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    Packt

    Blender 4 Creator Course Stylized 3D Models

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Assets, Computer Graphics, Technical Design, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Image Quality, Prototyping, Animations, Animation and Game Design, Color Theory, Design Elements And Principles

    Intermediate Ā· Specialization Ā· 3 - 6 Months

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    Universidad de Chile

    Trabajando en la preparación para el cambio educativo

    Skills you'll gain: Education and Training, Leadership, Initiative and Leadership, Higher Education, Adaptability, Curriculum Development, Professional Development, Collaboration, Community Development, Sustainable Systems

    Beginner Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Snowflake - Build and Architect Data Pipelines Using AWS

    Skills you'll gain: Snowflake Schema, Data Pipelines, Apache Airflow, Data Security, Data Infrastructure, Data Governance, Data Architecture, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Kafka, Data Lakes, Data Management, Performance Tuning, PySpark, Data Warehousing, Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services, Real Time Data, Data Processing, SQL, Stored Procedure

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 3 - 6 Months

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    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

    Women's Leadership: Boost your skills and drive change

    Skills you'll gain: Public Speaking, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Professional Development, Empowerment, Resilience, Mentorship, Personal Development, Assertiveness, Coaching, Leadership, Self-Awareness, Relationship Building, Empathy, Branding, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Decision Making

    Beginner Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Empathy, Data, and Risk

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Risk Management, Empathy, Risk Analysis, Data Storytelling, Risk Control, Decision Making, Diversity Awareness, Data Analysis, Stakeholder Analysis, Human Centered Design, Psychological Evaluations

    Beginner Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Intermediate Rust Programming and Web Server Development

    Skills you'll gain: Rust (Programming Language), Authentications, Back-End Web Development, Web Servers, Databases, Web Applications, Application Programming Interface (API), Programming Principles, System Programming, Data Structures

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Dataproc: Qwik Start - Console

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Google Cloud Platform, Data Processing, Command-Line Interface, Big Data, Cloud Computing

    Beginner Ā· Project Ā· Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Packt

    Advanced Game Development and Unity Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Android Development, Unity Engine, Video Game Development, 3D Assets, Mobile Development, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, C# (Programming Language), Animations, Scripting

    Advanced Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free
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    Amazon Web Services

    Getting Started with AWS Systems Manager

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Security, Cloud Management, Security Management, System Monitoring, Infrastructure Architecture, Solution Architecture

    Beginner Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado System

    Parenting and More GameMaker Language Code

    Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Scripting, Game Design, Scripting Languages, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design Patterns, Computational Logic, Data Structures, Computer Programming, Debugging

    Beginner Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    XML and Java

    Skills you'll gain: Ajax, Web Design, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Applications, Scripting, Web Development, Javascript and jQuery, Java, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Middleware, Model View Controller, Hibernate (Java), Service Oriented Architecture

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    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 3 Months

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    Universidad de los Andes

    Datos no tradicionales en repositorios NoSQL

    Skills you'll gain: NoSQL, MongoDB, Distributed Computing, Database Systems, Scalability, Big Data, Databases, Software Architecture, Data Processing, Data Storage Technologies, Data Modeling, Relational Databases, Unstructured Data, Graph Theory

    Beginner Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular system design courses

  • Blender 4 Creator Course Stylized 3D Models:Ā Packt
  • Trabajando en la preparación para el cambio educativo:Ā Universidad de Chile
  • Snowflake - Build and Architect Data Pipelines Using AWS:Ā Packt
  • Women's Leadership: Boost your skills and drive change:Ā Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
  • Empathy, Data, and Risk:Ā University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Intermediate Rust Programming and Web Server Development:Ā Packt
  • Dataproc: Qwik Start - Console:Ā Google Cloud
  • Advanced Game Development and Unity Basics:Ā Packt
  • Getting Started with AWS Systems Manager:Ā Amazon Web Services
  • Parenting and More GameMaker Language Code:Ā University of Colorado System

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