to another, throughout the film.             In straight words, it is a simple story about the founding of Facebook and the how it affects the people in different manner, told in the most impressive fashion. Jesse Eisenberg plays the role of  a Harvard undergrad, Mark Zukerberg who, in the...

REVIEW:Inception: INCEPTION takes your mind on hostage!!!

My Rating: 5/5 IMDb Rating: 9/10 Director:Chris Nolan                                                       It is said that  'illusion is the first of all pleasures'. Inception is one film where you take a coffee mug inside the theater and you do not taste it even once, not because the coffee is bad but because the movie is insanely brilliant. Two years ago Nolan gave us the spectacular 'The dark knight', and with Inception not only he touches the pinnacle of science-fiction cinema but  takes it to a astounding new level which is even beyond the imagination of our wildest dreams. Inception is not simply a movie it is a piece of coal which is twisted and bent and swiveled till the time it turns into a priceless platinum chunk. Nolan takes us on a ferociously amazing ride and in the end instead of halting...

REVIEW: Black Swan: A dark movie which perfectly enlightens....

Natalie Portman in the movie 'Black Swan' My Rating: 5/5 IMDb : 8.8/10                           Darren Aronofsky's latest film 'Black Swan' is  nothing less than a masterpiece. His last flick, 'The Wrestler' was  flawless but in 'Black Swan' Aronofsky  defines perfection. It's a spell binding web  of extreme human emotions explored in the most haunting and hysterical way. With 'Black Swan' Natalie Portman strikes us with her best performance till date.  No doubt that this seductively wicked film would  attain multiple Oscar nominations.               Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) is dancer in a New York Ballet company who has struggled her way through, to get the role of the lead dancer in the classical ballet 'Swan Lake' . A fragile and a over protected girl by her mother, she starts hallucinating bad things under the ...