Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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What's up, Data Nerds!! Let's discuss some of the realities of being a data analyst with some key points that I've found as working as a data analyst these last few years. For this, we'll discuss everything from salary to skills.

Certificates & Courses
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Recommended Books
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📚 Book Recommendations 👉🏼 lukeb.co/recommendations
📗 Data Science Must Read 👉🏼 geni.us/StorytellingWithData
📙 Tableau 👉🏼 geni.us/tableau
📘 Power BI👉🏼 geni.us/powerbi
📕 Python 👉🏼 geni.us/pythontricks

Tech for Data Science
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⚙️ Tech Recommendations 👉🏼 lukeb.co/recommendations
🪟Windows on a Mac (Parallels VM) 👉🏼 lukeb.co/ParallelsFreeTrial
👨🏼‍💻 M1 Macbook Air (Mac of choice) 👉🏼 geni.us/M1macAir8GB
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00:00 Job Interview Skit (ft. Ken Jee)
01:17 Intro
01:45 ⛑ Helping others
02:37 💰 Salary
04:06 🙅🏼‍♂️ Rejection
05:03 🤖 Data issues
06:19 🗣 Communication
07:27 🛠 Picking tools
08:27 🐍 Programming
09:43 🧙🏽‍♀️ Not decision-maker
11:02 🧠 Continued learning

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