Everything you said, I'm currently doing. I hate my current job. I'm currently enrolled in a Data Analytics Bachelor's degree program, taking the Google DA certification course on Coursera, and I'm even working on my own dataset using inventory from my job to create my own little project that would hopefully be used to boost my resume. The issue is usually finding entry level positions that don't require extensive experience and/or degrees (that aren't scams!) But with this video, and others like it, I feel more confident to keep going because there's got to be a better career and life for me. Thanks for sharing! ❤
Thank you for this! As someone who has worked in IT for a while, but is considering making a transition to Data Analyst, your "real world" example of someone with little to no direct IT skills gives an interesting perspective and potential road map. How to approach the change, where to even start, and what to realistically expect can be daunting for anyone with no experience! Keep up all the great content!
I just saw a thumbnail of your "How I became a "Analyst in 6 months", posted 7 months ago while looking at this video. Now it's 3 months? Or were you an Analyst who it took 3 months to get the "data" part together? What is analyzed if not data in the previous story/post? Serious question. It's just so hard to find REAL experiences. Someone else may also gave this question.
I’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed by everything I needed to learn but this video was just what I needed🙏🏼 I’ve said it before, but you are soo inspirational.
Thank you Agatha, I wanted to learn more about your analysis design (I don't know what it is called). you talked briefly about it on how you start the project. Can you make a video on that, please? I struggle with design the plan and asking the right question
I am in school to get a CIS degree. I hate working my current job I wouldn't say I like healthcare. This job gave me some good pointers thank you. What skill sets would you recommend? I'm very new to SQL and my Excel skills aren't that good.
Keep working on your SQL and Excel knowledge. Then you can learn Power BI and/or Tableau (start with whichever is available to you in your actual job) and eventually Python.
Hi Agatha, this video is really insightful. How long were you filling in the gaps and studying before you felt ready to apply to this data analytics role? Essentially how long do you think someone can master enough SQL (with little to no prior experience) before applying to a data analytics role where SQL is mostly used?
This was very helpful. I wonder if you took online certification courses like the google data analyst cert?! Do you think they offer enough to then apply for a job!? did you apply for internship befoee applying for a job??
I’m looking into data analytics just finished school and was looking into a boot camp or certification not sure which is the better option to choose and I’m unsure what school to complete it at
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I think this video is slightly misleading because your degree is still in the top three desired degrees in data analysts job listings. Having a degree in certain fields is definitely a big advantage over canidates that aren't in those top three desired listings, not emphasizing the importance of this i think is being dishonest. I generally do love your breakdown and videos but this has been on my mind ever since i found out your degree
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. My intention was not to mislead but rather share my experience in the hopes that it helps others! Will keep this in mind and thanks again for the feedback!
Hi Agatha, your videos are really helpful. I am a self-learner to become a data analyst hopefully within 4-6months, and what I do these days, is I test my SQL skills by doing tests on Leecode, and it is giving me a HARD time! Sometimes I stare at one question for over hours, but never get it. For those easy ones I get them right, but some easy or medium questions I get stuck on every single one of them. I assume you would have had the same obstacles when you were learning too...Do I really have to get them all right and be mastered at SQL in order to become a junior data analyst? 😂😢
Hey! For a junior data analyst role you don’t need to be a master at SQL. Aim for intermediate level SQL. The questions aren’t easy and I too struggled with thinking through the questions but in order to pass the interviews be prepared for intermediate level SQL questions. Hope this helps and wishing you the best on your data path!
I really appreciate the efforts you put in your videos and how honest and supportive you are to job seekers ❤️ But what i think is most interesting in your job hunt journey was: what year did you get the first job? Because the market now requires far more experience now because of all the layoffs and experienced people who are jobless which leads to very few entry level roles 😞
Hello Agetha i been so far tired of my own career life working in a restraint i recently been doing coding at coding academy and been doing python but never relized what roll or path i will take its only that i took a test and saw your videos that i wanted to be a data analyst i been working so far on my SQL and got excel its been so far 5 weeks id like to see more of your videos it motivates me regardless what people say thank you ❤
@da-yo6is so far i been doing SQL For the last 2 and half 3 months a bit of python 1 month going to start excl soon after excl i get on tableau its really is understanding the data with the tools you work with
As a person who wants to build remote ,complete new profession for herself from the scratch and looking for more valid experiences from non tech-savvy people .That was really helpfull😇😍
Thank you so much for this video, which was super helpful! I was curious, do you think that a master's program is necessary for an undergrad with a non-technical background to transition into an entry level data analyst role? Or is it sufficient to get a certificate & build specific skills (like SQL) with a portfolio? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! 🙏🏻
The video is very good, I work in the area of Health Insurance in the management of health claims, and I study Data Science, in your course do you talk in more depth about how you applied data analysis to claims? because in the video he mentions that he started working in this area, many courses are not practical and do not actually show how you apply the analyzes in real life
All very useful information. However, I do feel it's an industry where you gotta keep continuously upgrading your technical skills as industry moves from sql to python etc fairly quickly.
Do you need to learn statistics to learn data analysis? Also, I heard you mention a background in law, what are the transferrable skills from the legal profession?
