As I have posted previously, I was learning R this year and already implemented in my work (hoping to replace excel - however almost impossible it sounds). I finally managed to learn how to clean data and make visualization (ggplot is amazing) however I am yet to learn the most important skills that every data analyst should have: making a dashboard! It's quite easy to make an interactive dashboard with excel/Power BI using power query, power pivot and pivot chart in R however, I still need to learn about R shiny and advanced ggplot customization. One thing I noticed is that, the charts on R are produced as a static image so it's not clickable, while on Power BI or excel, the charts are quite interactive.
Because I feel I still need to fill those gaps on my skillset, I hesitate to learn python as I am really having a FOMO moment this year. I have been studying and learning coding like crazy after work and during weekends to the point. It is fun, but I don't think it's healthy. The reason is, I am insecure about my job title as a data analyst. When I look on jobs ads on linkedin, it seems many data analysts need to learn python/R/SQL which was not the requirement of the current office that I am currently working in (I am working at an advertising agency). I often curious "what should I know to be a good data analyst? how can I break into data science job market?". That insecurity is a powerful incentive to keep me going, and I think coding is fun as it feels like cracking mysteries all the time.
At the moment, I am currently learning python from Udemy using this course "automate boring stuff with python". It's actually a free course available on youtube. I even bought the book for $1 during a humble bundle sale, however I feel I should pay something to the author because when it's free, you take it for granted, and if you pay something, you want to use the material to make sure your money is worth it.
I remember stopped watching the course because I simply couldn't understand what the guy was talking about despite the reviews saying the course is very good for the beginner. However after I watched the introduction courses again, I was like "hey this is kinda similar with R!". Especially when the program assigning variable, it's just like R assigning values to a data frame.
I am hoping after I finish the course I can take more advanced courses and have a good fundamentals on python. Wish me luck!
Because I feel I still need to fill those gaps on my skillset, I hesitate to learn python as I am really having a FOMO moment this year. I have been studying and learning coding like crazy after work and during weekends to the point. It is fun, but I don't think it's healthy. The reason is, I am insecure about my job title as a data analyst. When I look on jobs ads on linkedin, it seems many data analysts need to learn python/R/SQL which was not the requirement of the current office that I am currently working in (I am working at an advertising agency). I often curious "what should I know to be a good data analyst? how can I break into data science job market?". That insecurity is a powerful incentive to keep me going, and I think coding is fun as it feels like cracking mysteries all the time.
At the moment, I am currently learning python from Udemy using this course "automate boring stuff with python". It's actually a free course available on youtube. I even bought the book for $1 during a humble bundle sale, however I feel I should pay something to the author because when it's free, you take it for granted, and if you pay something, you want to use the material to make sure your money is worth it.
I remember stopped watching the course because I simply couldn't understand what the guy was talking about despite the reviews saying the course is very good for the beginner. However after I watched the introduction courses again, I was like "hey this is kinda similar with R!". Especially when the program assigning variable, it's just like R assigning values to a data frame.
I am hoping after I finish the course I can take more advanced courses and have a good fundamentals on python. Wish me luck!
