Data Career Podcast: Helping You Land a Data Analyst Job FAST

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Follow this free bootcamp to become a data analyst! If you want extra help, consider The Accelerator: DataCareerJumpstart.com/daa
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🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training
👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator
⌚ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Welcome to the Bootcamp
01:57 – How to Become a Data Analyst
25:51 – What Data Tools to Learn
34:15 – How to Get Paid To Learn
43:57 – Entry Level Data Jobs
54:33 – What Do Data Analysts Do?
1:05:09 – Data Analyst Salaries
1:24:36 – How to Get Every Data Tool
1:45:03 – Excel 101
2:24:45 – SQL 101
2:37:27 – SQL Project
2:43:48 – Data Storytelling
3:16:12 – Tableau 101
3:52:33 – Tableau Project
4:04:21 – Power BI Project
4:12:36 – Python 101
4:29:27 – Python Project
4:35:54 – R Project
4:41:54 – Current Job Market
4:52:09 – AI & The Future of Data
5:01:24 – Best Way to Find Jobs
5:09:57 – Update Your Resume
5:44:06 – Create a Portfolio
5:53:51 – How to Apply to Jobs
6:34:12 – Interview Practice
6:44:42 – How to Get Hired
6:57:27 – Next Steps
🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY
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Emily Oster is a Harvard trained economist who built a career on making decisions when the data is bad or missing. I asked her how she does it.
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🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training
👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator
⌚ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Let the decision lead the data
04:03 – Instagram isn't evidence
08:39 – What to do when there's no data
10:57 – Your family is a small business
14:33 – Right decision vs right process
30:21 – The New York test score error
39:00 – Rapid fire myths
🔗 CONNECT WITH EMILY
📚 Expecting Better: https://a.co/d/00ExVFqN
📚 Cribsheet: https://a.co/d/09rGjGjs
📚 The Family Firm: https://a.co/d/08RaAOBh
📈 Emily's artifact: https://claude.ai/code/artifact/ecaef324-0efe-401a-9fca-d5d2816e88ee
📊 Education Substack: https://substack.com/@statetestscoreresults
🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyoster
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/profemilyoster/
🐦 X: https://x.com/ProfEmilyOster
💻 Website: https://parentdata.org/
🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY
🎥 YouTube Channel
🤝 LinkedIn
📸 Instagram
🎵 TikTok
💻 Website
Mentioned in this episode:
October Cohort of The Accelerator Starts on October 12th
Land your first data job ASAP with The Accelerator. And for this cohort only, get a discount PLUS our premium job board software PLUS our live AI workshops on how to analyze data

Learn more here: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
Live "How to Become a Data Analyst" Webinar
Come learn the EXACT roadmap to landing your first data job: https://web.datacareerjumpstart.com/webinar

🗺️ Want a FREE roadmap built for you, not by AI? 👉 https://dataanalystroadmap.com
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I tested GPT-6 Astra on the one question I know best. It got the skills right and almost everything else wrong.
💌 Join 33k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter
🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training
👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator
💼 Ready to get your projects off your computer? 👉 https://mydatafolio.com
⌚ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – GPT-6 Astra is here
02:15 – Excel and SQL first
07:45 – Start networking early
10:54 – Learn by doing
14:03 – The worst advice in the plan
🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY
🎥 YouTube Channel
🤝 LinkedIn
📸 Instagram
🎵 TikTok
💻 Website
Mentioned in this episode:
Live "How to Become a Data Analyst" Webinar
Come learn the EXACT roadmap to landing your first data job: https://web.datacareerjumpstart.com/webinar
October Cohort of The Accelerator Starts on October 12th
Land your first data job ASAP with The Accelerator. And for this cohort only, get a discount PLUS our premium job board software PLUS our live AI workshops on how to analyze data

Learn more here: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa

Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away!
Former LinkedIn exec explains why mass applying with AI is getting you nowhere. I asked him what works instead.
🧑‍💼 See 60+ recruiters who are hiring data analysts right now 👉 https://findadatajob.com/recruiters
💌 Join 33k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter
🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training
👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator
⌚ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – The AI arms race
04:33 – What are we solving for?
10:57 – Referrals were 10x in 2016
21:12 – Anyone can refer anyone
22:18 – Elevator pitch or questions?
36:36 – Is AI useless in the job search?
42:24 – Quality beats volume
🔗 CONNECT WITH JEREMY
🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schifeling/
📚 Check out Jeremy's books 👉 https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00AB7IEX2
🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY
🎥 YouTube Channel
🤝 LinkedIn
📸 Instagram
🎵 TikTok
💻 Website
Mentioned in this episode:
October Cohort of The Accelerator Starts on October 12th
Land your first data job ASAP with The Accelerator. And for this cohort only, get a discount PLUS our premium job board software PLUS our live AI workshops on how to analyze data

Learn more here: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
Live "How to Become a Data Analyst" Webinar
Come learn the EXACT roadmap to landing your first data job: https://web.datacareerjumpstart.com/webinar

Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away!
Mason went from teaching middle school choir to a financial analyst job at Humana in 40 days. I asked him how.
💌 Join 33k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter
🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training
👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator
⌚ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Choir teacher to Humana
09:03 – Teaching stopped working
12:33 – Go meet people
16:12 – Apply before you feel ready
20:06 – Fake it a little
24:30 – Get a referral
🔗 CONNECT WITH MASON
🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-rice-a98559330/
🎵 Follow his new choir, Voices of Kentuckiana 👉 https://www.instagram.com/voicesky/
🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY
🎥 YouTube Channel
🤝 LinkedIn
📸 Instagram
🎵 TikTok
💻 Website
Mentioned in this episode:
October Cohort of The Accelerator Starts on October 12th
Land your first data job ASAP with The Accelerator. And for this cohort only, get a discount PLUS our premium job board software PLUS our live AI workshops on how to analyze data

Learn more here: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa
Live "How to Become a Data Analyst" Webinar
Come learn the EXACT roadmap to landing your first data job: https://web.datacareerjumpstart.com/webinar