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Every week someone tells me the data analyst job market is dead.
They send me the Reddit thread. 600 comments, everyone agreeing that entry level is finished, that AI ate the junior roles, that you need a master’s now. Then they close the...
I'd skip 80% of the data analyst roadmap
The standard way to start data analytics is to build a curriculum.
You find a roadmap. It has Excel, SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Power BI, statistics, probability, linear algebra, machine learning, cloud, and Git on it. You start at the top....
Your fourth certificate won't get you past $60k
Most analysts hit a ceiling somewhere between $60k and $80k and decide it’s a tools problem.
So they add Python. Then dbt. Then a Tableau cert, then a cloud cert, then a machine learning course they abandon at week three.
Two years later...
You need less SQL than you think
You watched the 4-hour SQL course. Then you did 150 problems on some practice site. You can write a self-join in your sleep. You memorized the difference between RANK, DENSE_RANK, and ROW_NUMBER. You have a Notion page full of window functi...
Six months of Coursera, still no interviews
Someone asks in a comment thread whether the Google Data Analytics Certificate is worth it.
Forty people answer. Half say it changed their life. Half say it’s a scam. Almost none of them have ever screened a resume for an analyst role.
So...
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