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Fellow Data Analysts, any advice please?

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Appletree56 · 22/10/2025 11:41

I've worked for the same company for the last 20 years.

I joined in a entry level role as a call centre agent. It was supposed to be a stop gap after graduating from uni with a BA in business studies, but here I am 20 years later.

Over the years I've had various promotions and am now in the role of Improvement Analyst.

When I was given the role 3 years ago it was more of a trainer, spotting gaps in knowledge and plugging with training.

After surviving a few rounds of redundancies and restructuring of the company I am being expected to be a true Data Analyst.

I had a mentor who has helped me learn Excel skills, such as X lookup, if statements, pivot tables etc.

They have also helped me learn basic SQL queries including joins.

The mentor has now gone onto another role.

I still need to increase my SQL knowledge and really need to know how to use this with powerbi.

Work fund Coursera and LinkedIn learning and I have completed a few courses but I find this style of learning impersonal and dull, it's alot of watching videos.

Can anyone recommend any courses? Or ways I can increase my knowledge in SQL and PowerBi that is more hands on?

Thanks

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LetMeGoogleThat · 22/10/2025 12:28

Fellow data bod here! I've done some good courses with Salford Business school, such as PBI and can recommend Women in Data for peer support, inspiration etc.

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