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Analyst isn't very interesting. I spent three jobs to land on a more technical position. Analyst usually just use Excel, SQL and maybe a bit of scripting and da
by markus_zhang 5y ago
Analyst isn't very interesting. I spent three jobs to land on a more technical position. Analyst usually just use Excel, SQL and maybe a bit of scripting and dashboarding and usually it's on the lowest position of the food chain.
Data scientist could be interesting if you are interested in mathematical modeling.
- BadCookie 5y agoThanks for your insight. The distinction between data science and analytics seems very fuzzy to me. Plenty of “data science” certificates and degrees teach mainly the skills that you listed as belonging to an analyst. It’s rare to expect an analyst to know about machine learning, but otherwise I haven’t seen a consistent difference in definition.
- markus_zhang 5y agoYes it's fuzzy. Given the chance I'd recommend that you speak to someone in the team to know more about what they are working on. From my experience DS teams in "modern internet" companies are doing some interesting things.