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How to Break into Business Intelligence & Data Analytics

Talkat Data Con LA 2021 · 2021-09-17..09-19· [career-development]
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Concrete steps and outcomes: learn Excel, SQL, Python and Tableau, build an S3 → Redshift → Tableau pipeline and use Git/GitHub and Airflow for automation; implement a photo-count dashboard at Nike by truncating timestamps and counting unique photo IDs, deploy it as a Tableau report that replaces manual 5‑hour weekly Excel work; produce 10+ projects and publish a Tableau dashboard on public link as proof of skill; result: 9 job offers and a quadrupled salary after bootcamp and focused portfolio.

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  1. 0:00Intro
  2. 2:34What is Business Intelligence
  3. 5:52Why do companies need BI
  4. 7:28BI Tech Stack
  5. 8:40Business Analysts
  6. 12:01How to land your first BI role
  7. 17:25How to write a good resume
  8. 21:18How to network
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