Completed the first course in UCSD’s Big Data specialisation — Big Data Modeling and Management Systems — with a perfect score. Broad coverage of relational databases, big data management systems, and various processing alternatives. The content was somewhat superficial on individual topics but useful for building a mental map of the ecosystem.
The peer-graded capstone (a relational database design for a game) had poorly defined objectives and evaluation criteria — a weak ending to an otherwise reasonable course. Looking forward to the more hands-on exercises promised in later courses in the specialisation.