Today's fun episode with superstar Avery Smith (>140k LinkedIn and >40k YouTube subscribers) is for folks looking to jumpstart their data career — either landing your first data role or advancing your career. Enjoy!

Avery:

Is the creator of Data Career Jumpstart — a platform to help working professionals break into, well, data careers (like data analyst or data scientist roles).
Hosts the popular Data Career Podcast.
Runs Snow Data Science, an analytics and data-solutions consultancy with clients including the Utah Jazz 🏀
Previously held data scientist roles at ExxonMobil and Vaporsens.
Holds a Master’s in Data Analytics from Georgia Tech.

Today’s episode contains helpful tips for anyone looking to advance their career but is particularly intended for listeners who are seeking their first role working with data.

In today’s episode, Avery details:

How spilling acid on himself led him to becoming a data professional.

His "Every Turtle Swims Past" learning ladder for breaking into data careers.
What’s even more important than skills or experience for landing a job.
How one of his bootcamp students went from delivery driver to data analyst by AB testing her text messages.
Which job boards are killing your data career applications.
Why GitHub is not a portfolio, but what you can use instead.

The SuperDataScience podcast is available on all major podcasting platforms, YouTube, and at SuperDataScience.com.