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Having a combo of soft skills (clear and succinct communication, business mindset) and technical skills (not necessarily being able to code, though that helps, but a solid understanding of core tech concepts, systems and database fundamentals) can benefit you tremendously since often times those two skills are one or the other with most people.
This allows you to have actually productive conversations with people from engineers to executives and in between while gaining the respect of each of those people.
This is exactly how I moved from analyst to SA ahead of the curve (before my consulting days). Only one on team that had coding, math, and communication so I interfaced between my team, quant team, and dev team so everyone from the key teams involved in my promotions knew who I was from the time I started out of college.
Invest in a healthy lifestyle that is sustainable for you, especially sleep. The ROI on good habits is only obvious when you get to a certain age without them. That translates into performance at work and in your personal life.
Understand data - how to structure it, analyze it, call BS on it, profile strengths & gaps.
Learn how to structure a problem, and then run each piece of it to ground through a combination of analysis and business knowledge
Understand how businesses really operate across all functional areas, and how decisions get made.
Speak clearly, succinctly, and truthfully. Bring a real and informed POV
1:1 say:do ratio
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English and writing classes
1. One of the most underrated skills is learning to love yourself, its free yet not so many people in consulting have it. They attach so much of their worth in what they do rather than who they are as people.
2. Soft skills like comm, writing and some tech skills.