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148: How This High School Drop Out Became a $500k Data Analyst (Sundas Khalid)
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Meet Β @SundasKhalid: High school dropout, immigrant, and now a powerhouse in data at Google! She shares pivotal tips for breaking into data, invaluable financial literacy insights, and how she champions salary negotiation by helping others secure higher pay. Special offer for Data Career Podcast viewers: Use the code AVERY 20 to avail of HUGE discounts from Sundas' Negotiation Masterclass: https://sklab.io/p/salary What's Sundas' REAL 6-Figure Tech Salary After 10 Years? https://youtu.be/EjJm_rcUOxY?si=YTOtXT_fLyqWzU1I π Join 10k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly π https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter π Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training π https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/training π©βπ» Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? π https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa π Ace The Interview with Confidence π https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator β TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction 01:05 - From high school dropout, immigrant child, to analytics lead at Google! 15:24 - Number 1 piece of advice 19:36 - AI in the workplace 24:04 - Financial literacy and salary negotiation π CONNECT WITH SUNDAS π₯ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SundasKhalid π€ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundaskhalid/ πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sundaskhalidd π΅ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sundaskhalidd π» Website: https://sundaskhalid.com/ π₯ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sundaskhalidd/ π CONNECT WITH AVERY π₯ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@averysmith π€ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/ πΈ Instagram: https://instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart π΅ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata π» Website: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/ Mentioned in this episode: Join the last cohort of 2025! The LAST cohort of The Data Analytics Accelerator for 2025 kicks off on Monday, December 8th and enrollment is officially open!
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