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MATTHEW FARKAS: I interned at Spotify this past summer.
I'm a current student at Northwestern in their Master of Science and Analytics
program.
And I'll be returning to Spotify in January
as a full-time associate data scientist.
I really like working with data and using
it to provide value to businesses.
I knew that I wanted to work at a music streaming company.
I've always loved music.
And obviously, I'm also very interested in data and data analytics.
So I kind of had the idea to build something
from scratch to show my passion for music and data at the same time.
Once I built my own data set, I actually use
Tableau to visualize all my results.
And that was my final choice for what I would be using as a medium
to share with my internship application.
So once I had finished my dashboard, once I made all my final changes,
I just saved it, uploaded it to Tableau Public.
When I was actually filling out my Spotify application,
it was really simple for me just to, you know, copy the URL.
And I actually just hyperlinked it in a text box
that they had in the application.
So it was really easy for whoever was looking at it just to click that link,
and it would hop over to my Tableau Public page and see my work.
I think it had a really big impact on my application
and really, essentially got me my job interning last summer.
So far, Tableau has definitely had an impact on my career.
I think it helped a lot with giving me a platform
to express both my passion and my skill and use
that to apply for an internship, which was really valuable.
I guess my advice for any future students trying to learn
is, just don't be afraid.
Just hop right in.
And, you know, go at it full force.
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