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I'll tell you the dark truth about AI as a data analyst that most people are completely ignoring.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – AI is fooling you

02:21 – The prices aren't real

05:18 – Why they'll go up

07:00 – The move going forward

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I did this analysis a year ago and a lot has changed. Here's what skills actually get you hired in 2026.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Introduction

00:48 – The numbers

07:00 – What to focus on

08:00 – Analyze this data yourself

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Kam was at Home Depot for five years with a sports management degree and zero data experience. Three months later he landed his first data job.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Sports management to data

04:03 – Tutorial hell is real

06:54 – How he found the job

16:54 – Domain knowledge wins

19:18 – Challenge yourself

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Anthropic just dropped their entire internal data playbook. Here's what they're doing and how it affects your career.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Anthropic dropped their data playbook

02:39 – Why AI analytics keeps failing

05:24 – How they hit 95% accuracy

09:24 – What a Claude skill is

14:39 – None of this is actually new

17:09 – Still hiring data people

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I analyzed thousands of data job applications. I'll show you the 26 things that work in today's market and the 6 I'd start with.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Apply in the first hour

02:03 – Quantify every bullet

06:36 – Referrals beat everything

09:33 – Go hybrid not remote

11:24 – Never give the first salary number

13:27 – Track everything

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Open your resume right now. Would you hire yourself? Because a recruiter just spent six seconds on it and moved on.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – How hiring managers think

04:18 – The mirror test

05:06 – Your resume is invisible

08:36 – Your LinkedIn has red flags

11:57 – Your portfolio is your proof

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There are thousands of data analyst jobs hiding behind weird titles. I show you what they actually look like.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Stop searching "data analyst" on job boards

01:20 – Data jobs in weird locations

10:40 – Combo data roles

21:00 – Data jobs in niche industries

29:10 – Go find your weird job

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Brandon was bartending when he found this podcast. Two years later he's a data consultant at one of the best Tableau shops in NY.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:48 – Bartender to data analyst

02:54 – How he found me

11:39 – Networking event

15:33 – 100 hours on one dashboard

21:15 – Get paid to learn

28:45 – You'll never know it all

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Five years ago I made the scariest decision of my life. Here's the full story.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:27 – Six figures and still unhappy

03:09 – The day I quit

10:45 – The Bloomberg article

17:15 – Starting over from scratch

19:42 – Five years later

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The odds are stacked against you for remote data jobs. I show you how to flip them in your favor.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

01:21 – Remote jobs are 17% of the market

02:06 – Try hybrid first

05:45 – Learn the right skills

08:03 – Build a portfolio

09:30 – Network your way in

12:33 – Search smarter

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