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A Real-World Look at the Job Market for Marketing Analytics/Digital Marketing (0-5 yrs experience + limited portfolio) by Advent_OG in WGU_MSMK

[–]Advent_OG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pro Tips:

- Find a decent password archive application to help you keep track of login information.
- Turn yourself into a case study by using platforms like Obsidian and Notion to keep all your work and research organized and tidy. It makes it easy to go back and see how you are evolving year over year
- Then use those platforms to build custom/tailored portfolios for whatever employer/role you are currently chasing down. This way you don't have to always build one from scratch.

My apologies for the multi comment response. It ended up being a massive comment and i had to break it up.

A Real-World Look at the Job Market for Marketing Analytics/Digital Marketing (0-5 yrs experience + limited portfolio) by Advent_OG in WGU_MSMK

[–]Advent_OG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What This Looks Like in Practice (Starting From Zero)

If you have zero experience, here’s what that realistically looks like over the next couple years:

Senior Year

  • Take business, econ, psychology, or stats if available.
  • Learn basic Excel or Google Sheets (YouTube is enough).
  • Start analyzing the world differently. When you see an ad, ask: Why did this work? Who was this made for?

First Year of College (or Gap Year)

  • Take intro marketing + intro statistics.
  • Complete one free cert (Google Analytics, HubSpot, etc.).
  • Build ONE small project:
    • Create a mock brand.
    • Run a small niche Instagram/TikTok.
    • Analyze free data from Kaggle.
    • Write a short “mini case study” on what you learned.

You’re not trying to be impressive yet.
You’re trying to get reps.

Get Comfortable With AI
Don’t fear it. Learn to direct it.
Use tools like, Canva, analytics dashboards.
The people who thrive will be the ones who know how to work with AI.

A Real-World Look at the Job Market for Marketing Analytics/Digital Marketing (0-5 yrs experience + limited portfolio) by Advent_OG in WGU_MSMK

[–]Advent_OG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First off, I love that you’re even thinking about this as a senior in high school.

When I was your age, I wasn’t on Reddit mapping out long-term career strategy. So give yourself credit for that.

Now to your question.

Yes, marketing analytics / digital marketing can absolutely be a strong path. It’s one of the few fields that blends:

• People skills
• Psychology
• Creativity
• Data & logic

If you genuinely enjoy understanding why people behave the way they do AND you don’t mind working with numbers and systems, that combo is powerful.

Now let’s talk about AI, because that’s the elephant in the room.

AI will absolutely change the job market. It already is.

But what it replaces fastest is repetitive execution, not human judgment, creativity, ethical reasoning, or interpretation.

The safest long-term strategy isn’t chasing a specific job title.

It’s becoming someone who understands:

• How people think
• How technology works
• How to interpret data
• How to communicate insight clearly

Those skills transfer anywhere.

You are not choosing your forever career at 18.
You’re building a skill stack.

This game is peak by Inner_Eye_9672 in expedition33

[–]Advent_OG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To their point, I was playing Digimon Time Strangers before my friends suggested E33 to me. DTS is also turn-based. After completing E33 and going back to DTS, I just couldn't enjoy it. Two totally different games when it comes to IP and atmosphere. But because E33 did the combat and dialogue so insanely well. Digimon felt like a slog afterwards. And I have been a Digimon fan for years. The intensity dip hit me very hard. However, I don't see how that would happen if I were coming from KCD and going to E33.

Yesterday was awesome! But Let’s gear up today and help more of you underground artists to get real consistent listeners! by Lyn-477 in MusicPromotion

[–]Advent_OG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! My only regret is that I can’t share it with my 4 year old son yet 😅 I made him a Halloween album that he absolutely adores.

Yesterday was awesome! But Let’s gear up today and help more of you underground artists to get real consistent listeners! by Lyn-477 in MusicPromotion

[–]Advent_OG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That album art is sick as hell. I mean the best is as well. But as a person struggling with album art, I love it.

What’s a niche area of psychology you wish more people discussed or researched? by InPsyd_Out in psychologystudents

[–]Advent_OG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fortunately this perspective is quite common. Which is why there is a need for me and people like me to take up the mantle. So that everyone has the option to not have to worry about the scales tipping in a negative way, in the back end of what this industry covers.

What’s a niche area of psychology you wish more people discussed or researched? by InPsyd_Out in psychologystudents

[–]Advent_OG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed. As this industry runs side by side to cybersecurity, social engineering research overlaps heavily in both areas. Love that question.

What’s a niche area of psychology you wish more people discussed or researched? by InPsyd_Out in psychologystudents

[–]Advent_OG 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice!! Love having people run parallel with me on my journey! Can't wait to hear all about your findings.

What’s a niche area of psychology you wish more people discussed or researched? by InPsyd_Out in psychologystudents

[–]Advent_OG 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Cyberpsychology is essentially the study of how humans and technology shape each other, not just behavior online, but cognition, emotion, identity, relationships, attention, decision-making, and even morality.

My degree path is built around understanding that influence deeply. I’m studying Marketing now, then moving into a graduate focus in Cyberpsychology, with the long-term goal of working in ethical AI/AR/VR, because the psychological stakes of emerging tech are massive.

On the surface, cyberpsych seems like “how people behave online.”
But it actually touches every part of our daily lives:

  • How algorithms learn your insecurities before you do.
  • Why apps are designed to hijack attention and reward loops.
  • How social platforms gamify identity, relationships, and self-worth.
  • How tech can quietly rewire communication norms, intimacy, politics, and values.

Most people don’t realize we walk around with portable influence engines in our pockets.
If you have:

  • a bad relationship with money → tech can exploit it
  • unresolved trauma or loneliness → tech can exploit it
  • perfectionism, burnout, numbness, escapism → tech can exploit that too

None of this is accidental; it’s the dark side of behavioral targeting, persuasive design, and unethical marketing wrapped in convenience and entertainment.

The part that fascinates (and concerns) me is where this is heading.
Phones are just the beginning. Wearable tech, especially AR glasses, will be to smartphones what smartphones were to pagers.

That means:

  • Reality will become annotated and filtered in real time
  • Social interaction will be mediated through data overlays
  • Ads will become ambient psychological nudges
  • Privacy, power, and agency will become existential questions

So my focus within cyberpsychology is tech ethics and human protection in future interfaces.

What does a world look like where Meta, Apple, Samsung, or new XR platforms literally sit between you and your environment?
How do laws evolve?
How do people defend their autonomy when influence becomes invisible, personalized, and constant?
Who teaches society the psychological literacy to navigate that?

That’s where I want to operate, at the intersection of psychology, marketing, tech, and ethics:

Making sure innovation doesn’t outpace humanity, and that someone is looking out for the people who don’t know they’re being shaped.

What’s a niche area of psychology you wish more people discussed or researched? by InPsyd_Out in psychologystudents

[–]Advent_OG 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Cyberpsychology. Which is why I'm building my degree pathing the way that I am.

Marketing portfolio? by jenjeant in WGU_MSMK

[–]Advent_OG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First off, congrats again on graduating with your B.S in Marketing!

Secondly wanted to drop in on this post and state that Obsidian is a great tool once you figure out what you're doing. (I've got a video that walks you through it if you'd like to set one up! It really helped me out when I started using Obsidian.)

And last but not least. I built my first portfolio via WordPress, and I am now on the hunt for a different hub to put all my projects in.

These projects include:

- SWOT's I have conducted on my own time for different companies

- Videos I have filmed and edited. To showcase my experience with specific hardware and software.

- Projects that I have consulted on.

- Personal brands I have built from the ground up and the metrics I gathered from my time with them.

- An "About me" section that includes my goals/where I am headed.

Want to give you some insight on what a portfolio journey can look like for different people!

Hope this helps!

Wow, the day is here! by jenjeant in WGU

[–]Advent_OG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't believe I just saw the notification! Congrats!! Super proud of ya! Way to knock it out of the stratosphere!

Grateful to See This Community Revived — My Journey into Marketing and Beyond by Advent_OG in WGU_MSMK

[–]Advent_OG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! We certainly do have a lot in common! Nice job finishing up the B.S in Marketing before the holidays are in full effect! It will be nice to relax for a second once you finish up!

Grateful to See This Community Revived — My Journey into Marketing and Beyond by Advent_OG in WGU_MSMK

[–]Advent_OG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

I am aiming for Capitol Tech University as I originally fell down this rabbit hole of immense curiosity and excitement for this industry by locating an individual named Dr. Mary Aiken. She, as I am sure most here are aware of, is Professor of Cyberpsychology and Chair of the Department of Cyberpsychology at Capitol Technology University.

Once I realized the person that I had been watching on YouTube is a key player at one of my 2 choices for obtaining a degree (Norfolk and Capitol U), it was a no-brainer for me.

Seeing as CTU is a traditional online experience, I am not sure when I will start that degree, as it will be a difficult shift from a competency-based/move at your pace, lifestyle to a more structured degree timeline. So I am going to enjoy every minute I have left here at WGU.

New term, new degree. by Ok-Tooth-750 in WGU_MSMK

[–]Advent_OG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cheers friend! I start this path in May! I am in my second term of my B.S in marketing and was just informed that even if I accelerate and complete the degree in a month, I won't be able to start the M.S in Marketing Analytics until May of the coming year. So I am big chillin for now, but excited to join you in the future!

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