Jess Ramos is a Senior Data Analyst at Crunchbase, a LinkedIn Learning Instructor, and a content creator in the data space. She has a bachelor's degree in Math, Spanish, and Business from Berry University and a master's in Business Analytics from University of Georgia. Today we’ll talk about SQL in the real world, data analyst vs data scientist, is job hopping bad, how she negotiated her salary. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com for more on data science and career.
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(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:01:24) Why Jess left her job at Freddie Mac
(00:03:25) Is job hopping bad
(00:04:42) How to explain short job stints when interviewing
(00:06:49) Jess's day-to-day work and tech stack
(00:09:15) SQL in the real world
(00:12:10) How to talk data to stakeholders
(00:18:33) How Jess prepares for SQL interviews
(00:28:11) Data analysts vs data scientists
(00:32:11) Choosing a career path
(00:47:19) How to ask recruiter questions
(00:50:15) Jess's LinkedIn content creation journey
(00:59:03) The future of Jess's career
(01:03:42) Jess's favorite books
