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You have to get out there and work on a project. No amount of school will prepare you for that experience. How do you get access to all the tools? What happens when the data is messy as hell? How do you manage client expectations?
Also, make sure to stay relevant with current solutions and data tools!
1. Read white papers on specific topics. I got good by reading a ton on SAS then Python, econometrics, bayesian modeling, and what have you. I stored them in a library for reference. To be clear, my if /library folder was a person, it would now be legally allowed to vote. I have my own subfolder structure below that arranged by topics and projects so I can think about what relates to what and generally find a relevant paper in 5 minutes. Occasionally, I have lost a few papers because some have only been through specific employers. In those cases, I've either re-collected that paper myself, OR I've found an updated / replacement paper.
2. Similarly, I googled a host of BI outputs and looked at what data would be necessary to create the chart. dataisbeautiful subreddit, informationisbeautiful website... just google image search data and look at how people frame concepts.
3. Farnam Street Blog and HBR used to be daily staples. (I now just read HBR)
4. Industry papers, Nielsen / NPD market sizing, just read read read read and when possible get your hands on the data that drives each of these.
Very helpful thank you! ☺️
I echo LinkedIn 1, nothing will prepare you for real life experience. What I found really helped me as a grad was when I had some downtime, I replicated previous work in different languages.
For example, if you used Python to do all your data cleansing/wrangling, try to replicate the work in SQL, or Power Query (a lot of public sector clients use PQ annoyingly).
Also, client exposure will come with time. I actively told my manager that I wanted to be more engaging and wanted to step up - every manager I have worked with loved to hear this and they all allowed me to work closer with clients.
Having a technical background helped a lot..I've been a SQL/BI developer for 6 years before I start BA career..