I recently started as a PM, and I often struggle with data because I have to rely on the DA for queries. If I don't have a strong hypothesis, my requests are typically rejected, which limits my creativity in addressing marketplace issues. (problem discovery). How do you navigate problem discovery statements and being less reliant on others?

Are there tools that can help me write queries based on my questions or guide me in asking more focused questions if I provide table and column information?

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Use ChatGPT to write queries and take a course to understand the basics so you can vet the query

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I use chatgpt a little bit, but I get the prompt to upgrade a lot.

Take a SQL and basic data analysis course

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thank you, I'll start there

Do you know SQL? If not, I highly suggest learning. There’s tons of online courses, and you could probably learn the basics in a few hours. The other option is to see if your company will explore a natural language model on top of the data to allow you to “talk with data”. A lot of big tech companies are trending in this direction.

If you do know SQL, can you get access to the data yourself? If not, it might be time to make the push towards a data lake / Snowflake. Not having access to the data is a huge handcuff on making data-driven decisions.

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Tools will not help you. You stated that you "don't have a strong hypothesis" in your post. Go back to the problem you are trying to solve. If your hypothesis is not strong, then you don't understand the problem you are trying to solve or the problem you are trying to negate. Learning SQL will compound your frustration until you understand the real problem.

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