I’m trying to go into the data analytics space. What would be a good project to show potential employers?
I'm not sure what projects would be good to work on, but since I work in the space, I can kind of break down some of the different pieces.
With data being such a big category now, it can be broken down into data science (machine learning sits here, i'm pretty sure?), data engineering (movement of data/data pipelines), data warehousing (storing all useful data, raw and cooked, but moreso cooked), and dashboarding/reporting.
Snowflake has emerged as a major player in the cloud data warehousing space, so you may want to get familiar with that. They provide like $400 worth of free credits with their demo, so you can get familiar with the tech. You'll still need to learn data warehousing concepts, but what this should help with, moreso, is just getting familiar with running sql to support a dashboard or reporting application.
Do you have any questions in particular about getting into the space?