Data Nomads Lab

Where data meets the real world

How Netflix, the NBA, and HelloFresh quietly teach us everything about data analytics

Oct 15 • 

Ismail Osman

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May 2025

Start before you feel ready

From Dishwasher to Data Science: Lessons for self-taught tech learners without a traditional degree

May 6 • 

Ismail Osman

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April 2025

SQL subqueries – Lesson 5

How to ask questions inside questions using subqueries

Apr 7 • 

Ismail Osman

4

March 2025

SQL aggregations – Lesson 4

Summarizing data with confidence using count, sum, avg, min, and max

Mar 29 • 

Ismail Osman

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SQL Joins – Lesson 3

Connecting the dots: how SQL joins bring your data to life

Mar 14 • 

Ismail Osman

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Hard work vs. strategic hard work in data analytics

Top data professionals did not work 150 thousand times harder than the rest of us — though they definitely did work hard

Mar 10 • 

Ismail Osman

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Data careers, skills & tools. Reddit AMA recap

Real question from real people, answers that can boost your data analytics

Mar 6 • 

Ismail Osman

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February 2025

Adjacent skills: the secret skills of top data analysts

Why technical skills alone won’t make you great, and what to focus on instead

Feb 22 • 

Ismail Osman

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Stop apologizing for the data

How analysts get trapped in the cycle of telling stakeholders what they want to hear

Feb 12 • 

Ismail Osman

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Basic English simplifies SQL concepts - Lesson 2

If you speak basic English, writing SQL becomes effortless

Feb 2 • 

Ismail Osman

7

January 2025

The SQL blueprint: Mastering entity relationship diagrams (ERD) - Lesson 1

Transform Complex Data into Simple Visual Stories

Jan 10 • 

Ismail Osman

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Your first data analytics project in a weekend

Skip the overwhelm, here’s how to start small, showcase your skills, and land that first opportunity

Jan 2 • 

Ismail Osman

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