I Didn’t Have a Grand Career Plan

I had a chart.

Learning Tableau opened the world of data to me because it was incredibly easy to begin.

I didn’t need to understand databases, pipelines or machine learning.

I could connect a spreadsheet, drag a few fields onto the screen and immediately see something useful.

That gave me an entry point.

I wasn’t trying to become a “Data Something Something.” I was simply following a beginner tutorial and learning one useful skill.

Then I Discovered the Data World

Turns out, there are a lot of us in here.

Once I started working with data, I met people performing very different roles:

Slowly, I started understanding how everyone fit together. The mysterious “data industry” began making sense because I was finally close to the work.

Get In First. Navigate Later.

Your first data job doesn’t need to be your final destination.

Don’t put pressure on yourself to plan the next 20 years. Begin with something useful and let experience show you what comes next.

Once you’re inside, follow what interests you. That is essentially what I did.

First Steps With Tableau

Learn the fundamentals, connect your first dataset and begin creating visualisations through a simple, beginner-friendly experience.

Take the first step,
Jed
Jellyman Education