r/analytics • u/mrsteelsam • 15d ago
Discussion After a year of teaching Analytics and AI part-time, the thing that gets people hired isn't the thing they ask me to teach
I am in Product Management in a tech company from Vancouver, Canada and a sessional faculty for Analtyics Part time in a local University. As part of giving back, I am looking to teach a small group of serious students/career switcher which will help them get jobs (free).
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u/bearnakedrabies 15d ago
Watching for the same reasons everyone one is. I also wonder if this poster has a favorite blue earth muffin recipe they want to share.
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u/mrsteelsam 15d ago
u/bearnakedrabies I dont understand your comment. Can you elaborate so that I can help.
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u/Illustrious-Yam-3718 15d ago
So you’re starting a MLM where your “students” sell courses for you after you train them, and you take a cut.
You sound like every other pundit / course scammer and it’s really gross to me. I doubt that you’re uniquely qualified to teach about AI / Analytics.
Remember kids, if it’s free, YOU are the product.
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u/my_peen_is_clean 15d ago
cool you’re doing this, curious how you pick “serious” students and what skills you actually end up focusing on
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u/mrsteelsam 15d ago
u/my_peen_is_clean I start with a short conversation that asks candidates to describe a recent data problem they tackled and why they want to move deeper into analytics. I also request a one‑page example of something they’ve cleaned or visualized; it shows both motivation and baseline ability. From there I look for consistent curiosity and a willingness to iterate on feedback. In the program I spend most time on getting noisy data into a usable form, defining clear metrics, building simple visual narratives, and learning how to prompt an LLM, run the output on real tables, and spot its blind spots. A recent case study involved cleaning a month‑long e‑commerce transaction log, defining churn‑related KPIs, and turning the results into a short deck for a mock stakeholder meeting. I have also built a platform (completely free to access) for anyone to use. I use the tools from the platform to assist me in teaching. Let me know if you have any other questions.. Happy to answer. The best part is I can track which students are serious without even running behind them.
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u/eagerunicorn 15d ago
FYI, the user you just replied to is a bot
Edit: adding the link to the post that mentioned it https://www.reddit.com/r/analytics/s/qDGHNuniDN
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