Data analysts are an important part of modern business, and this article will not argue otherwise. But it will argue that not every company, department, and team needs a data analyst to become data-driven.
Before being hired as senior product manager of a data integration platform, I had little experience working directly with data tools. But I knew I needed to learn if I wanted to keep the product competitive. So, I began using no- and low-code software to move, profile, and analyze data, without any real help from dedicated data personnel. Despite a rocky start, I am now one of our company’s citizen data scientists, and am teaching people in my team and other teams how to work with data and analytics.
