TADA Tier List of Certificates

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I've heard a lot of people say that it's hard getting a data analyst position with just that certificate. Data is different from several other fields in tech. They often want knowledge of statistics and a strong knowledge of the type of data that's being analyzed. For example, they'd prefer someone with a biology or healthcare background to analyze health data. If they can't get that, then they'd prefer someone with a quantitative degree.

It's yet to be seen how employers will view Google's cybersecurity certificate, but cybersecurity heavily relies upon industry standard certifications, and certificates are not certifications. At least with data and software engineering, certifications are not important.

That makes sense.  I work with Special Education data.  I first had a knowledge of EMIS (state reporting), and special education reporting, compliance, State testing requirements, etc., etc.  Looking at this data all day makes total sense because I know how it all relates.  When I was talking with a data guy, some of the way he looked at it didn’t really make sense because it didn’t apply the data in the right way.  I would love to learn more data tools, but my Excel and Google Sheets get the job done.