Currently in consulting where I get to do data visualizations sometimes but not always, have an opportunity to shift to a data analytics focused role. Struggling to decide as I am not fully sure if I would be competent in/happy with daily data work. Advice, thoughts? 😣 I just never find what I like…

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I’m sitting in the same boat so to speak. I enjoy what I do now but I definitely want to branch into data science and machine learning. So what I do now is I take the existing role I’m in, and find new ways to do the same things. For example, if I want to branch into data science, instead of reading an excel sheet, I use pandas to help me gain experience with data normalization and querying.

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Agreed! I love this tip. For me I try to use Tableau whenever I can even if it's not asked for, just to practice

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