Avoid the Data Engineering Stream
Pros
There is some potential (heavy emphasis on some here) to get a placement with a large company. If you do not come from a technical background, the training almost seems decent as a whole
Cons
Firstly, you only receive 5 weeks of tailored data engineering training - the rest is consistent with all other technical streams. This is a problem as the week on CSS/HTML was completely pointless and has no use for a data engineer. The training at time can be absolutely awful and is seriously lacking in quantity. You could honestly do better by just doing online courses on Udemy. I heard from other cohorts who trained entirely remotely during COVID that FDM did not even pay the licenses for software. They actually had to train using the free-trial versions of software, which is just ridiculous. The prospect of a placement within Data Engineering and Data Science is very slim. I was fortunate enough to get placed however, I have heard that no one has been placed within a stream-relevant job. The massively inflated training fees..... Ultimately, I would not recommend the Data Engineering stream at FDM - opt for something else that has higher employment rates.
