Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Jess Ramos is a Senior Data Analyst at Crunchbase, a LinkedIn Learning Instructor, and a content creator in the data space. She has a bachelor's degree in Math, Spanish, and Business from Berry University and a master's in Business Analytics from University of Georgia. Today we’ll talk about SQL in the real world, data analyst vs data scientist, is job hopping bad, how she negotiated her salary. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on dalianaliu.com for more on data science and career.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:24 Why Jess left her job at Freddie Mac
00:03:25 Is job hopping bad
00:04:42 How to explain short job stints when interviewing
00:06:49 Jess's day-to-day work and tech stack
00:09:15 SQL in the real world
00:12:10 How to talk data to stakeholders
00:18:33 How Jess prepares for SQL interviews
00:28:11 Data analysts vs data scientists
00:32:11 Choosing a career path
00:47:19 How to ask recruiter questions
00:50:15 Jess's LinkedIn content creation journey
00:59:03 The future of Jess's career
01:03:42 Jess's favorite books