This article popped up on Google. Is this what you're talking about? http://gigaom.com/data/why-becoming-a-data-scientist-might-be-easier-than-you-think/ http:

This article popped up on Google. Is this what you're talking about? http://gigaom.com/data/why-becoming-a-data-scientist-might-be-easier-than-you-think/ http://gigaom.com/data/why-becoming-a-data-scientist-might-b... The winners were a mechanical engineering student, an actuary, and an insurance risk analyst. This is all neat, but I was refering specifically to students w/ no education using these courses as a replacement for college. Yes, as an add-on, I give it a huge Plus 1, but as a replacement, not yet. I'm not saying there is no hope, I'm saying it's not quite there yet.