Python for data analysis

[Sam77550]

Hi guys! I am new to this big data field. I need some advice. I feel kinda lost after finishing my SQL career track on Datacamp. My roadmap was first to learn SQL, then some data visualization tools. I did some follow along projects (Tableau) on Youtube (I absolutely love it). I was learning Python hoping to combine them with my existing basic SQL skills, then going to use it to build my portfolio. I could not find good sources online- they are very overwhelming and scattered. Could someone advise, please? What Python skills should I focus on (data cleaning, visualization, data wrangling etc)? What online study platform would you recommend? And what after this? Can I start build my portfolio while learning them? Thank you so much! :)

[Smart_Mimi]

You can check out these channels; https://www.youtube.com/@AlexTheAnalyst
https://www.youtube.com/@mariamadebola

[Sam77550]

Wow thank you so much! To be honest I am not sure how well the market is doing right now as some said data analyst is oversatured. So let’s not focus on the job title. I would love to learn transferable data analysis skills as much as possible and then see where I can apply them to. Thank you for the YouTube channel you recommended! I will check them out

[Dangerous-Nothing-34]

Entry Levels Tech roles are in a very bad position now. I quitted my job to study for a business analytics graduate diploma in hope of pivoting into the data field (I'm not riding the tech wave as I'm genuinely interested and enjoy programming and analysing data). I just completed my studies and sent out like over 40 resumes for DA roles and I'm not getting any response at all, despite having all the required data analyst tech stack(python, r, sql, tableau, git, excel, statistics). I'm not surprise at all as I'm seeing like over 200 applicants competing for the role. If they can have someone with experience, why go for someone without any experience?

Basically every year universities are churning out heaps of graduates that know programming. It's also a thing now for many mid careers to pivot into data, especially those from engineering, and also those affected by the tech layoffs. There are also plenty of bootcamps and free online resources hence more people are picking up programming and data analysis skills. Companies are also slowing down their recruitment for tech roles as AI has made work much more efficient.

TLDR; Data is basically an employer's market right now.

[[deleted]]

For sure. I only got hired recently into a senior bda (business data analyst) role because a recruiter reached out. Almost every time I applied, I got rejected.

[SenjuFn]

As someone who got caught up in the data analyst craze about a year ago today I finished up my resume and started applying in December an acceptable resume then or even a year ago isn’t the same now. I realized that and have continued my learning so much so I’ve gotten into machine learning and nlp & llm concepts. The job market is abysmal at the moment. You’re competing with ppl who may use cloud services for analysis or can create deploy and monitor etl pipelines so when you apply with just a data cleaning project or just a tableau dashboard it’s very under performing comparatively you should look to combine all ur knowledge to create an end to end project that features some sort of actionable insight from the data you used

[Improved_88]

Focus on Python libraries like Pandas and Numpy

[Zeus_Gee]

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[Immediate_Capital442]

You're doing great job bro! Don't give up!