hey man,

what would i need to do to become a data a***yst?

i'm about to graduate with a software engineering degree, do i need to do an additional degree?

and if so which degree?

im not in the field but i am in a masters level data a***ytics course for my mba right now, and i have a degree in marketing which can relate to data a***ytics a lot of the time. Its a pretty difficult study but if you're good at math, Excel, and can think somewhat creatively it might be a great option. To me, a***ytics has just always been the less interesting side of marketing, and i really just dont have the personality for it.

Theres a huge demand for data a***ysts right now, and being able to provide information that can make a company more money is always going to make you a valuable asset. Like someone else said, a***ysts who can only interpret data make pretty average salaries, but the people who actually provide the data get paid the big bucks

hope this helps

Might pursue this as well..

Or Business A***ytics or Business Intelligence... not really sure yet..

Anyone know any good resources to start learning SQL, PowerBI, or Tableau?

Also what certifications would be helpful in Business A***ytics? 🤔

me! been doing this type of work for nearly 3 years now. feel free to ask me anything you'd like.

excel formulas and automating tasks. Namely nested if statements (probably the most valuable thing i've learned) vlookups, how to quickly and effectively clean and consolidate data in excel, basic SQL knowledge will likely be sufficient if you're just starting out.

If I sent you an intern “Data Anayst” posting (3-4 paragraphs), could you translate what they’re looking for in layman’s terms?

I’m having difficulty modifying my resume to fit the position

Thanks for responding I’m going to look in to those soon.

I was talking to @dax on the certificate thread, and he was recommending a online masters program in Georgia tech, as someone that’s been working as a data a***yst what do you think of this program?

sure

I’ve graduated with economics degree and been looking for a job/internship in finance field with positions like data a***yst or something related but no luck so far.

Feel so hopeless

I've got an econ degree. Yeah, econ in itself won't get you very far especially for a data a***yst career. Do you have any technical skills? Try to beef up your Python, R, SQL skills. There are courses on coursera for data a***ysis in python and others.

It's rough out there

I took a free online course on financial modeling on excel. I was doing SQL course a while back but stopped for some reason.

Here's the excel course if anyone interested

academy.gridlines.com/p/essential-financial-modelling

Yeah it is rough out here, I wish I had connection to get a foot in the door.

i was thinking of going back to school for this, or even business

Same here man, econ grad. I've used R a lot in my econometrics classes and I'm starting to learn SQL (it's pretty easy tbh) and Python.

I'm thinking about starting a masters in statistics.

Did you internship anywhere during your school years?

I did not and that was my biggest mistake.

I did a couple of interviews back in February but they didn't choose me (I got to the final round in one), I was supposed to have another one in March but we had a national lockdown and it got cancelled. So after corona I just stopped looking and focused on finishing the degree. They were not data a***yst related though.

I feel you I regret not making moves earlier.

Wow that’s a nice amount

Congrats on that s***

Also studied econ but was more into the data a***ysis stuff. I'm starting a job in economic consulting - pays pretty well and sounds like it'd be up your alley

Fam i'd sound out the market before committing to the masters, seems like you have more than enough technical skills to land a job now

that said an advanced degree esp in something like stats is never a bad idea

Yeah Facebook or Apple pays that if you’re one of those prodigy types or you built a company and got acquired.

There are also some wild startups out there throwing VC bread to the youngins.

I don’t know about that money being thrown to A***ysts though

When I was leaving Apple, they hired this 20-something year old who had already been at Tesla and Microsoft paying him close to a half a million. But again, very very rare

I was planning on starting job hunting around March but then pandemic happened.

Started looking seriously again by end of September.

tbh the only reason I'm focused on data a***yst job in finance is because my classmate got job with a good firm and telling me job is not hard and mostly involved excel.

I'm open to anything as long as it has chance to grow and good pay. I'm not fixated on just one certain position.

But don't give up, just keep looking something eventfully will pop up or you'll find something else.

I wouldn't mind, it's hard to find internship though since I don't have experience in that field.

I do have 2 interviews coming up with 2 financial firms next week. One is financial advisor internship and another firm said I lack qualifications for whatever position I applied but they think I might fit somewhere else with them.

I'd say with econ consulting firms (analysis group, FTI, NERA, compass lexecon, brattle, cornerstone, etc.) they care less about work experience and more about 'smarts' and relevant skills.

If you've taken some combination of econometrics, and finance courses and have experience working with R, stata, sql, etc. and have solid grades in those classes you would likely get an interview esp if you're looking at a summer position.

Best of luck with the interviews you have though, you got this

first part so true

If anyone is a data scientist/analyst in the NY area pm me.