Feeling Lost with Lab Code

Course Q&A Data Engineering Source Systems, Data Ingestion, and Pipelines
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Hi everyone,

I’m a data analyst looking to expand my knowledge in Data Engineering, cloud, and related topics, and I thought this course would be a good fit. The videos are generally engaging and helpful, and I can understand the theoretical parts well. I also complete the labs with 100% scores and do well on the quizzes. However, when it comes to the labs, even though I manage to finish them within the given time, I find that I don’t really understand about 80% of the content. Most of the time, I’m just replacing “None” values, but I don’t fully get the rest of the code.

I feel like I’m not learning as much as I should because if I had to create these formulas or repeat the steps on my own, I wouldn’t know how. I’m not sure if this is normal at this stage of the course (I’ve completed C2W2), but it’s starting to demotivate me a little.

Any advice or similar experiences? Thanks!

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Yes, it’s normal.

Further study and experience on your part is necessary to get really comfortable with creating your own solutions.

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So do you recommended me to finish the course or not? I don’t know if it’s going to improve in the next weeks

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Yes, certainly finish the course. You only get past the feeling of uncertainty if you keep learning and gaining experience.