Known for storytelling via different genres since 2017, with the successful graduation of Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate from Coursera, my journey as a data storyteller has commenced. My specialisation being English Literature, which I validated by completing Graduate Diploma in Education to pursue a career as a secondary educator and later transitioned into librarianship when Curtin University awarded me Graduate Diploma in Library Studies, I must admit that I have been sceptical about finishing the course with flying colours. Other than basic spreadsheet skills and recordkeeping skills which I have gained from a Certificate III Business(Records and Information Management), I have been regarding myself as an illiterate in this discipline having no prior knowledge or understanding about Structured Query Language and R Programming Language.

Kudos to Coursera!  Even an unsystematic person like me could be transformed into an analytical and skilled individual with Coursera’s dynamic instructors’ self-paced video tutorial which breathed their expertise in the subjects they are passionate about, the insightful readings, the quizzes, a variety of activities including hands-on activities, and the final assessments, is nothing short of a miracle. Call it the psychology of motivation or the ‘Pygmalion effect’! One success with a 90+ score have led me to another, influencing me to put in the required effort to taste similar feats. Before I realised it, I have completed all the eight courses and have become a data analyst with increased problem solving, decision making, and research skills.

Currently, I am honing my R programming skills by creatively solving case studies and writing reusable code chunks that are not only simple but also serves multiple purposes like data cleaning, etc., a venture that earned me a few badges on Kaggle including an R Coder one. I intend to use data in my Tableau interactive dashboard to tell my career story post migration to Australia, which could interest my prospective potential employers and provide them with an insight about who I really am.

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