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Skills aren't enough to land a data job. Here's what Graham was missing and how we fixed it live.

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00:27 – What's the SPN method

01:03 – Resume fixed in real time

20:03 – LinkedIn audit live

25:48 – Portfolio built in real time

27:06 – Your turn to get hired

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I analyzed 8,554 data analyst salaries. Here's what the market actually looks like right now.

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01:33 – The real median salary

05:57 – Lowest vs highest paying roles

10:18 – Salary by experience level

11:57 – Salary by job title

13:39 – Remote vs hybrid vs onsite

15:33 – Salary by state

16:48 – Salary by skill

18:48 – What I'd do with this

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Is AI replacing data analysts? Here's my honest answer after testing an actual project.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:24 – What I gave Claude

06:00 – What it came up with

07:24 – First analysis results

19:33 – Building the dashboard

35:50 – Should you be worried?

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You don't need to spend a dollar to learn data analytics. Here's every tool you need and exactly how to get them free.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:42 – Excel

03:12 – Google Sheets

05:21 – Python

07:00 – R

08:45 – SQL

10:57 – CSV Fiddle

11:33 – Tableau

13:42 – Power BI

16:03 – Claude

17:57 – ChatGPT

18:39 – GitHub

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Tim scored a 1 on his AP computer science exam. Here's how he still landed a senior data analyst role at one of the biggest marketing agencies in the world.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:48 – Three failed careers

03:21 – Anyone can learn this

05:09 – The rejection phase

06:00 – Start reaching out

08:03 – Portfolio live in interview

10:06 – 100% remote, best pay ever

11:33 – Your turn

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Music therapist to Fortune 50 financial analyst in under 60 days. Here's exactly how Erin did it without a traditional background.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

01:20 – From music to Fortune 50

07:18 – What a good boss actually does

12:51 – 60 days from sign up to offer

20:18 – Applying while building skills

20:36 – One resume tweak, three interviews

23:03 – Stop only applying to remote jobs

28:39 – What the interview was like

34:40 – Do this if you're starting over

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Everyone says data analyst jobs are gone. Here's the actual evidence that proves them wrong.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:21 – Who's lying to you

03:32 – 180 million job postings

06:03 – Jobs are actually growing

07:32 – Top jobs of the next 5 years

08:14 – 4th fastest growing career

10:02 – Even software jobs bounced back

11:08 – They said this in 2013 too

14:06 – Don't panic

📚 SOURCES

📊 Bloomberg – I Analyzed 180M Jobs to See What AI Is Actually Replacing (Jan 2023–Oct 2025): https://bloomberry.com/blog/i-analyzed-180m-jobs-to-see-what-jobs-ai-is-actually-replacing-today/#bullet1

📈 Live Data Technologies: https://livedatatechnologies.com

🌍 World Economic Forum – Fastest Growing & Declining Jobs: https://euronews.com/business/2025/02/01/jobs-market-at-a-crossroads-which-are-the-fastest-growing-and-declining-jobs

🏛️ Bureau of Labor Statistics – Data Scientists, 4th Fastest Growing Occupation: https://bls.gov/ooh/math/data-scientists.htm#tab-6

✍️ Is Data Science Dead in 10 Years? (2021): https://medium.com/data-science/is-data-science-dead-in-10-years-3cde3963552

🔮 Gartner – More Than 40% of Data Science Tasks Will Be Automated by 2020 (2017): https://gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2017-01-16-gartner-says-more-than-40-percent-of-data-science-tasks-will-be-automated-by-2020

💬 Is Data Science Getting Overcrowded? Reddit (2016): https://reddit.com/r/datascience/comments/781wwu/is_data_science_getting_overcrowded/

🤖 Will Data Scientists Be Automated by 2025? (2015): https://kdnuggets.com/2015/05/data-scientists-automated-2025.html

💥 The Bursting of the Big Data Bubble (2013): https://mathbabe.org/2013/09/20/the-bursting-of-the-big-data-bubble/

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The data analyst job market in 2026 is broken. Here are 5 ways to simplify the journey and land a role without burning out.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

01:02 – Fastest Way to Get Hired

03:00 – Get Paid to Learn Data

05:08 – Tools You Should Learn

06:49 – How to ACTUALLY Land Interviews

08:22 – Other Cheat Codes

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I'm a senior data analyst with 10+ years of experience and I'm breaking down exactly what I did, what tools I used, and what problems I solved across very different industries.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – What nobody tells you about data analyst work

01:00 – Predicting refinery outcomes with math models

04:05 – When data analytics meets machine learning

07:00 – Finding needles in millions of log files

09:23 – How one analysis ended up driving marketing & sales

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I wanted to give you a real update. I talk openly about the struggles, lessons, and decisions happening behind the scenes and where I want to take the podcast next. If you have been listening for a while, this one is for you.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

01:39 - Moving to Spain and recording challenges

04:11 - Being a dad and my ADHD diagnosis

07:39 - Hiring disasters and production struggles

14:18 - The thumbnail problem: negativity gets more views

20:21 - What's next for the podcast and YouTube

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