Over the past 5 years, I’ve taught 1000’s about data analytics.

What have I learned as a teacher?

Where have I seen the most success?

What’s the biggest secret to people who succeed?

In this episode, I’ll share it all :)

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Timestamps:

(3:30) Journey: Teaching data analytics full-time for the past year and a half. 📊

(8:58) Lesson: Skills alone aren't enough to land data jobs. 🎓

(13:06) Focus: Guiding students to low-barrier, rewarding data positions. 🔍

(18:25) Success: Marketing, portfolio, and networking are crucial for data job seekers. 🌟

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Unravel the secret sauce behind starting with dummy projects and paving your way to extraordinary success.

Come and join Avery answered Muhammad’s question on how to get create good data portfolio, and how dummy projects are helpful for upskilling.

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Timestamps:

(5:06) - Stepping stone: Dummy projects lead to advancement. 💡

(6:20) - Explore: Find intriguing online project ideas. 🌐

(6:45) - Learn: Embrace initial challenges for growth. ⚽

(7:20) - Mindset: Start, improve, conquer data projects. 🚀

(8:00) - Resources: YouTube, webinars, podcast - career boost.

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🎙️ Get ready for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes episode! 🚀

Dive into our members-only content, where you'll learn and gain invaluable insights on the expectations, workings, and fantastic resources of our data career bootcamp.

Take advantage of this incredible opportunity!

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Timestamps:

(3:28) - 🏗️ Laying the Foundation: Build your data career from scratch!

(4:54) - 🤝 Community Support: Join a like-minded community to land data jobs!

(7:10) - 🎯 Learn and Upskill: Master data at your own pace!

(9:20) - 🙌 Stay Accountable: Achieve your data goals with our support!

(10:57) - ❤️ Love Data Work: Experience the thrill of working with data!

(11:52) - 🌍 Make an Impact: Change the world with the power of data!

(12:33) - 💰 Lucrative Careers: Earn big with your data skills!

(12:46) - ⏰ Flexible Work: Work on your terms!

(16:28) - 🎮 Project Power: Boost your skills with hands-on projects!

(21:57) - 🤝 Network for Success: Unlock data job opportunities through networking!

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What does data engineer  @ShashankData  think about AI, Power BI & Cold Messaging?

Listen to find out 👆

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Will AI replace data analyst? Is it going to happen? Has it already happened?

In this episode, I wanted to dig into if I actually think that's going to be the case.

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Timestamps:

(01:00) - Brace yourself: AI has ARRIVED! 🤖

(01:44) - Is your data analyst job in jeopardy? AI vs. Human Skills 💼

(02:54) - The art of data analysis using AI 🚀

(03:29) - AI is just a tool 🧮

(04:01) - AI is just like Google 🔓

(05:55) - Job Security? Get good at AI 🌟

(07:18) - Humans make decisions ✨

(08:00) - Join the Ultimate Data Bootcamp! 📚💪

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Your dream data job might be closer than you realize. Don't overlook the hidden gem right in front of you: internal positions. Landing an internal job is easier than going through the external route.

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Timestamps: (0:00) - The Best Place to Land Your First Job (2:58) - How I Landed My First Data Job (7:11) - Your Company Has a Data Team? (10:22) - Network Inside Your Company (12:54) - Use data at your current position (14:01) - Attend Data Events

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Wanna become a data analyst? Start here. This is the most upvoted post in the r/datanalysis history, full of advice and a roadmap to becoming a data analyst. Join me as I'm going to be diving into what their advice was and if I agree or disagree with it.

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Timestamps: (0:52) - Do I need a degree? (1:34) - Is Google Data Analytics Cert enough? (3:39) - Will my degree help me? (5:54) - What do I need to learn? (8:07) - Do certifications matter? (9:01) - Can I get a job right away? (10:36) - Is having a degree is enough? (11:41) - Build a strong foundation (11:58) - Get hands-on experience (12:21) - Build your network (12:40) - Should You Get a CS Degree? (13:09) - Should I learn Machine Learning (13:54) - Build a portfolio (14:31) - Create a personalized resume (14:51) - Practice every day (14:59) - Have the right attitude (15:20) - Applying for the jobs (16:13) - Be very patient

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My wife and I just had our first baby. Everyone is doing well. So I’m taking the week off to spend time with my amazing family.

In the meantime, I would appreciate you leaving a rating for the podcast. The ratings & reviews help me stay motivated, as well as help others find the podcast. If you’re on Apple Podcasts, scroll to the bottom of the Data Career Podcast page and you’ll find the spot to leave a rating a review. If you’re on Spotify, you should see a rating with a star towards the top left of the page (below the podcast art). Click it and leave a rating. I’d love to hit 50 on each platform. Appreciate you listening & have a great week. 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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Stop being left behind by not building data project.

It can be intimidating to build a real-world data project alone.

But why be alone when you can be with us in the Data Project Club?

Come join me talking about cool Data Project Club, that can help you show your skills, build your project and expand your data network.

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Timestamps:

(1:00) - Projects Are The Cheat Code

(1:55) - Why data project are your career accelerator?

(3:37) - Show Your Skills > Tell Your Skills

(3:43) - Doing data projects is FUN!!!

(4:37) - Come join The Data Project Club

(5:51) - Practice. Build Connect.

(7:01) - My Bootcamp

(7:30) - Data Project Club Perks

(10:48) - Data Project Club Tiers

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If you find yourself in a situation where you don't have a college degree, I want you to know it is possible to land a data job.

In this episode, Teshawn Black shares his experience landing data contracts at Google & LinkedIn despite having no certifications.

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Timestamps:

(6:29) - Providing value is KEY! (10:49) - We don’t have tomorrow, so live today (13:43) - Understand what company looks for (17:05) - Learn to communicate effectively (19:14) - Working contract jobs is a blessing (20:17) - Always market yourself (22:33) - Ask the budget first (25:07) - Is job security really SECURE? (27:35) - We are all expendable (29:32) - Focus on data cleaning & data manipulation (30:42) - Don’t skip Excel!

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Building data analytics projects is the key to landing your first data job.

Here’s a 6-step guide to doing your first project.

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Timestamps:

(1:43) - Step 1: Deciding What Project To Do

(4:00) - Step 2: Finding a Good Data Set

(5:30) - Step 3: Defining the Project

(6:32) - Step 4: Exploratory Data Analysis

(9:16) - Step 5: Real Analysis

(11:04) - Step 6: Publish the project

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If you want to learn data visualization, here are the best 5 books you should read.

Get the books via links down below.

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(0:34) - Book 1: Storytelling with Data

(1:50) - Book 2: The Big Book of Dashboards

(2:51) - Book 3: Envisioning Information

(4:12) - Book 4: How Charts Lie

(5:14) - Book 5: Show Me The Numbers

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📚 Envisioning Information: https://amzn.to/3yN8a5z

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This is the story of how a math teacher transitioned to become a lead analytics consultant at Wells Fargo

In this episode of The Data Career Podcast, Avery Smith sits down with Courtney Ballard, one of the bootcamp alumna on how she landed data job from teaching.

If you are a Transitioning Teacher looking to explore data, I have a LIVE training to help you on your journey: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/teachers

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Timestamps:

(1:53) - Why Courtney transitioned to data analytics

(9:54) - Why it's okay to pivot your career

(13:22) - Teachers make great data analysts

(17:44) - How Courtney landed her job

(23:30) - Why data careers are great for teachers

Courtney’s Links: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtneylballard/

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Let's face it; data analytics can sometimes be a real pain in the spreadsheet.

You spend hours analysing data, writing code, and crafting reports, only to have one mystery bug stop your work from progressing.

I'll show you my 10-step guide for solving ANY data problem.

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Timestamps:

(2:19) - Step 1: Copy your error message

(3:29) - Step 2: Use Google, Stack Overflow & ChatGPT

(5:28) - Step 3: Double check everything!

(6:58) - Step 4: Rubber Duck it!

(7:58) - Step 5: Read manual & documentation

(9:45) - Step 6: Walk away, just walk.

(14:19) - Step 7: Turn it off!

(12:52) - Step 8: Screenshot & screenrecord it

(15:18) -Step 10: Say thank you!

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📤 In this episode, Avery’s going to walk you through how you can teach yourself SQL for FREE with this awesome 5-step course.

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Timestamps:

(0:24) - What is SQL?

(1:08) - Step 1: Download Datasets

(2:03) - What is CSV files?

(2:44) - Step 2: Setup SQL environment with the dataset

(3:37) - Step 3: Learn SQL for free with W3Schools

(4:50) - Step 4: Come up w/ probing questions for your data

(6:09) - Step 5: Write up your findings

(7:00) - Project Write-up Platform

Mentioned Links:

Kaggle: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets

bit.io: https://bit.io/

W3Schools: https://www.w3schools.com/sql/

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To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running a special End-of-Year Sale, where you’ll get: ✅ A discount on your enrollment 🎁 6 bonus gifts, including job listings, interview prep, AI tools + more

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In this episode, Avery & Jess dive deep into the world of data careers and discuss tips and tricks to network effectively, switch jobs, and stay focused on your career goals.

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Timestamps:

(8:01) - Difference between risk analyst & data analyst

(9:56) - Does a math degree help in the data field?

(12:52) - You hate your job. What do you do?

(17:05) - It’s OK to job hop!

(18:07) - The best time to switch job

(20:06) - Not landing job opportunities? Do this!

(22:44) - Learn less. Apply more.

(25:15) - Know your data term to land the job!

Jess Ramos Links:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessramosmsba/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessramosdata/

Linkedin Course: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/preparing-for-your-analytics-job-interview/data-analytics-from-initial-interest-to-job-interview

Practical Advice for Perfecting the Data Resume: https://gumroad.com/a/51884243/vijuf

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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!

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running a special End-of-Year Sale, where you’ll get: ✅ A discount on your enrollment 🎁 6 bonus gifts, including job listings, interview prep, AI tools + more

If your goal is to land a data job in 2026, this is your chance to get ahead of the competition and start strong.

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The demand for data professionals continues to rise, and with this roadmap, you can break into the data field and kick-start your career in 2023.

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Timestamps:

(1:07) - Different background, different roadmap

(3:18) - Ultimate roadmap to land your first data job

(4:18) - You need these 3 skills to be marketable in data space

(8:51) - Stop learning. Start applying

(10:52) - Prove your skills by doing portfolio projects

(12:25) - Network is your net worth

(13:38) - This is how you grow your Linkedin network

(16:00) - Do it scared, what’s the worst thing that could happen?

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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!

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running a special End-of-Year Sale, where you’ll get: ✅ A discount on your enrollment 🎁 6 bonus gifts, including job listings, interview prep, AI tools + more

If your goal is to land a data job in 2026, this is your chance to get ahead of the competition and start strong.

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This is the story of how a warehouse worker pivoted into a senior data engineer in just 18 months while tripling her salary.   In this episode of The Data Career Podcast, Avery Smith sits down with Kedeisha Bryan on how she landed a data job and tripled her income in only 18 months.

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Kedeisha’s Links:

Connect on LinkedIn Join Data in Motion Community

Timestamps:

(9:19) - Why you need a sponsor in your life

(11:21) - You need common ground to network genuinely

(27:02) - Tired of sending job applications? Network instead

(30:16) - Know that this is a long game

Connect with Avery:

📺 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AverySmithDataCareerJumpstart/videos 🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/ 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?

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!

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running a special End-of-Year Sale, where you’ll get: ✅ A discount on your enrollment 🎁 6 bonus gifts, including job listings, interview prep, AI tools + more

If your goal is to land a data job in 2026, this is your chance to get ahead of the competition and start strong.

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Stephen shared his incredible journey from tech support to a successful data analyst in only 3 months! Learn the key skills & strategies that helped him make the transition. 📊 Come to my next free “How to Land Your First Data Job” training

🏫 Check out my 10-week data analytics bootcamp

Timestamps:

(10:16) Your personalized project is critical to landing a data job (11:23) You're missing out if you don't use the filter feature (14:17) Get your mentor and fix your resume! (17:29) It's hard to help you if you don't have a portfolio (23:33) Don't be afraid of the job ads requirement (36:15) Luck favors those who are prepared

Stephen’s Links: 

Connect on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentran96/

Connect with Avery:

📺 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AverySmithDataCareerJumpstart/videos🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata? 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!

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running a special End-of-Year Sale, where you’ll get: ✅ A discount on your enrollment 🎁 6 bonus gifts, including job listings, interview prep, AI tools + more

If your goal is to land a data job in 2026, this is your chance to get ahead of the competition and start strong.

👉 Join the December Cohort & Claim Your Bonuses: https://DataCareerJumpstart.com/daa https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa

You just learned SQL or Python, or Tableau. But you don’t know how to build your data science project? In this episode, Avery shares a 3-step guide to building your first data science project.

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Timestamps:

(1:28) - Art is theft, and so is the data science project

(4:02) - Find ideas on Towards Data Science Medium

(5:32) - Read a few articles to get inspiration

(6:05) - Avery’s strategy is doing 30 projects in 30 days

(9:08) - How academia finds inspiration to write

(11:01) - Take Avery’s project, replicate and do it

Mentioned Links:

Building 30 Data Science Projects in 30 days: https://youtu.be/kKmA9ihIg20

30 Data Science Projects Resources: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/30projectsresourcesignup

I Used Data Science to UNCOVER McDonald’s Healthiest Meal: https://youtu.be/3bbFc1225-4

Connect with Avery:

📺 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AverySmithDataCareerJumpstart/videos 🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/ 🎵 TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?]

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!

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running a special End-of-Year Sale, where you’ll get: ✅ A discount on your enrollment 🎁 6 bonus gifts, including job listings, interview prep, AI tools + more

If your goal is to land a data job in 2026, this is your chance to get ahead of the competition and start strong.

👉 Join the December Cohort & Claim Your Bonuses: https://DataCareerJumpstart.com/daa https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa

Do you need to be active on Linkedin to land a data job? What should you post or even do on the platform?

In this episode, Avery sits down with teacher turned Data Analyst Chris French to discuss how he landed his first data job leveraging Linkedin.

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Chris’s Links:

Connect on LinkedIn

Timestamps:

(9:07) - How Chris grow Linkedin from 20 followers to 20,000 followers

(13:19) - His content types that gain attention

(18:02) - What Chris would do differently to do the job search

(23:29) - Technical skills vs soft skills

(26:53) - Before land data job, analyze your process first

Connect with Avery:

📺 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AverySmithDataCareerJumpstart/videos 🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/ 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?

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!

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running a special End-of-Year Sale, where you’ll get: ✅ A discount on your enrollment 🎁 6 bonus gifts, including job listings, interview prep, AI tools + more

If your goal is to land a data job in 2026, this is your chance to get ahead of the competition and start strong.

👉 Join the December Cohort & Claim Your Bonuses: https://DataCareerJumpstart.com/daa https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa

You just got the data job offer. Should you accept it or not? In this episode, Avery discusses what pros and cons are there and deciding on accepting the job offer.

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Timestamps:

Timestamps:

(0:58) - Jay got a data job offer but was in a dilemma

(2:22) - Your past experience is ALWAYS relevant in the data world

(2:59) - Job offer pros to look out

(4:03) - Job offer cons to be aware of

(5:57) - Avery takes on deciding job offer

(7:53) - Job offer is beyond salary but perks & benefits

Connect with Avery:

📺 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AverySmithDataCareerJumpstart/videos 🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/ 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?

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!

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running a special End-of-Year Sale, where you’ll get: ✅ A discount on your enrollment 🎁 6 bonus gifts, including job listings, interview prep, AI tools + more

If your goal is to land a data job in 2026, this is your chance to get ahead of the competition and start strong.

👉 Join the December Cohort & Claim Your Bonuses: https://DataCareerJumpstart.com/daa https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa

Can cold messaging really land you your first data job? Even without experience? In this episode, Avery sits down with logistics Data Analyst Asa Howard to discuss how he landed his first data job with a simple cold messaging strategy.

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Asa’s Links:

Connect on LinkedIn Waitlist for Google Sheets course

Timestamps:

(3:22) - Asa realizes he needs a career pivot

(5:21) - What a Solutions Engineer does (Logistics Analyst)

(10:21) - System he used to land his job

(14:24) - Cold message template you can steal

(18:01) - What tools he uses on day to day

(24:37) - Google Sheets vs Excel

Connect with Avery:

📺 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AverySmithDataCareerJumpstart/videos 🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/ 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?

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!

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running a special End-of-Year Sale, where you’ll get: ✅ A discount on your enrollment 🎁 6 bonus gifts, including job listings, interview prep, AI tools + more

If your goal is to land a data job in 2026, this is your chance to get ahead of the competition and start strong.

👉 Join the December Cohort & Claim Your Bonuses: https://DataCareerJumpstart.com/daa https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa

Welcome to the show notes! 🎉 I always put interesting things in the show notes, so make sure you check them every episode! 

In today's podcast episode, I'll be sharing a recording of a seminar I gave this week to about 50 undergraduate students, specifically in the chemical engineering program at the University of Utah.

I'll be talking about: 1) what I wish I knew while I was in college and trying to break into data science 2) how data science can be applied in industrial systems and engineering

Although this was given to a live audience, I do think a lot of the advice you might find applicable to you and your situation.

Want to come to my project analyzing Ken Jee's YouTube data? Register here: https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6899114723149705216/

If you want a free way to kickstart your analytics career, check out my free 33-page PDF giving you an introduction to everything you need to know: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/roadmap

If you’re just starting out, you can check out my 21 Day To Data Challenge: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/challenge

Want to learn data science while building your portfolio? Check out Data Career Jumpstart: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/data-career-jumpstart-course

MORE DATA ANALYTICS CONTENT HERE:

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👾Join My Discord: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/discord

🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata? 

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!

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running a special End-of-Year Sale, where you’ll get: ✅ A discount on your enrollment 🎁 6 bonus gifts, including job listings, interview prep, AI tools + more

If your goal is to land a data job in 2026, this is your chance to get ahead of the competition and start strong.

👉 Join the December Cohort & Claim Your Bonuses: https://DataCareerJumpstart.com/daa https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa

In this episode, I’ll explain what THE best project you can do for data science and how you can accomplish it.

I’ll give you my 5 step recipe for making a great data science project so you can find a data analytics job.

If you need to find datasets, check out Kaggle.com and Google Dataset Search Engine

Want to build more projects for your portfolio? Check out my course, Data Career Jumpstart: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/data-career-jumpstart-course

✅ If you liked this video, please rate and review the podcast to help against the war against the algorithm 

If you want a free way to kickstart your analytics career, check out my free 33-page PDF giving you an introduction to everything you need to know: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/roadmap

If you’re just starting out, you can check out my 21 Day To Data Challenge: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/challenge

MORE DATA ANALYTICS CONTENT HERE:

📺 Subscribe YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AverySmithDataCareerJumpstart/videos

🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535

👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/

👾Join My Discord: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/discord

🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata? 

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!

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running a special End-of-Year Sale, where you’ll get: ✅ A discount on your enrollment 🎁 6 bonus gifts, including job listings, interview prep, AI tools + more

If your goal is to land a data job in 2026, this is your chance to get ahead of the competition and start strong.

👉 Join the December Cohort & Claim Your Bonuses: https://DataCareerJumpstart.com/daa https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa