231: Complete Data Analyst Bootcamp: From Zero to Hired [Free Full Course]
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Follow this free bootcamp to become a data analyst!
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⌚ TIMESTAMPS
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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29 Sept 2026
230: The Data-Driven Way to Make Decisions (Parenting, Health, Career): Emily Oster
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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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⌚ TIMESTAMPS
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
🔗 CONNECT WITH EMILY
📚 Expecting Better: https://a.co/d/00ExVFqN (https://a.co/d/00ExVFqN)
📚 Cribsheet: https://a.co/d/09rGjGjs (https://a.co/d/09rGjGjs)
📚 The Family Firm: https://a.co/d/08RaAOBh (https://a.co/d/08RaAOBh)
📈 Emily's artifact: https://claude.ai/code/artifact/ecaef324-0efe-401a-9fca-d5d2816e88ee (https://claude.ai/code/artifact/ecaef324-0efe-401a-9fca-d5d2816e88ee)
📊 Education Substack: https://substack.com/@statetestscoreresults (https://substack.com/@statetestscoreresults)
🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyoster (https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyoster)
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/profemilyoster/ (https://www.instagram.com/profemilyoster/)
🐦 X: https://x.com/ProfEmilyOster (https://x.com/ProfEmilyOster)
💻 Website: https://parentdata.org/ (https://parentdata.org/)
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22 Sept 2026
229: i asked gpt-6 astra how to become a data analyst (it was wrong)
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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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⌚ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – GPT-6 Astra is here
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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