Myth 1: "I need to go to school for that: Myth 2: "I won't like it because I don't like math" Myth 3: "I don't need it to do my job" Myth 4: "I *only* need it to do my job" Myth 5: "I'm not the right 'type'" Fact: You can learn data analytics.

1. Five myths about
learning data
analytics

2. 1. “I need to go to school for that”
• Academia is expensive,
often out-of-touch

3. 2. “I can’t because I don’t like math”
• Data analytics ≠ high
school math

4. 3. “I don’t need it to do my job”
• Nearly every upskilling
initiative has a data
component

5. 4. “I only need it to do my job”
• “Data literacy” contains
elements of fun &
creativity

6. 5. “I’m not the right type”
• There’s no “geek gene”
• You can overcome
impostor syndrome

7. References
• Guzdial, Mark. "Top 10 Myths
about Teaching Computer
Science." Communications of the
ACM, http://cacm. acm.
org/blogs/blogcacm/189498-
top-10-myths-about-teaching-
computer-science/fulltext
(2015).

8. LET'S TALK
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EMAIL ADDRESS
george@stringfestanalytics.com
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