How to learn data analysis

Notes

Share your story - how’d you get started learning?

Older sister is in cybersecurity

DataCamp - had intro to programming language

FreeCodeCamp

Learned life skills like Microsoft PowerPoint

EntryLevel was the first course providers who made me create a portfolio

Others only did projects

How did you know data is what you like?

Love numbers

Started learning in 2020 - at 12 years old

Wanted to explore more about data

How did you stick to learning?

Had a schedule

Average 2 hours per day

Recommendations for learning? How do you make time for it?

The best time to learn is usually at night

No noise
More time to learn
Easier to enter your head
Focus

Find projects to build?

Leetcode

https://leetcode.com/

Find a project - try to solve it

If it doesn’t work, then you know what to learn (go back to courses)

Do you need a tech or data background? How do you learn as a beginner?

No don’t need that background

Just need incentive to learn

Try to use what you’ve learned to build projects

Must always try and build projects

Not just certificate
To showcase on LinkedIn

Mistakes you made?

Focusing on certificates

All are introduction
LinkedIn - people wouldn’t know I did more than intro
But if you do projects, they’d know it’s an intermediate project

Giving up

Go to Stack Overflow and type error
So you don’t get stuck

Wish started documenting/learning earlier

How many courses/certificates?

50 skills on LinkedIn

Each certificate gives multiple skills

Communication
Team leader

SQL or Python?

Python is more versatile - not just for data

There are other tools like PowerBI and Tableau

More about using tools together

Analyzing data and creating dashboards

What kind of job can data analysts do? Day to day?

Task: data analysis

Job: data analyst

Work

Collects data from data scientists (they get data for you)
Analyze it
Put visuals on it
Give to manager
https://www.entrylevel.net/courses/beginners-data-analyst-certification to experience a project

How to start?

https://www.entrylevel.net/courses/beginners-data-analyst-certification

Love the portfolio
Makes you stand out
Work on real-world projects

If you go to YouTube

How do you stay motivated to continue learning?

Finish what I started

Work on projects you’ve done without the course

Watch course
Work on project on your own without help from the course
So you know what to improve on

Future plans after course and projects?

Look for internships - some free, some scholarships

Scholarship isn’t for knowledge only, but for you to impact the world as a whole

How do you find these opportunities?

Network - what sister sent

Active on LinkedIn

See opportunities

How to connect with them on LinkedIn?

Search for people who are doing something similar
Connect with the recommendations LinkedIn
Message saying “I met you at this event”
Ex) seeing someone share a certificate, check out that learning provider

Advice for students?

Motivation

Can start small - 5 min in the course, then take a break

Talk to ppl

Advice on what to do

Projects

Post projects on LinkedIn

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Resources

Links mentioned:

LinkedIn tips: https://www.entrylevel.net/events/using-linkedin-for-your-job-search

Remote job boards:

EntryLevel's Discord community has job postings: https://discord.gg/3RpSSkCvux

Connect with Ayomide: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oyedeleayomidethefastrisingdatascientist/

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EntryLevel's resources

Our website: https://www.entrylevel.net/

Our Data Analysis course: https://www.entrylevel.net/courses/data

FAQs: https://intercom.help/entrylevel/en/

Contact: support@entrylevel.net, jennifer@entrylevel.net

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January 19, 2024