In December I graduated with my BS and got a job as a Data Analyst. I'm in a MCOL area and was obviously a new grad so I took what I could get. The job I ended up getting was at a company I liked, not a big one but interesting after doing some research into them, and the opportunities I was given as a Data Analyst far exceeded most other DA jobs in the area. I mostly work with SQL, Excel, and SAS but also help with some automated reports stuff using Python (most of my background was in Python). Right now I'm working on a model update with a Data Scientist and most of the things I do would be under a Data Scientist title at somewhere like Facebook. When I took the job they offered me 65k salary and said raises were coming in the summer and I would be up for a 10-15% raise from there if I was doing well. From my understanding they just wanted to play it safe as I was a new grad with no real work experience. Well then COVID hit and although the company is not laying anyone off, they have postponed company wide raises until next year alongside some other cost cutting measures. So now I'm feeling about 10k underpaid. Should I wait until later in the summer and ask management to consider me for a raise anyways? The management is great and I have had a very positive experience with them, especially since it's a smaller company so it's a pretty tight knit Data Science team. I plan on speaking with my manager anyways to ask for some sort of performance review so I can learn where I can improve most from their perspective. Maybe that would be a good time to bring it up. Or maybe it would come across wrong if no one else is getting a raise.
That sounds like fantastic first job experience. You got dealt a shitty hand timing-wise but you should be set up for success long-term. I would bring up possibility of either exception to no-raise possibility or a six month review of comp. But unless you’re willing to quit or can find a new gig, I wouldn’t expect much. Learning is more important than comp right now.
Well, nowadays DA are expected have BI tool/Python/SQL/R and statistic background tbh. Due to the surge on people get into DA/DS territory, Hiring Bar raised crazy… I was a DA in some non tech firm before, the interview question goes to statistics and probability with TC 80k in Bay Area. From my experience. Yes, definitely shoot for a DS role and you are underpaid.
What is your location? $65k is not bad depending on where u r. My first job out of grad school was $55k in Texas
Southern California. Definitely depends on who you ask and overall I'd say it's fair for new grad as a Data Analyst but maybe less so given the actual job description. Also tech industry.
I should also mention I did have a Data Science Internship and did research in econometrics in machine learning so I didn't have 0 experience whatsoever on my resume.