Data projects that can help a support engineer grab a new role as a data junior/intern?

Posted by No_Place_6696@reddit | linuxadmin | View on Reddit | 2 comments

I feel like my career is done because I started as a support engineer. I only get calls for support engineering/helpdesk roles. I am technically fluent. Linux is in my pocket, nginx I can do in sleep. SQL I am familiar. Also familiar with coding.

However, I realized it doesn’t matter what you know in IT hiring. It’s all about selling yourself well in your resume.

While I’ve listed all my relevant skills in my resume, there is nothing that gives them hint that I am interested in data engineer/dba/data analyst kinda roles.

I asked my former colleague regarding this and he told me to include some dummy projects.

Do you guys have any idea on what short of projects could prove beneficial to hint hiring managers that I am genuinely interested in data analyst roles.

I chose data analyst because I want to specialize in some domain. My long term goal is to become a software dev(backend) however that’s a long route and I am not going to get any backend dev role just now.

If that matters, I am from Kathmandu, Himalayas

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ovo_Reddit@reddit

I’m not sure if English is your non-native language, however your post is very scattered. I’d try to gather your thoughts a bit more.

Based on what you have here, these are my assumptions:

You have high confidence in your Linux capabilities, but what exactly does that mean? You can compile your own kernel? What sort of advanced troubleshooting and debugging have you done? How well do you hardening and access control/audit etc.

How does doing nginx in your sleep benefit you? I prefer you to work while you’re awake (/s). What exactly can you do with nginx? Rather than nginx as a tool, how well do you understand load balancing, proxying etc.

What does doing “familiar” mean to you? Have you written any scripts, do you understand data models, OOP, concurrency etc.?

Now onto SQL, you say you are familiar with it, but want to be a data engineer/analyst/dba. IMO these are all 3 different roles that will all have different responsibilities.

Data is a massive field, in fact you could have just as high or even higher ceiling than a backend/fullstack developer.

https://roadmap.sh has some paths to follow, there’s plenty of other areas as well, but again, take some time to figure out what you want. Because from my point of view, you are posting in a Linux system administration subreddit, asking about turning into a DBA or data analyst because you want to one day become a backend dev

robvas@reddit

You can tailor your resume/cover letter for the roles you want, and apply directly. HR is pretty bad about "hey you 'd be a great fit for this other role we have..."

In the USA it seems like data analyst roles etc are biased towards people that have degrees in math, statistics, etc.