Analytics Mentor

I’ve spent 25 years of my career in tech and the last 15 years as an analytics leader across Amazon, eBay, VMware, and more. During that time I’ve consistently witnessed non-technical leaders ask for more self-service enablement for data for stakeholders. They aren’t wrong to ask for this, and many times self-service enablement is delivered in the form of dashboards or automated reports. But some non-technical leaders attempt to unknowingly push self-service into risky territory by advocating for stakeholders to have the ability to self-serve by writing SQL. https://lnkd.in/g7GS83Fw

Bad operational practices can cause misleading data and metrics. The trouble is, you may never know that you're receiving and working with bad data. A grocery store visit highlights the snowball effect of this issue. A cashier uses a fast and innocent way to serve customers. But impacts: 1. Revenue and profits 2. Inventory 3. ML models 4. Customer personalisation & Recommendations Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/gH7hhhW7

Little things with how you write SQL can make all the difference. ❌ Instead of trying to write "select" and then each of your output columns, try something different. ✅ Start by writing "select" then your "from" line, then declare your tables and joins. THEN go back and write the fields that you want to be displayed. 🌟 You'll avoid forgetting to alias your fields and you'll avoid having to go back and edit your field names to add the alias. Small things like this will make you faster and more efficient at your job. #dataanalyts #dataanalytics #analytics

Haven't landed your Data Analyst job yet? Time to put your analytics skills to use! ✅ Identify each step in the process from your job search all the way to the offer stage. ✅ Quantify each stage ✅ Assume that something isn't working at each stage ✅ Explore how you can do something different to change your outcome. #dataanalyst #dataanalytics #analytics

🚀 A data analyst: ✅ Builds dashboards ✅ Provides data to partners ✅ Delivers results quickly 🔥 An amazing data analyst: ✅ Asks WHY before dashboard building ✅ Grasps business impact ✅ Seeks stakeholder feedback early ✅ Provides comprehensive documentation ✅ Writes high-quality code with best practices #dataanalyst #analytics #dataanalytics

You need to understand the business problem before writing any code or building any dashboards! 📊 Data Analytics goes beyond building pretty charts or writing SQL code. Knowing how your business processes work, how your customers behave, and how your business partners do their job is crucial before doing any analytics work. #dataanalyst #dataanalytics #analytics