Alex Freberg hosts Alex The Analyst, a YouTube channel that teaches the skills needed to work as a data analyst, aimed at people changing careers into data. Alex's website offers courses on SQL, Excel, Python and Tableau or Power BI, and a book on advancing a data career after being hired. Alex runs the ed-tech platform Analyst Builder, which hosts full data analytics courses, projects and practice questions, and consults for start-ups and tech companies on data.123
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- Companies
- Alex The Analyst, Analyst Builder
- Sector
- Independent
- Work listed
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Career
Freberg's About page says Freberg came to data analytics in 2017 after working at a non-profit, learned SQL, Python and Excel independently, and took a first data analyst job that year. By 2021 Freberg had become an Analytics Manager at a large company. Freberg now consults for start-ups and technology companies on data strategy, product-market fit and marketing campaigns, and speaks at conferences and webinars on data analytics, data consulting and entrepreneurship.41
Channel and publications
The Alex The Analyst YouTube channel, which YouTube lists as joined in January 2020, sets out to teach what a data analyst needs to know and is aimed at people making a career change into the field. The About page says Freberg started the channel to help others trying to break into data analytics. Freberg's website gathers course pages on SQL, Excel, Python, Tableau and Power BI, cloud tools, certifications and interview preparation, and promotes a book on succeeding in a data career after the hiring process, covering topics such as the first 90 days and working with stakeholders.241
Analyst Builder, the platform Freberg runs, offers data analytics courses, practice questions, portfolio projects and learning roadmaps for roles such as data analyst, analytics engineer and business intelligence. Its course catalog includes MySQL, Excel, Tableau, Python and Pandas courses as well as courses on Snowflake, Databricks and soft skills for data professionals.35
Work and contributions
Alex The Analyst Show, channel or publication
Teaches data analytics skills and career preparation for aspiring data analysts.21
Analyst Builder Proprietary product
Ed-tech platform for data analytics with courses, projects, practice questions and roadmaps.31
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Where they work
- Alex The Analyst 1 person in the wiki
- Analyst Builder 1 person in the wiki
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