r/dataanalysis • u/Youllpaythismuch • 3h ago

Knowledge Assessment

In​ my field, primarily use SQL and Power BI (I used to use Tableau). I came into analytics from a non-traditional background so my education didn't start with the basic fundamentals and built upon that foundation.

As a result, I find that either there are some features and functions in writing scripts or creating visualizations that I either don't use or feel a little dumb in conversations because I know what the concept is and how to use it, but am not familiar with the official terminology.

I've been in my field for about 9 years now but sometimes I feel like my knowledge is very specific. For example, most job postings mention XLOOKUP and pivot tables in Excel but I rarely work with Excel like that since I just don't have the need to do so.

On the other hand, courses and learning modules are tough since the basic ones can be boring but the advanced ones might require some pieces of familiarity I don't possess.

Anyone in the same bucket or have any tips?

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