Data Nerds! Where/how do you find projects???

Thank you so much for having me in this video, Luke!! 🙌 Loved the childhood clips and it’s amazing you created the Excel tracker for your friends as a passion project. I find that so motivating to do something with my hobbies as well! 🤔

For my first data project, I took my passion for basketball and used that to create a project on an NBA player based on what I analyzed from watching.

Explained perfectly! I’m a division 1 golfer and my coaches are not exactly up to date with data analysis. I’ve tried convincing them to use stat tracking apps but they don’t think the cost is worth the return. (They are kinda pricey). After listening to their thoughts I decided I could code an application that will be specific to our own team and help them understand where each of us individually need to improve. Perfect project because it’s something I care about and something that provides tangible benefits.

I appreciate how your phone is actually on a call when you call them. It’s the little details. 👍🏼

Always a great day when new data nerd content drops!!! I’ll be listening hard to find my next project!

Your channel is like a goldmine! So much value, thanks Luke!

This video was 🔥! Thanks for having me on @Luke Barousse! This is one of the most common questions I get and this video covered some great content on it.

My employer just upgraded me to the Z book! For a corporate-supplied notebook, it’s quite powerful. Not going to lie, I’m glad I found your channel as I had ran into a wall that blocked the joy and motivation I started with. I’ve been managing to find new ways of thinking, looking at, and approaching solutions to problems.

Thank you for the explanation, im still learning Data Science and Analytics and this video motivates me to do some random Data Analytics Projects!

When I learn a new technology I would try to use it in a way that is interesting to me, preferably with someone that is more knowledgeable than me so I can steal some of their brain cells c:

So I just recently found your YT channel and been watching videos and then this one when it got to the 2:59 mark I recognized that RP logo and was like whoa 🤯

Amazing contents. I think it's more fair to charge client per project than per hour, but I've heard that charging per hour is safer because it's guaranteed by Upwork if the client fled without paying. That Hackathon stuff is fascinating.

You are the man, thank you for guiding us data aficionados 🎉

Luke! Great video, my snake charming friend. And thanks so much for introducing me to Thu Vu! How does this woman only have 1700 subs??? Her content is awesome.

I enjoyed hearing you walk through the projects. It was cool to hear a natural way of integrating that STAR method.

Thanks for this I am 23 just graduated last year with Mech Eng degree (October 2021) and interested in data science cuz in my final year I learnt a course called experimental mechanics where we implemented data analysis/statistical analysis on tissue biomechanic data. One of the challenging assignments I had 💀 but it was fun and now I will do masters in data science this April 🙏

Thanks for your great video , i started for one year ago and half my journey on data i was not sleep well🥲, because i have a goal , i got out from my comfort zone " Fifa - call of duty - Netflix " , now i studied : - Excel for data analysis , functions - cleaning data - power query [M Language ]- power pivot [Dax] - SQL - power bi - Python for data analysis - Machine learning for regression problems . And all of that , now i am using it on my job as accountant , and really now i am not accountant because my new tasks all of it is data analyst job description , and really i found my self , i was another one . My advice to anyone is studying data analytics , Use it or Lose it . Good luck ❤

Just the video I was looking for , Thanks a lot !🙏🙏

Your channel is gold, Luke. Thank you!

1:20 I am glad that you guys are still getting along very well with each other.

I finished my first project. I used a dataset of OSHA construction worker injuries from 2015-2017. It was before I started learning Tableau, so I used Python 100% for everything, including charts. Boy howdy, Tableau makes graphing so easily. I see why it's so necessary.

Firstly Luke, you're incredibly smart 😭❤🙏🏽🔥! Your creativity is just out of this world

One thing I failed to do in my early jobs was to keep projects and examples! I have so many that I would love to put on my website, but I didn't keep anything so I would have to make them over from scratch.

Excelent content as always, thanks Luke🙏🏻🤙🏻

"hey did I wake you?" "Yea - you did" "oh thats nice" 🤣😂

Main point is first try to find the problem and then dive in to the problem details and at the end start working to solve the problem

You rock Luke. Love your content alot. Thanks for sharing..

Very useful video! Thanks Luke 😃

solid advice thank you so much

I'm trying to get a bioinformatics job and Thu's section of the video about competing in a cancer focused hackathon seems like a great idea that I'll have to try

Excellent content!! Keep'em coming!

Always delivering Luke!

I loved the collabs!😁

Great video. I liked this video a lot.

dude I don't know if you know this, but RP came out with a diet app whose greatest strength is taking the feedback you give it (your weigh-ins, satiation levels, meal adherence etc) and dictating the macros you need for the following week. It then uses a large set of basic whole ingredients and foods to help you put your meals together for the week precisely for the new macros, and gives you a shopping list of all the ingredients in their raw form.

Thank you for the video. Can you please tell in the next video about finding cool offers for Data Analyst Seniors? Like the Talent Service site, where you are not looking for a job, but companies are hunting for you.

Insightful as always Luke! 💯 🔥🙌🏼 I very much liked the Listen-Build-(Feedback ) loop mindset you shared to solve problems. I’m taking notes! 😆 Also, as a suggestion, maybe you can add to your list of content how can one be part of the data analyst/data science YT group (like with you, Ken Jee, Tina, etc.)? Haha! 😆 P.S. PowerBI video anytime soon? Haha 😋✌🏼and btw, Pokemon cards (Charmander) spotted! Last time was the gameboy. I wonder what’s next, Tamagochi?

thank you ^^ I always think that how do u get time out of your busy schedule for making quality video

Hey, Luke! May I ask you a very silly question? There's something I simply don't understand: let's say you build a project, run the analysis and jump into an outcome. Fine. Project finished. What's next? Even if you build a dashboard, it becomes "their" problem because you aim them to self manage their decision making process. Is this right? If so, what is the daily basis activity of a data scientist? Would I be unemployed right after the project is finished? I'm kind of stuck with this doubt. Thabks for your great videos. Greetings from Argentina!

Hi Luke, I have the exact same same issue as your friend in finance with multiple excel files. Could you please expand a little more on how you solved the problem or direct me in the right direction as my googling efforts have come to a dead end :( Great content too! I'm currently trying to transition my career towards data analytics so your videos are really helpful!

Amazing content

LOL "Did I wake you? Oh that's nice" 🤣

What I picked up from this video: This man likes Bubbly and has shadowless Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur? Nice.

the biggest difficult i have is finding the raw data for my project ideas.

you are the best thanks

@Luke Barousse I'm a recent MBA graduate, and I want to know what's the "best" course of action to become a Data Analyst? Should I focus on Excel and MySQL certifications to land an entry level position or should I focus my attention elsewhere?

Mannn those vids are sooo helpful, pleaseee keep going, this channel is great, can you make a vid on good resumes l, like where to place your github profile link ad where to place your certificates and projects i am struggling to make a good data analyst resumecan you please help?

Jump ropes, Kettle Bells, CrossFit Power Query & Power BI! You’re amazing Luke! 🏆

This was eye opening. Just listening works. But I am usually alone at work. And would like some ideas for solo projects for a newbie to programming to go into my portfolio. I don't have a portfolio website for myself, but would like to add the experience on LinkedIn or the likes. I just cannot start working on Upwork because of the shifts I mentioned in your previous video. So I would like to get a little bit of experience in analysis and programming (I am learning R due to the Google Data Analytics Certificate) so I need lots of time for the projects. Are there any DIY Data projects for newbies like me? I searched Google but the projects mentioned there are either too difficult as I am new to programming or are very time consuming. I was thinking maybe I should just ask my boss to give me sales data from his business and then talk with you on how to approach the analysis, if he even agrees to provide the data to me. Other than that, I just can't seem to get working on my portfolio. My Google Certification Capstone took me almost 2 months to complete due to time limitations. I am sorry for my really long comments, I wish I could TL;DR them, but the TL;DR would remove the details that would make a person comprehend my situation on a fundamental level. This is Saudi Arabia. There is no team here. Expats just are thrown into a job and expected to do everything. My boss comes around at 11 usually. And we also have to do his job on the maintenance part. Basically, I do the job of my immediate Supervisor and he handles everything for the boss. And being Saudi Arabia, we cannot even raise our voice, because there is no rights here for expats, like literally. I hope you have a clearer picture of my situation. I have my family to take care of. And little to no savings. If I had savings, I wouldn't have stayed here. Most of my earnings go to my family to support them with the help of my sisters living in the US because I earn very less. They are trying to get me to the US but I cannot get a work visa if I have no experience and maintenance planner experience in Gulf nations are not appreciated there is no exposure to technical work in Gulf countries.

Dude, you developed RP? That’s helped a lot. I mean the app needs a lot of work because it won’t let you restart diets if stuff changes. But it is still a awesome diet planner.

Luke that Pandas 🐼 T-shirt is so cool. Where did you buy it? I want it lol 😂

Beyond Excel, how did you find what programs to use? Was it what was readily accessible to you right away by purchases, something that employers provided, or did you rely on mostly open source free programs? And how did you come to the conclusion that 'yeah, this is the best program for this'.

8:37 totally missed to insert the sponge bob "2 hours later" meme :D

At 4:25 you talk about a creating a project where you helped other people using office data. If you wanted to share your projects with a potential employer, you can't share data from another company. In a case like this, how would you share the project you created with a potential employer?

Hope you are doing well Luke. It’s been a while. Take care

nice video, quick one what's the most convenient way to run Power Bi on Mac ?

Hi Luke Can I ask you if vba is worth it? I didn't find anywhere that VBA is requested. I'd focus more on Python, SQL, Tableu, and some Excel. Unless vba being part of excel hence would be requested for a data analyst. Even though I always read and observed that python, Powerbi, SQL are somehow most used.

Hey Luke, first of all thank you for your videos. How would you send your results to your client? In a PDF with Explanations?

how do u use power bi on mac .

Luke, your videos are so interesting and insightful :) Thanks a lot. Currently, I am figuring out which career path should I take? My MBTI personality type is INFP-T. I am in a befuddled state, not sure which should I choose between Data Analyst or Full Stack Developer ( Web Development ) Could you please share your thoughts? Would like to hear from you. Thanks in advance!!

Background song's ?

6:38 Ken jee is the best😅

Hey Luke I wanted to ask quick- do you think R- shiny apps are worth investing time and effort into? Mainly curious as to how I can leverage different r skills to stand out with employers. Thanks in advance!

Hi Luke, I'm an industrial engineering student graduating next year and got really interested in the field of data. I've been researching data analytics and data science and trying to figure out which one I should focus on. While studying I currently work at a marketing agency and work with the analytics for Google ads, Facebook ads, and Google Analytics. Would you recommend me to focus on learning the data analytics part, or the data science part? I want to combine industrial engineering knowledge with data skills to really stand out in my career.

Hi, Can I get your meal macros calculator spread sheet somehow?

I was in banking sales but i want to switch to data analytics what to do

I am wondering. How you could run PowerBI on a Mac ?

Hi Luke What should I do after learn excel? I can use excel and visualization in excel also but I don't know what I need to do next !!! I heard that I can work as a data analysis with excel in the beginning but if I have data in an excel worksheet how can I know where to start?

Do you have financial tracker application you made?Can you share it ? I want to track my finances.

Ok dude, let's forget everything but do you always work standing on your feet by hours ? I am really wondering that 🤔🤔😅

wow im so far from aall these

4:10 essbase error? Is that Hyperion?

What happend if I live in another country?

what for fresher? 😅

so how do I secure a job as data analyst through doing these kinds of projects ? I wanna standout in my resume

Wait... You built the RP Diet app??

“Avengers is the most ambitious crossover-“ 🤭

HI! Do you know some pages to do internships as a data analyst?

Do you need a degree to become a data analyst?

Got data?

Found it nvm loool

Oof, those curved monitors.....hnnnnnnnggg

Cannot take you seriously when you refer to an excel sheet as an "app"...

Thank u Luke for this video ,I watched it Intel the last moment, I'm really enjoying watching ur videos , and I make sure to subscribe all the channels that u share with us , and yes I'd like to following the same steps that u gives us to know if it work with me or not , and I will text u back if any 🥰😊