This week’s guest speaker was Nitin Goyal. He has been employed as a Data Analyst at Hootsuite, a social media software firm, since 2018. After earning his Bachelor of Commerce, he worked as an analyst for a while
You think “Great math is involved” when we hear the term “professional analyst.” Furthermore, while math is a crucial component of becoming a data analyst, calculus is not involved. Our concerns were allayed when Nitin discussed his average math-related day, which consisted of addition, subtraction, and simple Excel formulae.
You make use of technologies like Amazon Redshift and Tableau. In essence, this tool performs the computations for you. However, Nitin continues, saying that you still In order to better grasp the tools and technology you’re using, you must be strong in maths.
Goyal taught us the importance of being able to communicate what you see on graphs and through numbers and how important it is in an industry like this.
Nitin Goyal was analytically one of the more interesting guest speakers I’ve ever had and he had great insight on the use of numbers in the real world and its involvement.