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Omdena collaborators get jobs at Google, Microsoft and many more!

Getting a Data Science Job Offer at Accenture

Getting a Data Science Job Offer at Accenture

Learnings, tips, and inspirations from a personal success story of getting a data science job offer at Accenture…

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Interning at NVIDIA & overcoming barriers

Interning at NVIDIA & overcoming barriers

Data Scientist Kennedy K. Wangari shares his learnings as a community leader and incoming data science/ AI internship at NVIDIA…

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Becoming a Software Engineer at Microsoft

Becoming a Software Engineer at Microsoft

How to get a software engineer role at Microsoft. An interview with Brian Kariuki on the value of setbacks, being courageous,…

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Mahzad

From Junior ML Engineer to Computer Vision Researcher

Mahzad went from joining her first Omdena #AI Challenge to speaking at DeepLearning.AI in front of more than 1000 people,…

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Samir Sheriff

From Omdena Collaborator to a Software Engineer at Google

Samir Sheriff shares his journey from several years in the corporate world to joining real-world AI projects,…

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Juber Rahman

Getting A Senior Data Scientist Job at FedEx

Juber’s journey into data science and shares his most helpful tips on interviewing real-world projects, and what every jobseeker should… 

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Opeyemi

My Journey to Become an Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Opeyemi is AI Evangelist and Partnership Manager at Omdena, shares her career journey with Omdena to become an AI Engineer…

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Colton

Making an Impact with AI at Omdena as a Senior Data Scientist

Colton is a Lead Senior Data Scientist at UPS US and worked on several Omdena AI projects. He shared with us his key lessons learned…

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Munira

Make the Internet Your AI University and Be a Changemaker

Munira left her home country Somalia because of violent conflict but she has a big vision for democratizing AI education…

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Dave Bunten

How to Hone Your Data Engineering Skills to Make a Dent in AI Projects

Dave Bunten shares data engineering skills to make a dent in real-world projects and accelerate your career…

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Sambit Das

Finishing a Data Science Master at 42 and Becoming a Data Science Lecturer

Sambit Das’s journey into data science and how the Omdena experience led him to create a popular course on NLP released on Udemy…

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Sijuade Oguntayo

How to Make Fear of Failure Your Biggest Strength in Data Science Careers

Sijuade shares his tips on how to overcome the fear of failure to make it a strength in building a data science career…

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Career Paths

In Omdena, you can develop your career thanks to the access to real-world projects, community, and dozens of opportunities.
You can join a path of your choice:
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Omdena Career Paths

A wide offer no matter you are just in the beginning of your career or you are an experienced professional

AI Innovation Challenges
AI Innovation Challenges
Omdena Projects address real-world challenges with teams of up to 50 AI engineers and data scientists who collaboratively develop real-world solutions. Here engineers can gain experience and build their project portfolio.
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Local Chapters
Local Chapters
Here your knowledge becomes a reality while working on projects related to your local communities. You can submit project ideas from your local communities or join challenges of other chapters.
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Top Talent Program
Top Talent Program
Top performers in Omdena are chosen for Omdena’s Top Talent Program. To date, our top talents have earned over $600,000 through Omdena’s paid projects.
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Omdena School
Omdena School
OmdenaSchool provides an instructor-led and code-first environment using real-world case studies. Students can learn theories, models, and applications to understand the usefulness of applications in advancing AI for the betterment of humanity.
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What is unique about us? Why collaboration wins.

We believe in collaboration as the most effective way to learn, grow and build a thriving career. In an Omdena project, you join a selected team of 50 collaborators from diverse backgrounds who support each other and freely exchange ideas on how to find the best solution(s) to real-world problems.

Collaborative AI

Omdena teams are some of the most diverse in the world

Mohit Sharma, India

Mohit Sharma, India

Software Development Engineer at Amazon

I feel Omdena is the stepping stone to discover the true potential of AI.
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies

Rosana de Oliveira Gomes, Brazil

Postdoc Physics, Lead ML engineer

After all this mind-blowing experience, I feel much closer to the person I wanted to be for a very long time: a technology change maker.
Colton Magnant, Ph.D.

Colton Magnant, UK

Lead Data Scientist UPS

I have learned so much in several domains including data mining, AI, ML, transfer learning, NLP.
Anita Okoh

Anita Okoh, Germany

Jr. Full-Stack Data Scientist

Working in a collaborative project helped greatly in boosting my data science confidence.
Xavier Torres Fatsini

Xavier Torres Fatsini, Spain

Professor ESADE, Lead ML Engineer

After the Omdena project, I see that career adaptation was a necessary thing in today’s trends.
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Marek Cichy, Poland

ML engineer

Collaboration across continents, time zones, and perspectives, especially on a social science-linked challenge was mind-opening.
Phenyo Phemelo Moletsane, South Africa

Phenyo Phemelo Moletsane, South Africa

ML engineer

Joining Omdena was an important career milestone. A unique way of learning and contributing to social good.
Neil Sahota, USA

Neil Sahota, USA

Global AI expert, Senior Mentor

Collaborative AI enables robust AI solutions through sharing knowledge, perspectives, and promoting diversity and inclusion.
Sakthisree Venkatesan, India

Sakthisree Venkatesan, India

Data Wrangler

The community made me feel a sense of freedom and provided a non-judgmental environment where I was enabled to help others.

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Career services

Career services

Get paid gigs through Omdena and full-time job opportunies at leading companies.
Mentoring support

Mentoring support

Get connected to the right mentors to move your career forward.
Free access to paid courses

Free access to paid courses

Worth up to $500 from partners like Dataquest and Datacamp.
Get certificates

Get certificates

When you complete a course or project, you will receive a certificate of completion from Omdena.
Writing and speaking opportunities

Writing and speaking opportunities

Get paid gigs through Omdena and full-time job opportunies at leading companies.
Write articles

Write articles

Over 200 collaborators got the opportunity to publish articles through Omdena, receiving more than 150,000 views.
Top courses

Top courses

Over 350 collaborators received free access to top data science courses worth over $100,000.
Speaking gigs

Speaking gigs

Over 100 collaborators got opportunities to speak through Omdena with a total of 10,000 registrations.
Paid projects

Paid projects

Over 100 collaborators received more than $1,500,000 through paid projects and job opportunities.
Recommendations

Recommendations

Over 50 collaborators received recommendations that helped them to get jobs and placements in Universities.

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