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Mission Viz Begins!

This post was originally published on The Data School blog between 2018 and July 2025, before our program was renamed to MIP’s Analytics Career Accelerator. References throughout this article to “The Data School” or “DS” all refer to what is now MIP’s Analytics Career Accelerator. The program, its people, and its commitment to launching outstanding analytics careers remain the same – just under a new name.

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Mission Viz Begins!

I have spent almost a decade and a half in teaching Mathematics and Statistics to high school students. I was wondering what next? I needed a mission for my next journey.

After deep SWOT analysis, I figured out, I will be best at visualizations, leveraging my creativity and Mathematical skills. I started learning about Tableau. To be honest, I Googled for best visualization tool and I got the answer. I tried a couple of sources for my initial studies and voila! I was able to create my first viz. It was a feeling at par with a kid who just made her first clay model.

I barely made three visualizations, before I bumped into one of my friends, who introduced me to Data school and their Twitter handle. That was a path breaker. I got a direction; I got a mission.

I started to interact with wizards of viz by submitting my creations to #MakeOverMonday and accepting feedback from them. I stress upon here, those suggestions are really valuable.

Once I was fairly confident, I applied formerly for admission.

Will write about my admission process journey in my next blog. Stay tuned!

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