Good on him for going back and getting this so many years later.
Sir_Bantersaurus on
> When asked how he became a data analyst without a maths GCSE, he said it was down to “modern technology”.
> “A lot of the systems I use do it for me,” he told the BBC.
He probably also just found an alternative route into his career and became better at maths organically.
GCSEs are about the stepping stone to the next thing but they get increasingly irrelevant as you go on. Especially if you have further qualifications which themselves become irrelevant as you get experience.
chambo143 on
>When asked how he became a data analyst without a maths GCSE, he said it was down to “modern technology”.
>“A lot of the systems I use do it for me,” he told the BBC.
“You won’t be carrying around a calculator in your pocket when you grow up!”
realmofconfusion on
I’ve worked with data for decades and got my maths GCSE when I was around 48.
I *just* failed my O Level because it was full of what I call “non-practical” maths (complex algebra, simultaneous equations, matrices, shit like that) but I knew how to do practical calculations and definitely understood the order of operations (BODMAS as it was called back in my day).
Local college were offering the course for free for anyone who didn’t have the qualification so I signed up and got the official paperwork!
bobblebob100 on
Pretty much all the maths i learnt at school ive never needed in my life.
Wish they would teach you useful stuff like accountancy basics rather than working out the angle of a ladder against a wall
RedBerryyy on
Feels like me on my team of math phds with my math related qualifications maxing out at a d at maths in my a levels 💀.
MoveFromMe1 on
I failed all my GCSEs and never went uni and I’m an intel analyst lol
K0nvict on
Good on him, as an analyst myself, maths isn’t as heavy of a focus as you think, visualisation software and excel formulas do the calculations for you. Being an analyst is more of a people role to be honest with you
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Good on him for going back and getting this so many years later.
> When asked how he became a data analyst without a maths GCSE, he said it was down to “modern technology”.
> “A lot of the systems I use do it for me,” he told the BBC.
He probably also just found an alternative route into his career and became better at maths organically.
GCSEs are about the stepping stone to the next thing but they get increasingly irrelevant as you go on. Especially if you have further qualifications which themselves become irrelevant as you get experience.
>When asked how he became a data analyst without a maths GCSE, he said it was down to “modern technology”.
>“A lot of the systems I use do it for me,” he told the BBC.
“You won’t be carrying around a calculator in your pocket when you grow up!”
I’ve worked with data for decades and got my maths GCSE when I was around 48.
I *just* failed my O Level because it was full of what I call “non-practical” maths (complex algebra, simultaneous equations, matrices, shit like that) but I knew how to do practical calculations and definitely understood the order of operations (BODMAS as it was called back in my day).
Local college were offering the course for free for anyone who didn’t have the qualification so I signed up and got the official paperwork!
Pretty much all the maths i learnt at school ive never needed in my life.
Wish they would teach you useful stuff like accountancy basics rather than working out the angle of a ladder against a wall
Feels like me on my team of math phds with my math related qualifications maxing out at a d at maths in my a levels 💀.
I failed all my GCSEs and never went uni and I’m an intel analyst lol
Good on him, as an analyst myself, maths isn’t as heavy of a focus as you think, visualisation software and excel formulas do the calculations for you. Being an analyst is more of a people role to be honest with you