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Another blog site that can maybe help with your career! This blog site is called “Ask a Manager” by Alison Green who has been responsible for hiring, firing, promoting, and managing people. Her blog site is used for any uncomfortable or tricky work related questions to common general work questions that people might have anxietyContinue reading “‘Ask a Manager’ blog site: Handling workplace questions”

Both SQL and RegEx, programming languages, are going to be taught in my classes along side R. SQL and RegEx are used across a plethora of data analytics softwares from R and Python open source softwares to proprietary softwares, like SAS, and to business intelligent tools, like Tableau. Learning these universal programming languages can beContinue reading “Importance of SQL and RegEx”

Application Programming Interface (API) are created or come with a software so that you can access the data from another software. This is highly important for analysis work, because you’ll need it to access the data. There’s free training on understanding an API. APIs can connect to your analytical software you are using, like R,Continue reading “What are APIs?”

There’s a great blog to follow if you are a data geek or just getting started in learning about data analysis: Little Miss Data. The blog was started by Laura Ellis, a proclaimed data geek, who works for IBM. She aims to make data science and analytics accessible to everyone. She does articles, tutorials, andContinue reading “Fun Data Blog to Follow: Little Miss Data”

There are different type of data analysis jobs. Two of the main positions are data analyst and data scientist. Here’s a breakdown of the differences: While both positions deal with analyzing data, the main difference is the focus of the analysis. Data analysts examine data to identify trends, develop charts, and create visual presentations toContinue reading “What’s the difference between a data analyst and data scientist?”

Companies usually have guidlines for their branding and marketing to have a cohesive look for the outward audiance, including a data visualization style guide. These style guides help create a uniform look and feel to all the charts and tables for reporting. Recently the Medium published an article by Amy Cesal of twenty-four data visualizationContinue reading “Data Visualization Style Guides”

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community…Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own. — Cesar Chavez. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, soContinue reading “My First Blog Post”

Welcome! I hope you enjoy my blog and the future posts to come. I wanted my first post to set the tone and give new readers context, more information about me, and reasons for why you should read my blog. Below are some questions and answers to get to know me better and to understandContinue reading “Introducing Myself”