5 Things I Wish I Knew Before My First Job as a Data Analyst
<p>I’m five months into my first Data Analyst job, and there are many surprises I wish someone had warned me about! I will list them below, so you are better prepared than I was.</p>
<h1>5 things I wish I knew before starting my first Data Analyst job</h1>
<h1>1. If you’re the only tech person on the team, your coworkers may not understand what you do. This could be fine, or it could be disastrous.</h1>
<p>During the job interview, gauge whether you would be the only tech person on your team. If you ARE the only tech person, this could be fine — if your coworkers understand that you are learning and there will be certain tasks outside of your realm of expertise, and your manager is fully present, ready to support you and take your side. <strong>However, I still would not recommend “going solo” for your first tech job.</strong></p>
<p>Being the only tech person could be disastrous. You may be roped into every meeting and every project because the department wants you as the sole tech lead. You could be expected to do things outside the scope of your job, whether it’s not your subject of expertise, or it’s above your pay grade. Worst of all, you could be blamed whenever anything “tech” goes wrong, even if you did not set up the system, were not trained properly, or did not know it fell under your purview.</p>
<p>If you are solo, find support by identifying mentors on other teams, or developing online mentors (through LinkedIn or other platforms.) I’ve found the LinkedIn data analyst community, through </p>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/u/f9f792defbba?source=post_page-----3bdef1f2c6f--------------------------------" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Maven Analytics</a></p>
<p> especially, to be very supportive.</p>
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