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Watched an ex-Google analyst break down why AI hasn’t replaced data analysts. I show you where I agree and where I don’t.

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00:00 – AI didn’t kill the job

02:45 – Big Tech isn’t the real market

09:15 – The hype doesn’t match the data

16:45 – Where AI guessed wrong

19:03 – The analysts at risk

20:27 – What makes you irreplaceable

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Follow this free bootcamp to become a data analyst!

If you want extra help, consider The Accelerator: DataCareerJumpstart.com/daa

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00:00 – Welcome to the Bootcamp

01:57 – How to Become a Data Analyst

25:51 – What Data Tools to Learn

34:15 – How to Get Paid To Learn

43:57 – Entry Level Data Jobs

54:33 – What Do Data Analysts Do?

1:05:09 – Data Analyst Salaries

1:24:36 – How to Get Every Data Tool

1:45:03 – Excel 101

2:24:45 – SQL 101

2:37:27 – SQL Project

2:43:48 – Data Storytelling

3:16:12 – Tableau 101

3:52:33 – Tableau Project

4:04:21 – Power BI Project

4:12:36 – Python 101

4:29:27 – Python Project

4:35:54 – R Project

4:41:54 – Current Job Market

4:52:09 – AI & The Future of Data

5:01:24 – Best Way to Find Jobs

5:09:57 – Update Your Resume

5:44:06 – Create a Portfolio

5:53:51 – How to Apply to Jobs

6:34:12 – Interview Practice

6:44:42 – How to Get Hired

6:57:27 – Next Steps

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Emily Oster is a Harvard trained economist who built a career on making decisions when the data is bad or missing. I asked her how she does it.

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00:00 – Let the decision lead the data

04:03 – Instagram isn't evidence

08:39 – What to do when there's no data

10:57 – Your family is a small business

14:33 – Right decision vs right process

30:21 – The New York test score error

39:00 – Rapid fire myths

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I tested GPT-6 Astra on the one question I know best. It got the skills right and almost everything else wrong.

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02:15 – Excel and SQL first

07:45 – Start networking early

10:54 – Learn by doing

14:03 – The worst advice in the plan

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Former LinkedIn exec explains why mass applying with AI is getting you nowhere. I asked him what works instead.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – The AI arms race

04:33 – What are we solving for?

10:57 – Referrals were 10x in 2016

21:12 – Anyone can refer anyone

22:18 – Elevator pitch or questions?

36:36 – Is AI useless in the job search?

42:24 – Quality beats volume

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Mason went from teaching middle school choir to a financial analyst job at Humana in 40 days. I asked him how.

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00:00 – Choir teacher to Humana

09:03 – Teaching stopped working

12:33 – Go meet people

16:12 – Apply before you feel ready

20:06 – Fake it a little

24:30 – Get a referral

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These are the 10 things I wish I knew when I was starting out in data analytics.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – The title trap

01:00 – Lowest hanging fruit

02:09 – Domain is your superpower

03:15 – Stakeholders come first

04:18 – Why SQL wins

05:27 – Build it before you need it

07:06 – Getting paid to learn

08:24 – Nobody analyzes alone

09:33 – The remote reality check

12:18 – Imposter syndrome is normal

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Real recruiter spends 20 seconds on this resume and finds nothing worth keeping. I show you why.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Eight months, zero interviews

08:45 – Make it scannable

09:45 – The formatting problem

12:09 – Your resume has two jobs

16:12 – How fast they give up

20:18 – Hiring managers aren't clueless

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