Fairuz Khan
Fairuz graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in IT, majoring in Business Analytics. While looking for a job with an exciting analytical role, Fairuz came across the Data School. Fairuz has prior experience in running businesses he started in different fields. He is multilingual. Apart from his passion for analytics, Fairuz is also a foodie and an automotive racing enthusiast. An ideal Sunday for him would be driving a Formula 1 car across the race track.
Reflecting on the Last 4 Months of Data School Training
Summary (if you're too lazy to read): In this reflective blog, I take you through the expectations and skills I had when I joined and the experience and skills I've gained Long story short, I came in with high expectations I had little understanding of Tableau when I...
![500 Cities Survey Data [Dashboard Week Day 5]](https://www.thedataschool.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/500-Cities-Survey-Data-Dashboard-Screenshot-400x250.png)
500 Cities Survey Data [Dashboard Week Day 5]
Today was the fifth and final day of the dashboard week. If you’re unfamiliar with dashboard week, it is a week where the data schoolers in training have to build 5 dashboards along with 5 related blogs in 5 days. So that’s 1 dashboard + 1 blog a day. Every day the...
![United States Consumer Spending [Dashboard Week Day 4]](https://www.thedataschool.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/US-Consumer-Spending-Dashboard-Screenshot.png)
United States Consumer Spending [Dashboard Week Day 4]
Today was the fourth day of the dashboard week. If you’re unfamiliar with dashboard week, it is a week where the data schoolers in training have to build 5 dashboards along with 5 related blogs in 5 days. So that’s 1 dashboard + 1 blog a day. Every day the topic and...
![Kickstarter Campaign Data Analysis [Dashboard Week Day 3]](https://www.thedataschool.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kickstarter-Dashboard-Screenshot-400x250.png)
Kickstarter Campaign Data Analysis [Dashboard Week Day 3]
Today was the third day of the dashboard week. If you’re unfamiliar with dashboard week, it is a week where the data schoolers in training have to build 5 dashboards along with 5 related blogs in 5 days. So that’s 1 dashboard + 1 blog a day. Every day the topic and...
![Pirate Incidents Across the World from 1979 to 2019 [Dashboard Week Day 2]](https://www.thedataschool.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pirate-Incident-Dashboard-Screenshot-400x250.png)
Pirate Incidents Across the World from 1979 to 2019 [Dashboard Week Day 2]
Today was the second day of the dashboard week. If you’re unfamiliar with dashboard week, it is a week where the data schoolers in training have to build 5 dashboards along with 5 related blogs in 5 days. So that’s 1 dashboard + 1 blog a day. Every day the topic and...
![Mapping the Changes in my Top Songs in Spotify Across Different Time Ranges [Dashboard Week 1]](https://www.thedataschool.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Spotify-Top-Songs-Dashboard-Week-1-Cropped-400x250.png)
Mapping the Changes in my Top Songs in Spotify Across Different Time Ranges [Dashboard Week 1]
Today was the start of the dashboard week. If you're unfamiliar with dashboard week, it is a week where the data schoolers in training have to build 5 dashboards along with 5 related blogs in 5 days. So that's 1 dashboard + 1 blog a day. Every day the topic and...
3 Things to Know Before Embarking on a Data Analytics Career
As someone who's started his data analytics journey not too long ago, there are a few things I have learnt that I wish I had known before. It is a lot more than just visualising data Data visualisation is just the tip of the iceberg, most of the work usually revolves...
Are You Better off Living in an Area Where People Make More Money?
Will you be living in a better socio-economic condition if you're living in an area where people make a lot of money? To many, the answer is an obvious yes. But I wanted to see a closer snapshot of how socio-economic conditions of an area is related to the level of...
How Data Analytics Played an Instrumental Role in Bill Gates’ Mission to Eradicate Polio
I’ve recently watched the Netflix documentary on Bill Gates titled Inside Bill’s Brain which focuses on the life of Bill Gates and his foundation work. If you haven’t watched it, I’d highly recommend you do. The documentary doesn’t focus on his wealth but rather the...
How the Data School Culture Attracts the Best People
The Data School is truly unique. Everything from the hiring process to the mentorship process is completely different from any other organisations out there. There's never a focus on doing things the traditional way, but rather the better way. And that's what makes it...