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People only celebrate with you when you land the job.
Not when you're sending applications every day.
Not when rejection emails keep coming.
Not when you are about to give up.
Job searching is incredibly lonely.
You try not to overthink every rejection.
You try your best not to give up.
You try to stay positive.
Here are 3 things I wish someone had told me:
1. Being ghosted doesn't mean you're not qualified
2. Rejection doesn't mean you're not good
3. One YES can change your entire life
You don't need 100 offers.
You only need 1.
๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐.
I'm rooting for you. โค๏ธ
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8 habits that helped me grow as a Data Analyst:
(๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ.)
1. Understand the problem before jumping into data
3. Communicate insights in a simple way
4. Automate work you repeat often
5. Take initiative instead of waiting for requests
6. Focus on impact, not just being busy
7. Keep learning and be willing to change your mind
8. Get comfortable saying "I don't know"
These habits helped me earn:
โ More trust from stakeholders
โ Opportunities to work on bigger projects
โ And eventually faster career growth and ownership
This will take time. But making these small steps overtime will make a huge difference.
And make you grow as a Data Analyst.
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Great Data Analysts don't just share numbers.
They make the story easy to understand.
I've seen a lot of analyses that are pulling the right data but missing to share the right message, with no clear insights and next steps.
A few things that you can do to help you nail it:
๐ญ) ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐
If someone only reads the first section, what are the 2โ3 things they should remember?
๐ฎ) ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐
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What problem are you trying to solve?
Why does this analysis matter?
๐ฏ) ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐
Keep them short.
Keep them simple.
Avoid making people search for the answer.
๐ฐ) ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
What should happen next?
What decision are we making?
This is how your analysis can gain clarity.
And clarity is what drives impact.
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We don't ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ do SQL, Analysis and use AI.
We are way more than that as Data Analysts.
Most of our time is spent on:
- Data Cleaning
- Exploratory Analysis
- Meetings
- Alignment
- Prioritization
- Defining Success
- Influencing Decisions
- Execution
Understanding the problem, aligning people, and actually making something happen is where the real work and impact is.
Don't get fooled by what they tell you at school.
Being a Data Analyst is way more than that.
And requires more soft skills than hard skills.
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Top Data Analysts are NOT built on experience alone.
Experience matters. But it's just one layer of many.
The best ones I've worked with also had:
- Strong relationships with stakeholders
- Humility to admit when they're wrong
- A desire to keep learning from others
- Strong execution to actually make things happen
And ironically, the people who think they're the best are often the hardest ones to work with.
In my opinion, this is what separates people with a lot of experience from the very best Data Analysts.
Do you agree?
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I put together this simple AI vocabulary cheat sheet.
It covers 20 terms I think everyone should know:
1) LLM
2) Generative AI
3) Prompt Engineering
4) Context Window
5) Hallucinations
6) AI Agents
7) RAG
8) MCP
9) Semantic Search
10) Human-in-the-Loop
...and more.
This list will help you understand enough so you can have better conversations, and use AI effectively.
Save this for later.
Which AI term should I be adding to the list? ๐