Data Analyst Career Paths

DATA ANALYST CAREER PATHS // You’re a data analyst or considering making a career shift to data analytics. Now you’re wondering - what are my career path options? So let’s look at common data analyst career paths. In general, I’d break down your data analyst career path choices into 4 categories which have lots of variation within them. These 4 main paths most data analyst careers will take progress you in the direction of an analytics specialist, a subject matter expert, management, or other lateral moves. In short, here’s how these career paths compare: Data Analyst Specialist - This is a data analyst that stays in the role, developing their technical skills. Data Analyst Subject Matter Expert (SME) - This type of data analyst becomes a specialist in an industry, business division, or technology. Management - Good analysts have a lot of the same skills that make a good manager. This is definitely an option that’s available. Lateral Moves - Your data analyst skills will open up a variety of opportunities to make lateral moves into other areas of business. 💬 LET’S TALK • Analytics career coaching: https://thecareerforce.com/coaching 💡 RESOURCES FROM JEN • Data Analyst Resume:    • The Perfect Data Analyst Resume Course   • Data Analyst eBook: https://thecareerforce.com/DA-book • Business Analyst eBook: https://thecareerforce.com/BA-book • Tableau training: https://thecareerforce.com/products/t... • Think Like an Analyst training: http://thecareerforce.com/TLAA • FREE analytics career quiz: http://bit.ly/TCFCareerQuiz 🧰 OTHER RESOURCES Learn to Code: https://thecareerforce.com/DataCamp Tools: https://www.amazon.com/shop/thecareer... edx: https://thecareerforce.com/edX Coursera: https://thecareerforce.com/coursera 👋 CONNECT WITH ME https://thecareerforce.com   / thecareerforce     / the-career-force   #dataanalyst #datascience    • Data Analyst Career Paths   Some links may be affiliates. At no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase after clicking through the link. I only promote products I have investigated and feel deliver value.