I have been quietly excited for this post the entire series because it is the one I am most confident in. This one feels like a mammoth of information that I didn’t know I had. There are resources everywhere. Even more, resources that are free and low cost. I’m talking, Youtube, Google Certificates, organizations you

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I ought to have broken this down even further, because this is a pretty hefty topic on its own. We’ll talk about domain knowledge, job types, and the variation of responsibilities between roles. I will also take some time to go over typical requirements of each– this is something we sort of covered in universal

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By now you have a basic understanding of what you bring to the table from your previous career track. This is essentially an extension of that post, and I was a little hesitant to create this for that reason, but I still think it’s important. These skills are things you’ll find across the board from

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It’s hard not to make that title super long. This is the first part of my Beginner’s Guide to a Career in Data series. You do not have to read these in order of when they’re published, you can feel free to jump around or only read what’s relevant to you. Whatever helps! One of

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A week ago, I would not have thought I had the chops to write something like this. I would have shrunken away from the idea. It took me helping someone navigate this space to realize that I had valuable understanding that could guide others who were considering doing the same. It’s important to note that

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I was preparing for a phone interview this morning when I realized something: SQL was my first programming language, and, if I’m being honest, I fell in love with it immediately. I think that had to something to do with how easy it was to grasp, and I had never dipped my toes into the

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