IT Data Analyst with major Healthcare Company (das fukken it)

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DBT for the T of our ELT
Use SQL and Python for data prep
Analytics environment is Python (Pandas/Plotly/dash) and Tableau

I work with internal stakeholders to develop and deliver reporting packets and dashboards, and I'm a good communicator so I often give the written/verbal presentations.

What would you do to level up in my shoes?

I am thinking about diving into AWS, getting at least my Cloud Practitioner. I dont want to be a data engineer. I don't have any python certs but my portfolio is solid enough I don't think I need one. I have an Advanced Tableau certification.

Reps for solid advice, help your boy make it.

Surely in that industry you could job hop and make bank? Also freelance and advertise your services on Upwork etc?

Also analyst (Systems in a 150+ IT person company) checking in.

AWS certs are bangers if you have actual qualifications and experience because they give you the edge (which you already know), and doing them while you're already employed is clearly the smart thing to do since your company will likely pay for it slash let you take time off to get prepared (which you already know).

I've been certmaxxing all year, already got three under my belt, among them one from Jira and one from AWS (both on SysAdmining, which I do a lot in my role actually because the systems are too complicated for IT). Planning on doing this free ****gy time one from Google next:https://www.coursera.org/professiona...mpaign=gwgsite

Not even because I need it per se, but I suspect people are going to really like to see that chit in the near future. Anyway, DBS-C01 or DAS-C01 would both probably be good for you, the one I mentioned above (SOA-C02) is pretty good as well because it helps you understand all the different tools that AWS offers (even if you only use their BI tools like Quicksight or something). SCS-C01 (security) is another crowd-pleaser I've heard and it's not even especially difficult. FUARK need to get CERTIFIED boyo!

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Not an IT/tech guy but did have done a couple python/data science courses online. In terms of your background, did you get a degree in comp sci or info systems or anything? I feel like i've learned a lot through the courses I've taken and am comfortable with some of the more popular python libraries (pandas, matplotlib, seaborn, even used spacy) but I just can't see myself knowing enough to get a job in DS. Currently, I'm not even sure what I want to do but the number of job postings I see that require tech skills is making me think they're like the excel of the future if you know what i mean.

I guess what I want to know is how did you get to where you are.

Yeah I have recruiters reaching out constantly, feels good mane. There's lots of upward potential where I am now but the plan is to move back to a fully remote position in a year or so, something I gave up to take this role.Fuarking repped. Yes we're an AWS shop for our S3, Lambda, etc and I've used Sagemaker for some ML coursework but never in a work use case. I have AWS on my resume but I want to solidify it. I actually did a bunch of work in Quicksight but we're having trouble deploying it with our SSO/SAML.

I did that exact Google course, it's better than most srs. Took me less than a month, you'll do fine. Again I didn't learn much but it was an easy certmaxx to prove I know what I claim to on my res.Only if you're one of those rabbits who likes baby carrots ;(That's exactly what I did, and then found ways that use those skills in my previous non-DS jobs, like making dashboards for my monthly reports even when it wasn't required or even necessary. Find a way to use them in a professional context - it's way more impressive than some project you built using some YouTube code along, and it's better for you since you have to figure things out without anyone there to give you the answers.

PM me if you need anything bro. It feels amazing to have such an in demand skill set.

Edit: learn SQL.

Yeah exactly, we have almost the exact same AWS stack, we use EC2 as well. I find the certifications to be helpful just because it gives you a pretty thorough understanding of what the state of the cloud computing art is right now, which is interesting in and of itself.

Glad to know at least one sikkunt has taken that Google cert, all the ads I've seen for it are obese black women talking about breaking barriers and chit, but just knowing that it's Google and it's not a McCertification kind of piqued my interest. Like it or not, their ****gy time brand still carries a lot of currency.

I left CNC a year ago as they were underpaying me by abut 20k and wouldn't promote me. I was a BA than became a PM on Marketplace side.

With your resume, you can work almost anywhere and will get hired rather quickly. So I guess find a company and industry you're interested in.

One thing to consider is contract work vs permanent. I was in the market last year for both and you can do quite well on contracts. Also, if you get bored with the same company you can always leave near the end of your contract and find another.

Repped bro. Thanks for the perspective.

Outside of certs, you probably wanna figure out if you wanna specialize or become an analytics manager

You could specialize your way to a data scientist if you really wanted, that will keep you away from the boring parts of data engineering.

How much of a barrier to a data science career do you think credentialing is? All the DS dudes I know have at least a Master's if not a Doctorate in a related field. Never really seen someone certify/qualify themselves in DS without an MSc or better.

I guess kind of a moot point for me, because I'm trying to get to Head of Analytics currently, but it's a question that I find really interesting.

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