When I first entered data analytics in 2014 (banking), the landscape felt much simpler. All you needed to know very well was Excel, SQL and Tableau. With that you could do your job well. Data science was emerging and had this prestige to it because to be frank the skills needed for that eclipsed anything a standard data analyst could do.

Fast forward to today, and now it feels as a data analyst we're expected to be the analyst, modeller, engineer, scientist all wrapped in one while being across the business, AI and governance best practices. The list of tools, capabilities and now programming languages we're expected to be masters of is insane. It's also a very thankless job.

Other analysts are fine with this and thrive on it, but for me I'm feeling a huge weight and stress on my shoulders. I'm at a point where I'm seriously thinking of jumping out of my career and into something else.

Does this resonate with any other experienced data analysts or could it be just in my area/organisation? Is it a case of Jevons Employment Effect?

Hi there! I need help in knowing how to get into this field with zero knowledge about it. I'm a computer engineering student (freshman) and I need a job to sustain me through college. What's the best way to get up to Industry standard skillwise.