Space booked

Ejiod:
I should make my 1st post this weekend.
My apologies for the wait..

patiently waiting

To be sincere, this new opportunity was a great one for me.
The journey started Q2 of this year. All I can say is His Grace propelled me beyond my thinking.
Though it hasn't been that easy especially when you consider some factors. Aside from that, I was doing fine.

Rewind--->>

Back then in Nigeria, I worked as an analyst, my last experience really shaped my skillset, especially SQL. No one will tell you this.
SQL currently remains the number 1 skill any data professional should have. Then in my previous company, we had like 5 analysts, each writing SQL queries that are always complex and from that output making use of BI tools or python to analyze and present the result. It was a great collaboration.
From the growth I had, a series of thoughts started lingering if I should switch to data engineering since I already had good background knowledge in SQL, databases, and python. I just had to shelve it.

Fast foward>>>

The fact is that everyone has been applying to international countries and has been getting regret mail. I have been there too.
In May I applied for a position. The 1st stage was a code challenge/analytics questions to test my skills. After passing the stage, I had 3 extra interviews( technical, non-technical, and work culture fit test).

Mid-July, I got a mail that I was successful and that the immigration agency would reach out to me.
Omoooo, thats how I jumped up oooo. I can't remember how many times I jumped. It was a big moment for me. If someone had earlier told me I was going to the UK this year I would just laughed at the person.
Ending of july, that's how I got a mail from the company processing the immigration to enter my details. They got me my certificate of sponsorship in 2 weeks. The visa type is a skilled worker hence the need to get the sponsorship certificate.
During the process, I had to get Medium of instruction, BSc certificate/transcript which puts me on level C1 of English proficiency.
Early September, I applied for the Visa(Priority) which came out in a week.
The biggest jump I had this year was when I got a call from DHL that someone is waiting outside. I already knew it was my passport. Getting downstairs, I saw the man. He gave me the parcel, that's how I quickly climb upstairs and opened the door. The next move was opening the package. As I opened my passport, it automatically opened in the middle and I saw the visa stamp. That's how I jumped up oo, I was jumping like a child.






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Ejiod:
To be sincere, this new opportunity was a great one for me.
The journey started Q2 of this year. All I can say is His Grace propelled me beyond my thinking.
Though it hasn't been that easy especially when you consider some factors. Aside from that, I was doing fine.

Rewind--->>

Back then in Nigeria, I worked as an analyst, my last experience really shaped my skillset, especially SQL. No one will tell you this.
SQL currently remains the number 1 skill any data professional should have. Then in my previous company, we had like 5 analysts, each writing SQL queries that are always complex and from that output making use of BI tools or python to analyze and present the result. It was a great collaboration.
From the growth I had, a series of thoughts started lingering if I should switch to data engineering since I already had good background knowledge in SQL, databases, and python. I just had to shelve it.

Fast foward>>>

The fact is that everyone has been applying to international countries and has been getting regret mail. I have been there too.
In May I applied for a position. The 1st stage was a code challenge/analytics questions to test my skills. After passing the stage, I had 3 extra interviews( technical, non-technical, and work culture fit test).

Mid-July, I got a mail that I was successful and that the immigration agency would reach out to me.
Omoooo, thats how I jumped up oooo. I can't remember how many times I jumped. It was a big moment for me. If someone had earlier told me I was going to the UK this year I would just laughed at the person.
Ending of july, that's how I got a mail from the company processing the immigration to enter my details. They got me my certificate of sponsorship in 2 weeks. The visa type is a skilled worker hence the need to get the sponsorship certificate.
During the process, I had to get Medium of instruction, BSc certificate/transcript which puts me on level C1 of English proficiency.
Early September, I applied for the Visa(Priority) which came out in a week.
The biggest jump I had this year was when I got a call from DHL that someone is waiting outside. I already knew it was my passport. Getting downstairs, I saw the man. He gave me the parcel, that's how I quickly climb upstairs and opened the door. The next move was opening the package. As I opened my passport, it automatically opened in the middle and I saw the visa stamp. That's how I jumped up oo, I was jumping like a child.






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Wow! Congrats chief.

I can imagine how joyful these moments were for you.

Ejiod:

To be sincere, this new opportunity was a great one for me.
The journey started Q2 of this year. All I can say is His Grace propelled me beyond my thinking.

Rewind--->>

Back then in Nigeria, I worked as an analyst, my last experience really shaped my skillset, especially SQL. No one will tell you this.
SQL currently remains the number 1 skill any data professional should have.


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More feathers to your professional/career cap.

Big congratulations.

Ejiod:
To be sincere, this new opportunity was a great one for me.
The journey started Q2 of this year. All I can say is His Grace propelled me beyond my thinking.
Though it hasn't been that easy especially when you consider some factors. Aside from that, I was doing fine.

Rewind--->>

Back then in Nigeria, I worked as an analyst, my last experience really shaped my skillset, especially SQL. No one will tell you this.
SQL currently remains the number 1 skill any data professional should have. Then in my previous company, we had like 5 analysts, each writing SQL queries that are always complex and from that output making use of BI tools or python to analyze and present the result. It was a great collaboration.
From the growth I had, a series of thoughts started lingering if I should switch to data engineering since I already had good background knowledge in SQL, databases, and python. I just had to shelve it.

Fast foward>>>

The fact is that everyone has been applying to international countries and has been getting regret mail. I have been there too.
In May I applied for a position. The 1st stage was a code challenge/analytics questions to test my skills. After passing the stage, I had 3 extra interviews( technical, non-technical, and work culture fit test).

Mid-July, I got a mail that I was successful and that the immigration agency would reach out to me.
Omoooo, thats how I jumped up oooo. I can't remember how many times I jumped. It was a big moment for me. If someone had earlier told me I was going to the UK this year I would just laughed at the person.
Ending of july, that's how I got a mail from the company processing the immigration to enter my details. They got me my certificate of sponsorship in 2 weeks. The visa type is a skilled worker hence the need to get the sponsorship certificate.
During the process, I had to get Medium of instruction, BSc certificate/transcript which puts me on level C1 of English proficiency.
Early September, I applied for the Visa(Priority) which came out in a week.
The biggest jump I had this year was when I got a call from DHL that someone is waiting outside. I already knew it was my passport. Getting downstairs, I saw the man. He gave me the parcel, that's how I quickly climb upstairs and opened the door. The next move was opening the package. As I opened my passport, it automatically opened in the middle and I saw the visa stamp. That's how I jumped up oo, I was jumping like a child.






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Nice one bro, wishing you the best in your future endeavors.

Ejiod.

I recently met a D.A. who works for an airline. We got talking and coincidentally, your first thread was also what made her get into the analytics space.

You don't know how many people you've influenced. One day, we will find you and we will thank you.

Fingers crossed for your next entry...

Kaycee54321:
Ejiod.

I recently met a D.A. who works for an airline. We got talking and coincidentally, your first thread was also what made her get into the analytics space.

You don't know how many people you've influenced. One day, we will find you and we will thank you.

Fingers crossed for your next entry...

Wow

Congratulations boss.

Ejiod:
To be sincere, this new opportunity was a great one for me.
The journey started Q2 of this year. All I can say is His Grace propelled me beyond my thinking.
Though it hasn't been that easy especially when you consider some factors. Aside from that, I was doing fine.

Rewind--->>

Back then in Nigeria, I worked as an analyst, my last experience really shaped my skillset, especially SQL. No one will tell you this.
SQL currently remains the number 1 skill any data professional should have. Then in my previous company, we had like 5 analysts, each writing SQL queries that are always complex and from that output making use of BI tools or python to analyze and present the result. It was a great collaboration.
From the growth I had, a series of thoughts started lingering if I should switch to data engineering since I already had good background knowledge in SQL, databases, and python. I just had to shelve it.

Fast foward>>>

The fact is that everyone has been applying to international countries and has been getting regret mail. I have been there too.
In May I applied for a position. The 1st stage was a code challenge/analytics questions to test my skills. After passing the stage, I had 3 extra interviews( technical, non-technical, and work culture fit test).

Mid-July, I got a mail that I was successful and that the immigration agency would reach out to me.
Omoooo, thats how I jumped up oooo. I can't remember how many times I jumped. It was a big moment for me. If someone had earlier told me I was going to the UK this year I would just laughed at the person.
Ending of july, that's how I got a mail from the company processing the immigration to enter my details. They got me my certificate of sponsorship in 2 weeks. The visa type is a skilled worker hence the need to get the sponsorship certificate.
During the process, I had to get Medium of instruction, BSc certificate/transcript which puts me on level C1 of English proficiency.
Early September, I applied for the Visa(Priority) which came out in a week.
The biggest jump I had this year was when I got a call from DHL that someone is waiting outside. I already knew it was my passport. Getting downstairs, I saw the man. He gave me the parcel, that's how I quickly climb upstairs and opened the door. The next move was opening the package. As I opened my passport, it automatically opened in the middle and I saw the visa stamp. That's how I jumped up oo, I was jumping like a child.






....still writing..

Ejiod:
To be sincere, this new opportunity was a great one for me.
The journey started Q2 of this year. All I can say is His Grace propelled me beyond my thinking.
Though it hasn't been that easy especially when you consider some factors. Aside from that, I was doing fine.

Rewind--->>

Back then in Nigeria, I worked as an analyst, my last experience really shaped my skillset, especially SQL. No one will tell you this.
SQL currently remains the number 1 skill any data professional should have. Then in my previous company, we had like 5 analysts, each writing SQL queries that are always complex and from that output making use of BI tools or python to analyze and present the result. It was a great collaboration.
From the growth I had, a series of thoughts started lingering if I should switch to data engineering since I already had good background knowledge in SQL, databases, and python. I just had to shelve it.

Fast foward>>>

The fact is that everyone has been applying to international countries and has been getting regret mail. I have been there too.
In May I applied for a position. The 1st stage was a code challenge/analytics questions to test my skills. After passing the stage, I had 3 extra interviews( technical, non-technical, and work culture fit test).

Mid-July, I got a mail that I was successful and that the immigration agency would reach out to me.
Omoooo, thats how I jumped up oooo. I can't remember how many times I jumped. It was a big moment for me. If someone had earlier told me I was going to the UK this year I would just laughed at the person.
Ending of july, that's how I got a mail from the company processing the immigration to enter my details. They got me my certificate of sponsorship in 2 weeks. The visa type is a skilled worker hence the need to get the sponsorship certificate.
During the process, I had to get Medium of instruction, BSc certificate/transcript which puts me on level C1 of English proficiency.
Early September, I applied for the Visa(Priority) which came out in a week.
The biggest jump I had this year was when I got a call from DHL that someone is waiting outside. I already knew it was my passport. Getting downstairs, I saw the man. He gave me the parcel, that's how I quickly climb upstairs and opened the door. The next move was opening the package. As I opened my passport, it automatically opened in the middle and I saw the visa stamp. That's how I jumped up oo, I was jumping like a child.






....still writing..

Mehn, I'm shedding tears reading this. God will pick my call very soon

AyobamiIsaac12:
Mehn, I'm shedding tears reading this. God will pick my call very soon

Amen and congratulations to Ejiod

@ ejiod

Congratulations brother.
Quick question- do I need a special spec of laptop like core I5, I7 to work effectively in data analysis. Or will just any spec of laptop do?
Thanks

Which one is data practitioner again

hmmm: this is taking forever. Cant remember how many times i've refreshed this page :-)

AyobamiIsaac12:
Mehn, I'm shedding tears reading this. God will pick my call very soon

you are not going anywhere. You'll never leave or see beyond the shore's of this country till you kpeme. Nobody is picking your call. Nonsense..Come and go lemme see you.

TastyFriedPussy:
you are not going anywhere. You'll never leave or see beyond the shore's of this country till you kpeme. Nobody is picking your call.

Be like the guy don vex u before

TastyFriedPussy:
you are not going anywhere. You'll never leave or see beyond the shore's of this country till you kpeme. Nobody is picking your call.

Guy

TastyFriedPussy:
you are not going anywhere. You'll never leave or see beyond the shore's of this country till you kpeme. Nobody is picking your call. Nonsense..Come and go lemme see you.

You know this guy in person?

And 'twas your thread that gave me hope to follow my interest in coding despite my age (not that I've been able to get far, though . So if you are booking a seat on this thread, I'm booking a bench!

tensazangetsu20:
Following o. Make I come take some inspiration. Your thread then was one of the things that inspire me to learn coding.

TastyFriedPussy:
you are not going anywhere. You'll never leave or see beyond the shore's of this country till you kpeme. Nobody is picking your call. Nonsense..Come and go lemme see you.

Who is this?

I want to become a data analyst, I got inspired by Ejiod story. Right now, I have learnt some part of excel and SPSS, try to see that I can cover in python. (08121808761 whatsap) experts pls assist a brother, sometimes I feel lost but found. But I will thrive till I achieve it

For intending data analyst, I think we should have a general platform where we can appeal to pro of data on nairaland. To be guided in our decision making. What do you think..

Everyone

captaininiobong:
For intending data analyst, I think we should have a general platform where we can appeal to pro of data on nairaland. To be guided in our decision making. What do you think..

Everyone

Are u suggesting a whatsapp group?

Emmyxclusive:
Are u suggesting a whatsapp group?

No WhatsApp group abeg.The other thread is still very much alive for everyone to learn and add your inputs as you advance in this journey

layzie:
@ ejiod

Congratulations brother.
Quick question- do I need a special spec of laptop like core I5, I7 to work effectively in data analysis. Or will just any spec of laptop do?
Thanks

Any spec,
These days, things are in the cloud and you can run any heavy computing task from the “sky”

captaininiobong:
I want to become a data analyst, I got inspired by Ejiod story. Right now, I have learnt some part of excel and SPSS, try to see that I can cover in python. (08121808761 whatsap) experts pls assist a brother, sometimes I feel lost but found. But I will thrive till I achieve it

You need to ask yourself what you need to do.
My advice is for you to get your feet wet on SQL.
Building fancy visuals with BI tools like Tableau or PowerBi is not Data Analysis.
You need to understand logic around crunching the data for insight.

Ejiod:

You need to ask yourself what you need to do.
My advice is for you to get your feet wet on SQL.
Building fancy visuals with BI tools like Tableau or PowerBi is not Data Analysis.
You need to understand logic around crunching the data for insight.

The freetutorialus. com site is no longer working, can you suggest another site?

I was only able to download python hoping to download R language another time before I noticed it wasn't online anymore.

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Ejiod:

You need to ask yourself what you need to do.
My advice is for you to get your feet wet on SQL.
Building fancy visuals with BI tools like Tableau or PowerBi is not Data Analysis.
You need to understand logic around crunching the data for insight.

I will suggest you block people from commenting so as to avoid derailing the thread while a new thread strictly for Q & A should be created

See below thread as an example
https://www.nairaland.com/5872368/married-medical-students-diary

Ejiod:

You need to ask yourself what you need to do.
My advice is for you to get your feet wet on SQL.
Building fancy visuals with BI tools like Tableau or PowerBi is not Data Analysis.
You need to understand logic around crunching the data for insight.

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us. My story is very long, but I have decided that it's data science I want to venture into, after spending 10 unhappy years in medical school. Long story, I would like to be friends with you. I have decided to take my life into my hands and I'm not turning back. Data science all the way, because since secondary school days I have always loved mathematics, further maths (I have always had distinction in maths and further maths, and economics plus the pure sciences) and analysing things. My personality type is INTP, I'm a deep thinker, I think a lot and like to analyze things.

I want to do something I would enjoy doing and at the same time make enough money from it to enjoy my life.

Please can we talk on WhatsApp? My story is very interesting and I could make a movie out of my life.

I would be very grateful if you agree to mentor me, I promise not to bug you with anything irrelevant. Thanks.

Can I drop my WhatsApp number, or you can send me a mail with your WhatsApp number on nairaland29@gmail.com

Thanks

Jackofall:


Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us. My story is very long, but I have decided that it's data science I want to venture into, after spending 10 unhappy years in medical school. Long story, I would like to be friends with you. I have decided to take my life into my hands and I'm not turning back. Data science all the way, because since secondary school days I have always loved mathematics, further maths (I have always had distinction in maths and further maths, and economics plus the pure sciences) and analysing things. My personality type is INTP, I'm a deep thinker, I think a lot and like to analyze things.

I want to do something I would enjoy doing and at the same time make enough money from it to enjoy my life.

Please can we talk on WhatsApp? My story is very interesting and I could make a movie out of my life.

I would be very grateful if you agree to mentor me, I promise not to bug you with anything irrelevant. Thanks.

Can I drop my WhatsApp number, or you can send me a mail with your WhatsApp number on nairaland29@gmail.com

Thanks

I'd love to hear your story

Decapheno:

I'd love to hear your story

I'm planning on writing my story on nairaland for people to contribute but I fear that it will make me more confused about my decision eventually.