Is the Google Data Analytics cert worth it as a college student?
I know this gets asked a lot, but I wanted to ask based on my situation.
I’m a second year student studying Business concentrating in MIS in the Bay Area and my resume is honestly pretty weak right now. Not a ton of technical experience that I can put on my resume. I’ve been looking into the Google Data Analytics certificate and was wondering if it’s actually worth doing, or if it’s outdated at this point.
I have also been juggling with the idea of not getting the cert and just learning all of these systems through youtube videos and then create some project for my resume.
My goal is to land some sort of internship Summer 27'
?'s For anyone who’s done it or works in the field-
- did it actually help you get interviews?
- do employers even care about it in the big 26?
- would I be better off just focusing on projects / learning SQL / data visualization tools on my own?
LMK I don't want to waste my time! I also don't want Coursera to burn a hole in my pocket.