Stories / TDN 5.3
From NYSC posting to junior data analyst in nine months
NYSC corps member (education sector) → Junior data analyst, mid-sized Lagos bank
"I did not know a single SQL query when I started. Nine months later I am writing dashboards that the board reads."
/ ATTRIBPlaceholder Alumna · Junior Data Analyst
The Data Analysis cohort was my first structured encounter with code. I came in through the NYSC scholarship pathway with no technical background. What changed the game was the weekly live sessions and the capstone — I built a dashboard on Nigerian SME lending patterns that I later used as my interview portfolio. Three months after graduating I joined a Lagos-based bank as a junior analyst.