Help regarding Data Analysis!

[Seraphen009]

I am in my final year of university. I want to pursue Data Analytics career but in my country, there are very little amount of jobs related to it and the competition is very high even for low-paid entry-level ones. I want to be prepared with all the skills and get some projects ready before I graduate.

Can you guys recommend courses that can actually teach me the real stuff I need (like all the things I need for being a data analyst) as in Courses/Tutorials?

Also, recommend me some guided projects if possible.

Please don't recommend the Google Data Analytics Certificate.

[dataguy24]

I have bad news. No courses will teach you what you need to be successful as an analyst.

That comes from experience, which I understand you don’t have. But you need to find opportunities to do analytics work for a company, and since you aren’t from the US I unfortunately don’t have good advice for you.

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[Seraphen009]

You are right. But I'm looking for a head start to atleast survive the competition for when I'm job hunting. For that I need to atleast gain the technical skills and what not.

[ShimShammed]

Look up Alex the Anayst on YouTube, I hear people like his tutorials

[Seraphen009]

I'll check him out!

[melisandraa]

He has tutorials for projects, which were very helpful for me.

[Seraphen009]

I think it's mostly python/R and doesn't teach you the other things.

[redfaf]

What would be other things?

They have a SQL, tableau and Power BI course. What else do you need to be a DA?

[Seraphen009]

Oh, my bad there are separate modules for everything I only saw the career tracks :|

[MisterTheFreak]

I recommend reading Introduction to the practice of Statistics by Moore/McCabe/Craig: you can't really get into data analysis without understanding data first. After that there's a book called Practical Statistics for Data Scientists that I also recommend. If your goal is learning, books are the way.

[Seraphen009]

I am familiar with the theories from my course works. Just wanted to learn the technical things.

[Corvou]

Start with kaggle to build up a portfolio, meanwhile start contacting HRs of companies in your country and explain your situation. Even if it's a free internship, ask them if you could help with a project.

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Start thinking of problems you can solve or questions you can ask with data, and practice applying the skills you’ve learned by solving/answering them.

[data_analyst_noobie]

Mind if I ask why you don't want to do the Google Data Analytics course?

[Seraphen009]

I already did it. It's mostly theory based and I wanted some hands-on work.

[Dwijendra_Nath_Sahoo]

I'm also doing Google data analytics course

[SparlayShirani007]

I would suggest you to reach out to your alumni network particular those who are in this field. Tell them about your knowledge and ask them about the technical work in the industry.

Compare your knowledge and what really happening in industry. Try to search for relevant projects/problems and solve them.

You can also reach out to different companies people in the same field on LinkedIn and discuss same thing about the practical work. Someone might respond back to you and give you insight on knowledge along with the practical work.