#LostInDataScience: Graduated with an MS degree in Data Science but feeling lost in the job market. 🎓 After countless job applications and only 2 interviews, reality is hitting hard. 😩 My journey from pursuing a BS in Data Analytics to now seems like a rollercoaster ride. 🎢 Dealing with family responsibilities, unexpected twists, and Covid-interrupted internships, I am struggling to land even an entry-level analyst position. 😔
#PivotToSuccess: So, here I am, looking for career advice. What do you think? 🤔 Given my unique situation, any suggestions for roles or industries that might be a good fit for someone with my background? 🤷♂️ I’m open to exploring new paths and ready to pivot. 💡 Your insights could be a game-changer for me! 💬 Let’s brainstorm together! 💭 #CareerAdvice #LostButNotHopeless.
You can try adjacent tech roles ranging from SWEs and SREs to tech support/QA roles. You’ll likely need to brush up leetcode, system design or even study some specific tech stacks. SRE is also a whole other beast.
Edited: worst scenario, you can keep running your business.
you have a good running bizz and you still want to do this wage cuck job
This bugs me for some reason. How do you get a masters degree without any relevant experience? The same thing happens in my masters program. We get young adults who have zero actual experience and then don’t understand how to follow a project lead.
Sorry, I have no leads for you. Our data science team has only one slot open but requires much more experience. I’m up for this very difficult position.
Why not do analytics for your fam business? Make some Python data pipelines on dagster or prefect to feed into a small data warehouse (DuckDB) and build some dashboards with Metabase or Superset. Give yourself a title and voila, you have industry experience.
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Look into Data Engineering.
I think DS is satured esp since a lot of people have enrolled in MS DS programs.
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Only 100 jobs is a terribly low number of jobs. December to May is an incredibly short timeframe. Before even considering pivoting to a different career, I’d apply to at least a few thousand jobs over the course of a few years.
A parable (but true). An archaeologist lead a project to excavate an old Spanish fort in my town. Many people wanted to participate but he only hired the best educated and most experienced ones. A teenager asked to join the project but was far too unqualified. So he found a cow carcass buried in a mudslide and excavated it using archaeological tools and methods, documenting everything according to standards, and presented the work to the project leader. He was hired.
I think it’s a very bad job market now. You’re lucky you have the business to fall back on. Might have to wait a year or two until it gets better.
Make sure your resume is perfect and professional. Optimize it for resume screeners. Then do the same for your LinkedIn. Connect with recruiters in the data space and get them your resume.
Don’t be afraid to apply to internships.
Use connections from your masters and bachelors to meet people. Apply for at least 10 jobs per day. Even still, recruiters and connections are way more reliable.
Agree with other posters to say that you were a data analyst for your company. It’s your company, choose your title.
If you are considering pivoting, do something closely relate and transferable. Finance, business intelligence, IT, etc.
Most people who take an interim job outside their field never make it back. Make this your last resort.
learn how to consume the tiktok api -> do some fun analytics -> make tiktoks about it -> watch hungry startups who find your tiktoks flood your DMs
source: personal experience
Be a consultant. Offer your services on Fiverr. Think of services that a business might need and make that into a package to sell.
Hundreds? That’s like 3 weeks of applying. Get to work.
Send me a dm id be willing to help look at your resume. Maybe can give you some advice