The presentation was given to Accounting and IT students at Performance Education in Adelaide South Australia to give an introduction about how to get into data analytics market.

1. It’s all about data
ADELAIDE JUNE 2017

2. Agenda
 Why Data and Why Now?
 My Experience
 What is data Science?
 What it takes? Do I need a Ph.D.
 Essential Skills to Learn and Develop
 Where to start?
 How to get a Job in data
 So good they cannot ignore you
 Quick Demo : Why you have to learn Pivot Table / DAX / Relational Database and SQL

3. Data has gone BERZERK !
• Big Data, for better or worse: 90% of world's data generated
over last two years
• Data driven organizations are 23 times more likely to
acquire customers, six times as likely to retain those
customers, and 19 times as likely to be profitable as a result.
• FANG – 5 companies responsible for 42% of Nasdaq market
value
• Data Analysis Skills is the typing in 1950

4. Me
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-junqueira-537184/

5. Why I drop my CPA?

6. What is data Science

7. Data Science applications

8. Applications to Marketing

9. Do I need a Ph.D.?

10. Problem Solving

11. Data Visualization
Source :
https://eazybi.com/blog/data_visualiza
tion_and_chart_types/
Data Tell a Story

12. Communication Skills

13. There is so much we can take at once

14. Free Books and Resources
27 Free Data Mining Books
http://bit.ly/2dfPZMJ
60 Free Data Science Books
https://t.co/RoMHg9qMvI
100 Free Tutorials for R
http://www.listendata.com/p/r-programming-tutorials.html
5 Free Statistics Book
http://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/5-free-statistics-ebooks-you-need-to-read-
this-autumn

15. How to get Started
 Institute of Analytics Australia
https://www.iapa.org.au/
Good podcast to listen to :
SuperDataScience :
https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/superdatasci
ence/id116
 Competition and Datasets
https://www.kaggle.com/
 eLearing
https://www.datacamp.com
 News and Resources
http://www.datasciencecentral.com/
 Twitter to Follow
@Ronald_vanLoon
@KirkDBorne
@velaepavio (me)
 Toastmaster International
www.toastmasters.org

16. DON’T FOLLOW YOUR PASSION
 Build rare and valuable skills
 Do something useful and good for the world
Then you will LOVE your Job because
 You have Lots of control
 It’s financially viable
 There’s a sense of mission, purpose

17. How to get a job in data?

18. If you want experience - READ
https://ryanholiday.net/reading-list/

19. Demo Pivot Table
https://www.kaggle.com/jmataya/missingmigrants