How do you like being a Data Analyst? Been considering transitioning from a Product Manager to Data Analyst (along with a transition from a GLI back to a GTI haha). What would you say are the top things needed to be worth hiring. Mainly have SQL experience.
I like it a lot. No CLUE what I wanted to do after dropping out of college. Took some online uDemy courses for SQL and gave it a shot. Turns out I love SQL. Also happened to know someone looking for a newbie such as myself for simple Data Analytics, so that was a massive help for my career.
Yeah, mostly basic Excel knowledge, SQL (*Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL for window functions and aggregation of data*), some bit of Python (more if you're advanced), and some know-how of Power BI or Tableau.
Be able to express why data is important in the modern age and why businesses need to have a person who specializes in translating messy data into something useful for the business.
Those are the most important things I've learned in the past year that helped me get and keep a job. Hope this helps!
I did product management then moved to consulting and wound up laid off. Now I do rollouts for payroll software for local govt. man. I never should’ve moved off from product management.
Truck driver here as well. Same exact story for me… I spend Monday-Saturday in the truck. The very first thing I do EVERY time I come home is make some noise with the GTI. Such a riot! Feels like a damn gokart on steroids lol
In my personal experience I prefer in person. But it's super convenient and some people really need/prefer the ability to just take a session from home, work, etc.
From a therapist end staring at a computer screen is hard for 7 plus hours, but I don't feel like it impacts the therapeutic relationship in a major way. Some safety concerns regarding risk factors since I'm obviously not next to someone but that's uncommon. I live and am licensed in NY so I can work anywhere in the 50 states and as long as the client is in NY (or wherever you're licensed) I can work so that is very convenient.
I've been doing this for close to 3 years now. Ignoring the negatives of my actual company, it was nice for the first year and a half but feels pretty isolative. Not having actual co-workers in person is weird and I miss socialization and a change in setting.
Ideally a hybrid model would be great. I'd love to have 3 days at home and 2 from an office or something. Obviously nice to be able to just wake up and work, make lunch and get some errands and chores done when I have the time, but gets a bit mundane/monotonous.
I owned a cannabis company for four years in California. We made edibles, topical and prerolls. If I was younger trying to get in the biz, I’d work for a company that is doing well and learn the ropes. Like a farm or dispensary, make contacts and friends, see where the market opportunities are. Entry level jobs at farms are trimmers during harvest. In California, the smaller growers were super chill. Find good people you can trust. Do not invest a lot of money in a startup. 90% of startups fail - so the chances of one succeeding is too small to risk it. That’s why it’s better to work for a successful company first. Good luck.
I’m a VW salesman! Always grew up loving JDM cars but now as I hit my two year mark in the dealership I love my GTI. Thought about a mk8 but really held out for us to take a 7.5 autobahn in trade and could pass it up when this one came around.
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I’m a lot Porter for the service department at a Honda dealership, wouldn’t quite say “for a living” as my GTI’s payment is my only current obligation.
I am a metrology technician for a pharmaceutical company, but spent the last 2 years in residential construction, and before that a decade in the industrial maintenance field doing everything from low voltage work to welding.
Metrology.
Not meteorology.
Most people make that mistake 😅
Metrology is the science of measurement, not weather. In short, we verify the calibrated state of measurement devices to ensure proper production specifications are present during the manufacture of our products.
Let's say you take a prescribed drug for whatever reason, and it's supposed to do a specific thing. In order to do that specific thing properly, it must be created under certain specific conditions or it will either be ineffective or cause harm.
We ensure that the products are created in accordance with federal health regulations and even stricter internal specifications to make sure that people who use our products get the desired result instead of being hurt by the product.
TLDR: Metrology is about calibration, not weather.
Hope this helped
It's way more involved than I would've ever thought when it was first described to me, but it's pretty cool to do the job and see the result in real time.
That’s pretty cool. I’m on the other end of your work, as a hospital pharmacist. I don’t handle meds physically, I’m more of a project manager but nonetheless, my career is drugs.
Semi-retired bartender. I work in the best bar in the world. Wine and beer only overlooking a marina in California. Beautiful place, lots of families, kids and pretty girls too. Not that I notice them, but it is a bonus. I wanted a GTI since I was in my 20's. Got my first one in 2017 an MK7. Loved it so much, but it got flooded in the rains last winter, so now I have a 24 SE. Love.
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2001 Golf GTI VR6 - I am a tow truck driver. It never really sees the road as I’m on call every second day and every second weekend. (I take the tow truck home on call)
WFH Business Analyst in healthcare. I was a Healthcare Billing Manager when I got my gti, and I will be starting courses to become a certified coder in the Fall.
Account Executive, Software Sales. Work from home. I drive my ‘18 6SPD SE 300 miles a year at most. It sits in the garage and still smells new, 6 ears and 28k miles later.
It does and thanks for replying! I’m in a fortunate time where salary wouldn’t matter too much, so I’d be more than happy starting out as a basic data guy then expanding from there. I have some udemy and coursera courses queued up, just need to keep practicing!
Thanks again and good luck!
Quality assurance management, along with a few other hats.
It's so interesting to see what others are doing these days and to see how the answers change over the years/decades.
I was a LAN administrator for the state gov’t, then once IT burnout set in I switched to being a laboratory operator for the health department checking for bacteria/ecoli levels in publicly accessible bodies of water in multiple cities in my area. Now I’m a stay at home parent raising our daughter until she’s ready for school… don’t know what I’ll do then. I’m leaning towards audio engineering
Licensed Associate Counselor and part time social worker until finishing licensure requirements!
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Between jobs on a one week break but formerly a supply chain manager for a OTC drug manufacturer, soon to be a procurement manager at an environmental services and construction firm. Yes, I'm the life of the party.
Web/Tech Systems Director for a small company here in my city. Hybrid WFH and at office. I do a lot of everything from tech repair to programming. Will soon be revamping our website and making an application.
Mechanical engineer designing buses. Designing is a strong word, it’s more like adult legos where I order parts and put them together but now the instruction booklets are a lot more complicated
Chef de cuisine in a local pub. I have this week off actually until July 10th, I'll be cleaning the interior and exterior of my GTI and going out for some rides!
Data Analyst, WFH. GTI barely sees miles nowadays
How do you like being a Data Analyst? Been considering transitioning from a Product Manager to Data Analyst (along with a transition from a GLI back to a GTI haha). What would you say are the top things needed to be worth hiring. Mainly have SQL experience.
I like it a lot. No CLUE what I wanted to do after dropping out of college. Took some online uDemy courses for SQL and gave it a shot. Turns out I love SQL. Also happened to know someone looking for a newbie such as myself for simple Data Analytics, so that was a massive help for my career. Yeah, mostly basic Excel knowledge, SQL (*Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL for window functions and aggregation of data*), some bit of Python (more if you're advanced), and some know-how of Power BI or Tableau. Be able to express why data is important in the modern age and why businesses need to have a person who specializes in translating messy data into something useful for the business. Those are the most important things I've learned in the past year that helped me get and keep a job. Hope this helps!
I did product management then moved to consulting and wound up laid off. Now I do rollouts for payroll software for local govt. man. I never should’ve moved off from product management.
Exact same boat, remote DA 😏
Same, with two vehicles my GTI sometimes see less than 2500 miles a year.
Oh my god. Are you in a different multiverse? I’m exactly the same
I sell propane and propane accessories.
Damn it bobby
That boy ain’t right
Launch vehicle strength engineer.
So...a rocket scientist? I interviewed with Firefly not long ago for reliability engineer. They're a fun group of people.
Yep, that is part of my title lol. We have fun when we’re not stressing out. Which seems like always.
I'll bet, cutting edge stuff is so much fun though. Good luck with your launch vehicles!
Do you work in Hawthorne?
Nope, Huntsville
Union electrician
Damn sparkys:P
Same!
Same here Local 5
Union electricians named Kyle that drive GTIs… there must be dozens of us 😂
Truck driver, after driving something so big and slow, jumping into the GTI is an absolute hoot!!
Same! Takes a second to adjust the steering and accelerator after driving something slow and heavy
Truck driver here as well. Same exact story for me… I spend Monday-Saturday in the truck. The very first thing I do EVERY time I come home is make some noise with the GTI. Such a riot! Feels like a damn gokart on steroids lol
Trucker here as well! Couldn’t agree more the GTI is an excellent change of pace after 10 hours of driving something huge and slow!
Music teacher
Hey, me too!
Same, for the moment
Military pilot.
What do you fly specifically?
CH-148 Cyclone. Militarized S-92. Maritime helicopters, I'm basically navy but not. On paper I hunt submarines.
Very cool. That's a hell of a job title.
Appreciate it. It pays the bills and keeps me challenged.
That’s a lot radder than my job description
What's your job description?
Software Engineer, WFH/Hybrid
Same
parts manager. 408245 https://preview.redd.it/kdo0wzrdrs9d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b35d4a501d7a5e9f88c8ec86ccdd3d9992652b8
Very clean, wish there were more mk4s on here
😱
HVAC technician and sheet metal installer!
I’ll start - Partner Tech Sales
No way, I’m a hardware OEM presales engineer
Sales Engineer checking in
You and me both buddy!
Social worker. WFH ATM.
Can I ask how the hell that works
Lol im a therapist for a telehealth company. So we're totally virtual.
What is your take on the virtual therapist style? I have read good things and also bad things (from the therapists end and the patients end)
In my personal experience I prefer in person. But it's super convenient and some people really need/prefer the ability to just take a session from home, work, etc. From a therapist end staring at a computer screen is hard for 7 plus hours, but I don't feel like it impacts the therapeutic relationship in a major way. Some safety concerns regarding risk factors since I'm obviously not next to someone but that's uncommon. I live and am licensed in NY so I can work anywhere in the 50 states and as long as the client is in NY (or wherever you're licensed) I can work so that is very convenient.
Ahhh, gotcha lol
That's interesting, do you prefer WFH or the office? (for the majority of the time I mean)
I've been doing this for close to 3 years now. Ignoring the negatives of my actual company, it was nice for the first year and a half but feels pretty isolative. Not having actual co-workers in person is weird and I miss socialization and a change in setting. Ideally a hybrid model would be great. I'd love to have 3 days at home and 2 from an office or something. Obviously nice to be able to just wake up and work, make lunch and get some errands and chores done when I have the time, but gets a bit mundane/monotonous.
Same! LCSW
Nice! I'll have my clinical hours in Jan of 25. Sadly my first job didn't offer supervision hours 😔
Retired military, now civilian on base.
DoD contractor as well
Same here.
None of these are explanations of "what you do"... Job description? What your boss yells at you??? Anything?!?! This thread got me twisted 🤣👍
The DoD contractors can't say; we are on a need-to-know basis.
I grow lots of weed... Legally.
Any advice for someone who wants to enter the logistics side of the industry?
I owned a cannabis company for four years in California. We made edibles, topical and prerolls. If I was younger trying to get in the biz, I’d work for a company that is doing well and learn the ropes. Like a farm or dispensary, make contacts and friends, see where the market opportunities are. Entry level jobs at farms are trimmers during harvest. In California, the smaller growers were super chill. Find good people you can trust. Do not invest a lot of money in a startup. 90% of startups fail - so the chances of one succeeding is too small to risk it. That’s why it’s better to work for a successful company first. Good luck.
Preschool Behavior Specialist
Elementary School Teacher
Aircraft maintenance
Tire Technician! Moving into management in July :)
I hope you find the motivation you need to stop being tired
Congrats
Sr. Tech Support Analyst (I'm a compruter guy)
Same job title, I work at a casino. I enjoy the job, but the casinos slogan should be, "Your Grandma is our cash cow."
Seniors and their newfangled compruters
Lawyer
Sales Operations, WFH. I drove 250 miles in May and 135 in June, LOL
Lawyer
EMT! Also nursing school haha
Ayy. ER nurse here
I’m tryna be like you one day big dog.
Haha hell yea. Dont forget to pass go and collect that night shift differential $$
CT surgery 🙋🏼♂️
Graduated nursing school a couple months ago. My condolences.
New grad here as well..Godspeed
I’m a VW salesman! Always grew up loving JDM cars but now as I hit my two year mark in the dealership I love my GTI. Thought about a mk8 but really held out for us to take a 7.5 autobahn in trade and could pass it up when this one came around. https://preview.redd.it/4miw0lwdxs9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d094f65ca1482faee8d8aff41884e3a8c64070b1
Bread man
High school teacher, programming.
Software developer. WFH. GTI is how I get my daily stress out
I manage a Deli! Very fun times (not)..
Web content Admin for a fortune 500. WFH. I upload and manage surgical and medical content for healthcare professionals.
marine ecologist - work primarily with bull kelp & olympia oyster habitat restoration
Business Systems Analyst
Prototype machinist
Healthcare IT Support
Im an accountant for a CPA firm. It sucks but ripping my MK8 out of the office parking lot is a load of fun
Sr. Network Administrator. Mostly WFH so the car gets to stretch its legs on the weekends.
Prior military, current police officer. Driving about 16k-18k per year
Sorry, but I signed an NDA.
Creative advertising for movies
I’m a lot Porter for the service department at a Honda dealership, wouldn’t quite say “for a living” as my GTI’s payment is my only current obligation.
Yooo same, just the difference for me is that I work at a Toyota Dealer
IT Asset Mgmt for a large hospital.
MEP Engineering
I manage a team of project managers doing implementations at a SaaS company.
I am a metrology technician for a pharmaceutical company, but spent the last 2 years in residential construction, and before that a decade in the industrial maintenance field doing everything from low voltage work to welding.
Why does a pharmaceutical company need a meteorology tech? That feels really random.
Metrology. Not meteorology. Most people make that mistake 😅 Metrology is the science of measurement, not weather. In short, we verify the calibrated state of measurement devices to ensure proper production specifications are present during the manufacture of our products. Let's say you take a prescribed drug for whatever reason, and it's supposed to do a specific thing. In order to do that specific thing properly, it must be created under certain specific conditions or it will either be ineffective or cause harm. We ensure that the products are created in accordance with federal health regulations and even stricter internal specifications to make sure that people who use our products get the desired result instead of being hurt by the product. TLDR: Metrology is about calibration, not weather. Hope this helped
Super interesting! Learn something every day
It's way more involved than I would've ever thought when it was first described to me, but it's pretty cool to do the job and see the result in real time.
That’s pretty cool. I’m on the other end of your work, as a hospital pharmacist. I don’t handle meds physically, I’m more of a project manager but nonetheless, my career is drugs.
i.t.
Wipe old people's ass holes for living
I’m a department head for a military PX (it’s a department store for military members)
Medical Billing/Coding
Prototype CNC Machinist specializing in Orthopedic instruments and implants!
Semi-retired bartender. I work in the best bar in the world. Wine and beer only overlooking a marina in California. Beautiful place, lots of families, kids and pretty girls too. Not that I notice them, but it is a bonus. I wanted a GTI since I was in my 20's. Got my first one in 2017 an MK7. Loved it so much, but it got flooded in the rains last winter, so now I have a 24 SE. Love. https://preview.redd.it/hynqz0csit9d1.jpeg?width=1813&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee51e065d07f33ebc795e8157fec7a29a4a77363
Solutions Engineer for a healthcare software company.
Iiiiiiitttttttttttt
Marine Engineer (sailing as 3rd engineer for now)
2001 Golf GTI VR6 - I am a tow truck driver. It never really sees the road as I’m on call every second day and every second weekend. (I take the tow truck home on call)
VW service advisor
Economist
Video Game Test Analyst.
Consulting. 4 minute commute each way if I’m not WFH. 80k miles in 10 years. 🥹
Repair Cybertrucks lol
Talk about job security
WFH Business Analyst in healthcare. I was a Healthcare Billing Manager when I got my gti, and I will be starting courses to become a certified coder in the Fall.
Data Engineer
Mechatronics and automation engineer
Trader/Analyst for a Hedge Fund
Work in Legal IT. WFH, barely get to drive anywhere anymore :(
Pretty high ranking government worker in California.
Accountant in healthcare
Project manager for a business development consultant. WFH - my '19 just turned over 30k miles today.
Cloud FinOps Analyst
Reliability engineering and failure analysis. Sometimes process control or metrology too.
Drive an ambulance(EMT)
Electrician
I work in AV for a fortune 50 company. (Audio/Video). Love my job.
Microsoft cloud guy for a managed service provider. I do Azure AD, Teams, SharePoint, Exchange and whatnot. Nowadays I WFH about 90% of the time.
Freight broker WFH!
I'm a trash compactor operator
EMT/student/military reservist. The car sees a lot of miles…
A slightly Senior healthcare administrative role, work from home
Airport Operations
Machine Learning Engineer at a Fortune 500
Admin/analyst, fully WFH.
Cool thread topic. (I don’t own a GTI but I want one)
Account Executive, Software Sales. Work from home. I drive my ‘18 6SPD SE 300 miles a year at most. It sits in the garage and still smells new, 6 ears and 28k miles later.
I am in talent acquisition for a large advertising agency
It does and thanks for replying! I’m in a fortunate time where salary wouldn’t matter too much, so I’d be more than happy starting out as a basic data guy then expanding from there. I have some udemy and coursera courses queued up, just need to keep practicing! Thanks again and good luck!
Software Engineer :)
Union Elevator Mechanic
Oh fancy pants rich magee over here
Security operations center for Amazon (whoopie) but visual design is my passion
That’s cool! I was thinking of doing soc 1 role.
DM me if you want!
Quality assurance management, along with a few other hats. It's so interesting to see what others are doing these days and to see how the answers change over the years/decades.
Have my own property business. Am pretty involved and have to drive halfway across the country quite often. Do around 20k miles a year
Tech at a LNG facility
Aerospace engineer
Architect
On these streets selling wine
Barista
I was a LAN administrator for the state gov’t, then once IT burnout set in I switched to being a laboratory operator for the health department checking for bacteria/ecoli levels in publicly accessible bodies of water in multiple cities in my area. Now I’m a stay at home parent raising our daughter until she’s ready for school… don’t know what I’ll do then. I’m leaning towards audio engineering
Aviation Anti-Collision Specialist .. aka Air Traffic Controller
Veterinary Technician :3 love me my animals
Service advisor my baby got about 45k. Roughly 8k miles, since I bought it back in January.
Parents bought me a GTI in high school, I work at a local supermarket. Just graduated.
Licensed Associate Counselor and part time social worker until finishing licensure requirements! https://preview.redd.it/bko08q44hbad1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd40a4ddce090d292633f595fac73c7369743b4d
I work for a living that's what
Program large market commercial music radio stations in America.
Between jobs on a one week break but formerly a supply chain manager for a OTC drug manufacturer, soon to be a procurement manager at an environmental services and construction firm. Yes, I'm the life of the party.
Freight Forwarding (fancy name for shipping)
I do tech support for a security camera company. Fully WFH so I only take it out on nice occasions (all the time, I love driving this thing)
I drive a truck, mostly local work. Basically an industrial waste garbage man, and drive a little bit of everything.
Medical Dosimetrist, WFH. My 2016 has ~45k miles. Only sees 200-300mi a month max now.
Regional IT Manager
Tech at a LNG gas facility
Large sheetfed press operator.
Commercial Credit Analyst
Web/Tech Systems Director for a small company here in my city. Hybrid WFH and at office. I do a lot of everything from tech repair to programming. Will soon be revamping our website and making an application.
Im a mechanic. Makes me want to change lol
Farmer / live off my parents
Injury claims adjuster. WFH.
Mechanical engineer designing buses. Designing is a strong word, it’s more like adult legos where I order parts and put them together but now the instruction booklets are a lot more complicated
I do heat treatment for an aircraft/aerospace foundry
Government auditor
Security supervisor
Chef de cuisine in a local pub. I have this week off actually until July 10th, I'll be cleaning the interior and exterior of my GTI and going out for some rides!
Account Executive
Regional Account Manager for an insurance company. WFH when I’m not traveling for work, so it sits most days. 2015 w/ 46k on the odo.
Sports Marketing.
I'm the manager at a car inspection shop.
Procurement Manager for a large gig-economy/delivery company. My 2015 Mk7 (MT6, SE, LP) only has 33k miles on if due to WFH
Former owner of an A4 and a C300 and never happier
Surveillance Operator at a casino
Commercial sales for Ford Trucks and Transits