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These are the 10 things I wish I knew when I was starting out in data analytics.

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00:00 – The title trap

01:00 – Lowest hanging fruit

02:09 – Domain is your superpower

03:15 – Stakeholders come first

04:18 – Why SQL wins

05:27 – Build it before you need it

07:06 – Getting paid to learn

08:24 – Nobody analyzes alone

09:33 – The remote reality check

12:18 – Imposter syndrome is normal

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Real recruiter spends 20 seconds on this resume and finds nothing worth keeping. I show you why.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Eight months, zero interviews

08:45 – Make it scannable

09:45 – The formatting problem

12:09 – Your resume has two jobs

16:12 – How fast they give up

20:18 – Hiring managers aren't clueless

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Jorge was getting 12 rejections a day. I found out what he changed to turn it around.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Call centers to AI team

05:36 – Why he quit the Google cert

12:39 – The internal pivot

15:45 – 12 rejections a day

20:51 – Applied for a different job

25:30 – Networking on LinkedIn

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There's a lot of advice online on breaking into data. Here's what I'd tell a beginner.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – The Reddit post

01:09 – Companies interested in you

04:12 – Analysis is about money

07:00 – Bad tool advice

09:42 – My advice

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I looked at 11,000 data job postings to see how many required a certificate. Zero.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – They don't matter in industry

02:51 – Instructions, not problems

04:48 – A fake finish line

06:21 – The opportunity cost

07:54 – When a cert is worth it

08:21 – The SPN method

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David spent 13 years in architecture before switching to data. He landed his first data job in about 90 days.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – 13 years in architecture

06:00 – The internship

08:39 – Study on your own time

14:24 – Networking pays off

21:24 – Advice if you're on the fence

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I'll tell you the dark truth about AI as a data analyst that most people are completely ignoring.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – AI is fooling you

02:21 – The prices aren't real

05:18 – Why they'll go up

07:00 – The move going forward

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I did this analysis a year ago and a lot has changed. Here's what skills actually get you hired in 2026.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Introduction

00:48 – The numbers

07:00 – What to focus on

08:00 – Analyze this data yourself

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