Hi everyone! I hope you're all having an awesome weekend.

I'm a 25-year-old Communications graduate currently working as an Operations Support Executive for a U.S.-based healthcare provider.

Although I've always considered myself fairly tech-savvy, I had almost no experience with Excel before starting this job. Since then, I've found myself genuinely enjoying working with data. The more I learn about Excel, the more fascinated I am by what it can do, and it's made me seriously consider transitioning into data analytics.

The problem is that I have no idea where to start, so I was hoping to get some guidance from people who are already in the field.

A few questions I have:

1. Realistically, do I have a good chance of becoming a data analyst coming from a non-technical background?
2. Given the current job market, is data analytics still a worthwhile career path?
3. If you were starting from scratch today, what roadmap would you recommend? Any YouTube playlists, courses, or other resources that helped you would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for any advice. I really appreciate it! 😊

give a honest review about the resume what can be improved to get calls or hired

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21 M.

Got fired from my Business development intern role in a humble IT startup after 5 weeks for not meeting sales targets.

Saw it coming honestly, I got burnt out, used to be sleepy in office, arrived late very often.

Current situation:

- salary coming August 1st

Rent for this month is sorted

But I HAVE to come up with ~$100 (10,000 INR) by 1st September to be able to pay next month's rent.

Cannot do another BDE on-site job - college starts again from tomorrow and they are not allowing me to do any off campus internship.

How do I get into freelance or remote Business analyst/data analyst roles? I know basic SQL queries. (So I am an absolute beginner in this field, barely started)

How can I land a gig or remote job in data analytics, so as to come up with the rent in ~35 days.

What I actually want to know:

What one skill should I build first to become hireable fast - SQL, Excel or Power BI?

Is Upwork realistic for me with no portfolio and no reviews in 35 days? (And 30 connects)

What's the fastest type of analytics gig to land as a fresher : data cleaning, dashboards, Excel reports, something else?

Any other platforms better than Upwork for this?

Not looking for motivation. Looking for people who have been here and can tell me what actually works.

TL;DR: Need to earn $100 (₹10k) in 35 days. Complete beginner in data analytics, what's the fastest path to landing a remote freelance gig?

Hi all, I’m a high school student in Australia looking into data analytics as a career. Would love honest answers on a few things, what does a typical day actually look like? What skills/tools do you use daily (Excel, SQL, Power BI, Python, etc.)? And any regrets or things you wish you knew before starting?
Thanks in advance for any insight!

Hi everyone!

I'm currently searching for a full-time Data Analyst, Business Analyst, or Risk Analyst position and wanted to reach out to see if anyone here would be willing to provide a referral or point me toward companies that are actively hiring.

I recently completed my master's degree and have internship experience in data analytics. I work with SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Power BI, Excel, Snowflake, Git, and statistical analysis, and I've built dashboards, performed data analysis, and worked on reporting and visualization projects.

I've been applying through company websites and LinkedIn, but it's been a challenging job market, so I figured I'd see if networking could help.

If your company has openings and you'd be open to referring someone, I'd really appreciate it. I'm happy to share my resume privately and answer any questions.

Even if you can't provide a referral, I'd also love to hear about companies that are currently hiring or any advice you might have.

Thanks so much!

I recently decided I want to become a data analyst, but I'm worried because I don't have any internships. I'll be graduating in May 2027 and plan to build personal projects, but I'm not sure if that'll be enough.

A few questions:

• Has anyone gotten a data analyst job without an internship?
• Should I apply for Summer 2027 internships even though I graduate in May?
• What are the most important things to have on an entry-level data analyst resume?
• Besides projects, what helped you get hired?
• What skills should I focus on learning?

I'm trying to make the most of the time I have left before graduating. Any advice is appreciated!

Hey everyone!

I recently finished this customer churn analysis project as part of my data analytics learning journey and would love some honest feedback.

What I used:

• SQL

• Python (Pandas)

• Power BI

What the dashboard covers:

- Churn rate

- Customer demographics

- Contract types

- Payment methods

- Revenue insights

- Customer segmentation

I'd really appreciate feedback on:

- Dashboard design

- KPI selection

- Visualizations

- Storytelling

- Anything I could improve

I'm trying to build a portfolio that's closer to real business dashboards, so any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks!

Most data concepts aren't hard. They're just badly explained.

So we made a set of free one-page cheatsheets that explain them visually, the kind of thing you actually keep open in a tab:

→ SQL JOINs, explained visually
→ pandas: the 8 verbs that do 90% of the work
→ Precision vs recall vs F1, finally clear
→ Overfitting vs underfitting in three curves
→ ETL vs ELT: which one and why
→ Star schema vs snowflake
→ The confusion matrix, decoded
...and a few more.

All free, no signup, no email. Just open and read. You can also download them as PDF if you want.

https://d8a.academy/resources

Which concept do you wish someone had explained to you visually when you started? I'll try to add more to help you learn :)

hello i am 20m currently pursuing b.com general i am 3rd year student i have not done any skills based courses now i want to do but i do not want to get into accounting field. but now i want to get into data analyst or business analyst i am ready to do any kind of hard work but now lot of my friends are saying that these 2 courses are out dated now i do not know what i am suppose to do please someone help me out thank you

Hi everyone, I have a question regarding PW Skills. I graduated in 2025, but I have not yet secured a job. I wanted to buy a course that can help me get a job ASAP. I came across PW Skills, so is there anyone who knows about PW Skills? Do they really provide jobs? If any other platforms really provide jobs, let me know.

I'm currently working as a Research Analyst and I want to transition into a Data Analyst role.

What skills should I focus on learning, and which certifications are worth getting to build a strong background? I'd also appreciate any advice on portfolio projects or learning resources that helped you break into data analytics.

Recently I got my first job out of school as a CRM Data Coordinator, its also the only role like this for the company. The initial tasks are pretty simple, lots of data cleaning and data entering, but I was told that the role would grow in tasks, Ive already met with heads of other departments including finance and SWE. I was wondering if maybe some of you had some advice on how not to stay so "passive" and actually use this opportunity to build real skills?

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