201: What I ACTUALLY Do as a Data Analyst

About this episode

Avery Smith shares insights from his 10+ years as a senior data analyst, detailing the tools and problems he has encountered across various industries.

Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! I'm a senior data analyst with 10+ years of experience and I'm breaking down exactly what I did, what tools I used, and what problems I solved across very different industries. 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – What nobody tells you about data analyst work 01:00 – Predicting refinery outcomes with math models 04:05 – When data analytics meets machine learning 07:00 – Finding needles in millions of log files 09:23 – How one analysis ended up driving marketing & sales 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥  YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸  Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻  Website Mentioned in this episode: May Cohort of the Data Analytics Accelerator — Now Open 🔗…

People in this episode

Host: Avery Smith

Topics covered

• data analysis
• career development
• data tools
• machine learning
• data problems
• data job training

Keywords

• data analyst
• data career
• data tools
• machine learning
• data job
• analytics
• data problems

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Organizations: Data Career Podcast, Data Analytics Accelerator, Data Career Jumpstart

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