CHANTAL ACHTERBERG:
I really wanted
to work with data analytics.
I did some data analytics
in my master's studies,
but then I missed quite some
information and some more
knowledge about it.
And then I came into contact
with SAS and the SAS Academy.
And that was for
me the perfect way
to start my career
as a data scientist.
The course was very interesting.
The people were very nice.
And the organization
was just perfect.
So it was really great.
I actually met my boss that
is now my boss at the dinner
that SAS organized for us
as students of the Academy.
So, yeah, that was
really helpful for me.
I like it when my house is
all organized and clean.
And that's also something
you can do with data.
When you get the data, it's
all dirty, and you miss data.
And you do not know exactly
what all the data means.
So then you have to
be very persistent
and to work hard to get an
idea of what your data is.
And then you can organize it.
So that's something
I like about it.
But the coolest thing
I've done with data
so far is actually
all the data that I
collected from my own body
when I was still a rower.
So I think I have data
from all my trainings,
all my heart rates measurements
from all trainings.
I have data of the amount of
sleep that I have per day.
I have data of how the quality
of my sleep was from every day.
I have CO2, oxygen, lactase
measurements from certain tests
that I did.
So I have a lot of
data about myself.
So that's actually till
now the coolest thing
that I've done with data.
I just say, just go for
it because, I think,
data is the future.
I'm actually a SAS
certified data scientist.
