Any tips for someone with adequate experience in scripting languages , working in finance industry trying to pivot to tech companies. Shooting for data analytics/ data engineer but no luck so far with securing interviews because past work experience only limited to finance industry. What are some ways of applying so that your resume actually gets picked and looked at ? Feeling very depressed and demotivated :(

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I would look for ways to automate your work with Python. If you work in Excel you can read the excel data into Python, do your data manipulations, then spit the transformed data out to Excel.

It may not be the quickest way to accomplish the task because you’re likely more familiar with Excel than Python, but it will demonstrate that you can use Python! As you learn more about Python you’ll identify more scenarios to leverage Python to work smarter not harder.

I’d also recommend checkout out the book Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming :)

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Does your resume highlight your technical background? You might need to adjust your resume to match what the tech company job description is looking for

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Have you looked at data analyst jobs? Senior data analyst? I would also see if BI jobs are a good fit. Also business analyst jobs

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I would also consider pivoting to insurance if I were you but maybe that isn’t interesting to you… not sure

Yes that’s an option but I am really not interested in either finance or insurance anymore. lol

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