Kaggle was founded in 2010 and acquired by Google in 2017. The platform has over 8 million registered users and offers courses and resources to help professionals and learners reach their goals in data science.
It also has a sub-platform called Kaggle Competitions, in which data scientists can compete to solve challenges and win rewards. Kaggle provides a notebook feature, similar to DataCamp Workspace, that allows users to edit and run code for data science tasks on their browser.
It also offers access to cloud resources, including up to 30 hours of GPU and 20 hours of TPU per week, and allows users to upload and download datasets.
Kaggle tracks user activity and scores, and users can earn points and medals as they help others and share useful information. Mentioning Kaggle experience can be beneficial when applying for data science jobs. The platform is suitable for beginners and experienced data scientists, and offers continuous learning and improvement opportunities.
