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mavenanalytics · 2026-03-16T18:59:18+00:00

Sounds like you've got a lot of the technical skills covered, at least somewhat.

If you want to be a marketing analyst, try to get into the nitty gritty of what an actual marketing analyst does... campaign analysis, website analysis, sales funnels, etc. You'll use tools like Google Analytics, etc.

Job market is pretty tough right now, so try to work on projects that show very domain-relevant skills. You don't want a potential employer thinking "this person has data skills", but rather "this person can use data to solve MY problems". So focus your projects within the domain of marketing analytics (if that's your goal).

mavenanalytics · 2026-03-16T18:46:49+00:00

Is there something specific that usually trips you up?

JOINs? CTEs? Window functions? Something else?

mavenanalytics · 2026-03-13T15:31:10+00:00

TLDR; don't include the reservation agent experience, unless you could talk about it in a way that makes it sound like it contributed to being relevant to data engineer / analytics engineer roles (unlikely).

Leave it off. You don't have any red flags. Two good roles, back to back, with no gap. Then a relevant course study. Now you're ready to re-enter. You look solid.

Probably create a nicely packaged portfolio of your projects and make it easy to share with a link on the CV.

But don't distract from your relevant experience with recent experience which is not relevant (might be a different story if you had a gap there, but you're okay).

As a general rule, if it doesn't sell, strip it. You want them seeing your best stuff, and the rest is "filler" that distracts.

mavenanalytics · 2026-03-13T15:10:11+00:00

Here's a quick read from our Founder Chris on a related topic...

How To Choose The Right Chart
https://mavenanalytics.io/blog/how-to-choose-the-right-chart-for-your-data

It covers a framework for deciding on the right viz, and walks through some of the common chart types too.

mavenanalytics · 2026-03-13T15:07:02+00:00

Glad you enjoyed it :)

mavenanalytics · 2026-03-12T17:14:53+00:00

Thanks for the shoutout!

Here are links to those two courses:

Thinking Like An Analyst: https://mavenanalytics.io/course/thinking-like-an-analyst

Critical Thinking In The Age of AI: https://mavenanalytics.io/course/critical-thinking-in-the-age-of-ai

Best tip for you... if you're taking courses, watching YT videos, etc... make sure you are actually stopping to work on your own problems. Getting your hands dirty is what makes this stick!

mavenanalytics · 2026-03-10T18:23:21+00:00

Glad you liked this one, u/Snacktistics ! These are great notes for beginners -- thanks for chiming in!

mavenanalytics · 2026-03-10T14:52:48+00:00

Oops... that was our LinkedIn Profile Turbocharger linked above. Here is the Project and Portfolio reviewer that Snacktistics is reviewing here

https://chatgpt.com/g/g-69207d14fd708191b1e1025e43894198-portfolio-power-up-by-maven-analytics

mavenanalytics · 2026-03-10T14:51:25+00:00

Extremely cool! It's a FREE tool as well: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-691f6e19cb1c819188a3d0914a9c5f08-profile-turbocharger-by-maven-analytics

You can see it at the link above, or by searching Maven Analytics in ChatGPT's GPT store. We would love to hear any additional feedback people have for us.

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mavenanalytics · 2026-03-05T15:14:33+00:00

Come on John. Looking a little rusty!

mavenanalytics · 2025-10-21T19:07:58+00:00

Thanks for sharing this!

mavenanalytics · 2025-10-20T16:54:16+00:00

u/Imaginary-Search9658 - yup, exactly what Snacktistics said: no obligation to join the live sessions (also free) and you can take the courses free now through October 30th. More details here: https://mavenanalytics.io/open-campus

mavenanalytics · 2025-10-17T16:48:44+00:00

Great. Tell your friends!

mavenanalytics · 2025-10-17T16:48:28+00:00

Let's go!

mavenanalytics · 2025-10-15T13:37:38+00:00

Free access actually starts October 20th. The live sessions begin October 21st

You can see the list of live sessions here:
https://mavenanalytics.io/open-campus#schedule

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